#  @archaeologyart Archaeology & Art Archaeology & Art posts on X about art, collection, gold, culture the most. They currently have [-------] followers and [---] posts still getting attention that total [-------] engagements in the last [--] hours. ### Engagements: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::765618069062422528/interactions)  - [--] Week [---------] -20% - [--] Month [----------] +143% - [--] Months [----------] +246% - [--] Year [-----------] +113% ### Mentions: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::765618069062422528/posts_active)  - [--] Month [---] -74% - [--] Months [-----] +375% - [--] Year [-----] +448% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::765618069062422528/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +0.12% - [--] Month [-------] +1.30% - [--] Months [-------] +3.70% - [--] Year [-------] +7.80% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::765618069062422528/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 25.8% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) 18.37% [finance](/list/finance) 11.31% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) 2.12% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 0.71% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) 0.71% [musicians](/list/musicians) 0.35% [stocks](/list/stocks) 0.35% [nfts](/list/nfts) 0.35% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 0.35% **Social topic influence** [art](/topic/art) #727, [collection](/topic/collection) #1780, [gold](/topic/gold) #1578, [culture](/topic/culture) #3335, [in the](/topic/in-the) 7.42%, [japan](/topic/japan) #3729, [metropolitan museum of art](/topic/metropolitan-museum-of-art) #156, [hermitage museum](/topic/hermitage-museum) 3.89%, [silver](/topic/silver) #2944, [oil](/topic/oil) #502 **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@aetaneorizal](/creator/undefined) [@vibrantutopia](/creator/undefined) [@angelinomichels](/creator/undefined) [@sagee36690](/creator/undefined) [@n0439875062504inalbum72157694972700574](/creator/undefined) [@basadomente](/creator/undefined) [@alth0u](/creator/undefined) [@discoverwhatlie](/creator/undefined) [@ribbrexer](/creator/undefined) [@bittorrent](/creator/undefined) [@dalrymplewill](/creator/undefined) [@ekurisona](/creator/undefined) [@battuscyrene](/creator/undefined) [@flowerartemysa](/creator/undefined) [@good_1deas](/creator/undefined) [@chaos0nline](/creator/undefined) [@bruno_mailly](/creator/undefined) [@historacoin](/creator/undefined) [@karltrewhelaart](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Intaglio of a crab. Material: Beryl. Date: Hellenistic c. 3rd century BC. Collection & Credit: Bertolami Fine Arts" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019578916269388057) 2026-02-06T01:08Z 743.4K followers, 14.3K engagements "Season by Christina Bothwell (American b.1960 ) Medium: cast glass and ceramic" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020906288092172310) 2026-02-09T17:03Z 743.4K followers, 299.1K engagements "Vintage wind-up toy bear (USSR 1920s-30s)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011483500449251607) 2026-01-14T17:00Z 743.4K followers, 454.3K engagements "A round-shaped interior doorway with an art nouveau design from the 1930s" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011543880932487650) 2026-01-14T21:00Z 743.4K followers, 118.1K engagements "From the [----] stage play Dracula" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013224217844609088) 2026-01-19T12:17Z 743.4K followers, 90.9K engagements "Scent bottle. Place of origin: Bohemia Czech Republic Czechoslovakia. Date: ca. [----]. Medium: Glass" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014021295726645701) 2026-01-21T17:04Z 743.4K followers, 30.4K engagements "Crab Moche culture Peru. 6-7th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015077134100811817) 2026-01-24T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 1.1M engagements "David and Saul oil on canvas [----] by Julius Kronberg (Swedish 1850-1921)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015590513211015533) 2026-01-26T01:00Z 743.4K followers, 212.6K engagements "Stairway to the moon by Schinako Moriyama" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016179391571571129) 2026-01-27T16:00Z 743.4K followers, 140.3K engagements "Queen Maeve from The Century Magazine by J. C. Leyendecker (January 1907)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017766599294386633) 2026-02-01T01:07Z 743.4K followers, 48.5K engagements "Bronze Optician Advertisement Lamp circa 1920" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018047953198371127) 2026-02-01T19:45Z 743.4K followers, 38.4K engagements "Mother of pearl mounted English folding knife circa 1830s-1850s from Sofe Design Auctions" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018379890765001051) 2026-02-02T17:44Z 743.4K followers, 32.3K engagements "Tough I Am One-Eye Pete. The source of this photo is a vintage photo sale on eBay. Unfortunately the link isnt active anymore but from what I could find the listing only noted Antique Photograph . Kitten. when it was live. Also reproduction prints of the photo are sold on eBay dated [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018701008101355928 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018701008101355928" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018701008101355928) 2026-02-03T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 35.7K engagements "Cat Figure (classified as an alam/processional standard element). Culture: Qajar Period. Origin: Iran late 19th century (circa 1850--1900). Medium: Forged steel inlaid with gold and silver wire (koftgari/damascene). Collection: Louvre Museum Paris (Department of Islamic Arts). When you look closely at the cats face youll find a stylized human-like expression thats far from anatomically realistic. The large almond-shaped eyes thick joined eyebrows and prominent mustache evoke the periods beauty