Babylon Relief 2nd-1st millenium BCE. Kudurru of Babylonian King Meli-Šipak II, or alternatively Melišiḫu ..
Aerial view of the “Owlman” aka “Astronaut”, a geoglyph of the Nazca Lines, which ..
Plate. Persian, Sasanian, A.D. 225–630 Dimensions: 4.8 cm (1 7/8 in.) Medium or Technique: Silver-gilt. ..
The arrival of the Queen of the Night. Stage set for Mozart’s The Magic Flute, […]
Rongorongo pictographic signs. The captions in the right-most column are merely descriptive. Self-made. ..
Nature, April 28, 2003 Helen R. Pilcher ‘Earliest handwriting found? Chinese relics hint at Neolithic ..
Administrative tablet of clay, Mesopotamian/Sumerian, 3100-2900 BC. The earliest tablets with written ..
Gold headdress ornament; Nasca, Peru, 400 B.C. – A.D. 600; 18.4 × 20.5 cm; Dallas […]
Left: is a cinerary urn. Right: a sitting statuette of a Quimbaya cacique (chief, leader). […]
Figure 6: Stone Stelae: 1-4. Qiemu’erqieke Phase I from the Kayinar cemetery (Kovalev 1999); 5, […]
Engraved stone found in Havor, Gotland. On display at the Swedish History Museum, in Stockholm, […]
Bowl from Sāmarrā, Iraq, circa 5000 BCE. I assume this is a photo of a […]
The valley’s rice paddies are scattered with mysterious ancient megaliths. Locals call this one “Palindo”—”the ..
Scythian art, from the Republic of Adygea, Russia. Photo taken at Hungarian National Museum by […]
The Heaven’s Gate, Tianmen Mountain. Slightly edited from a photo uploaded by Mohammad Shoaib via […]
Manydjarri Ganambarr in Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia at Harvard’s ..
Gerzeh palette (‘Hathor’, Cow-head palette). © Alain Guilleux. Cairo Mus. 34173 Gerzeh tomb ..
“Circe Invidiosa” by John William Waterhouse, 1892. Oil on canvas 180.7 × 87.4 cm (71.1 ..
“The Face in the Abyss” by Virgil Finlay, 1940. Wiki says: Virgil Finlay (July 23, […]
“The Last Judgement” by Hans Memling, between circa 1466 and circa 1473. Distemper, oil on […]
Selknam, Hain Ceremony, Tierra Del Fuego By Martin Gusinde, 1923 Body painting for the Hain […]
Funerary mask, 1000 B.C.–A.D. 100. Made in: Eastern Cordillera, Colombia. Ceramic. h. 21.0 cm., w. […]
The artefacts are on the National Museum in Belgrade. The text on their website reads: […]
Winnemucca Lake petroglyphs. Credit: Benson, Larry V. and Hattori, E.M. and Southon, J. and Aleck, […]
Tumbaga Object. 0 – 550 d.C. El Dragón, Calarcá, Quindío 23,4 x 25,7 cm. © […]
Transcript: By combining computer modelling and radiocarbon dating, his team have been able to reconstruct ..
Gold pectoral, 0 – 550 A.D., Tolima, Colombia. 16 × 8.6 cm. © Museo del […]
Body Mask (Det), mid-20th century. Asmat people, Ambisu village, New Guinea, Papua (Irian Jaya) Province, ..
Patterned body anthropomorphic figures. All images are from the article: I’ll attach the most relevant ..
Symbol in a Sami shaman drum. While I don’t really know where this particular one […]