Bas-relief shows the profile of a figure with long hair, wearing a diadem decorated with leaves and bunches of grapes. The head rests on a wicker basket, partially covered with goatskin. [1200×1600]May 12, 2025
Burial Urn in the Form of a Female Figure; Colombia, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta (La Mesa Ceramic Style), 900–1600 CE, H: 33 1/2 in. (85 cm); D: 17 in. (43 cm), LACMA [1569×2100]May 12, 2025
O’kono Ceremonial ax of the Kanak people, New Caledonia 1878. Jadeite, wood, cloth, flying fox hair (Pteropus vetulus), shell. 61 x19 cm cm. Muséum de Toulouse [987×2048]May 12, 2025
A gold tiger’s head ornament from Tipu Sultan’s throne, made from gold sheet 2mm thick over a wooden core. Presented to William IV by the East India Company in 1831. Now in the Grand Vestibule of Windsor Castle. 1785-1793 [893×500]May 12, 2025
An 2400 year old Egyptian coffin with strange and amateurish decorations, shedding light on a tumultuous period in Egyptian history when the Persian Empire was in control of the region and Persian kings deported trained Egyptian artists and used them for building projects in Persia [750×1000]May 12, 2025
Bracelets made 520 CE for the Queen Consort of King Muryeong ruler of the Baekje Kingdom of early medieval Korea. Gongju National Museum [1272×1276]May 12, 2025
C. 523 CE Headrest of Queen Consort of King Muryeong from the Baekje Kingdom (18 B.C.-A.D. 660) Gongju National Museum Korea [1284×1043]May 11, 2025
The first image comes from a 3900-year-old tomb, and depicts ancient Egyptians irrigating a vegetable garden. Water carriers would have carried pottery jars that hung from a long wooden pole. The example in the bottom picture comes from a 3600-year-old burial at Qurneh, Egypt [708×875]May 11, 2025
Kangjiashimenzi is a collection of ancient petroglyphs that were carved into the side of a massive red-basalt rock in Xinjiang, China. These carvings have been dated to about 2000 BCE, and depict a fertility ritual, with exaggerated depictions of male reproductive organs [760×1926]May 11, 2025