ideal -- known as "Moon-Faced" (mah-ru). Microscopic notches were cut into the steel body and" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019433080818135212) 2026-02-05T15:29Z 743.4K followers, 29.7K engagements "Sea Matryoshka. Design: Aamu Song & Johan Olin (COMPANY) [----]. Medium: Linden wood paint and varnish. Place of Production: Semenov Russia. Collection: Secrets of Russia Project. Designed by the Helsinki-based studio COMPANY this set tells the story of a deep-ocean food chain. The outermost layer features a whale stylized in black paint on linden wood. When you open this wooden sculpture you wont find a baby whale inside; instead a seal the whale just swallowed pops out. Open the seal to reveal a penguin in its stomach followed by a fish inside the penguin a squid inside the fish and a sea" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019757971929243926) 2026-02-06T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 38.9K engagements "Stater of Metapontion with ear of barley and grasshopper Greece [------] B.C" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020233605520273749) 2026-02-07T20:30Z 743.4K followers, 37.8K engagements "Lawrence Alma-Tadema The Vintage Festival 1871" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020271355917398462) 2026-02-07T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 20.9K engagements "Emerald Earrings. Date: A.D. 1st-3rd century (modern gold hooks). Culture: Roman Medium: Gold emeralds amethysts and pearls. Collection: Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum Baltimore US" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020565290552369164) 2026-02-08T18:28Z 743.4K followers, 16.2K engagements "Rabbit riding a snail Armorial Netherlands c. [----] Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Chig.G.IV.113 fol. 120v" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020830739068264789) 2026-02-09T12:02Z 743.4K followers, 20.4K engagements "Illustration: Movement of Forearm Bones (Skeletal Study). Source: Histoire d'un dessinateur : comment on apprend dessiner (English: Learning to Draw; or The Story of a Young Designer). Artist: Eugne Viollet-le-Duc. Date: [----] (First edition; English translation 1881). Material: (Probably) Wood Engraving Print. Publisher/Series: Bibliothque d'ducation et de rcration (J. Hetzel & Cie) Paris. These lines are by Eugne Viollet-le-Duc one of the 19th centurys most famous architects. Hes the man who led the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (alongside Jean-Baptiste Lassus) designed the" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020950836818706831) 2026-02-09T20:00Z 743.4K followers, [----] engagements "Photo by Vladimir Sychyov (Moscow 1970s)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021042434751209916) 2026-02-10T02:04Z 743.4K followers, 28.6K engagements "Black Venus on Blue Background Pierre Boncampain" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021222627751137446) 2026-02-10T14:00Z 743.4K followers, 28.6K engagements "Demon Preparing Human Soba Noodles (Hell Parody). Culture: Japanese (Edo Period). Artist: Nichsai (; also known as Matsuya Heizaburo; active in the late 18th century). Date: [----] (Kansei 5). Medium: Ink and color on paper (Kyga/Crazy Picture; section of an illustrated handscroll). Collection: Osaka Museum of History (Osaka Japan). Nichsai was a key representative of the satirical style in Japanese art associated with the "Toba-e" (Toba style) and "giga" traditions where figures are exaggeratedly elongated and caricatured. Here the artist takes the tradition of Buddhist hell depictions/scrolls" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019810822633955341) 2026-02-06T16:30Z 743.4K followers, 169.4K engagements "Thophile Steinlen (1859 - 1923) - Siamese Cat and her Kitten. [----]. Charcoal and pastel on paper" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019841019790098839) 2026-02-06T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 91K engagements "Amethyst intaglio of Fortuna-Tyche Roman 1st-2nd century AD from Bertolami Fine Arts" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020504892859945428) 2026-02-08T14:28Z 743.4K followers, 36K engagements "Roman Rock Crystal Icosahedron (Die) Period: Roman Empire 2nd 3rd century AD. Medium: Rock crystal (Quartz). Collection: Louvre Museum Paris (Inv. MNC 882). This transparent polyhedron is a roughly 2000-year-old divination die used by the Romans. Unlike the bone or ivory dice common in daily life back then this object is carved from rock crystal (quartz). Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder believed quartz wasnt a geological stone but rather "ice frozen forever in extreme cold that would never melt again" (krystallos). Lets examine the surface details. A master craftsman fashioned this" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020558245572792600) 2026-02-08T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 36.5K engagements "The Evolution of Cats by Ryohei Matsumoto c. [----]. Medium: Acrylic on panel. Private Collection. ". I want to create a parable of our modern society by referencing the animal kingdom. In the animal kingdom there exist social structures such as predator and prey coexistence and competition.This structure carries no good or evil and has existed since the dawn of life. I aim to create a piece that knows no place or age by placing human society in this structure. My fascination with creatures led me to study structural biology at a post-graduate level. I learned that many living things" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020875344236994929) 2026-02-09T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 34.2K engagements "Salvador Dal - The Meditative Rose 1958" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021298122303959158) 2026-02-10T19:00Z 743.4K followers, 34.8K engagements "Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod. Japan early 19th century (Edo period). Carved wood. