The Uyuk Tarlak inscription, discovered in Tannu Tuva in 1888. It contains an old Turkic funerary inscription, likely from the 7th or 8th centuries, by a ruler of the Yenisei Kyrgyz people. Translation in comments. [1090×1152]March 19, 2025
Denmark repatriates the statue head of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus to Turkey. The atrifact, which was stolen during illegal excavations in the 1960s, is significant due to its connection to ancient Lycia, a once-flourishing Roman province in what is now modern-day Turkey. [1280×853]March 19, 2025
Fayum portrait of a man in a blue cloak. The painting was made with the encaustic method on a wooden panel. The object comes from the 1st-2nd century CE and is located as an exhibit at the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow (Russia). [493×600]March 19, 2025
The helmet of Gjergj Kastrioti, commonly known as Skanderbeg, an Albanian feudal lord and military commander who led a rebellion against the Ottoman Empire. | This (probably Italian) helmet was attributed to Skanderbeg only in the 2nd half of the 16th-century by Archduke Ferdinand II. [2743×2092]March 19, 2025
Excerpt from the Han dynasty civil case Su Jun v. Kou En, dated 3rd year of Jianwu (27-28 CE), recovered in 1974 from Juyan, China. The records for the case survived almost in full and provide a view into civil lawsuits of Han China. Translation of entire case in comments [687×1080]March 18, 2025
Huaco erótico, from the Moche culture, is known for their explicit depictions of sexuality. 100-700 AD, Larco Museum, Peru. [6720×4480]March 18, 2025
Statue of Emperor Daowu, the founder of China’s Xianbei-led Northern Wei dynasty in the position of a Buddha, Yungang grottoes, 453-495 CE. The statue is around 13.5 meters tall [1536×2048]March 18, 2025
Gold Amulet in the form of a shrine with goddess Isis and Greek inscription “Good luck at childbirth”, 200-300 AD, Roman. Landesmuseum, Zurich [1439×2048]March 18, 2025
Bird. Maya, Mexico or Guatemala, ca. 600-900 AD. Earthenware and paint. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection [3060×4080] [OC]March 18, 2025
1st Century A.D. fresco from Pompeii (now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples) showing Iapyx removing an arrowhead from the leg of Aenas, with Aenas’s son Iulus Ascanius crying beside his father. At left, Aeneas’ mother, the goddess Venus. [2320×2808]March 18, 2025
The small stone tray holds models of objects required for the Opening of the Mouth ceremony. This rite reanimated the deceased or animated a statue so that it could eat, breathe, see, hear, and otherwise enjoy everything offered to it. circa 2465–2150 B.C., MET [2047×2048]March 18, 2025
Mayan Figure of a Scribe (Man with dwarfism). The ornate turban worn by this man is typical of the courtly garb of key individuals serving the ruler in the royal courts of the Classic Maya. AD 550-850, Walters Art Museum [1265×1800]March 18, 2025
