Hellenistic silver ladle, with a handle ending to a swan’s head. Greece, 4th – 3rd c. BCE. In Walters museum, nr. 57.909 [1052 x 1800]September 4, 2024
C.CORNELII TACITI OPERA is a 1776 Italian book that is as old as the Declaration of Independence. [3464×3290]September 4, 2024
Plate depicting an androgynous Dionysus with Ariadne and Hercules. Iran, Sasanian dynasty, 5th-7th c AD. Silver and gilt. National Museum of Asian Art collection [1200×900]September 4, 2024
God Holding a Lion-headed Sceptre in Each Hand, Possibly Nergal, Old Babylonian from Kish, 3rd Millennium BC [400×442]September 4, 2024
Earliest surviving celestial globe in the world. Made by the Andalusian astronomer and globe-maker Ibrahim ibn Said al-Sahli. circa 1080 AD [746×1000]September 4, 2024
The Bridgeness slab; a Roman commemorative distance slab made of sandstone, with inscription marking the completion of a part of the Antonine Wall by the 2nd legion. Scotland, 142 CE ca. Housed in the National museum of Scotland, nr. X.FV 27 [2664 x 1008]September 4, 2024
Roman fresco showing dancers. Found in Pompeii, Villa of Cicerone. Currently located in Naples Museum. [800×515]September 4, 2024
