This gold bracelet of the ancient Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq IIa (reign ca. 887-885 BCE) is crafted in two hinged sections, and set at its center with a lapis lazuli Mesopotamian cylinder seal dating to the Akkadian Empire (ca. 2300 BCE). Now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo [549×461]February 15, 2026
This Japanese samurai helmet, from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603 CE), is covered with boar bristles and adorned with gilded stag antlers. The heart-shaped decorative element above the visor is an inome, a stylized representation of a boar’s eye, used to ward off evil [1080×1920]February 15, 2026
Standing 24 centimeters tall and weighing 550 grams, this gold sculpture was found in an Incan tomb at Hualla Hualla, at the foot of Nevado Ausengate, a deified peak in Cusco. 13th-16th century CE, now housed at the Museo Histórico Regional de Cusco in Peru [1115×3072]February 15, 2026
The wreck of the Maine in the harbor after the February 15th explosion which killed 261 of her crew [1920X1546].February 15, 2026
Roman saddle with preserved horns, made of bronze. The object is dated to the 1st century CE and is on display at the Dominikanermuseum Rottweil in Germany. The horns were found at Fort I and II in Rottweil. [1200×461]February 15, 2026
Ring made of abraded jade made by the Liangzhu culture of China, c. 3000-2200 BCE. [2100×1863]February 15, 2026
The Sendai City Tomizawa Site Museum, in northern Japan, preserves a fossilized forest, where the remains of human habitation that occurred 20,000 years ago were discovered in 1988. The bottom picture shows a campfire remains and a hole where stone tools were buried [1200×1706]February 15, 2026
A nautilus cup made in 1595 CE in Delft, the Netherlands. Silver, parcel-gilt and garnet [1853×3163]February 15, 2026
The red granite sarcophagus of the pharaoh Senusret II (died c. 1878 BCE) in the burial chamber of his pyramid in Egypt. The sarcophagus was exceptionally well made with remarkably minute deviations, but had a pronounced slant towards the south along its length [1100×1100]February 15, 2026