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1962855572484624401) 2025-09-02T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 2.4M engagements "Cerberus. Artist: Paul Rumsey [----]. Medium: Ink and charcoal. Private Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010343459618427112) 2026-01-11T13:30Z 743.4K followers, 63.8K engagements "Painted skull with a snake motif and initials Eastern Alps 19th c" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018394234970112496) 2026-02-02T18:41Z 743.4K followers, 29.8K engagements "Somin (attributed to - Japanese) - Octopus playing a shamisen - ivory netsuke - late 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014865743465095604) 2026-01-24T01:00Z 743.4K followers, 247.2K engagements "Quadruped Puppy [----] AD 60th Unnamed Cave TN https://www.flickr.com/photos/143136480@N04/39875062504/in/album-72157694972700574/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/143136480@N04/39875062504/in/album-72157694972700574/" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017666691849732604) 2026-01-31T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 104.7K engagements "Runion de chats (Meeting of Cats). Photographer: douard Boubat [----]. douard Boubat was born in [----] in the Montmartre district of Paris. He studied typography and graphic arts at cole Estienne as a young man; however during World War II he was sent to Germany as a forced laborer and couldn't return to Paris until [----]. Having witnessed the war he decided to emphasize beauty rather than pain in his photography: ".Because I know war and have seen the horror I dont want to add to it. After the war we needed to celebrate life and photography was the way to do that."" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017938482069737518) 2026-02-01T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 34.1K engagements "Poison cabinet inside a fake Bible 1600s" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017946037319807208) 2026-02-01T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 190.2K engagements "Fish-Patterned Bowl. Culture: Ilkhanid Period Iran (probably Kashan).Date: Late 13th mid-14th century AD. Medium: Stonepaste; black painting under transparent turquoise glaze. Collection: Hossein Afshar Collection Photo: Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) Houston. This bowl was produced under the Ilkhanid dynasty which was established after the Mongol invasion. Developed to replicate the whiteness of Chinese porcelain the "stonepaste" technique features a quartz-based light-colored body that allows the turquoise glaze and black decoration to appear brighter and more contrasting. Furthermore" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019401120196558933) 2026-02-05T13:22Z 743.4K followers, 23.1K engagements "Circe and the Swine by Albert Goodwin (1845-1932)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019441888512946538) 2026-02-05T16:04Z 743.4K followers, 13.8K engagements "A herd of wild Przhevalsky horses in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Photograph: Tatyana Deryabina/University of Porthmouth. The Przewalski horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) or takh as it is known in Mongolia is a close relative of the horses that roamed through central Asia China and Western Europe in prehistoric times. Its large head capped by an upright bristly mane looks strikingly similar to the horses in the 17000-year-old cave paintings of Lascaux in South-West France. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019478631182127309 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019478631182127309" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019478631182127309) 2026-02-05T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 68.5K engagements "A silver tetradrachm from Kos 300-190 BC. R- Crab. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Museum Kerkyra Corfu)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019608737858875892) 2026-02-06T03:07Z 743.4K followers, 24.1K engagements "Lucy Willis [----] Cats [----] etching on paper" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019893869362491753) 2026-02-06T22:00Z 743.4K followers, 61.5K engagements "I Remember You. Artist: Sara Swink Date: [----]. Medium: Ceramic oxides and glaze; [--] x [--] x [--] cm. Private Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020120367394947514) 2026-02-07T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 78K engagements "The House of Cleopatra Island of Delos Greece (1937) Photo by Herbert List" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020195858822693104) 2026-02-07T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 15K engagements "Minoan Bull Leaper by Ellen Barkin" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020256255625851276) 2026-02-07T22:00Z 743.4K followers, 23.7K engagements "Queen's Apartment at Knossos Crete Greece. Illustration from Ancient Times A History of the Early World by James Henry Breasted (Ginn and Company Boston New York Chicago London Atlanta Dallas Columbus San Fransisco 1944)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020286453255754051) 2026-02-08T00:00Z 743.4K followers, 14.4K engagements "Petroglyph depicting mountain sheep. Date: c. AD [-------]. Place of origin: Sand Tank Inyo County California. Medium: Basalt. Collection & Credit: The National Museum of the American Indian" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020308095805624390) 2026-02-08T01:26Z 743.4K followers, 17.6K engagements "Lake Kawaguchi - New Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji. Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichiro. Date: c. [----]. Medium: Polychrome Woodblock Print on Washi paper. