Taino Wood Snuff Tube – Cohoba Inhaler w/ Shell Teeth. Hispaniola. ca. 1300-1500 AD. – Galeria Contici [3610×5415]May 25, 2025
In Pompeii, in Insula 10 (Casa del Tiaso) in Region IX, archaeologists have discovered an exceptional fresco depicting rituals related to the cult of Dionysus. It is located in the large banquet hall and decorates three walls of the room, while the fourth opens onto the garden. [1200×794]May 25, 2025
Painting of a Woman with a Pipe, for the European Market. China, ca. 1760–1780 [924 x 1200]May 25, 2025
The High Bridge on Lincoln High Street dates from 16th century. The only bridge in Britain still in use today with a secular medieval building still standing on it. [786 × 706]May 25, 2025
Jewelry chest of Sithathoryunet; 1887–1813 BC; ebony, ivory, gold, carnelian, blue faience and silver [265 × 240]May 25, 2025
Detail from “The Return from War: Mars Disarmed by Venus” by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder. Antwerp, ca. 1610-1612. Oil on panel. Getty Museum collection. See full painting in link in comments [3575×2449] [OC]May 25, 2025
The Seven-Pronged Sword, or 七支刀, of Isonokami-Jingu, Nara, a legendary 4th century sword rarely on display. Earliest relic of exchange between Baekje Korea and Yamato/Kofun Japan, on display at the Oh! KOKUHO! exhibit at the Nara National Museum [660 x 440]May 25, 2025
A 4,800-year-old burial in Spain holds the largest collection of beads ever found (270,769 beads), enough to require a tonne of shellfish as raw material. The beads, which adorned the attire of the women buried there, would have taken 10 people working 8 hours a day for 206 days to make [2000×4295]May 25, 2025
Copper antler headdress and jewelry on a mannequin head including 3 strands of freshwater pearl necklaces and copper earrings. From a burial at Mound 25 in the Hopewell Culture National Historical Park in Ohio. 1st-4th century CE, now housed at the Field Museum in Chicago [539×674]May 25, 2025
An old photograph taken in 1883 CE showing high-class Yomut women from Krasnovodsk, in Turkmenistan, wearing a distinctive headgear called Kasaba [1080×1440]May 25, 2025
A bronze statue of the Mother Goddess Parvati, from India, Vijayanagar Period, circa 1400 CE, sold at Christie’s in 2007 [1022×2427]May 25, 2025
