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Gold throne of Tutankhamun. Egypt, 3300 years old.
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Statue based on Leonardo da Vinci’s famous concept for artificial wings. From the exhibition “Leonardo: 500 Years Into the Future”, at The Tech Museum of Innovation, 2020.
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Roman mosaic: Reclining skeleton with the caption 'Know Thyself', c. 4th century AD. Now on display at the Baths of Diocletian (Thermae Diocletiani) in Rome, Italy.
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Roman Lycurgus Cup is a 1,600-year-old jade green Roman chalice. When you put a source of light inside it magically changes color. It appears jade green when lit from the front but blood-red when lit from behind or inside.
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Motion by Bryan Randa (Art Glass Sculpture).
"..Skillfully crafted from glass using flameworking techniques, this remarkable sculpture captures an octopus's graceful movement and playful personality..." #glassart
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John William Waterhouse - Hylas and the Nymphs (1896).
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Stone & Man - Qaqortoq, Greenland. All throughout the greenlandic town of Qaqortoq, carved into boulders and lichen-covered rock faces, are carvings of whales, faces, and other traditional designs. Together these stoneworks are a citywide work of art known as Stone & Man.
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The unplaiting of the hair by Andrey Remnev (born 1962) ,1997. Medium: oil on Canvas.
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Gate of the Infinite - Legh Mulhall Kilpin (1853-1919).
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Herbert James Draper: "The Gates of Dawn", 1900.
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Bowl Depicting a Swarm of Mice. Medium: ceramic and pigment Period: 180 BC - 500 AD. Culture: Nazca; South coast, Peru. Now on display at the Art Institute of Chicago. Illustration by Elena Izcue (1889-1970).
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The Oldest Known Map: The Map of Nippur
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Ancient Olive Tree of Vouves is located in the village of Ano Vouves on the island of Crete and is believed to be the oldest olive tree, which still produces olives. It's only one of seven olive trees in the Mediterranean, which are believed to be over 2,000 years old.
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The Orkney Hood, found in a peat bog in 1867, is the only complete item of fabric clothing to have survived from early medieval Scotland c. 250-615 AD, now on display at the National Museum of Scotland. Image Credit: National Museum of Scotland.
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Watch set into a single Colombian emerald crystal, circa 1600; the watch is part of the Cheapside Hoard, a cache of jewels and jewelry buried since the Great Fire of London in 1666 and rediscovered in 1912 by workmen. Collection: Museum of London, UK.
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Temple of Isis, photo dating 1900-20, in Philae Island, Egypt.
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Cesare Saccaggi (1868-1934), "Semiramis".
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Pectoral of Horus with Sun-disk. From the Tomb of Tutankhamun (KV62), Valley of the Kings, West Thebes. Now in the Egyptian Museum, Cairo.
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Mongolian Shaman "Otshir-böö" wearing ritual clothes and drum., circa 1909. This photo was taken by ethnologist and archaeologist Sakari Pälsi during his expedition to Mongolia in 1909.
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Pair burial of the Scythian Husband and Wife found near Ternopil, Ukraine (c. 1000 BC). Excavated around 1998.
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Thoth, God of Learning and Patron of Scribes. Culture: Egyptian. Date: 664–525 B.C. Medium: Slate. Image courtesy: Dallas Museum of Art.
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Orvieto Cathedral, detail of a twisted column. Photographer: Simone Tagliaferri, Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0.
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René Lalique’s 11-eyed blue-glass flacon for Canarina, 1928. Most likely inspired by the Kohl-lined eyes of the Ancient Egyptians. Now on display at the The Corning Museum of Glass.
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Evening near the Pyramids. Photo by Ernest R. Ashton, 1898.
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