Qing dynasty water and land ritual painting that depicts the dead in the Diyu realm (Chinese underworld or hell), unknown painter [1178×2558]May 3, 2025
Woman’s wedding corset bodice and skirt mid 17th Century MAGYAR NEMZETI MÚZEUM Budapest, Hungary [1281×1832]May 2, 2025
1500-year-old Ceramic Maya Figurine with Removable Helmet from El Per-Waka’ Petn Guatemala [2048×2048]May 2, 2025
A shell gorget and flint “swords” from the Duck River cache, an archaeological collection of 46 Mississippian culture artifacts from Tennessee. The cache contained 2 sandstone sculptures and nearly four dozen ceremonial stone knives, daggers, swords and maces. 13th-14th century CE [1067×1600]May 2, 2025
Located in Sir John Soane’s Museum, in London, this vast sarcophagus was built to entomb the Egyptian Pharaoh Seti I (died 1279 BCE). The sarcophagus is carved from a single block of alabaster, with the Book of the Gates being carved across its surface, both inside and outside [452×606]May 2, 2025
A painting suggesting ashubhabhavana (Contemplating the impurity of the body) with a human skeleton, from a cave of the monastic community of Tepe Shotor in Afghanistan, 4th-7th centuries CE. The cave was unfortunately destroyed by the taliban [2048×1657]May 2, 2025
This set of seven ivory chess pieces is the oldest set known to this day. It was excavated at the archaeological site of Afrasiab in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. Coin finds from the same excavated layer help date it to the 8th century CE. Samarkand State Museum [2500×1875]May 2, 2025
The Nile Mosaic of Palestrina is an ancient Roman floor mosaic. It is a remarkably detailed depiction of the Nile meeting the Mediterranean sea. [2300×1830]May 2, 2025
The Mausoleum of Theodoric was built in 520 AD by Theodoric the Great as his future tomb. It is unique in having a roof slab made of a single carved stone, weighing 230 tons. [1420×1640]May 2, 2025
