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
In 1997, archaeologists in Scotland discovered the skeleton of a Bronze Age woman buried in a crouched position inside a stone-lined grave. While little is known about the woman, whom they nicknamed “Upper Largie Woman” after the quarry where she was found.[1276×1707] Per Smithsonian MagazineJune 26, 2025
In 2001, a treasure hunter exploring Pustý hrad Castle in central Slovakia stumbled upon a stunning gold ring that dates back over 700 years. Now, over two decades later, a new archeological analysis has uncovered that its gemstone originated from Sri Lanka. [900×797]June 26, 2025
Reconstruction of the Roman Emperor Caracalla based on his bust at the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. Caracalla was the son of Septimius Severus, born in modern-day Libya to a Libyan-Punic family, and Julia Domna, who was born in modern-day Syria to an Arab family [819×566]June 26, 2025
A wooden statue of the monk Kūya chanting the nembutsu. The 6 Chinese characters of the nembutsu are represented by 6 small figures of Amida streaming from Kūya’s mouth. 1200-1210 CE, Kamakura Period, now housed at the Rokuharamitsu-ji in Japan [1317×2560]June 25, 2025
A monumental vase made of lapis lazuli and gilded bronze, produced by the Imperial Peterhof Factory in 1852 CE. Now housed at the Hermitage museum in St Petersburg, Russia [1360×1920]June 25, 2025
The statue of Fasting Siddhartha, now housed at the Lahore Museum in Pakistan, is the finest specimen of Gandhara Art. Made of Schist, 2nd century BCE [2864×4276]June 25, 2025
Cheyenne men’s moccasins made of buckskin with decorative bead design collected by Christian Kribben, c. 1800-1865. [2914×3822]June 25, 2025
Enso by the monk Ryoryosai Koshuku. The enso, a hand-drawn circle that is completed in one stroke, symbolizes the moment of enlightenment in Japanese Zen Buddhism. Late 18th–early 19th century CE, now housed at the Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in New York [800×490]June 25, 2025
Face of a Peleset warrior in relief at the Mortuary Temple of Pharaoh Ramesses III (r. c. 1186–1155 BCE). The Peleset were Aegeans, part of the “Sea Peoples” whose invasion of Egypt was thwarted by Ramesses. Settled on Canaan’s southern coastal plain, their descendants were the Philistines [355×480]June 25, 2025
5,000-year-old bread made of emmer wheat, excavated at Küllüoba Mound. Turkey, 3300-3000 BC [1100×840]June 25, 2025
