A rock art mural depicting a ritual that includes a feline and geometric figures. Recuay culture (200 BCE-700 CE), located in the Cajatambo district in Bolognesi, Peru [1536×2048]April 12, 2025
A Tsuu T´ina (Sarcee) coat made of deer hide, cotton cloth, otter fur, glass beads and ochre. Ca. 1890 CE, probably from Canada, now housed at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC [900×1317]April 12, 2025
A ninsei bowl with circular cut-out design. Made at Omuro kiln in Kyoto, Edo period, 17th century CE, now housed at the Miho Museum in Kōka, Japan [1919×2400]April 12, 2025
This Tetradrachm was minted by the Artists of Dionysus. A guild of musicians, actors, and artists who organized various festivals and performances during the Hellenistic Period. Possibly minted at Teos in the 2nd century BC. [1080×568]April 12, 2025
A rock painting in Tin-Tazarift, Algeria, depicting dancing figures with a mushroom as a head and a mushroom-like object in the right hand. Estimated to be 7000-9000 years old [4208×3962]April 12, 2025
Missale Secundum Morem sancta Romane Ecclesie, 1493. A beautifully printed incunable, bound In an Early Stamped Leather Binding Produced in Zwischgold, with Gilt Decoration [1536×2048]April 12, 2025
Scene from the History of the Kitano Tenjin Shrine: Priest Son’i’s Visit to the Imperial Palace. Japan, late 14th c. Ink and colors on paper; handscroll section mounted as a hanging scroll. En route to confronting an angry spirit, the priest parts waters. Philadelphia Museum of Art [4096×2847]April 12, 2025
The Horses of St Mark; 4 statues of copper, brought to the Basilica di San Marco, Venice, from Constantinople [hippodrome], after the sack of 1204. Made the latest in the 4th c. CE, but most possibly earlier; placed firstly on the facade of the Basilica, but then transferred inside [2050 x 1600]April 12, 2025
Pottery mould [left] & cast [right], of a warrior Romano-British god, possibly related to the Celtic god Taranis. Corstopitum, England, 3rd c. CE ca. Now in the Corbridge Museum [1634 x 1280]April 12, 2025
Mosaic panel depicting the madness of Heracles about the kill Megara and their children, from the Villa Torre de Palma near Monforte, 3rd-4th century AD, National Archaeology Museum of Lisbon, Portugal [2560×1830]April 12, 2025
Alabaster and Bronze Statue of Artemis of Ephesus, 2nd century AD. The head, hands and feet are a modern restoration by Giuseppe Valadier. National Archaeological Museum of Naples [1950×3900]April 12, 2025
