Painting of a Zouyu, aka a white tiger, dates back to the Ming dynasty, 1404, and is found at the National Palace Museum, Taipei [1169×2700]April 30, 2025
A gold torque terminating in Scythian horsemen, found at Kul-Oba barrow in Crimea, Ukraine. 4th century BCE, now housed at the Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia [1600×3279]April 30, 2025
The shield of the Venetian commander Ascanio Sforza Pallavicino (1522-1577 CE), depicting a seven-headed hydra with wings, a symbol of Venice’s naval power, and the commander’s Latin motto: “VT CVMQ[VE]” (“Be that as it may”). Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia [1589×1558]April 30, 2025
A hunting saber from Germany, 1560-1570s CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia [576×1600]April 30, 2025
A Spanish caravel pendant made of a magnificent Colombian emerald, and complemented by gold and enamel. 1580-1590s CE, now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia [1066×1600]April 30, 2025
Bracelet that belonged to Queen Amanishakheto of the Kingdom of Kush, who reigned from approximately 10 BC to 1 AD. It was found in her tomb in Nubia and is currently located in the Egyptian Museum in Berlin. [1205×1073]April 30, 2025
Stairs leading up to the tomb of Darius II, the 9th Achaemenid king who ruled the Empire from 423 to 405 BC, Naqsh-e Rostam, near Persepolis, Iran. [1350×1080]April 30, 2025
Mat weight in the form of a bear. China, Western Han dynasty, 202 BC – 9 AD. Gilt bronze. Cleveland Museum of Art collection [6112×6112] [OC]April 30, 2025
The massive cyclopean mortarless retaining wall at the hill of Pnyx in Athens, Greece. 5th- 4th centuries BCE [2580×3399]April 30, 2025
