Hands at the Cuevas de las Manos upon Río Pinturas, near the town of Perito Moreno in Santa Cruz Province, Argentina. It is named for the hundreds of paintings of hands stenciled, in multiple collages, on the rock walls. The art in the cave is dated between 7,300 BC and 700 AD [1600 x 1200]May 21, 2025
Humor Gospel Illumination depicting St Stephen the Great of Moldova (2462×3282). Illuminated in 1473 by monks from Putna Monastery in a mix of Byzantine and Gothic features, now housed at the Suceava History Museum in RO.May 21, 2025
Zodiac figure of a horse. Korea, Silla Kingdom, Middle period, 8th century (Unified Silla). Attributed to the tomb of Kim Yusin. Agalmatolite stone, H. 38.2 cm. National Museum of Korea.[1284×2778]May 21, 2025
Shoes, likely women’s, ca. 300-500 CE Egypt. Victoria and Albert Museum, London [1284×1239]May 21, 2025
This 2,500-Year-Old skeleton is the oldest known remains of a Panathenaic Athlete. The man who lived in the city of Taranto, was a champion of many Panathenaic Games in the Pentathlon specialty. He was found buried in a stone sarcophagus with an alabastron jar and 4 amphorae [1200×2606]May 21, 2025
Located at San Agustín Archaeological Park in Colombia, the Lavapatas Ceremonial Fountain is an extraordinary labyrinth of canals and figures carved into rock by ancient Indigenous Americans, that include snakes, lizards, the faces of children, and a woman in labor. 1st-9th century CE [1600×2361]May 21, 2025
Located in the desert of Faiyum, in Egypt, is a small unfinished and uninscribed temple known locally as Qasr el-Sagha. The date of the temple is a source of debate among scholars, but its plan suggests that the structure was built no later than the Middle Kingdom( 2055-1650 BCE) [2592×3899]May 21, 2025
The Adena Tablets are engraved tablets which has been recovered in contexts that are associated with the Adena culture of the Early Woodland Period (1000-200 BCE). As many as 13 have been found in Ohio, Kentucky and West Virginia. So far the exact use for these tablets is unknown [2199×6357]May 21, 2025
A Oseberg tapestry fragment; a Viking artifact, of 834 CE ca, from the Oseberg burial, Norway. This piece of wool depicts a tree, with about 9 hanged men; interpreted as human sacrifices with a possible reference to the Odin & Yggdrasil myth. Cultural Hist. mus, Oslo, nr. C55000/377, 4 [2640 x 3300]May 21, 2025
In 1946, Harvard Law School purchased a stained, weathered replica of the Magna Carta from London book dealers Sweet & Maxwell for $27.50, and it sat in their archives from that day forward. Now, new analysis has revealed that it’s actually an original copy issued by King Edward I in 1300. [900×600]May 21, 2025
[757 x 504] A funerary urn discovered from Lower Saxony dated to Late Bronze Age (1200 – 600 BC)May 21, 2025
