The Fortress of Piruro II, in Peru, is a five-story structure built with stones hewn in squared shape and uniform size. 1930-2100 BCE [2560×3201]June 14, 2025
These enamel earrings in the shape of hands hold pieces of shrapnel removed from the eye and forehead of Denmark’s King Christian IV (1588–1648 CE) after he was wounded in battle. He gave the earrings to his mistress. Now part of the Royal Collection at Rosenborg Castle in Copenhagen [1280×1062]June 14, 2025
A Himyarite/Sabaic (Kingdom of sheba) throne made of alabaster. Found in the Barran temple aka the Sanctuary of the queen of sheba. Marib, Yemen, circa 8th to 5th century BCE (465 x 353)June 14, 2025
Archaeologists have unearthed an enormous leather shoe while digging at the bottom of an “ankle-breaker” defensive ditch at a Roman fort in northern England. It measures 12.6 inches (32cm) which is equivalent to a US size 14, UK size 13 [1024×576]June 13, 2025
The Cave of the Glowing Skulls in Honduras. The site has gained the interest of archaeologists as one of the most extensive Early to Middle Pre-Classic (1000-900 BCE in this case) ossuary cave sites currently known to have been in contact with the Maya societies of nearby Mesoamerica [2048×3598]June 13, 2025
Nazca Human Trophy Head. Schaffhausen, All Saints Museum, Peru, southern coastal region,Nazca, 100 BCE-700CE[1284×1115]June 13, 2025
Minoan snake goddess figurine excavated in 1903 in the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete. c 1600 BCE, Heraklion Archaeological Museum [1509×2048]June 13, 2025
Enameled Hookah set with diamonds in floral designs. Gold chains with pearls and carved emerald beads inlaid with diamonds hang from the cover. Presented to Edward VII, Prince of Wales, during his tour of India in 1875-76 by Ranbir Singh, Maharaja of Kashmir [667×500]June 13, 2025
Felix gem intaglio. A prophesy revealed that the Greeks could only capture Troy if the Palladion statue of Athena was in their procession. Diomedes, right, holds the statue but in order to claim it, he killed the temple guard, whose feet are visible on the ground. This angers the gods [1728×816]June 13, 2025
Louise de Quengo, buried at the Jacobin convent in the city of Rennes in 1656, was interred with her husband’s preserved heart in a lead urn on top of her coffin. Her husband, Toussaint de Perrien, knight of Brefeillac, had died in 1649. Her own heart remains missing. [1200×1156]June 13, 2025
