The 2nd century CE Colossal Statue of Mars at the Capitoline Museums is a masterpiece of Roman sculpture that showcases the artistic achievements of ancient Rome, particularly in its intricate details such as the ‘Calcei of Mars’, the remarkable footwear adorned with intricate designs [1080×1350]October 13, 2024
An Etruscan bronze statuette from a burial in Vetulonia. 8th-7th century BCE, now housed at the Archaeological Museum of Florence in Italy [636×960]October 13, 2024
Bronze candlestick shaped like an elephant carrying a castle. Germany, 1200-1400 AD [1650×2055]October 13, 2024
Jade bowl shaped like a melon with berries and a squirrel. China, Qing dynasty, 19th century [3300×3126]October 13, 2024
The “Phaistos Disk” is a disk of fired clay from the island of Crete, Greece, possibly from the Minoan Bronze Age (second millennium BC), bearing a text in an unknown script and language. (956×900)October 13, 2024
Joseph Apoux’s *Alphabet Érotique* (circa 1880) is a series of lithographs featuring erotic imagery corresponding to each letter of the alphabet. (Very NSFW) (1080×720)October 13, 2024
Snuff box featuring a watercolor painting of an unidentified man, British, 1793. [2853×3000]October 13, 2024
Shirt worn by Finnish nationalist Eugen Schauman when he assassinated russian governor-general Nikolay Bobrikov in 1904. [3456×4608]October 12, 2024
“Earring with Nike driving a two-horse chariot” (Greek, Late Classical or Early Hellenistic Period, about 350-325 B.C.E.) made of gold and possibly enamel. Boston Museum of Fine Arts collection [1000×1083]October 12, 2024
Aureus of Postumus, the Roman usurper and self-styled Augustus of Gaul from 260-269 AD. From the Staatliche Münzsammlung in Munich. [878×1023]October 12, 2024
