Leonardo da Vinci’s design of the parachute with build instructions. From his Codex Atlanticus, circa 1485. [1147×1079]August 29, 2024
The 13th century Noravank Monastery hidden in a red rock canyon of southern Armenia [OC] [1100×1600]August 29, 2024
Two Roman glass amphoriskoi with blobs of opaque yellow, red and white on faintly translucent blue-green ground. 1st-2nd century CE, from Italy, now housed at the British Museum [2666×3332]August 29, 2024
Vignettes Depicting Animals from Ancient Wall Paintings by Enea Vico and printed by Antoine Lafréry, from the series Mirror of Roman Magnificence. Italy, 1547. Engraving. LACMA collection [3251×2278]August 29, 2024
Roman Theatre of Cartagena in Spain, 1991 vs 2021. Surprisingly given its size and architecture, it remained hidden for centuries as we didn’t know of it until 1988. This is explained because it is situated in an area of the city that has been continuously occupied in the last 2 millennia [700×2163]August 29, 2024
A crannog is typically a partially or entirely artificial island, usually built in lakes and estuarine waters of Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. They were used as dwellings over five millennia, from the European Neolithic Period to as late as the 17th/early 18th century [1600×1976]August 29, 2024
Ancient Greek bracelet made of rock crystal with gold rams heads. 330-300 BCE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum [3432×3600]August 29, 2024
The multicursal mazes by Italian engineer Giovanni Fontana; they are considered by some the earliest surviving of their kind. Drawn in 1420 ca & included in his Bellicorum instrumentorum liber [BSB Cod. Icon. 242, f.9v-10r], are accompanied by an encrypted script in latin, deciphered [1545 x 1062]August 29, 2024
Silver coin of Vladmir I the Great of the Kievan Rus, 1010s. Reverse shows the royal tamgha of the Rurik dynasty, a falcon diving down, now the national emblem of Ukraine. [1004×528]August 29, 2024
Roman bas-relief showing a figure that is not entirely visible. Perhaps it is the figure of a warrior drawing an arrow. The object was found in the 19th century in the grounds of Sudeley Castle in central England. [1200×1600]August 29, 2024
Cabinet with Shibayama style marquetry and inlays, depicting mythological scenes. Japan, Meiji period, around 1880 [2800×3000]August 29, 2024
