This is a necklace from the Parthian Empire (247 BC – 224 AD). Due to its discovery in a box and the use of multiple valuable materials such as gold, silk, emerald & turquoise, it is considered as one of the best-surviving necklaces from the ancient times, retaining even its chains. [2560×1695]August 26, 2024
(2998×1898) Moroccan granaries, or “Igudar,” are considered one of the oldest banking systems in the world. Used by the Amazigh people in southern Morocco, especially around #Agadir, these granaries date back to 1400s. (More in the comments)August 26, 2024
The incredibly unusual left facing Sassanian imitation in gold, possibly Sindh mint (southern Pakistan) [1500×720]August 26, 2024
The Pella curse tablet, 380-350 BC. Love charm/magic spell inscribed on a lead scroll. Held in the New Archaeological Museum of Pella, Greece. [600×404]August 26, 2024
Jeweled Falcon made with Gold, Enamel Rubies, Emeralds, Diamonds, Sapphires and Onyx, Mughal Empire, 1640 A.D. [1280 x 1920]August 26, 2024
This “Wooton Desk” was patented “Oct. 6, 1874,” and made in Indianapolis, Indiana. This spectacular complete office opens to reveal an interior with birdseye or curly maple including cubbyholes or mailboxes in the doors and small drawers below [2048×1738]August 26, 2024
Children being eaten by bears sent by God, as punishment for mocking the prophet Elisha’s baldness. From the Weltchronik, Ms. 33, ca. 1400–1410 CE, made in Germany and now housed at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles [1024×994]August 26, 2024
Tombstone of Lucius Avillus Dionysius, trainer of the Red Team, which is one of the 4 teams that competed in ancient Roman chariot racing. The tombstone contains an epitaph that records his training ability and the results of his two most successful students (translation in the comments) [611×900]August 26, 2024
Halteres were a type of dumbbells used in ancient Greek sports, as lifting weights and also as weights in their version of the long jump. The halter in the second picture belonged to Spartan athlete Akmatidas, the winner of a pentathlon competition in the Ancient Olympic Games [1010×1480]August 26, 2024
The La Douleur statue on the grave of Robert Didsbury (1890-1910). It was sculpted by his mother Mme Didsbury and can be found in the Montmartre Cemetery, Paris. [1024 x 683]August 26, 2024
Ladle with Skull. Skull imagery is associated with the Tánis ceremony practiced by the Heiltsuk & Kwakwawa’wakw people. Young males are initiated into the community during a ritual where they are symbolically transformed from cannibals, a state equated with death, into members of society [1536×1223]August 26, 2024
