This drawing, by the Ottoman painter Şahkulu, of a dragon entangled in swirling foliage under attack from a lion above while assaulting a phoenix is certainly the greatest masterpiece of the saz style. Now housed at the Cleveland Museum of Art [6668×2939]September 18, 2024
A 4th century BCE stele found in 1904 at the south of the Theatre of Dionysos in Athens. From the lower part of the stele, a snake relief slithers upward toward a sandal. Between the snake and the sandal is a carved inscription that reads “Silon anetheken”, meaning Silon dedicated it [1602×2318]September 18, 2024
A 7th century BCE Etruscan tumulus tomb at the necropolis of San Cerbone – Casone in Italy [1200×2082]September 18, 2024
The Ancient Romans held mock naval battles known as naumachia for entertainment. In some cases, amphitheaters like the colosseum would be flooded and the ship battles would take place within them while spectators would watch from their seats [1161×1901]September 18, 2024
The Tomb of Robert Curthose, Duke of Normandy and son of William the Conqueror, in Gloucester Cathedral [1280×957]September 18, 2024
Fragment of a preserved Roman leather tent from the Vercovicium fort, which formed part of Hadrian’s wall. The creation of one tent for an 8-person contubernium (the smallest unit in the legion) could require about 70 goatskins. [1200×800]September 18, 2024
Small silver reliquary made in the 4th century in Nea Herakleia, Greece. It is now located in the Museum of Byzantine Culture in Thessaloniki. (4032×3024)September 18, 2024
A detail from the Tulley Lough Cross, an altar cross from 8th or 9th-century Ireland, discovered by divers at the bottom of a small lake. Now housed at the National Museum of Ireland. [390×450]September 18, 2024
An Etruscan bronze ritual cart from Vetulonia, ca. 675-650 BCE, now housed at the National Archaeological Museum of Florence in Italy [2995×2949]September 17, 2024
Menhir statues housed at the Menhir Museum in Laconi, Sardinia. 3000-2000 BCE [951×1267]September 17, 2024
A Lute body constructed of a mosaic of ivory and 3 sorts of wood in an overall star pattern, glued to strips of parchment. Made around 1550 by Marx Unverdorben in Venice, now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London [2466×1920]September 17, 2024
