A garlanded sarcophagus estimated to be around 2,000 years old was unearthed yesterday at the ancient city of Stratonikeia in Muğla-Turkey [675×450]April 28, 2025
Two crab-form paperweights, originally separate, which fused together during centuries of burial. China, Yuan dynasty, 14th c. Copper alloy. Loaned to the Metropolitan Museum of Art from Fujian Museum, Fuzhou [6528×4890] [OC]April 28, 2025
Photographs of members of Napoleon’s army wearing their original uniforms and insignia, taken in 1858, 37 years after the emperor’s death in 1821, when these old soldiers were well into their 70s and 80s [4071×5148]April 28, 2025
Double phallus engraved on a pierced stick. From the Gorge d’Enfer in France, made of reindeer antlers, 17,000-11,000 BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in France [540×371]April 28, 2025
Votive chariot and cart with anthropomorphic idol figurines, the second one is decorated with swastikas. From Dupljaja in Serbia, Dubovac culture, 1500-1300 BCE. The chariot is now housed at the National Museum in Belgrade, while the cart is housed at the Vršac City Museum [2464×5750]April 28, 2025
A 12th century CE mosaic at the Norman Palace in Palermo, Sicily, depicting a leopard [1080×1294]April 28, 2025
Souvenir playing card deck with cards depicting attractions at the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair, where the deck was purchased. [1665×1880]April 28, 2025
Roman Cameo Intaglio of Julia, daughter of Titus. 1st-3rd century AD. The engraved aquamarine is signed by Evodos. The later added Carolingian frame (from 9th c.) is surrounded by 9 sapphires and 6 pearls[1284×2778]April 27, 2025
A Ceremonial bronze dirk of the ‘Plougrescant-Ommerschans’ type, found in a heath field in the Netherlands, 1500-1350 BCE. In all, only 6 dirks of the ‘Plougrescant-Ommershans’ type are known. 2 were found in France, 2 in England and 2 in the Netherlands [653×1000]April 27, 2025
A 6,900-year-old female tomb from the early Neolithic period at Cys-la-Commune in France. The woman was buried with 2 stone bracelets, a necklace made of more than 350 small discoid limestone beads and 8 large tubular spondyl beads, and 2 spondyl valves at the waist [1134×2431]April 27, 2025
Wooden bas relief at the choir stalls of Montbenoît Abbey, in France, depicting Phyllis and Aristotle (top picture), and Samson and Dalila (bottom picture). 1523-1525 CE [1892×4788]April 27, 2025
