A bronze Roman coin minted in the ancient city of Nicomedia, in Turkey, depicting the laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust of the emperor Caracalla, and on the reverse, the serpent god Glycon coiled to left, with human head and long hair. 198-217 CE [750×1422]June 18, 2025
The Helanshan Rock Art are tens of thousands of petroglyphs carved into the rocks of Helan Mountains, in China, between 10,000 and 3,000 years ago [1617×3224]June 18, 2025
A Maya turtle shaped altar known as the Cosmic Turtle, located at the archaeological site of Copán in Honduras, 711 CE [617×425]June 18, 2025
16th century banner, depicting a crucified Torii Suneemon who was taken prisoner during the siege of Nagashino, and ordered to shout to his comrades in the fortress that no help was coming. He instead encouraged them that Tokugawa’s army was on the way, and that they should keep fighting [1492×2048]June 18, 2025
Mycenaean gold Mask of Agamemnon, Mycenae c. 1525 BC. The Mask of Agamemnon is a gold funerary mask discovered at the Bronze Age site of Mycenae in southern Greece. Heinrich Schliemann found the artifact in 1876 and thought,wrongly, he had found the body of king Agamemnon… [1280×852] [OC]June 18, 2025
The Roman curse tablets of Bath are the private prayers of 130 individuals seeking justice inscribed on small sheets of lead or pewter. They range in date from the 2nd to the late 4th century AD. Roman Baths Museum. Translation in comments [6016×4016]June 18, 2025
Ornate Bird Palaces of the Ottoman Empire, Turkey. Nearly every city in the country contains examples of the bird homes, the oldest example, a 16th-century house attached to the Büyükçekmece Bridge, still surviving in Istanbul [784×520]June 18, 2025
“Saint Michael Overwhelming the Devil” by Luisa Roldán 1692, created for King Charles II. Roldán reportedly modeled Michael’s face after her own and the devil’s after her husband’s. Royal Collections Gallery in Madrid, height 104 inches [780×1170]June 18, 2025
Wedding dress of Hedvig Elisabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp. She married her cousin Charles, Duke of Södermanland, in Stockholm on 7 July 1774 at age 15. The marriage was arranged by King Gustav III to provide the throne of Sweden with an heir. Royal Armory of Sweden [950×756]June 18, 2025
Mosaic of Ulysses tied to the mast of a ship to resist the songs of the Sirens. (Odyssey XII, 160-200). Discovered in Dougga. circa 260 AD, now housed in the Bardo National Museum, Tunisia [4065×1617]June 18, 2025
