The Shrine of St. Patrick’s Bell is a bell shrine reliquary dated to c. 1094–1105 CE, and is made of bronze, silver, gold, glass and rock crystal. It contains a c. 500 iron hand-bell which survives, and is a highpoint of Irish metalwork from the late Insular and early Romanesque periods [918×2231]February 11, 2026
A large blue-glazed pottery jar and cover. Tang Dynasty (618–907 CE), China [3428×4036]February 11, 2026
Prehispanic petroglyphs made by the xochimilcas, and located at the archaeological site of Cuahilama in Mexico. The petroglyphs, which date back to between 1200 and 1500 CE, expressed the Xochimilcas views, and have been attributed ceremonial functions and deity veneration [2510×1885]February 11, 2026
The gilt bronze effigy of Edward, the Black Prince dated to 1376 CE, and found at Canterbury Cathedral. Due to its highly detailed armour, the effigy is considered one of the most important examples of English medieval funerary art given that so few examples of contemporary armour survive [1260×864]February 11, 2026
A portrait head of a princess from el-Lisht necropolis, now housed at the Egyptian Museum in Cairo. Wood and gilding, 12th Dynasty, reign of Amenemhat I, ca. 1991-1962 BCE [940×852]February 11, 2026
Cufflinks that contain pictures of two different strains of plague-causing bacteria discovered in 1894, the names of which are engraved on the back. It’s believed they were made by Fabergé, for someone prominent in the field of bacteriology. From the Wellcome Collection. (1079×1079)February 10, 2026
The shoe that Marie Antoinette lost when she tripped going up the steps to the guillotine on the morning of her execution, 16 October 1793. In the collection of the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Caen, France. (1162×841)February 10, 2026
Blaschka Glass Sea Creature model, marine invertebrate glass sculpture by Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka (1863–1880) [700×865]February 10, 2026
Cyprus paphos museum-composite vessels of two small conjoined cups in Red on white ware – middle chalcolithic period 3400-2800bc [897×651]February 10, 2026
On Elephantine Island in Egypt rests a massive granite stone box, carved from a single monolithic block weighing nearly 17 tons. The artifact, which dates back to the New Kingdom (1550–1070 BCE), was likely a shrine or reliquary dedicated to the god Khnum [2048×3084]February 10, 2026
