The English word ‘paradise’ comes from the Proto-Iranian ‘parādaiĵah’ meaning “walled enclosure”. The 5.5 hectares Shazdeh Mahan Garden in Iran, looks like paradise compared to the surrounding desert. 1850-1873 CE [1559×2366]October 9, 2024
Fort Tolukko is a small fortification on the east coast of Ternate, Indonesia, that has been variously occupied by the Portuguese, the native Ternate Sultanate, the Dutch, the British and the Spanish. Built in 1522, it’s phallic shape is more likely a function of the immediate topography [1080×1604]October 9, 2024
Red-figure terracotta kantharos (deep pedestal wine cup) with griffins attacking a deer. Etruscan, ca. 325-300 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [3000×4000] [OC]October 9, 2024
Askos decorated with intercourse scenes made around 440 BC. It was found in the Kerameikos cemetery and is now located in the Kerameikos Archaeological Museum in Athens, Greece. [4032×3024] (OC)October 9, 2024
Kumaragupta slays a tiger with an arrow and the goddess of the Ganges River blesses a peacock, early 5th. c AD Gupta dinar [2313×1154]October 9, 2024
Ship Procession Fresco, Akrotiri, Thera, c. 3600 B.P. Detail. A boat, buildings and garments can be appreciated. At about 39ft long and 17″ wide, this is one of the most spectacular frescoes recovered from the Minoan city, preserved under 100ft of volcanic ash in some places… [1920×1273] [OC]October 9, 2024
Fighting roosters on the Roman mosaic in Pompeii. Cockfighting was one of the most popular pastimes of the lower social strata of ancient Rome. [800×447]October 9, 2024
The Sumpa Lovers in Ecuador, are the remains of a man and a woman embracing, belonging to the Las Vegas culture, approximately 5000 to 7000 years old. 6 large stones were placed on both skeletons, fracturing the bones, although the stones were only placed after they had already died [1024×1504]October 8, 2024
A late 19th century CE Japanese ivory carving of a pear with a vagina, covered in shibayama insects [702×702]October 8, 2024
“Sweet Dreams”, a marble statue by the Florentine sculptor Antonio Frilli made in 1892 CE [1024×768]October 8, 2024
