Pompeian fresco depicting Theseus after killing the Minotaur. The fresco is not large. In the past, it was the central panel of a larger painting. It was like a painting hung in the middle of the wall and the attention of the person entering the room was supposed to focus on it. [1200×1306]March 29, 2025
Box shaped like a female crab, carved from bamboo root. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century [1350×1350]March 29, 2025
The Nikkō Ichimonji, a famous sword (tachi) owned by the Hōjō Clan. No signature. Japan, Kamakura period, 13th century [1900×1700]March 29, 2025
The Battle of Changping (262-260 BCE) in ancient China, is infamous for being one of the bloodiest battles of antiquity, because several hundred thousand soldiers were buried alive. In fact so many people were killed, that the bones of the dead were used to make fertilizer in the 1970s [1000×1641]March 29, 2025
These 3rd century CE medallions were found by chance in Egypt in 1902 and formed part of a hoard of 20 medallions, 600 gold coins and 20 stamped gold ingots. The medallions were commissioned to honor Emperor Caracalla, representing him as the descendant of Alexander the Great [2153×5336]March 29, 2025
In 1891, Warren K. Moorehead found at the base of one of the original Hopewell Mounds in Chillicothe, Ohio, a hardened cube of clay, which Moorehead called an altar. The cube was not shipped and still lies in the mound, boxed, and covered with 3 feet of earth. 200 BCE-500 CE [1494×1044]March 29, 2025
In 2014, excavations on Mantas Street, the main entrance to Cusco’s Plaza de Armas, in Peru, revealed the discovery of a large Inca wall and carved staircases [1799×2383]March 29, 2025
