An ancient marble head of a classical goddess, defaced and carved with a Christian cross around the year 500 CE. Now housed at the Archaeological Museum of Samos in Greece [1080×1331]April 30, 2025
An aerial view of the mosaic of the Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata in Otranto, Italy. The mosaic, which covers the floor of the three naves of the cathedral, was executed between 1163 and 1165 CE by the mosaicist and monk Pantaleone [834×1200]April 30, 2025
A youthful self-portrait by Hans Baldung (1484-1545 CE), who was a German painter, printer, engraver, draftsman, and stained glass artist. Hans was considered the most gifted student of Albrecht Dürer, who was one of the most important figures of the Northern Renaissance [3547×4916]April 30, 2025
Enamelled gold scent flask pendant, in the form of a cat on a cushion set with an emerald, rubies and pearls, Western Europe, about 1860-80. [4320 x 4320]April 29, 2025
Chalice of the Abbot Suger of Saint-Denis, 2nd/1st century B.C. (cup); 1137-1140 (mounting) National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. [1281×1697]April 29, 2025
A Minoan gold ring with spiral Linear A inscription, found in a high-status burial in the Mavrospelio Cemetery near Knossos in Crete, Greece. 1700-1600 BCE, now housed at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum [700×1426]April 29, 2025
A capital from the Church of Sainte-Pierre in Chauvigny, France, depicting a dragon swallowing a Christian. The dragon whose two bodies unite in a human head is a symbol of death in medieval mythology. 1150-1200 CE [1011×1000]April 29, 2025
This monumental Etruscan pyramid-shaped altar in Bomarzo, Italy, was hidden by vegetation on the slopes of a deep canyon and was only discovered for the first time in the 1990s, by 2 local archaeologists. The pyramid is believed to be an altar dating back to the 7th or 6th centuries BCE [2040×1346]April 29, 2025
