The Pyramid of Cestius is a Roman Era pyramid in Rome, Italy, built as a tomb between 18-12 BCE for Gaius Cestius, a member of the Epulones religious corporation. The pyramid measures 29.6 m square at the base and stands 37 m high [800×532]June 24, 2025
Regina Parker Davis (1878-1910), the wife of Wibaux,Montana sheep rancher Al Davis, wore this maternity dress made of copper-colored sateen, velvet, and lace in 1905.Montana Historical Society. [1284×2778]June 24, 2025
Roman golden glass vessel with a hunting scene. Object dated to the 3rd century CE and is housed in the Cleveland Art Museum in the USA. [1200×1068]June 24, 2025
Wooden screw press for cloth at the Workshop of Lanarius. Herculaneum, Italy. This torcular or pressorium was used for clothing, most likely to squeeze water out of recently washed clothing, but also possibly to finely press fabrics once dry. Roman. (ca. 79)[1588×1638]June 24, 2025
Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room, James McNeill Whistler and Thomas Jeckyll, 1877 [3480 x 2285]June 23, 2025
The 16th century CE Sesharaya mandapam, at the Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple in India, is an intricately carved hall built during the Nayaka rule period. It’s famous for its 40 leaping horses with riders on their back, all carved out of monolithic pillars [1024×958]June 23, 2025
The Paracas Candelabra is a geoglyph in peru measuring 181 m tall, large enough to be seen 19.3 km at sea. Although its exact age is unknown, archaeologists have found pottery around the site dating to around 200 BC. It is thought to represent the trident of the god Viracocha [682×1024]June 23, 2025
The Green Stone lying in one of the storerooms of the Temple complex in Hattusa, which was the capital of the Hittite Empire until it was destroyed around 1200 BC. The stone, which is thought to have been made from serpentinite, may have played a role in some religious cult [4000×6000]June 23, 2025
The world’s oldest woven garment, called the Tarkhan Dress, probably fell past the knees originally. At 5,100 to 5,500 years old, it dates to the dawn of the kingdom of Egypt. Found in Cairo in 1913, now it’s in the collection of the University College London [2804×3738]June 23, 2025
Beaded cape and jewelry includes pins of gold and lapis lazuli found in the the tomb of Queen Puabi at the Royal Cemetery of Ur ca 2550 BCE.University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archeology and Anthropology[1242×1055]June 23, 2025