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Tokuriki Tomikichiro washed this scene on the shores of Lake Kawaguchi in a palette dominated by "candy pink" and "dusty rose" tones rather than realistic daylight. The hard black outlines (key-block)--the most distinctive feature of traditional Ukiyo-e prints that usually confine the boundaries of objects--have been largely abandoned in this work. This aesthetic choice was actually part of a strategy the" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020482756229185955) 2026-02-08T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 13.3K engagements "Egyptian words and phrases that incorporate the honey bee hieroglyph. (Photo: Gene Kritsky via World Media Foundation)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020527541858324547) 2026-02-08T15:58Z 743.4K followers, 32.9K engagements "Ren Lalique (1860-1945) Pocket watch c. [----]. Yellow gold classical watch mechanism. Decorated with masks after a drawing by Rodin. Diameter: [--] cm" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020997136557744321) 2026-02-09T23:04Z 743.4K followers, 26K engagements "At Night by Achille Casanova (1861-1948)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021192152420700658) 2026-02-10T11:58Z 743.4K followers, 31K engagements "Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) observation drawings and Venus Phases diagram. Author: Galileo Galilei [----]. Collection: Copies of the first edition are held in various rare book collections including the Library of Congress (USA) and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Florence). Actually Galileo wasnt the first person to turn a telescope toward the sky to sketch what he saw. For example the English mathematician Thomas Harriot had drawn the Moon in July [----] before Galileo. However although Harriot produced a more detailed map of the Moon in 1612/1613 his impact was limited because he" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021237728688447565) 2026-02-10T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 17.2K engagements "Dracula (First Edition). Author: Bram Stoker. Date: [----] (Text) 20th Century (Binding). Publisher: Archibald Constable and Company Westminster. Medium: Black leather with gold tooling and bat motifs; rebound. While drafting the novel Bram Stoker initially gave his main character the rather ordinary name "Count Wampyr." The book was also planned to be titled The Un-Dead until just before publication. However while vacationing with his family in the coastal town of Whitby he began examining William Wilkinsons book on the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia at the local library. Stoker came" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021260371504582891) 2026-02-10T16:30Z 743.4K followers, 48.6K engagements "Morning Sunlight Ponza Italy by Edward Brian Seago" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021358526770417788) 2026-02-10T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 15.4K engagements "The Cherries - Louis Valtat [----] French Oil on canvas" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021373868724621726) 2026-02-11T00:01Z 743.4K followers, 19.8K engagements "Sylphide by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Tsisaryk Art (b. 1978). Medium: bronze aluminum 2017" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1618806044750413825) 2023-01-27T03:00Z 742.5K followers, 728K engagements "Ghost Flock by Alasdair Wallace (b. 1967)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1786735063818002692) 2024-05-04T12:30Z 742.5K followers, 503.2K engagements "Marble sculpture of a frog Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 B.C.). Credit & Collection: Sotheby's" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1825616263520919831) 2024-08-19T19:30Z 743K followers, 3.3M engagements "Nymphs Dancing to Pans Flute by Joseph Tomanek (1889-1974)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1834713685526208553) 2024-09-13T22:00Z 742.6K followers, 332.6K engagements "Gold perfume bottle decorated with garnets originating from the Black Sea Region Sarmatian culture 2nd century BC. Currently part of the collection at the State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1933283205500514712) 2025-06-12T22:00Z 743.1K followers, 43.1K engagements "Pair of gold earrings shaped as figures of Nike mid-4th century BC originating from the Pavlovsky Barrow near Kerch Crimea. Collection: Hermitage Museum" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1940130809660186770) 2025-07-01T19:30Z 743.1K followers, 111.2K engagements "Various ancient petroglyphs depicting the Sun Cross or Solar Wheel motif found across different cultures* and geographical regions dating from prehistoric periods to antiquity. * Examples of these symbols appear across multiple archaeological contexts including locations such as Siberia Italy Ethiopia the Indus Valley Tibet and North America" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1943649005084332408) 2025-07-11T12:30Z 743K followers, 85.9K engagements "Scarabeoid Intaglio depicting a Griffin and Astragal originating from Ionia dating to the 5th century BC. Medium: Rock crystal and gold. Currently in the collection of the Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1945543976129331236) 2025-07-16T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 68.4K engagements "Scythian Tattoos from Kurgan II Pazyryk Altai. Depiction of animal and hybrid creature tattoos preserved on the upper right arm and various parts of the body of a Scythian male dating to the 5th century BC. Original skin fragment (left) detailed outline and general body placement drawing according to S.I. Rudenko (right). Photo courtesy of the Hermitage Museum" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1946902959729656217) 2025-07-20T12:00Z 743.1K followers, 154.3K engagements "Coiled snake pendant with chain by Ren Jules Lalique crafted from gold pearls and champlev enamel Paris 1898-1899. Collection: State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1949953047355879818) 2025-07-28T22:00Z 743.1K followers, 53.9K engagements "Gold wedding ring set with an emerald and a garnet Byzantine Empire 10th century AD. Collection: The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1950662448844779903) 