“Beast (Cat Woman)” located at the State Hermitage Museum, Russian Federation, 1999. Material: smoky quartz, opals, gold, silver [2256×2700] by Baba_Jaga_II
September 27, 2024The US has returned more than 1,000 Achaemenid tablets to Iran, the sixth such handover of its kind. Dating to the time of Darius the Great (522-486 BCE), a large portion of the ancient tablets were returned in three batches between 1948 and 2004, with over 3,500 were repatriated in 2023. [700×532]
September 27, 2024Bowl with chrysanthemum blossoms by Namikawa Sosuke (enameler). Japan, Meiji period, made for the 1900 Paris Exposition Universelle. Silver, enamel. Walters Art Museum collection [4000×3000] [OC]
September 27, 2024Somebody recently posted on the medieval, 3-way bridge at Crowland, Lincolnshire, England. The parish church at Crowland is also unusual and interesting as it was built inside the ruins of Crowland Abbey, demolished in the 1540s [760 × 1024]