Marble fragment with the head of Medea from a 1st or 2nd c AD Roman copy of a Greek original relief, thought to have been decoration from the parapet surrounding the Altar of the Twelve Gods in the Athenian Agora, ca. 420–410 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [572×700]May 21, 2025
Jewel-studded throne and foot rest of the king of benares. Northern India, late 19th century. wood, silver, precious stones, velvet, carved, enameled, repoussé work. On display at National Museum, New Delhi, India.[2681×3948]May 21, 2025
Yama-the hindu god of death with his skull topped staff and buffalo mount. Pratihara period, 10th century, Rajasthan, Delhi National Museum [2112 X 2816]May 21, 2025
Vimy Memorial detail, The Spirit of Sacrifice and The Passing of the Torch. Vimy, France. This site is dedicated to the men of the Canadian Expeditionary Force killed during the Great War and serves as the place of commemoration for the WWI Canadian soldiers who have no known grave [1280×749] [OC]May 21, 2025
Carved ivory sculpture of a Chinese boy holding a cat, Japanese, c. 1700-1800. [1209×2100]May 21, 2025
Statues of Árpád dynasty kings at the gate of the Fisherman’s Bastion Buda Castle, Budapest, Hungary[1284×2778]May 20, 2025
One of the Geissenklösterle flutes; an Upper Paleolithic artifact of the Aurignacian culture, made of a swan-bone, and possibly the oldest of its kind. Discovered in the Geissenklösterle cave, S. Germany, & dated to ~42000 BP. Now in Landesmuseum Stuttgart , nr. LMW Gk 24-197 [1688 x 3000]May 20, 2025
