On the left: a 2400-year-old letter from Tushratta, king of Mitanni, to Amenhotep III requesting solid-gold statues as bride-price for his daughter. Right: another letter from Tushratta to Queen Tiye, complaining that the received statues were not solid gold, but merely gold-plated wood [3166×2500]March 4, 2026
Polynesian Kuri dog carving or pendant, 14th or 15th century. Canterbury Museum[1195×1482]March 4, 2026
Two chalcedony clovis points from the East Wenatchee Clovis Cache. The points, found in Washington, were made between 13,400 and 12,700 years ago [288×446]March 4, 2026
The Marriage Charter of Empress Theophanu is the dower document for the Byzantine princess Theophanu. Written in gold, the document was created after her marriage to Emperor Otto II in 972 CE, which made her the empress of the Holy Roman Empire. State Archives of Wolfenbüttel [945×3473]March 4, 2026
An illustration from a bible moralisée, a type of biblical illuminated manuscript accompanied by commentaries providing moral lessons, depicting homosexual relationships – c. 1220s A.D., Vienna. [470×462]March 4, 2026
Roman carnelian intaglio depicting a grasshopper driving a chariot being drawn by two butterflies, c. 1st century B.C – 1st century A.D. (1200 x 800)March 3, 2026
Ceremonial Chimu bowl made from two welded metals: a silver–copper alloy and a gold–silver–copper alloy. It depicts anthropormorphic figures, spondylus shells and zoomorphic beings. Peruvian North Coast, Chimu Empire, 1000-1476 AD, Now at the Museo Larco – Lima, Perú [4288×2848]March 3, 2026
Godfather and St.Mary, altar detail, southwest Germany, 1526 by Master HL. Exactly 500 years old. [1924 x 1799]March 3, 2026
Pichkari, a water syringe used to spray coloured water in the festival of Holi. India, late 18th century to mid 19th century. [800×474]March 3, 2026
Bracelet belonging to Queen Hetepheres I, wife of the first king of the IV Dynasty, Snufru. C.2500 BCE. Made of Silver with embedded Turquoise, Lazuli, and Cornaline. [1247×1047]March 3, 2026
A bear body made from clay with a bear skull in between its paws, made during the Upper Paleolithic (between 50,000 and 12,000 years ago) and found in the Montespan cave in France. Riddled with holes from spear points, it was possibly used to teach hunting, or perhaps used for a ritual [681×460]March 3, 2026
