The Broken Hearted Man petroglyph in Utah’s San Rafael Swell, depicting an anthropomorphic figure with tears streaming from its eyes. 300-1300 CE, Fremont culture [1024×683]September 22, 2025
A bronze water dropper shaped like a long-eared hare. Edo period, 18th–19th century CE, now housed at Tokyo National Museum in Japan [1792×3000]September 22, 2025
This ogham script appears on the margins of a 9th century CE Irish manuscript, and it roughly translates to ‘Massive hangover’ [1148×1896]September 22, 2025
On the left is a photo of Juana Maria, a Native Californian woman who was the last surviving member of her tribe, the Nicoleño, and who lived in a whalebone hut (pictured on the right) on San Nicolas island alone for 18 years before she was found in 1853 and taken to Santa Barbara [3548×2523]September 22, 2025
Sculpture inside a stairway of Troja Chateau, Prague, depicting Giants falling to Tartarus. 1685. [OC] [3024×4032]September 22, 2025
In 1992, archaeologists discovered a remarkable Assyrian lamassu dating back 2,700 years in modern-day Iraq, but due to internal instability, they reburied it at the same site to protect it. Now over 30 years later, it has been fully unearthed, with its head looted. [1350×1080]September 22, 2025
Synagogue ceiling tile with three pomegranates. Dura Europos, Syria, ca. 245 AD. Clay with layer of painted plaster. Yale University Art Gallery collection [6112×6112] [OC]September 22, 2025
The first and second floors of the Treasury, in Petra, seen from above. The ground floor, with at least 6 chambers, likely royal tombs, is buried under 6 ft of sand and rocks carried by the wind and the floods. A carved door can be seen in the picture through the grate on the left… [1280×768] [OC]September 22, 2025
Codex Testeriano Bodmer, a 16th-century Mexican catechism created by Christian missionaries. The book was made to evangelize the indigenous population by using pictographic script, a writing system they were familiar with.Housed at the Fondation Martin Bodmer in Cologny, Switzerland.[1256×1936]September 22, 2025
A pedestal-shaped pottery vessel, found at Tall-e Jari in Iran, depicting dancing men. 5000-4000 BCE, now housed at the National Museum of Iran [1260×2595]September 22, 2025
A golden ring from Ugarit, in Syria, engraved with the phrase “the free woman”. Late Bronze Age (1550–1200 BCE), now housed at the National Museum of Damascus [1200×1076]September 22, 2025
A Chinese painting of a prisoner being sliced into two by a large blade. Ca. 1850 CE, now part of the Wellcome collection in London [1337×1562]September 22, 2025
