Guanacaste-Nicoya Jade Bird-Celt Pendant. Costa Rica. ca. 500 BC – 500 AD. – Galeria Contici collection [1440×2160]March 4, 2025
Roman shop sign from Pompeii. It shows four phalluses and a cup on dices – symbols of happiness. The object is located at Taberna Lusoria, VI, 14, 28. [1000×651]March 4, 2025
A 1100 year-old Viking sword has been pulled from an Oxfordshire river in a rare discovery unearthed by a magnet fisherman. The weapon was found in the River Cherwell last year and has now been confirmed to date back to between 850–975 AD. [1150×640]March 3, 2025
Celtic Treasure of Manching: 2,100-Year-Old Gold Hoard (3,7kg) stolen in 2022 and melted down [950×640]March 3, 2025
Andrea Pisano’s reliefs at the bell tower of Florence’s Cathedral(14th century). The bottom row depicts the history of human civilization, starting with god creating Adam and concluding with Noah inventing wine and proceeding to get shitfaced[2992×1875]March 3, 2025
Sacrificed Mayan ball player. One of 4 stelae depicting seated decapitated ballplayers originating from Aparicio, Veracruz. Anthropolgy Museum of Xalapa, Mexico. [1536×2048]March 3, 2025
Jewelry box front with two arch-angels, Ellwangen-Pfahlheim, Ostalbkreis, c. 700 AD, linden wood – Landesmuseum Württemberg – Stuttgart, Germany [1280×977]March 3, 2025
Jean-Démosthène Dugourc entered this model in a contest held in 1787 to choose a design for Queen Marie-Antoinette’s new jewel cabinet at the palace of Versailles. The jury selected another entry which was constructed the following year and is now in the Queen’s bedroom in the palace. [1535×1800]March 3, 2025
A child’s toy from a tomb of girl Hapy consists of three miniature sculptures of dwarves dancing. A system of pulleys in the base makes the figurines move. Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty, ca. 1991-1802 BC. Carved Ivory, Egyptian Museum, Cairo [2560×1678]March 3, 2025
