Plaque depicting Enannatum I, King of Lagash. Iraq, Sumerian civilization, around 2450 BC [1750×1750]September 7, 2024
Bronze appliqué in the form of a zoomorphic mask. China, Western Zhou dynasty, 10th century BC [4500×3675]September 7, 2024
A wooden casket of architectural form with decoration of perspectival geometrical marquetry relating to contemporary treatises, with engraved plaques and carvings; south German (probably Nuremberg), dated 1565 CE [933×1410]September 7, 2024
A 15,000-year-old bâton de commandement from Montgaudier cave, in France, made of a reindeer antler and incised with depictions of two seals, a salmon or trout fish, and on the other side eels. Now housed at the musée de l’Homme in Paris [1024×1464]September 7, 2024
A gold pectoral and the great golden fibula from the Etruscan Regolini-Galassi tomb in Caere, Italy. The images on the left shows how the golden grave goods were placed on top of the deceased royal woman inside of the tomb. 675-650 BCE, now housed at the Gregorian Etruscan Museum [1428×1532]September 7, 2024
Over 400 figures populate the caves beneath the village of Daneze-sous-Doue in western France, carved into the soft limestone surfaces of the caves’ walls, floors, and ceilings. The sculptures are believed to date back to the late 1600s, but little is known about their origin [1200×1693]September 7, 2024
Bronze bust of Dhamar Ali Yahbur, King of the Himyarite kingdom of ancient Yemen. 2nd century AD [817×1024]September 7, 2024
During the preparatory work for the 2025 Jubilee, fascinating remains of an ancient laundry (fullonica) were discovered in Piazza Pia, right next to the Vatican. The laundry room, covering an area of ​​500 square meters, was a place of intense activity related to cleaning clothes. [1200×675]September 7, 2024
The photo shows Roman pedestrian crossings in Pompeii – stone blocks arranged across the street. These are the prototypes of today’s “zebra crossing”. [1200×1600]September 7, 2024
Crown of Saint Erik of Sweden from sometime around the 1150s, made out of gold plated copper and housed in his reliquary in Uppsala cathedral. [2362×1905]September 6, 2024
