Meretseger one of the protective goddesses that were found in the tomb of Amenhotep II in the Valley of the Kings Responsible for protecting the body of the king in his afterlife journey. Meretseger in the form of the winged cobra. New Kingdom National Museum of Egyptian Civilization[1284×998]June 5, 2025
The Romanov Family’s diamond “Cherry Earrings”, made for Catherine the Great in the 18th century, were worn by Romanov brides on their wedding day. They are now stored in the Moscow Diamond Fund [933 x 1054]June 5, 2025
Reliquary of the martyr of the Thebean Legion, 17th century. Guarded by the Museo de Bellas Artes de Álava since 1971 [4799×5359]June 5, 2025
Baked clay stamp seal representing a bear from the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B settlement of Çatalhöyük in southern Anatolia, c. 5600 BCE. [1070×1070]June 5, 2025
The ‘Sica’ (from Albanian – thikë, “knife”) ca 1st – 2nd Century CE. A curved dagger used by the Ancient Illyrians. The Romans referred to their wielders as ‘Sicarii’ (dagger men); a term which has evolved into the modern Spanish word – ‘Sicario’ , meaning ‘hitman’. [320 x 600]June 5, 2025
La Bastida de Totana is an archaeological site, in Spain, belonging to the Argaric culture located on a conical hill and was occupied between approximately 2200 and 1550 BCE. It is one of the largest settlements of the early Bronze Age in continental Europe [1920×3709]June 5, 2025
Cochasquí is one of the most extensive and most important complexes of pre-Columbian and pre-Inca Empire ruins in northern Ecuador. It covers 84 hectares and consists of 15 truncated pyramids and 21 burial mounds, locally called tolas. c. 950-1530 CE [1024×768]June 5, 2025
The Borremose man found in Denmark in 1946. The man who died in c. 700 BCE, was found with a 36 cm rope with a slipknot around his neck indicating death by strangulation. However, examination also revealed a crushing blow to the back of the skull and the right femur had been broken [4543×8677]June 5, 2025
“Ehon Mizu ya Sora” (Picture Book of Water and Sky) is a book made by the Japanese artist Nichōsai in 1780 CE, and which depicts Kabuki actors in Osaka, Kyoto, and Edo [1585×3755]June 5, 2025
Ivory Micro-miniature Ring. High carat gold ring, circa 1798 -1800, containing a virtuoso micro-ivory carving of warships engaged in battle, with cannons blazing [2163 x 3801]June 5, 2025
