Lamp globe with phoenix by Hattori Tadasaburō. Plique-à-jour enamels. Japan, ca. 1910. Loaned to the Asia Society Museum [3000×4000] [OC]December 1, 2025
When the late Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe visited the National Museum of Iran in 2019, the Shami Statue specifically drew his attention. The media captured him gazing at the 2,000-year-old Parthian statue for several minutes. [5742×2500]December 1, 2025
Human face effigy with deer antlers. Oklahoma, United States, Mississippian culture, 1200–1450 AD. (513×590)December 1, 2025
Moonstone brooch shaped like a man in the moon, framed with diamonds. England, 1888 [1000×1000]December 1, 2025
Ancient Roman era Egyptian terracotta Ostracon with Greek inscription, c. 332 BCE-400CE. [2100×1321]December 1, 2025
The 20 stelae inscriptions of Nahr el-Kalb, Lebanon, raised over a period of 3500 years by multiple conquerors and generals [399×600]November 30, 2025
Archaeologists in southeastern Turkey have uncovered two 10,000-year-old human face reliefs, offering new insights into artistic expression during the Neolithic period. [1200×676]November 30, 2025
Middle Kingdom (c.1897-1878 BCE) Pectoral of Senusret II, made of cloisonné inlays on gold of carnelian, feldspar, garnet, turquoise, lapis lazuli that was found in the tomb of Princess Sit-Hathor Yunet, the daughter of Pharaoh Senusret II. [1280 × 894] [Image credit : John Campana (CC BY)]November 30, 2025