An Etruscan golden breastplate with star and crescent bracts reconstructed by the castellans. 4th-2nd century BCE, now housed at the National Etruscan Museum in Rome [2790×2880]September 29, 2024
An Etruscan terracotta plate with herons, from Cerveteri in Italy. Ca. 675-650 BCE, now housed at the National Etruscan Museum in Rome [2172×2184]September 29, 2024
An Etruscan terracotta holmos (stand) from tomb 2 of the banditaccia in Cerveteri, Italy. Ca. 700-670 BCE, now housed at the National Etruscan Museum in Rome [1856×4840]September 29, 2024
An Etruscan golden kotyle with pairs of sphinxes, from the Bernardini tomb in the Colombella necropolis in Palestrina, Italy. Ca. 675-650 BCE, now housed at the National Etruscan Museum in Rome [2147×1591]September 29, 2024
Coat decorated with protective patterns. Ainu, Hokkaido, Japan, late 18th or early 19th c. Elm bast fibers, thread, cotton appliqué. Loaned to the Baltimore Museum of Art [3000×4000] [OC]September 29, 2024
Castro de Coaña, a collection of buildings dating to the 4th Century BC, from Asturias, Spain [2560×1712]September 29, 2024
Petrified Roman bread from 79 CE. On the bread, there is an inscription: owned by Celer, slave of Q. Granius Verus. The find comes from Herculaneum (near Pompeii) and dates back to the 1st century CE. What is worth emphasizing, the basic ingredient of Roman’s dinner was bread. [1200×885]September 29, 2024
Dangling bronze ornaments for a horse. Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD [1540×1330]September 29, 2024