2025-07-30T20:59Z 743K followers, 52K engagements "Mans wooden headgear discovered in Burial Mound [--] at Pazyryk Altai Mountains southern Siberia dating to the late 4thearly 3rd century BC. Currently housed in The State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1951727225654354410) 2025-08-02T19:30Z 743.1K followers, 56K engagements "Perfume bottle; Culture: Sarmatian; Place of origin: Black Sea region; Date: 2nd century BC; Medium: gold with garnet cabochons; Collection: The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1957865238620971179) 2025-08-19T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 29.6K engagements "A fabulous grotesque Burgonet for the armor of Guidobaldo della Rovvera Duke of Urbino attributed to Filippo Negroli Milan Italy ca. [----]. Collection: State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1978933998597333432) 2025-10-16T21:20Z 743.1K followers, 35.8K engagements "For a long time people called this Hercules; a [----] to [----] engraving even drew in feet and a lion skin to make that claim clear. the Vatican Museums now favor ajax the hero at the moment before suicide the head once tilted to the right hand that gripped a sword. see: Michelangelo admired the fragment so much he reportedly refused a papal request to add arms and legs. https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-clementino/sala-delle-muse/torso-del-belvedere.html Belvedere Torso. Culture: Greek (Hellenistic original; Roman period copy). Place of origin:" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1988463755496190146) 2025-11-12T04:27Z 743.1K followers, 31.3K engagements "Gold amulet with carnelian phallus. Culture: Bosporan Kingdom. Place of origin: Northern Black Sea region probably around the Cimmerian Bosporus. Date: 3rd century BC. Medium: Gold and carved carnelian. Now on display at the State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg Russia" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1993759872245170593) 2025-11-26T19:12Z 743.1K followers, 17.1K engagements "Two Kittens. Artist: Kawano Kaoru (19161965). Date: c. 1950s AD. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Credit & Collection: Bonhams" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1996233091266826410) 2025-12-03T15:00Z 742.5K followers, 26.8K engagements "Twenty-sided die with Greek letters (Icosahedron). Culture: PtolemaicRoman Egypt. Place of origin: Egypt. Date: 2nd century BC4th century AD. Material: Faience (glazed quartz ceramic). Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1999245344358429175) 2025-12-11T22:30Z 742.6K followers, 390.3K engagements "Oxford Lavender Throwaway Scent Bottles. Period: Late 18th century through the end of the 19th century (GeorgianVictorian). Material: Blown glass polychrome enamel and gilt. Private Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2002001016728744186) 2025-12-19T13:00Z 742.7K followers, 106.9K engagements "The Childs New Years Gift A collection of riddles London [----]. Material: Woodcut and letterpress on paper. Collection: Examples held at the British Library and Princeton Universitys Cotsen Children's Library. ".A Fart Since the world first begun I was never once seen Though everyone knows in their presence Ive been. No sooner Im born than I give a loud cry And your noses inform you I presently die." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006379929689022804 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006379929689022804" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2006379929689022804) 2025-12-31T15:00Z 743.2K followers, 58.9K engagements "Portrait of two young men dressed up as chinelos for carnival in Tepotzotlan Mexico December 1951.Photograph by Justin Locke National Geographic" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009176610453479819) 2026-01-08T08:13Z 742.8K followers, 118K engagements "The Cats Assembly (Katzenversammlung) by Quint Buchholz (German b. [----] Stolberg Germany)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009301839452188980) 2026-01-08T16:31Z 742.6K followers, 149.7K engagements "Paradise Lost [----] by Gustave Dor" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009399764148744393) 2026-01-08T23:00Z 742.8K followers, 150.1K engagements "Foxes Practicing the Difficult Art of How to Shape Shift into Humans by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1840s)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009716925778051139) 2026-01-09T20:00Z 742.5K followers, 123.1K engagements "Christina Bothwells magical glass deer" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009792335492555102) 2026-01-10T01:00Z 742.5K followers, 230.7K engagements "Trsor de la Mer (Sea Treasure) Perfume Presentation. Ren Lalique 1936" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010383921817772101) 2026-01-11T16:10Z 742.5K followers, 55.8K engagements "A woman strolls the beach at Nazar Portugal [----]. Photo by Bruno Barbey" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010449170658676868) 2026-01-11T20:30Z 742.5K followers, 76.4K engagements "Gold armband (one of a pair). Greek work. Gold. Ca. [---] BC. New York the Metropolitan Museum of Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010562406439629164) 2026-01-12T04:00Z 743.1K followers, 18.6K engagements "Silver dish in the shape of a leaf China Tang Dynasty late 7th-early 8th century from The Metropolitan Museum of Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010743650989318384) 2026-01-12T16:00Z 743.1K followers, 11.6K engagements "Terracotta vase in the form of a duck Greek mid 6th century BC from The Metropolitan Museum of Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010758704874791336) 2026-01-12T17:00Z 743.1K followers, 14.8K engagements "Bottle by Ren Lalique for Narkiss by Roger et Gallet 1912" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011069236186132751) 2026-01-13T13:34Z 742.6K followers, 50.5K engagements "Petroglyphs (rock paintings) of Altai" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011173935019180390) 2026-01-13T20:30Z 743K followers, 125.1K engagements "Four Fates of the Soul: Polychrome wood sculptures depicting Death Heaven Purgatory and Hell (Ecuador 18th century)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011423231522046094) 2026-01-14T13:00Z 743K followers, 127.8K engagements "Pair of Hellenistic Greek gold glass and stone earrings featuring an Egyptian Atef crown motif c. