Gold openwork dagger-handle. Eastern Zhou period. between 6th century and 5th century BC. British Museum [2289×3434]June 11, 2025
Inflation of the Intrepid, a hydrogen gas balloon used by the Union Army Balloon Corps for aerial reconnaissance. The Balloon Corps operated a total of seven balloons, with the Intrepid being favored by Chief Aeronaut Thaddeus Lowe.[1176×677]June 11, 2025
A preserved Etruscan wooden head sculpture was located on a funeral urn. There are still slight traces of the original gilding around the mouth. The head was found in Chiusi, in central Italy. [1200×1628]June 11, 2025
Glass and enamel Tazza plate featuring arms of the Strozzi Family of Venice, Italian, c. 1525-1550. [2100×2047]June 11, 2025
Extremely unusual linen Italian dress embroidered with allegorical figures of the four continents in a chinoiserie style, 1725-1740. [1506×2000]June 11, 2025
“The Devil’s Corkscrews”. The fossilized tunnels of an ancient beaver, Palaeocastor, now extinct, which existed during the late Oligocene period to early Miocene, approximately 29 to 18 million years ago, and dug spiral-shaped tunnels underground to avoid predators and severe weather. [1280×1707]June 11, 2025
The Starry Dome of the Church of San Gioacchino in Rome. It is octagonal in shape and was built in 1897. It is made of aluminium and perforated with crystal stars. [1536 x 2048]June 10, 2025
Teapot. Staffordshire, England, ca. 1765. Salt-glazed stoneware with enamel decoration. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [4000×4000]June 10, 2025
The box bed or closet bed, was popular across Europe from the medieval era to the early 20th Century. For centuries, drowsy farm-workers, fish-gutters, and even members of nobility would crawl inside these cozy wooden dens each night to escape the cold [730×1134]June 10, 2025
Alexander the Great becoming pharaoh of Egypt, as shown here praying to Amun at the Luxor Temple [OC] [1335×2000]June 10, 2025
