Jade pendant shaped like a dragon. China, Warring States period, 4th-3rd century BC [1350×1520]December 7, 2025
Made of bronze, Roman lamp (lucerna) in the shape of a griffin. The object is dated to the 4th century CE and was found in Serbia. [1200×865]December 7, 2025
Silk handkerchief map showing the theater of war in eastern Europe of the 1787–1792 Russo-Turkish War, French, c. 1787. [2025×1991]December 6, 2025
Bishop’s Mantle (Chainmail Cape), c. 1520–30. European (German or Swiss), early 16th century. Riveted steel (some brass) rings; reinforced collar. [3415 x 4218]December 6, 2025
Some examples of the Jōmon pottery from Japan, made during the Middle Jōmon Period (3,500-2,500 BCE) [6305×11539]December 6, 2025
A trepanned neolithic skull of a woman that had a prosthetic ear made from seashell attached, found at Roque d’Aille in France and dates from 3000-2000 BCE. The skull shows evidence the woman had survived the “open brain” operation and gone on to live for many years [332×277]December 6, 2025
Picasso Tolita is a ceramic sculpture, made by Tumaco-La Tolita culture (350 BCE-400 CE) in Ecuador, that depicts an anthropomorphic figure with several zoomorphic elements, including feline fangs, a necklace that transforms into a snake, and a snake emerging from its left eye [3140×3688]December 6, 2025
The Cairo Geniza is a collection of some 400,000 manuscript fragments that were kept in the Geniza of the Ben Ezra Synagogue in Egypt. These manuscripts span the entire period of Middle-Eastern, North African, and Andalusian Jewish history between the 6th and 19th centuries CE [815×1477]December 6, 2025
