Travertine Kohl Jar Inscribed for Hatshepsut as God’s Wife, which must have been made during the queen’s marriage to Thutmose II or during the first years of her joint reign with Thutmose III. circa 1492–1477 B.C., MET [925×1200]April 26, 2025
Roman mosaic showing a happy she-wolf with twins – Romulus and Remus. The object was found in Aldborough (North East England). It can now be admired at the Leeds City Museum. The work was either made on purpose in such way, or the artist did not put much effort into making it. [1200×889]April 26, 2025
The Petelia Tablet from Ancient Greece, c.300-150 BCE: this “passport for the dead” provides instructions on where to go and what to say after crossing into the Greek Underworld, and it was supposed to allow a dead person to obtain special privileges in the afterlife [3580×4631]April 26, 2025
Iron armor pieces, with museum reimagining. Fukuoka, Japan, Kofun period, 5th century AD [1900×1760]April 26, 2025
Assorted gold rings featuring busts of Serapis and Isis. 100 B.C.–A.D. 100. MET [2731×1258]April 25, 2025
A Dagger (Keris) Holder From Cirebon Sultanate in 18th Century. Depicting Ganapati/Batara Gana/Earthly Angle Holding a Dh’ulfiqar’s Sword of Ali, the nephew of the Prophet. Collection of National Gallery of Australia [874×2000]April 25, 2025
Arg-e Bam in the Iranian city of Bam, is the world’s largest adobe building, with an antiquity traced back to at least the Achaemenid Empire (550–330 BC). A World Heritage Site, it flourished from the 7th to 11th centuries AD as a producer of silk and cotton garments along the Silk Road. [1280×719]April 25, 2025
