Malachite carving of a luohan sitting under a tree with his assistant, with an incribed poem by the Jiaqing Emperor. China, Qing dynasty, 18th-19th century [1400×1400]November 11, 2025
A necklace made of black glass owned by a passenger aboard the Titanic when it sank. It was was recently excavated and identified from debris recovered 25 years ago from the ocean floor. [900×716]November 11, 2025
Ceramic aryballos [perfume flask] in the form of a helmeted head. East Greek, possibly Rhodian, ca. 600-570 BC. Penn Museum collection [3000×4000] [OC]November 11, 2025
The Ishtar Gate in its original location, built around 575 BC under King Nebuchadnezzar II as one of the grand entrances to Babylon. The Ottoman Empire granted excavation permits to German archaeologists in 1899, and the gate was later transported to the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. [1638×2048]November 11, 2025
Keeping Up With The…..Venus figurines from Nebra, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. heavily stylised female statuettes dating to the Late Palaeolithic (around 13.000 BCE) [1503×1232]November 11, 2025
The Lady with the Hood or Venus of Brassempouy (25k YBP), France. This 1,44″ high fragmentary ivory figurine from the Upper Paleolithic was carved from a mammoth tusk. It is one of the oldest busts ever found and one of the earliest known realistic representations of a human face… [1280×853]November 11, 2025
In the ruins of Pompeii – specifically in the area of ​​region V, where street bars (the so-called thermopolium) were located – archaeologists have found an unusual object: a vase (situla), manufactured in Alexandria, Egypt, which is decorated with Egyptian-style hunting scenes.[1200×675]November 11, 2025
Roman mosaic showing Silenus and leopards, which are pulling Bacchus. Object is located in Kato Paphos (Cyprus) near the harbour. [566×677]November 11, 2025
