The Sigiriya Frescoes (Apsaras) painted around 480 AD in Sigiriya, Central Province, Sri Lanka [4288×2848]February 21, 2026
The skull of an ancient Greek girl buried with a crown of ceramic flowers, 400-300 BCE, now housed at the Archaeological Museum of Patras in Greece [2048×1321]February 21, 2026
A 1,500-year-old Roman grasswork hat, discovered during Flinders Petrie’s 1901–1902 excavation in Egypt, and now housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford. In 2017, it was radiocarbon dated to 420-568 CE [2014×1534]February 21, 2026
2500-year-old jar filled with eggs, unearthed in 2019 in Jiangsu, China. Spring and Autumn period (770-475 BCE) [1708×2560]February 21, 2026
Three faces of fired clay, representing the cycle of life and death, from ancient Mexico. An old toothless man, shown in two halves, encloses the young man in the middle. The divided face of a corpse frames both. Probably Aztec, c. 1300 CE [1376×1218]February 21, 2026
Tripod vessel depicting white lily flowers. Maya civilization, 300-600 AD [2175×2323]February 21, 2026
Four-panel screen with tree of life motifs in mother-of-pearl inlay. India, 19th century [2400×2075]February 21, 2026
Portrait of a young man from Roman Egypt with a visible incision on his right eye after surgery. Object dated to the 2nd-3rd century CE. Example of Fayum portrait. [427×640]February 21, 2026
Incense burner in the shape of a goose, copper alloy, early 15th century, Ming dynasty China (2998 x 4000)February 21, 2026
Wooden cash box reputedly recovered from the office of Bernard M. Lynch at his slave pen in St. Louis, Missouri, when it was taken over by federal authorities to be used as military prison in September 1861. [3851×2261]February 21, 2026