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011498571233690034) 2026-01-14T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 45.4K engagements "Bowl with Face. Culture: Mississippian. Place of origin: Missouri United States. Date: 11th14th century AD. Medium: Ceramic. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011785511728263308) 2026-01-15T13:00Z 743.1K followers, 16.4K engagements "Netsuke in the Form of Three Puppies. Culture: Japan (Edo Period) 18th century. Material: Ivory inlaid eyes; H. [---] cm W. [---] cm. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012223356150374730) 2026-01-16T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 81.7K engagements "Woodcut print of the twelve signs of the zodiac German 16th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012389489121869851) 2026-01-17T05:00Z 743K followers, 111.1K engagements "Rhyton in the shape of a dog's head c. [------] BC Metropolitan Museum of Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012522818454339855) 2026-01-17T13:50Z 743.1K followers, 27.7K engagements "Illustration of a Hammerhead Shark (Kase-wani) from the Oki-no-Kuni Sanbutsu Ezu Chsho (Illustrated Guide to Local Products of the Oki Region). Culture: Japanese (Edo Period). Date: 19th century. Medium: Ink and light color on paper. Collection: National Diet Library Tokyo" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012585761518870762) 2026-01-17T18:00Z 742.5K followers, 69.5K engagements "Misionero Comido Por Tigre (Missionary Eaten by a Tiger). Artist: No Len (Colombia) [----]. Medium: Oil on wood panel (Masonite). Private Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012615950378393626) 2026-01-17T20:00Z 742.5K followers, 165.9K engagements "Silver steel flexible double bladed snake rapier19th century. Place of origin: Toledo Spain" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012736744966218087) 2026-01-18T04:00Z 742.9K followers, 96K engagements "Harald Sohlberg Moonlight 1907" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012751856326320322) 2026-01-18T05:00Z 742.6K followers, 46.9K engagements "Ruins of Persepolis Iran circa 1923" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012933046681416021) 2026-01-18T17:00Z 743K followers, 250.9K engagements "Medea. Artist: William Wetmore Story (American). Date: Modeled 1865; carved [----]. Medium: Marble. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012948154094657865) 2026-01-18T18:00Z 743.2K followers, 22.7K engagements "Rene Jules Lalique Collaret Gold enamel diamonds ca. 1900" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013242582793388315) 2026-01-19T13:30Z 743.1K followers, 19.7K engagements "Elgin Marbles British Museum London. Once the soul of the Parthenon. Now far from home" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013301991317918056) 2026-01-19T17:26Z 743.2K followers, 24.8K engagements "Vincent Van Gogh Roses 1890" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013340766840447345) 2026-01-19T20:00Z 742.7K followers, 61K engagements "Steve McCurry: Cammino di Francesco Rieti Italy" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013438865546084530) 2026-01-20T02:30Z 743.1K followers, 164.5K engagements "Cat on Constantines Foot Capitoline Museums Rome" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013662623120638075) 2026-01-20T17:19Z 742.5K followers, 95.2K engagements "Albrecht Drer Knight on Horseback 1507" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013672877179183565) 2026-01-20T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 77.6K engagements "The Angel of Death sculpture of a funeral gondola Venice. Photo by Paolo Monti 1951" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013725723484156079) 2026-01-20T21:30Z 742.5K followers, 41K engagements "Torso of a fertility goddess (yakshi). From the Great Stupa at Sanchi. Indian Sunga period (c. [--] B.C.A.D. 25)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013740824153014613) 2026-01-20T22:30Z 743K followers, 194K engagements "Attic Room - Louis Icart [----] (French 1888-1950)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013808770577748082) 2026-01-21T03:00Z 743K followers, 107.5K engagements "Bat and Dove Mel Chin 2007" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013823872726970628) 2026-01-21T04:00Z 742.9K followers, 251.5K engagements "Galina Zhiganova - A woman cuts the hem of a kimono so as not to wake a cat (2007)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013962246137807006) 2026-01-21T13:09Z 743K followers, 64.3K engagements "Edward Burne-Jones Love Among The Ruins (Detail)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014037275743756677) 2026-01-21T18:08Z 742.8K followers, 42.1K engagements "Gustave Dores illustration to Dantes Inferno 1900" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014339114309443913) 2026-01-22T14:07Z 742.5K followers, 32.9K engagements "The Lantern Bearers Maxfield Parrish 1908" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014354113845199104) 2026-01-22T15:07Z 742.8K followers, 53.4K engagements "Moonlight in the Adirondacks Rockwell Kent" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014415014745276638) 2026-01-22T19:09Z 742.6K followers, 27.5K engagements "Alnwick Castle Joseph Mallord William Turner 1829" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014430365994123722) 2026-01-22T20:10Z 743K followers, 38.4K engagements "Chopper American 19th. c. Private Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014445717155438812) 2026-01-22T21:11Z 