An 8,000-year-old beautifully decorated ceramic anthropomorphic vessel, discovered during road constructions in 2015 near Mursalevo, Bulgaria. Now housed at the National Archaeological Museum in Sofia, Bulgaria [2546×4800]April 27, 2025
[800 x 779] A fragment of an engraved shell, bearing a scene and text that seem to indicate that the parrot shown in the window belonged to a scribe named Popol Tz’i, perhaps also depicted on the shell(though only a hand remains). Unprovenanced, Maya, Classic Period.April 27, 2025
Ancestral Commemorative Head (uhunmwun-elao), possibly mid-1500s or early 1600s, Nigeria, Benin Kingdom, Ẹdo peoples, members of the Igun Eronmwon (royal brasscasters) guild, Copper alloy and iron [2472 x 3400]April 27, 2025
Abuwtiyuw (Abutiu) is one of earliest known named domestic animals. He was a dog who received an elaborate funeral and tomb from an unknown pharaoh, in hopes that he be honored before Anubis. Full translation in comments. 2345–2181 BC [911×516]April 27, 2025
Head of a deity, rock crystal sculpture from Nepal, 16th century; in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.[1284×2778]April 27, 2025
Votive stele of Gudea, Lord of Lagash (r. c. 2144–2124 BCE), led by Ningishzida to a Goddess holding vessel of flowing water. His reign was largely peaceful and marked not by boasts of might, but his devotion to deities like Ningirsu, even foregoing the title of Lugal for more humble Ensi [1300×843]April 27, 2025
Steel trident with engraved birds and flowers. Azerbaijan, 16th-17th century [4000×2130]April 27, 2025
Prostitutes performing acrobatics on a ladder. Print by Utagawa Kuniyoshi. Japan, Edo period, 1830-1835 [1250×2448]April 27, 2025
