Assyrian Lamassu statue with a human head, bull’s body, and eagle wings. These stood at palace gates to guard against evil and show royal power. From the Neo-Assyrian Empire, around 9th century BCE [3024×4032]July 5, 2025
A Manchu Noblewoman’s embroidered platform shoes shoes AKA Flower pot Shoes .Qing Dynasty Mid 18th century. Textile Museum, George Washington University.[1284×2778]July 5, 2025
Stone Statue of a Hindu Goddess, gifted to my great-grandfather during a 1940s excavation [768×1024]July 5, 2025
The village of Urchfont, in the heart of Wiltshire, England, and an extraordinary hoard dating from the Bronze Age, circa 1650-900 BC, sheds light on advanced metalworking techniques. Among the finds were copper alloy tools, including an exceptionally rare silver-coloured anvil. [1040×1300]July 5, 2025
Young Prince and future King Abdsamiya of the Ancient Kingdom of Hatra in Modern Northern Iraq. Housed in the Iraq museum in Baghdad.[1284×2778]July 5, 2025
A mural from Ostia – a Roman port – showing the loading of a merchant ship named Isis Giminiana with grain. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Located in the Vatican Museums in Rome. [643×318]July 5, 2025
Bronze tapir with gold and turquoise inlays. China, Warring States, 375-276 BC [1400×1066]July 5, 2025
A Memento Mori carved in ivory. Very little is known about this piece, only that it was listed in the Catalogue of the Ivory Carvings of the Christian Era, by Ormonde Maddock Dalton, in 1909 and was described as being European from the 17th century [2052×1368]July 5, 2025
A Greek tetradrachm minted in Syracuse, Sicily by the master engraver Kimon. It is considered one of the most beautiful ancient coins. (Private collection) [1200×602]July 5, 2025
