Remnants of an oak tree cut down by bullets during a Civil War battle that took place on May 12, 1864, just outside Spotsylvania Court House in Virginia. Some of the conical Minié ball bullets are still embedded in the wood. [800×1067]September 8, 2024
The Mandevan Pillar, a 5th century inscribed Licchavi relic near Kathmandu [3024 x 4032]September 7, 2024
A bloody shirt worn by Gustavus Adolphus the great of Sweden in 1627 during his campaign against Poland. Housed in the royal armoury. [714×950]September 7, 2024
Virgin Mary had an angel babysit Jesus while she tackled the devil. From Taymouth Hours, England 1325-1335 [800×487]September 7, 2024
Kapala cups for use in tantric rituals within a Qing palace. Made from the skulls of the enemies of the Qianlong Emperor in 1776, now housed in the Palace Museum Taipei. Labeled “It’s Khwāja-i Jahān” and “It’s Sonom,” both defeated princes [1046 x 809]September 7, 2024
Cycladic statue of a female statue 1.4 meters tall of the canonical type (Spedos variety), located in the Museum of Cycladic Art (3024×4032) [OC]September 7, 2024
A physician administering a clyster to an embarrassed woman who hides her self and presents her behind through a window, female friends observe the scene. Photograph after a stone bas-relief in Bruges archaeological museum. [2678 x 3090]September 7, 2024
Plaque depicting Enannatum I, King of Lagash. Iraq, Sumerian civilization, around 2450 BC [1750×1750]September 7, 2024
Bronze appliqué in the form of a zoomorphic mask. China, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th century BC [4500×3675]September 7, 2024
A wooden casket of architectural form with decoration of perspectival geometrical marquetry relating to contemporary treatises, with engraved plaques and carvings; south German (probably Nuremberg), dated 1565 CE [933×1410]September 7, 2024
