Roman hair net, dated to the 1st century CE. It is made of braided golden wires. [720×468] by imperiumromanum_edu
September 21, 2024Terracotta Seated Goddess Figurine (7000-6100 BC) from Tappeh Sarab, on the river Karkheh in the area of Kermanshah, north-western Iran. National Museum of Iran. [1080×1410]
September 21, 2024Chinese newspaper composing room from the nineteen-twenties using “hot type” typesetting. The compositors reputedly walked 3 miles to typeset a single page. Photo by Paul Hutchinson, published circa 1927 by National Geographic. Shared on X by @chinarhyming [1955 x 745]
September 21, 2024The Harbaville Triptych is a 10th century CE Byzantine ivory triptych with a Deesis and other saints, now in the Louvre. It is regarded as the finest and best-preserved of the “Romanos group” of ivories from a workshop in Constantinople, probably closely connected with the Imperial Court [1293×2394]