742.8K followers, 59.6K engagements "Inscription: Not for riches but for love. Gold posy ring with scalloped hoop English c. 1700" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014790243052933581) 2026-01-23T20:00Z 743K followers, 107K engagements "Mooncat by Denise Warren" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014820442058719591) 2026-01-23T22:00Z 743K followers, 74.2K engagements "Roman Carnelian Intaglio of a Grasshopper Driving a Chariot 1st Century BC" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015092357017010258) 2026-01-24T16:00Z 743K followers, 77.5K engagements "Parsifal Legend Illustration: Serpent Kundry and the Sacred Heart. Artist: Willy Pogany (18821955) [----]. Period: Art Nouveau. Medium: Lithograph (book printing). Source: T.W. Rolleston Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail The Ohio State University (Hathi Trust digital copy). The illustration is a visual summary of Parsifal--which Richard Wagner considered his last and most sacred opera--depicting the tension between "sin" and "atonement." The story starts in the mountains of northern Spain at the legendary Montsalvat Castle a place no one can find. This is the home of the Knights of the" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015129892514628028) 2026-01-24T18:29Z 742.7K followers, 31.8K engagements "The Old Town in Warsaw at Night Jozef Pankiewicz" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015152626266968451) 2026-01-24T20:00Z 742.5K followers, 22.5K engagements "Detail Portrait of Urania 19th century British School" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015228129145696477) 2026-01-25T01:00Z 742.6K followers, 25K engagements "Rabbits in waves Japan edo period" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015439515855540555) 2026-01-25T15:00Z 743K followers, 50.3K engagements "by Paula Mela" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015454615261638815) 2026-01-25T16:00Z 742.5K followers, 18.8K engagements "Cupid with a Pistol on Top of a Mountain of Skulls by Gustave Dor ( [----] 1883)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015484818360795351) 2026-01-25T18:00Z 743.3K followers, 83.6K engagements "Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006 Album Cover. Artist: Tyko Saarikko (Tenhi) [----]. Collection: Prophecy Productions (PRO 089). I absolutely love this" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015487557186867477) 2026-01-25T18:10Z 742.5K followers, 21.3K engagements "Terracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw Greece circa [---] BC from The Metropolitan Museum of Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015515013881172093) 2026-01-25T20:00Z 743.1K followers, 14.8K engagements "Temple of Isis Egypt early 20th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015545219895144477) 2026-01-25T22:00Z 743.1K followers, 79.5K engagements "The Pianolesson oil on panel [----] by Henriette Ronner-Knip (Dutch-Belgian 1821-1909)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015620839560053137) 2026-01-26T03:00Z 742.5K followers, 57.2K engagements "Draped Female Figure on a Wind-swept Sea-shore. Artist: Marianne H. W. Robilliard (Active: 19081920) The International Studio (Vol. [--] 1909)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015732207248105640) 2026-01-26T10:23Z 742.9K followers, 26.7K engagements "The Louvre museum Paris [----]. Photo by John Gutmann" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015801905830859055) 2026-01-26T15:00Z 742.9K followers, 28.8K engagements "Dream of a Cat - Norbertine Bresslern-Roth1977 (Austrian 1891-1978) Oil on burlap. [--] x [--] cm. [----] x [----] in" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015877403806183605) 2026-01-26T20:00Z 742.6K followers, 60K engagements "Elwell Frederick William (detail)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015907603109274058) 2026-01-26T22:00Z 742.5K followers, 25.1K engagements "Draco the Dragon. The constellation depicted as a monstrous winged serpent. St. Nicholas. January 1877" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015952898216415535) 2026-01-27T01:00Z 743K followers, 25.5K engagements "Oracle by altioraem" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016150450744262903) 2026-01-27T14:05Z 743K followers, 31.7K engagements "Ritual Dagger (Phurba). Culture: Eastern Tibet Kham region Derge or China. Date: c. 17th century or earlier. Medium: Gilt copper alloy and rock crystal; H. [-----] cm. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Los Angeles. The upper part of this dagger features a heavy densely worked gilded hilt while the lower part is a clear translucent rock crystal blade. This is a Phurba (Sanskrit: Kila)--a ceremonial dagger used in Tibetan Buddhism. This dagger isnt meant for physical combat but for a spiritual process of fixation. Shift your eyes up from the crystal to where the metal hilt" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016168066783314179) 2026-01-27T15:15Z 742.6K followers, 20.3K engagements "Saint Michael the Archangel by Francesco Cozza 1650" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016194497391087898) 2026-01-27T17:00Z 743K followers, 38.7K engagements "Hieronymus Bosch Detail from the Triptych of The temptations of St. Anthony" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016269996641734872) 2026-01-27T22:00Z 742.9K followers, 39.3K engagements "Bird House: Church for Birds Birds Worship God Too. by Rev. Benjamin Franklin Perkins c. [----] 1987" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016496488684400803) 2026-01-28T13:00Z 743K followers, 31.1K engagements "Hallucination sequence from Altered States (1980) Warner Bros. Pictures. The seven-eyed ram crucifixion inspired by the Book of Revelation. Dir. Ken Russell. Directed by Ken Russell in [----] Altered States is a cult film that blends science fiction and psychological horror. The film centers on Dr. Edward Jessup (William Hurt) a brilliant and ambitious