An 18th century Chinese shoe for a bound foot. Foot-binding was a painful practice first carried out on young girls 1000 years ago in China to make their feet as small as possible, which were considered a status symbol and a mark of feminine beauty. The practice was banned in 1912 [2400×3646]June 22, 2025
A Roman gold snake bracelet found on the arm of a woman who was killed by Mount Vesuvius’ eruption in 79 CE near Pompeii, inscribed on the inside ‘DOMINVS SVAE ANCILLAE’ which means “From a master to his slave girl.” [720×549]June 22, 2025
A Gorgeous Pair of Belle Époque Moonstone, Sapphire and Diamond Pendant Earrings, Circa 1915 [1887 x 2048]June 22, 2025
Attic red-figure lid depicting three vulvae and a winged phallus. Origin unknown, c. 460–425 BC. Housed in the National Archaeological Museum in Athens.[1316×1186]June 22, 2025
The Mowing-Devil: or, Strange News out of Hartford-shire is the title of an English Woodcut pamphlet published in 1678. It narrates a tale of Satan mowing a field in Hertfordshire, and present itself as reporting the news. It has been cited early report of crop circles. [1284×1774]June 22, 2025
THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM BY DONATIEN ALPHONSE FRANÇOIS DE SADE, 1785 written during his imprisonment in the Bastille. His name came to label a sexual perversion, a mental illness, and he became a subject of study bordering between normal and pathological [821×1200]June 22, 2025
Bird with human head, possibly Hermes. Pakistan, Gandhara, Kushan period, ca. 3rd-4th c AD. Bronze. Cleveland Museum of Art collection [4780×3824]June 22, 2025
Hematite Phoenix Intaglio with a “Digest!” inscription on the reverse shows that the intaglio was considered an amulet for digestion and proper stomach function. According to tradition, the phoenix never ate and therefore had no digestive problems. 1st–3rd centuries AD. BnF Museum [915×1220]June 22, 2025
Tattoos from the Pazyryk chief of burial mound 2 circa 300 BCE. He died violently, killed with a Scythian-type battle axe and scalped. He was carefully embalmed, his body covered in animal style tattoos. His preserved head can be found at the Hermitage Museum, St.Petersburg [2618×1920]June 22, 2025
German 17th century Executioners’ swords with inscriptions translated to “The world steers toward mischief, and I execute judgement/ When I raise this sword, so I wish this poor sinner eternal life” One in the Walters Art Museum and one in the Cleveland Museum of Art [2835×1920]June 22, 2025
Pen case with tortoise shell, ivory, and mother-of-pearl inlays. Turkey, 16th century [5000×6200]June 22, 2025
