Parrying dagger with knuckleguard and screwed-in blades. Thanjavur, India, 17th century [2040×1350]February 20, 2025
Roman mosaic showing a comedy scene. Find in Cicero’s Villa in Pompeii. Dated to the 1st century CE. [800×600]February 20, 2025
The interior space of the Porta Nigra, located in Trier, Germany. The Porta Nigra, which is the best-preserved Roman city gate north of the Alps, was built in around 170 CE using approximately 7200 blocks of stone, and is now on the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage List [1080×1439]February 19, 2025
“Adoration I”, a marble statue made by the Norwegian-Danish sculptor Stephan Abel Sinding in 1910 CE. Now housed at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen, Denmark [736×981]February 19, 2025
Detail of a miniature of mice laying siege to a castle defended by a cat; from a Book of Hours, England (London), c. 1320-c. 1330, Harley MS 6563, f. 72r., now housed at the British Library [1012×1012]February 19, 2025
Stripey pottery made and signed by the Athenian potter Sotades, c 460 – 450 BCE. Now housed at the British Museum [2034×2048]February 19, 2025
A cameo brooch sculpted in Cassis Rufa (Cornelian Shell) and framed in gold, depicting Eos and Selene (daughters of Hyperion and Theia) as an allegory of the Day & Night. Italy, 19th century [2672×1668]February 19, 2025
Archaeologists have discovered the tomb of Thutmose II, first tomb of a pharaoh since Tutankhamun’s was uncovered over a century ago. Thutmose II, one of the greatest pharaohs, was Queen Hatshepsut’s husband, and his tomb was the last undiscovered royal tomb of the 18th Egyptian dynasty. [1024×576]February 19, 2025
Bracelet from the Elamite period (14th Century BC), a combination of gold and agate, kept at the National Museum of Iran. [576×777]February 19, 2025
