Polychrome terracotta sculpture of the Head of St Paul, attributed to Luisa Roldán, Spanish, Late-17th Century AD [1024×1024]September 21, 2024
Glazed faience tile fragment with palms. New Kingdom Egypt, late dynasty 18, Amarna Period, ca. 1352–1336 BC. Brooklyn Museum collection [1292×1536]September 21, 2024
The abandoned underground city of Derinkuyu in Central Turkey, delving nearly 300 feet into the ground and capable of holding 20,000 people. It was used for thousands of years even up to the 20th century. [OC] [2400×3000]September 21, 2024
A well-preserved dress from the Safavid Empire (1501-1722), made of brocade, kept at the National Museum of Iran. [896×605]September 21, 2024
Perforated andesite stupas at Borobudur temple, Indonesia. Photo by CEphoto, Uwe Aranas. [4288×2800]September 21, 2024
Terracotta Seated Goddess Figurine (7000-6100 BC) from Tappeh Sarab, on the river Karkheh in the area of Kermanshah, north-western Iran. National Museum of Iran. [1080×1410]September 21, 2024
Roman hair net, dated to the 1st century CE. It is made of braided golden wires. [720×468]September 21, 2024
Chinese newspaper composing room from the nineteen-twenties using “hot type” typesetting. The compositors reputedly walked 3 miles to typeset a single page. Photo by Paul Hutchinson, published circa 1927 by National Geographic. Shared on X by @chinarhyming [1955 x 745]September 21, 2024
The Harbaville Triptych is a 10th century CE Byzantine ivory triptych with a Deesis and other saints, now in the Louvre. It is regarded as the finest and best-preserved of the “Romanos group” of ivories from a workshop in Constantinople, probably closely connected with the Imperial Court [1293×2394]September 21, 2024
In 2015, an 80-meter-long belyana that caught fire some 350 years ago and was abandoned by its crew, was found in the Vetluga river in Russia. Belyanas were among the largest wooden ships ever built, with the largest ones being up to 120 metres long with a load capacity up to 12,800 tons [1100×1470]September 21, 2024
