Archaeologist Friedrich Krefter standing at the Gate of All Nations in 1930—the entrance to Persepolis, dating to 550–330 BC, Iran. [1223×1524]November 21, 2025
Dance wand with metal jingles, and drum. United States, Sioux peoples, 19th century [3300×2700]November 21, 2025
Bronze cap for a spear butt, with gold inlays. China, Warring States period, 300-221 BC [740×1135]November 21, 2025
Jade royal belt ornament depicting a young ruler. Maya civilization, 400-500 AD [2087×7600]November 21, 2025
Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue (a composite statue in which only the naked parts were of marble) believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias [1280×853] [OC]November 21, 2025
Alexander Mosaic, c. 100 B.C.E. Roman copy of a lost Greek painting, House of the Faun, Pompeii. This monumental Mosaic (8 ft 11 in × 16 ft 10 in) is made up of about 1.5 million minute tesserae. I found a wonderful explanation of the scene and its dramatic depiction. Keep on reading… [1920×1206]November 21, 2025
A man posing with what is said to be a bronze dome from the Porcelain Pagoda tower in Nanjing, China, in 1871. The tower was built during the Ming Dynasty in the 15th century and was destroyed during the Taiping Rebellion in 1856. [2661×2132]November 20, 2025
