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
An evening silk dress with Brussels lace overskirt. Circa 1865-1868 CE, now housed at the Fashion & Lace Museum in Brussels, Belgium [1161×1591]May 11, 2025
Archaeologists excavating a site in Salango, Ecuador, between 2014-2016, have discovered a 2,100-year-old skeletons of 2 infants wearing “helmets” made from the skulls of older children. In one of them, they found a small shell and a finger bone sandwiched between the 2 layered skulls [960×1254]May 11, 2025
A visitor stands next to the colossal Achaemenid-era column dating from the time of Darius the Great, 522–486 BC, kept at National Museum of Iran. [1350×1080]May 11, 2025
Locket Set with Ruby, Emerald, Garnet, Amethyst, Ruby, and Diamond. England, ca. 1840 [1667 x 2500]May 11, 2025
Female figure with four children. Jenne-Jeno culture, Mali, 12th-15th c. Terracotta with traces of red slip. More pics in museum link in comments. Yale University Art Gallery collection [2151×3000]May 11, 2025
A peacock feather necklace, made of blackened gold, sapphires, diamonds and emeralds. Made by Boucheron in 1889 CE [2560×4044]May 11, 2025
A lion made of glass, 1570/1590 CE, now housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna [568×482]May 11, 2025
The “Sale of Bread” fresco from the House of the Baker or Casa del Forno in Pompeii, Italy. The fresco is misleadingly titled because it actually depicts the distribution of bread by a political candidate or politician, rather than the sale of bread by a baker or vendor [929×1024]May 11, 2025
Sonrientes like this one are unable to stand on their own, and too large to be handheld. In burials at El Zapotal, several smiling figures were interred in a standing position, supported by human skulls and disarticulated bones. South central Veracruz 600-1000 CE [1069×1200]May 11, 2025
19th century French Pleated fan. Paper leaf gilded and painted in watercolor, showing three medallions (two of statuary and trees, third of three ladies and three cupids in landscape), border of painted red bows. Carved ivory sticks. Copper Hewitt Museum [3000×3000]May 11, 2025
Carved Agate Chimpanzee purchased by Henry Walters at the Faberge headquarters in St. Petersburg in 1900. Walters Art Museum [914×1239]May 11, 2025
