An ancient Egyptian relief depicting the pharaoh Akhenaten as a sphinx. 1350-1333 BCE, now housed at the August Kestner Museum in Hanover, Germany [1545×960]June 11, 2025
Some of the 46 bronze geese discovered in a single pit at the mausoleum of the 1st Emperor of China (221–206 BCE). The pit also yielded 15 terracotta figures, likely representing musicians, who together with the birds recreated a scene of leisure and entertainment in the imperial garden [1080×1980]June 11, 2025
A Jalisco ceramic plateau with eleven musicians. From Mexico, 200 BCE–100 CE, now housed at the Princeton University Art Museum in New Jersey [2000×1469]June 11, 2025
Reconstructed image of a Late Medieval Scottish Woman from Edinburgh with Leprosy[1167×1450]June 11, 2025
A Daunian stele at the Museo archeologico nazionale di Manfredonia in Italy. Daunian stele is a type of stone funerary monument constructed from the end of the 8th to the 6th century BCE by the Daunians, an Iapygian tribe which inhabited Apulia in classical antiquity [1091×2048]June 11, 2025
Statue from the late Majapahit period (14th to 15th century) depicting a Chinese noble/official on Java, distinguished by the use of jewelry. The face of the statue is sculpted with plump cheeks and a curled mustache [4284×5712]June 11, 2025
Large crowds from around the world flocked to the Forbidden City in Beijing to see the statue of Darius the Great (522–486 BC), loaned by the National Museum of Iran. [1200×720]June 11, 2025
Folding screen depicting three flower carts. Japan, Edo period, 17th century [4200×2191]June 11, 2025
Mayan teeth dating to the 1st millennium. A wide variety of gems have been found in teeth from burial sites: jadeite, iron pyrites, hematite, turquoise, quartz, serpentine, and cinnabar. The cement the Maya used was a complex mixture that most likely also had medicinal benefits [1080×1442]June 11, 2025
This incense burner, depicts one of the Palenque Triad of deities that the Maya called Kinich Ajaw, or “Sun Lord.” He is shown here with his trademark nose, and shell and fish symbols around his mouth. The stacking of faces is a hallmark of incense burners from Palenque. 600-900. Walters [1458×1799]June 11, 2025
