An ancient bronze griffin head dating back to the 7th century BC, has been repatriated to Greece from US after it was stolen nearly a century ago, marking the latest repatriation in a broader shift of the museum world to return stolen artifacts to their places of origin. [2402×2000]March 24, 2025
In the Yorkshire Museum, you can see the rarely preserved Roman hair that once belonged to a young Roman woman. [900×675]March 24, 2025
This skull was preserved in a Danish bog for 5000 years, with the murder weapon beside it. The man was struck 8 times in the head with this wooden club, and analysis showed that his DNA differed from that of the local Danish population, indicating that he grew up somewhere else [3072×6607]March 24, 2025
“Thirsty Bagpiper”, oil and tempera on canvas, attributed to the Flemish Renaissance painter Jan Massys (1509 – 1575 CE) [2876×3736]March 24, 2025
In 2017, archaeologists working in Puisserguier, France, discovered a 2.9 m diameter pit, probably originally used as a wine cellar, inside of which lay the 4700-year-old skeleton of an adult woman, whose decapitated head is placed on her chest, supported by her right hand [1583×1825]March 24, 2025
The Hingston Hill Cairn and Stone Row, located in Dartmoor in Devon, England. The 316m long alignment contains at least 174 stones, and date from the Late Neolithic period (c.2400-2000 BCE), while the round cairn is a prehistoric funerary monument dating to the Bronze Age (2000-700 BCE) [1080×1080]March 24, 2025
Gold and enamel snuffbox featuring a glass micromosaic profile portrait of Bacchus, French/Italian, c. 1804-1819. [2100×1796]March 23, 2025
Gilded silver disc in shape of a lion’s head, Early Sasanian, British Museum [2500×1875]March 23, 2025
Veiled Christ is a carved marble sculpture completed in 1753 by the Neapolitan artist Giuseppe Sanmartino.It is formed from a single block of white marble,and was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro,a prince of Sansevero,as the centerpiece of the Cappella Sansevero,in Naples,Italy.[2048×1366]March 23, 2025
Sword and hat of Hospitaller Grandmaster Jean De Valette worn at the Great Siege of Malta in 1565. These items have seen some stuff. Apparently the sword feels very light to handle and is well balanced. They are located in the small church of St Lawrence in Birgu, Malta. [4053×5096].March 23, 2025
