Two 8th century BCE bronze shields from Herzsprung, in Germany, with the depots from Kehmstedt (left) and Bothenheilingen (right), as well as two sword casting moulds from Wennungen. These artifacts are now housed at the State Museum of Prehistory in Halle, Germany [2636×4880]June 4, 2025
Analysis of prehistoric human bones unearthed from Maszycka Cave, in Poland, suggest early Europeans engaged in cannibalism, sometimes even eating the brains of their enemies, during a time of war about 18,000 years ago [1600×1600]June 4, 2025
The Emblem of the Hoysala Kingdom (10th – 14th Centuries CE) – Belur, Karnataka, India 🇮🇳 [4000 x 6000][OC]June 4, 2025
A one-foot-wide bronze mask and bronze vessel containing cowrie shells dating to about 1100 B.C.E from excavations at Sanxingdui in China’s Sichuan Province. Courtesy Sichuan Provincial Institute of Cultural Relics and Archaeology[1284×1626]June 4, 2025
“Al-Rashid,” artist Kamal al-Din Bihzad. 16th Century.It portrays Caliph Harun al-Rashid of the Abbasid dynasty who reigned in Baghdad from 786 to 809 A.D said to be the inspiration for many tales in “One Thousand and One Nights “[1108×1946] Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, France.June 4, 2025
The DNa inscription at the tomb of Darius the Great in the ancient Persian necropolis of Naqsh-e Rostam (Fars region) introduces Darius and his empire – 490 BCE, Iran. (see full translation below) [1220Ă—1627]June 4, 2025
Siegfried (or Sigfried) (c. 922 – 28 October 998) count in the Ardennes and founder and first ruler of the Castle of Luxembourg in 963 AD, and ancestor and predecessor of the future counts and dukes ofLuxembourg.Stained glass window in the CathĂ©drale Notre-Dame de Luxembourg.[1276×1452]June 3, 2025
The skeleton of the teenage girl from Tybrind Vig, a submerged Ertebølle settlement in Denmark. The girl, who died approximately 6900 years ago at the age of 14, was found with the skeleton of an infant lying across her chest. The 2 bottom pictures are a reconstruction of the girl [2048×4245]June 3, 2025
