Treasure of Halikko (Finnish: Halikon aarre) is the most valuable treasure found in Finland and one of the most notable treasures in the Nordic countries. It was found in 1887 from Halikko and it is dated to the 11–12th century. [525×640]September 27, 2024
Saraswati – the goddess of learning, basalt, Karnataka, India, 12th century CE [2098×3086]September 27, 2024
The US has returned more than 1,000 Achaemenid tablets to Iran, the sixth such handover of its kind. Dating to the time of Darius the Great (522-486 BCE), a large portion of the ancient tablets were returned in three batches between 1948 and 2004, with over 3,500 were repatriated in 2023. [700×532]September 27, 2024
Bowl with chrysanthemum blossoms by Namikawa Sosuke (enameler). Japan, Meiji period, made for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection [4000×3000] [OC]September 27, 2024
“Beast (Cat Woman)” located at the State Hermitage Museum, Russian Federation, 1999. Material: smoky quartz, opals, gold, silver [2256×2700]September 27, 2024
Somebody recently posted on the medieval, 3-way bridge at Crowland, Lincolnshire, England. The parish church at Crowland is also unusual and interesting as it was built inside the ruins of Crowland Abbey, demolished in the 1540s [760 × 1024]September 27, 2024
Roman tombstone of Tiberius Julius Abdes Pantera, a soldier of Semitic origin, who was an archer and ensign in the 1st Sagittariorum cohort. [1200×1802]September 27, 2024
Koike Mound, in the forests near Kasaoka City. Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD [4000×5230]September 27, 2024
