A soldier of the Imperial Japanese Army having relations with a Russian woman while a soldier of the same nationality watches from the ground,alluding to the Russo-Japanese War.Shunga artwork made in 1905.[499×334]October 8, 2024
“Sarcophagus with a Marriage Scene” Roman Empire, 3rd century. Material: marble [3600×2646]October 8, 2024
Detail of the Frieze of Lions, a decorative glazed-brick frieze from the first court of Darius I’s palace at Susa, Persian Empire, 500 BC. A declaration of royal power embodied in the king of beasts. Its iconography and composition was most markedly Mesopotamian… [1920×1080] [OC]October 8, 2024
A grave in Yakutia, Siberia, containing five members of the same family: the mother, in red, her children in yellow (her son, head to tail and her daughter, face to face) and her grandchildren in blue, the children of her daughter. They all died of smallpox. 17th-18th century CE [1181×1575]October 8, 2024
Obruk Han is a 13th Century CE Seljuk Caravanserai, located near Konya in Turkey. It is named after the huge sinkhole behind the Han. A caravanserai was a roadside inn where travelers (caravaners) could rest and recover from the day’s journey [1080×1562]October 8, 2024
Man engaging in sexual activities with six women. From Iran, now housed at the Kinsey Institute in Indiana [629×1000]October 8, 2024
Gold Earrings with monkeys. 600-1700 CE, Nariño Plateau – Late Period. Now housed at the Museo del Oro in Bogotá, Colombia [1200×926]October 8, 2024
Ancient bronze bull statuette, possibly Egyptian, from the late 2000s BCE. [2800×2800]October 8, 2024
Funerary ritual bird-shaped vessel. Three Kingdoms period, circa 57 BCE–676 CE, Korea. [960 x 1200].October 7, 2024
The 1864 FE 17, made by Antonio de Torres. It is one of the first modern classical guitars ever made and set a standard for guitar making that we follow to this day. [1214×2000]October 7, 2024
Stingray Barb Dagger, 19th Century Admiralty Islands, Bismarck Archipelago, Papua New Guinea (1280 x 768)October 7, 2024
The skull of a Roman soldier,killed during the Gallic Wars around 52 BC that was discovered in France.The skull,now in the Museo Roscen in Argentina,has a lance tip lodged within it,indicating a violent death in battle.[1024×768]October 7, 2024
