Wat Chaiwatthanaram is a Buddhist temple built in 1630 CE, and located in Ayutthaya Historical Park in Thailand. It was a royal temple where the king and his successors performed religious ceremonies [882×1337]April 21, 2025
Tang sancai three-color glazed pottery figures of camels. Tang dynasty (618–907 CE), now housed at the Tang Sancai Art Museum in Shaanxi, China [1080×2239]April 21, 2025
The stone lions are considered ancient wonders at Persepolis (550–330 BC), they are designed in such a way that they look angry and anxious when you look at them from the side, but when you stand in front of them, they appear smiling and happy. [1000×335]April 21, 2025
The world’s best preserved Ancient Egyptian “Book of the Dead,” full of pleas & promises (OC, Info in comments) [4032×3024]April 21, 2025
Female acrobat shooting an arrow with a bow in her feet. 4th century B.C. Gnathia style pelike [2448×2815]April 21, 2025
Central panel from a tesselated floor of a Roman villa depicting Dionysos with fruit and ivy in his hair, second half 2nd Century AD, Archaeological Museum of Ancient Corinth, Greece [2560×1696]April 21, 2025
A Sword of Guru Gobind Singh Ji (the 10th Sikh Guru, 1666-1708). The blade has an inscription of ‘Allah’ in the Arabic script [Context given in the comments]. Preserved in the Bhai Dalla Ji Collection in Talwandi Sabo, Panjab, India [1219×1219]April 21, 2025
Bronze Greek helmet made in Southern Italy, 350-300 BC. The elaborate decoration on this helmet suggests that it was strictly ceremonial and not intended to be worn into battle [1808×2536]April 21, 2025
Armor with the Lion of Saint Mark in forged steel. 16th century. Doge’s Palace Venice. [3000×4000]April 21, 2025
Prehistoric Mirrors from Turkey, c.6400 BCE: these are the oldest manufactured mirrors in the world, dating back to more than 8,000 years ago; they were meticulously crafted from pieces of obsidian [3824×5264]April 21, 2025
A Jackfield tea set that has been passed to the first girl of each generation in my family for over 300 years. Today I became its new keeper 🥰 [4080 x 3072]April 21, 2025
