Ancient Greek football player balancing a ball. Part of a marble grave stele, found in Piraeus, 400-375 BC. National Archaeological Museum, Athens [375×500]March 7, 2025
Mycenaean dagger with nautilus designs, bronze, inlaid with silver and gold. Place of findingː Pylos. Late Bronze Age, 15 century BC. National Archaeological Museum of Athens [3471×2311]March 7, 2025
A ceramic bust from a girl’s grave. The object is dated from the 1st-2nd century CE. The artifact was found in Córdoba, Spain, and is now in the National Archaeological Museum of Madrid. [1200×1739]March 7, 2025
Carved ivory sculpture of a Daoist Immortal riding a hat on the waves, Japanese, c. 1750-1850. [1538×2100]March 7, 2025
Letter from Christopher Columbus to Luis de Santángel, Treasurer of Aragon who funded much of his voyage, in which he provides a brief account of the lands and peoples that he met, and urges the Catholic monarchs to sponsor a 2nd larger expedition, promising to bring back immense riches [2000×2573]March 6, 2025
In 1650 CE, the Chinese Empress Dowager Wang sent a written letter to Pope Innocent X. In it she reported that impressed by the work of the Jesuits, she had converted to Catholicism, and requested the Pope to send more missionaries to her kingdom. Vatican Apostolic Archives [1080×893]March 6, 2025
Decet Romanum Pontificem is the papal bull that excommunicated the German theologian Martin Luther. It was issued in 1521 by Pope Leo X to effect the excommunication threatened in his earlier papal bull, Exsurge Domine, for Luther had failed to recant. Vatican Apostolic Archives [1920×1252]March 6, 2025
The letter of Vaz de Caminha to Manuel I of Portugal, is the first ever literary description of Brazil. It includes detailed descriptions of the Tupi indigenous peoples, whom Vaz describes as innocent, simple and free from shame or modesty, attributes he sees confirmed in their nakedness [1160×1640]March 6, 2025
The marble statue of a male that was discovered in December of 2024 during the supervision of a gas network installation in downtown Athens. In this area, during the imperial period (1st–5th century AD), some of the most magnificent villas of the city were located. [1080×1920]March 6, 2025
“Royal Tomb” at Alaca Höyük, preserved in-situ; dated to c. 2850–2450 BC, several tombs were found at layers 5-8 of the 14 cultural/occupational layers found at the site; the oldest, deepest layers date to the chalcolithic period. Img. Cred. Bernard Gagnon, Wikimedia commons. [2560 × 1707]March 6, 2025
Gold diadem. Bunești-Averești – Dealul Bobului hill fortified Geta settlement (Vaslui County), end of the 4th century BC. – early 3rd century BC, Bucharest, National Museum of Romanian History [2560×1786]March 6, 2025
Pipeclay figurine of a mother-goddess from a cemetery at Welwyn Grange, Hertfordshire. The figure sits in a wicker chair and is suckling a baby. Roman Britain, 2nd century AD. Ht.14.5 cm. British Museum [881×1472]March 6, 2025
