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
Ramesseum: Where Pharaoh Ramesses the Great’s most ambitious temple lies in ruins [OC] [1335×2000]June 5, 2025
Conch shell pendant carved into a mask. Tennessee, United States, Mississippian culture 1000-1500 AD [2660×2790]June 5, 2025
One of the nine statues of Buddha Amitabha from Jōruri-ji Temple, under restoration. Japan, Heian period, 1047-1107 AD [1992×2570]June 5, 2025
Tomb tile depicting a warrior on a dragon’s back. China, Western Han dynasty, 206 BC-9 AD [3900×3600]June 5, 2025
Scythian gold horses 900 BC to 200 BC State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia [1284×1049]June 5, 2025
Facial reconstruction of “Krijn” a prehistoric Dutchman. He lived in the Region known as Doggerland around 50,000 years ago. [1284×1491]June 5, 2025
Roman brick tomb in Serbia, built in the 2nd-3rd century CE. The object was discovered in a necropolis at an excavation site in Gomolava (Hrtkovci village) in northern Serbia. This place is one of the “richest” in terms of archaeological finds in Serbia. [1200×800]June 5, 2025
Seven tools of rock crystal made by the Neanderthals, found at the Abri des Merveilles in France. Middle Paleolithic, Mousterian culture, c. 160,000–40,000 Before Present. Now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of France [1846×2347]June 4, 2025
The Yinan tombs, in China, are tombs from the late Eastern Han Dynasty period that display monumental architecture, and particularly corbelled (or “lantern”) roofs, a technique well known in ancient West Asia, which may have been the result of west–east transmission. 168-189 CE [1280×3424]June 4, 2025
Hueyatlaco is an archeological site in Mexico, which became notorious due to geochronologists’ analyses, which have found wildly contradictory estimates for human habitation at the site, dating from ca. 370,000 (Uranium dating) to 35,000 years before present (Radiocarbon dating) [2420×3315]June 4, 2025
The “Princess of Sarazm” from Tajikistan. The woman, who died around 5,500 years ago at the age of 37, was covered in a veil adorned with thousands of beads made of lapis lazuli, turquoise, and limestone. Gold beads adorned her hair, and she wore massive bracelets made from seashells [399×600]June 4, 2025
