Roman tombstone showing marriage: Caludius Agathemerus and his wife Myrtale. Object is dated back to 90-110 CE. The artifact is located in the Ashmolean Museum. [1200×900]April 18, 2025
Wooden Fish sarcophagus containing a fish mummy, 10cm x 16.2cm x 33.2cm, 800-480 BC now housed in the Museo Egizio Turin [2560×1912]April 17, 2025
Portrait of Roman Emperor Caracalla; inscription in Greek letters O IIETPOC and cross added at the Byzantine period in order to transform the portrait in that of St. Peter. Amethyst intaglio, ca. 212 AD. From the treasury of the Sainte-Chapelle in Paris, BnF Museum [664×908]April 17, 2025
Wooden Mask for Sande Society from Sierra Leone. Late 19th century. Brooklyn Musuem [1136×1536]April 17, 2025
This men’s morning coat was made in India for the aristocratic French market. Much of the Mughals’ wealth derived from the international export of textiles, which became increasingly fashionable throughout Europe and America during the 18th century. 1700-1750. Cleveland Art Museum [750×675]April 17, 2025
There were several chests in the 9th century CE Viking Oseberg ship burial in Norway, but the so-called “large chest” is among the best preserved. The chest contained a comb, a pair of scissors, 2 lamps of iron, a cup, a wooden barrel, a few wooden bowls, a long pipe and horse studs [1687×1442]April 17, 2025
Court lady’s platform shoes with embroidered lotuses. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century [1800×1800]April 17, 2025
In the 1780s, a fisherman in Norway discovered this basalt axe in Fiskum lake. The axe is dated to 2850-2350 BCE, and weighs almost 700 grams. Now housed at the Museum of Cultural History in Oslo, Norway [1638×2048]April 17, 2025
3 Roman gold medallions from the Tarsus treasure. From Turkey, 3rd century CE, now housed at the Museum of the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris [3011×4376]April 17, 2025
