Mary Concepta Lynch was an Irish nun and skilled artist, illuminator, and calligrapher, who spent 16 years (1920-1936) ornately decorating the Celtic design in the Oratory of the Sacred Heart at St. Mary’s Dominican Convent in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland [2426 x 4320]June 3, 2025
The National Archeological Park of Tierradentro, in Colombia, contains many hypogea dating from the 6th to the 10th century CE. These huge underground tombs (some burial chambers are up to 12 m wide) are decorated with motifs that reproduce the internal decor of homes of the period [1200×1693]June 3, 2025
Grime’s Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, that was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BCE, although production may have continued through the Bronze and Iron Ages and later, owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals [1280×1859]June 3, 2025
Remains of the intricately tattooed body of Apo Annu, a tribal chief from Benguet Province, Philippines, who died more than 500 years ago. Archaeologists believe the people of this region obtained their tattoos (which mostly depict geometric shapes or animals) during battles [1278×2472]June 3, 2025
Ivory carving of a landscape with Buddhist monks climbing up to a temple. China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century [2650×2330]June 3, 2025
The 1st-century A.D. mummy of Demetrios, excavated in 1911 and now at the Brooklyn Museum.[1274×2425]June 3, 2025
