A phenomenally enameled silver Swept-hilt Rapier, Germany, ca. 1606, housed at the Staaliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. [540×779]April 19, 2025
War mask (iron, steel, and brass) from Türkiye or western Iran, made by an unknown craftsman between 1450 and 1500. 20 cm (7.8 in) high. Now in the Khalili Collections, United Kingdom. Photo credit: Khalili Collections. [540×686]April 19, 2025
Gun Shield. Giovanni Battista of Ravenna proposed this design to King Henry VIII of England. 1545-1550 CE. [540×615]April 19, 2025
Statue of Aanen, second priest of Amon (1390-1353 BC), currently housed in the Egyptian Museum of Turin, Italy. Aanen was a priest-astronomer, which is why the spots on the leopard skin he’s wearing are shaped like stars. [1800×4000]April 19, 2025
Study of a Cat’s Head, by the Flemish painter Pieter Boel (1622-1674 CE). Now housed at the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia [1210×1600]April 19, 2025
A sideboard made in 1867-1870 CE by Edward William Godwin in the Anglo-Japanese style. Ebonised mahogany with silver plated handles and embossed paper panels. Now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London [1600×1262]April 19, 2025
Throne of Queen Eurydice I of Macedon (410-369 BCE), mother of Philip II and grandmother of Alexander the Great. The throne was found in her tomb, which was discovered in 1987 in Vergina, Greece, along with other royal Macedonian tombs [895×1200]April 19, 2025
Check out the ingredients of a one night cough syrup, manufactured in Baltimore back in the early 1900s [760×1266]April 19, 2025
Reusable Condom with latin manual made from pig intestine. The instructions recommend washing in warm milk to prevent disease. 1640 Lund University Historical Museum [3468×2308]April 19, 2025
Rajput Cavalry depicted on the walls of the 11th century Kiradu Temple, Barmer, Rajasthan, India [931×194]April 19, 2025
Roman mosaic showing Hercules struggling with the hydra. Object dated to the 2nd century CE. [800×824]April 19, 2025
