A rare posthumous Alexander the Great silver decadrachm minted in 327 BCE in Babylon, Iraq. The coin depicts Alexander the Great, mounted on Bucephalus, horse rearing right, attacking two men mounted on an elephant with a spear. Sold at Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG in 2021 [744×1466]June 26, 2025
Roman Letter Concerning care of Slave infant. A.D. 154. Courtesy of the University of Michigan Library Papyrology Collection.[1169×1133]June 26, 2025
Adopt this kid please! A Letter to a sister. Rome A.D. 105. Courtesy of the University of Michigan Library Papyrology Collection.[1024×2033]June 26, 2025
Moche ceramic vessel showing a woman giving birth. Larco Museum Lima. Peru Approximately 100 CE and 700 CE[1284×2778]June 26, 2025
Prehistoric Figurine from Egypt, c.4000-3500 BCE: this figurine shows a human body curled into a fetal position, which was a common burial pose in predynastic Egypt, and it’s cradled in a vessel that may represent a boat, a burial pit, and/or a womb [3844×5066]June 26, 2025
A Sabaic inscription describes a Himyarite (South Arabian) “expansion” reaching Ctesiphon, capital of the Sasanian Empire. (526 x 533).June 26, 2025
Aquamanile in the form of a goose. Deccan region, India, late 17th-18th c. Bronze with engraved and incised decoration. Yale University Art Gallery collection [4000×3000] [OC]June 26, 2025
When traveler Robert Byron visited Iran in 1934 and saw the reliefs at Persepolis’ Apadana Palace (550–330 BC), he described them in his famous travelogue as “slick as aluminium saucepans”, noting their exceptional preservation which made them seem as if they are freshly chiseled. [1260×866]June 26, 2025
The interior of the main hall of the Genko-an temple in Kyoto, Japan, built in 1694 CE. The temple is famous for its 2 large windows (pictured in the bottom photo). One is round and is called “The Window of Enlightenment” while the other is square and is called “The Window of Confusion” [960×1144]June 26, 2025
Fragment of painted wall plaster from the praetorium headquarters in the Roman fort of Dura Europos, in Syria, with partially preserved large letters of the famous abbreviation SPQR – ‘Senatus Populusque Romanus’ or ‘The Senate and People of Rome.’ Early 3rd century CE [1174×1432]June 26, 2025
An ancient Roman mosaic depicting a rabbit driving a chariot pulled by geese. Now housed at the Louvre Museum [1397×1309]June 26, 2025
Basalt pebble carved as a mouflon, Indus Valley, 3000-2000 BCE, size: 5.3 cm high, 6.7 cm long. Collection of Oliver Hoare Ltd [898×1000]June 26, 2025
