A miniature from “Le secret de l’histoire naturelle contenant les merveilles et choses mémorables du monde”, depicting snail houses. Fol. 60v, from France, ca. 1480-1485 CE, now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris [640×640]July 1, 2025
This curved Roman sword was used in Mithraic initiations, where it was placed about the neck of a candidate to give the illusion that it was pierced through. Found in the remains of a Mithraeum in Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, Germany [526×682]July 1, 2025
Carved ivory Netsuke sculpture of two men fighting over a knife, Japanese, c. 1700-1900. [4000×2667]June 30, 2025
Stirrup-spout bottle in the form of a puma attacking a prisoner, Moche Culture. Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University. Gift of the Friends of the Museum, 1916. [1284×1603]June 30, 2025
Pink silk faille shoes, late 19th century. Made by Gartrell / Rue St. Honoré No. 359 / Paris, these stylish boots are trimmed with lace and have embossed pewter buttons. From the collections of the Charleston Museum,South Carolina.[1220×1779]June 30, 2025
Electrum hectae from the ancient city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos in Greece, 6th-4th century BCE [2910×4324]June 30, 2025
Vase depicting head of a person with an illness or malformation. Peru, Moche civilization, 400-700 AD [1590×2460]June 30, 2025
Small bronze bird with turquoise inlays. Zhaigou, China, Shang dynasty, 1300-1200 BC [1880×2300]June 30, 2025
