British Museum object EA37984 close up of a banquet from Amenhotep III circa 1370 BC. Found in Thebes, it’s very interesting due to the musician girls looking forwards rather than being side-on, while two dancers prance on. It’s worth a Google to see the other fragments and colours. OC. [4032×3024]April 2, 2025
The Dancing Girl is a famous bronze statue from the Indus Valley Civilization (circa 2500 BCE), discovered in Mohenjo-Daro. [1595 x 2127]April 2, 2025
Foot reliquary from the Basel Minster treasury, 1450, silver, copper, gold-plated, mother of pearl, enamel, pearls, gemstones and glass. [1024×684]April 2, 2025
3 year old discovers 3,800 year old artifact during a family outing in Tel Azeka, Israel. Experts identified the find as a Canaanite seal or scarab [2000×1334]April 2, 2025
Helmet with visor, from Marozuka Mound. Kumamoto, Japan, Kofun period, 5th century AD [4000×3330]April 2, 2025
Egyptian terracotta sculpture which may depict Isis mourning Osiris. The sculpture portrays a woman raising her right arm over her head, a typical gesture of mourning. 15th or 14th century BC. Louvre [2427×2832]April 2, 2025
Tlingit helmet, Alaska, before 1867, wood, bear skin, tooth, iron – Native American collection – Peabody Museum, Harvard University [2560×1720]April 2, 2025
Scarab of King Ramesses II smiting an enemy. The king grabs the captive with one hand by his hair and swings back his sword with the other. The lower round shows two kneeling, fettered captives: a Nubian and a Libyan with a feather in his hair. 1279-1213 BCE Walters [643×900]April 2, 2025
Antoninianus of Saloninus as Augustus, Cologne, summer 260 AD. Minted while under siege by Postumus, the teenaged Caesar accepted the title of emperor in a desperate attempt to keep his troops’ loyalty until his father Gallienus could come and break the siege. It did not work. [2349 X 1092]April 2, 2025
Roman portrait of a man from the middle of the 3rd century CE. The object is 26.5 cm high. [618×900]April 2, 2025
