An Attic black-figure plate from the Etruscan city of Vulci in central Italy. The figure is an archer blowing the trumpet typically used in battles. 520-500 BCE, now housed at the British Museum [1200×2981]September 17, 2024
A box of eight glass bottles, c 1745, Germany. The box is decorated with scenes from the life of St. Nicholas of Myra. Gold impressed into tortoiseshell via piqué technique. Held in Minneapolis Institute of Art [2470 x 1920]September 17, 2024
Quince sculpture. Iran, second half of 19th c. Steel, damascened with gold and silver. Loaned to LACMA from the Louvre [1402×1500]September 17, 2024
From 1777-1782, a quarry worker named Francois Décure spent his lunch breaks creating small sculptures on the limestone walls of the Catacombs of Paris. The sculptures recreated buildings such as the Menorca’s Port Mahon prison where Décure had been imprisoned for 5 years [1024×1368]September 17, 2024
14,000 Years Old Bison Sculpture Found in Le Tuc d’Audoubert Cave, Ariege, France [1280 x 872]September 17, 2024
The Palaghju alignment is a prehistoric site, bringing together several megalithic alignments and megalithic sarcophagi, located in the commune of Sartène in Corsica, France. Comprising 258 menhirs, it is the highest concentration of this type of megalith in the Mediterranean basin [960×1927]September 17, 2024
A engraved mammoth tusk from Yeliseyevichi 1 site. Upper paleolithic, 15,000-12,000 BCE, now housed at the Kunstkamera in Saint Petersburg, Russia [999×422]September 17, 2024
Parchment holes in a 14th century manuscript repaired using embroidery. Circa 1417 CE, now housed at the Uppsala University Library in Sweden [500×375]September 17, 2024
Ivory plaque depicting a loving couple (mithuna). Orissa, India, 16th century [946×1200]September 17, 2024
A ceramic vessel, AD 200–850. depicting a deer-headed man chewing coca leaves and powdered lime. Moche civilization, North Coast of Peru [2389×3400]September 17, 2024
