Detail from the Sarcophagus of the King of Sidon: Mourning female figures, 4th century BCE, Istanbul Archaeological Museum. [2976×1984]April 15, 2025
Tataumanaria, spear heads lined with shark teeth, from the I-Kiribati culture in the Gilbert Islands, Kiribati. Late 1800s [639×767]April 15, 2025
Painting of the Siege of Adoni, 1786, in the Tuzuk-i-Asafia manuscript, 1793 CE. National Museum, New Delhi, India. Tipu Sultan is in green, riding on an elephant. (Zoom in for more details)[3552×5936]April 15, 2025
Centuries ago, Bali’s elite were buried in massive stone sarcophagi, some of which were carved to resemble turtles. The earliest of the found sarcophagi are more than 2,600 years old, but production reached a zenith during the Balinese Bronze Age (600 BCE-800 CE) [3686×5824]April 15, 2025
An engraved sandstone disc from Moundville Archaeological Site, in Alabama, illustrating two horned rattlesnakes, perhaps referring to The Great Serpent of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex. 1300–1450 CE, now housed at the Alabama Museum of Natural History [1096×2232]April 15, 2025
The pre-Inca citadel of Jagraraj, located at an altitude of 4200 m above sea level, in the central Andes mountain range of Peru. The citadel flourished 4000 years ago, and it stretches from north to south-west, divided into 4 hierarchical sections averaging 3 km in length horizontally [684×2047]April 15, 2025
