Grave stele fragment with hoplite battle scene. Greek, Attic, ca. 390 BC. Marble. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [1395×1861]May 26, 2025
“Eclipse of the Sun”, eight sequential photographs of the first total Sun eclipse visible in North America since the invention of photography, taken by William and Frederick Langenheim on May 26, 1854. The MET [3893×1349]May 26, 2025
A sailor’s valentine is a form of shellcraft, made using large numbers of small seashells. These were originally made between 1830 and 1890, and they were designed to be brought home from a sailor’s voyage at sea and given to the sailor’s loved one or loved ones [2400×3975]May 26, 2025
Su Nuraxi in Sardinia is a settlement consisting of a 17th century BC nuraghe, a bastion of 4 corner towers plus a central one, and a village inhabited from the 13th to the 6th century BC, developed around the nuraghe. The 2nd image is what the settlement would have probably looked like [2125×2746]May 26, 2025
This petroglyph of a face with a headdress is part of the Leo Petroglyph, which contains 37 images of humans and other animals as well as footprints of each. The petroglyph is located in Ohio, and is thought to have been created by the Fort Ancient peoples (possibly 1000–1650 CE) [768×992]May 25, 2025
A marble relief of a funerary kouros representing six athletes. From the Acropolis of Athens, 510-500 BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens [1800×732]May 25, 2025
Krak des Chevaliers; a medieval castle of the order of the Knights Hospitaller in Syria, built in several stages during 1143 – 1271 CE ca, upon older fortifications [2400 x 1300]May 25, 2025
An unusual face-tattoo, consisted of 3 lines, on the cheek of a mummified female body, who died in 1215 – 1382 CE ca, in South America [Andean region?]. Photos under 3 light-techniques. Held in the Anthropology & Ethnography museum of Turin [2661 x 1109]May 25, 2025
Taino Wood Snuff Tube – Cohoba Inhaler w/ Shell Teeth. Hispaniola. ca. 1300-1500 AD. – Galeria Contici [3610×5415]May 25, 2025
