Drawing of a Zhugenu (repeating crossbow), from the Bing Lu, a military manual. China, Ming dynasty, 1606 [1340×1020]March 22, 2025
Xipe Totec, meaning “Our Lord the Flayed One,” was an Aztec god of fertility, abundance, and agricultural renewal, often depicted wearing the flayed skin of a sacrificial victim, symbolizing death and rebirth.. National Museum of Antropology – Mexico [1152×2048]March 22, 2025
Memento Mori on a rosary from the early 16th century, carved ivory. Metropolitan Museum of Art. [874×1025]March 22, 2025
Armor of Henry II, King of France who reigned 1547–59. H. 74 in. (187.96 cm); Wt. 53 lb. 4 oz. (24.20 kg) MET [1513×2048]March 22, 2025
Whistling vessel shaped like a funeral bundle. Peru, Wari civilization, 800-1330 AD [2000×2000]March 22, 2025
Ceramic sculpture depicting a ceremonial ball game from Nayarit, Mexico, c. 200 BCE-500 CE. [2652×3259]March 22, 2025
A 5 meter long, 360 degree panorama of old the city of Delhi from 1846 as seen from the Lahori Gate. Painted by Mazhar Ali Khan, it is is significant because it shows much of the city which was largely leveled after the British siege in 1857. Currently housed in the British Library. [9216 x 1210]March 21, 2025
Image of a maenad playing a pair of tibia of different lengths (Tibia impares), dancing with a satyr, part of the Dionysosmosaik (mosaic in the the “Römisch-Germanisches Museum” in Cologne, Germany, 220s A.D. [2274×2048]March 21, 2025
A reconstruction of the Ishtar Gate has been on display in the Vorderasiatisches Museum , housed in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin , since 1930. The gate was part of the walls of Babylon , which, according to older lists, were among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World [1944×2592]March 21, 2025
Isis and Serapis with tetrarchs, rock crystal intaglio on a pendant. End of the 3rd century AD. On display in the Paris School of Jewelry Arts [1660×2048]March 21, 2025
