Rendering, Liberty Street Entry View, World Trade Center, by Carlos Diniz for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Pen and ink on vellum, ca. 1962-1968. Cooper Hewitt collection [3000×4000] [OC]September 11, 2024
Gold plate with deer and monkeys in relief. China, Song dynasty, 960-1279 [2150×2100]September 11, 2024
‘A Negro hung alive by the Ribs to a Gallows’, an engraving by William Blake for John Stedman’s ‘Narrative of a Five Years’ Expedition against the Revolted Negroes of Surinam’ [800×1118]September 11, 2024
An interesting find from Herculaneum in Italy. A Roman bathtub has survived to our times. Dated to the 1st century CE. [700×525]September 11, 2024
Faberge cigar box made of gilt silver, enamel, and sapphire set in gold, Russian, 1896. [3174×3400]September 11, 2024
Solid bronze cast of a votive figurine representing the god Ba’al (god of fertility and storms), dated Late Bronze Age, 1550-1200 BCE. Discovered at Tel Megiddo. [2746×4045]September 10, 2024
A Cuman/Kipchak Iron Rider Armour and Horse equipment (chain mail, helmet with mask, bit, stirrups, girth buckle), dated 12th or 13th Century CE. Lypovets, Ukraine [1080×1350]September 10, 2024
The Sumerian City Of Uruk, one of the most significant cities in the ancient world, stands as a testament to the ingenuity, culture, and power of the Sumerian civilization. [1080×1080]September 10, 2024
Portrait of an Unknown Woman by Marcus Gheeraerts the Younger, England ca. 1590-1600. Oil on canvas. Sonnet in cartouche on lower right can be read in comments. Royal Collection Trust [1412×2250]September 10, 2024