psychophysiologist. Edward is obsessed with schizophrenia religious experiences and the origins of human consciousness. He wants to go beyond the concept of "self" and access the oldest memories stored in our genetic history. To prove his" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016534232068141331) 2026-01-28T15:30Z 743.1K followers, 70K engagements "The Death card from Salvador Dals Universal Dali Tarot deck (c. 19701984). Medium: Gouache and collage on cardboard. The original collages are in private collections; the deck is published by Taschen. A giant cypress tree a characteristic symbol of Mediterranean cemeteries dominates the center of the composition. Within the trees dense dark green texture an anatomical human skull appears in the gaps formed by the leaves and branches. On the left stands a figure in a black robe that completely conceals its face. I think the elements in this card contain references to the famous Isle of the" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016562250492854353) 2026-01-28T17:21Z 742.7K followers, 16.3K engagements "Nautilus Shell and Gilt Bronze Figural Table Lamp Tiffany Studios circa 1910" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016571984554184852) 2026-01-28T18:00Z 742.9K followers, 20.9K engagements "Memento Mori Gold Skeleton Casket Pendant Made in France 16th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016587082706096281) 2026-01-28T19:00Z 742.9K followers, 20.1K engagements "Netsuke of Basket of Fish by Shinshinsai Mitsutoshi late 19th century Japan" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016632383160598644) 2026-01-28T22:00Z 742.5K followers, 27.3K engagements "Three Articulated Insects. Japan Meiji (1868-1912) Brandt Asian Art" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016677680146686186) 2026-01-29T01:00Z 743K followers, 18.6K engagements "Anonymous photographer - Portrait of Three Women 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016859120222019883) 2026-01-29T13:01Z 743.2K followers, 41.1K engagements "Celebrations of the Noc Kupay (Kupala Night) in Skoczw (Poland) 70s" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016891206131986618) 2026-01-29T15:08Z 743K followers, 17K engagements "German Schuco novelty cat compact 1920s" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016921782658486306) 2026-01-29T17:10Z 743K followers, 13.9K engagements "The Inland printer - [----] - via Internet Archive" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016936630561521729) 2026-01-29T18:09Z 742.8K followers, 17.6K engagements "Kawase Hasui (1883-1957): Full winter moon seen through the trees on Toyama 1931" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016951730035183971) 2026-01-29T19:09Z 742.8K followers, 26K engagements "Drawstring bags 18th and 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016979412369965376) 2026-01-29T20:59Z 743.2K followers, 52.4K engagements ""Mythology Idols &c." Illustration Plate. Source Work: An American Dictionary of the English Language (Revised Edition). Author: Noah Webster (Editors: Noah Porter et al.). Date: c. [--------] (Victorian Era). Technique: Wood engraving on paper. Collection: Original prints are found in rare book collections and digital archives (Internet Archive). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017221260292288604 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017221260292288604" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017221260292288604) 2026-01-30T13:00Z 742.8K followers, 22.7K engagements "Victory of Samothrace Samothrace Greece c. [---] BC. Found in Samothrace in [----]. Now on display at the Louvre Museum" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017251461311443325) 2026-01-30T15:00Z 743.2K followers, 15.7K engagements "Caryatids Acropolis Athens [----]. Photographer: Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos. When Bischof took this photo the sculptures hadn't yet been moved to the museum to protect them from modern-day acid rain and pollution (that didn't happen until 1979). This means what we're seeing in the picture are the original statues that stood on that spot for centuries--except for one Caryatid that was removed and taken to London back in [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017296755218694255 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017296755218694255" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017296755218694255) 2026-01-30T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 16.9K engagements "Caryatids and heads. Illustrated catalogue of plastic ornaments cast in plaster for interiors and composition for exterior of theaters 1913" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017629314338955433) 2026-01-31T16:01Z 743K followers, 37.3K engagements "Maria Madalena Postcard Portugal" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017636618929377387) 2026-01-31T16:30Z 742.7K followers, 16.1K engagements "Gold bracelet in form of serpent found in Pompeii worn on the upper arm" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017674241487814663) 2026-01-31T19:00Z 743K followers, 28.7K engagements "Corsican -Vendetta- (Blood Feud) Knife. Date: Early 20th century. Medium: Acid-etched steel blade polychrome painted and engraved bone handle. Collection: Czernys International Auction House. "Che la mia ferita sia Mortale." This phrase translates to "May the wound I inflict be mortal." The inscription is written in the first person singular as if the knife itself were speaking. The blade's form is thin long and pointed typical of a Mediterranean stiletto. It features floral scrolls and the inscription "Vendetta Corsa" (Corsican Revenge). Now let's dive into the objects historical context --" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018074379951935878) 2026-02-01T21:30Z 743K followers, 29.1K engagements "saisons chteaux (Film Sequence) 35mm Eastmancolor Film. Director: Agns Varda. Date: [----]. Location: Loire Valley France. Credit: Cin-Tamaris / The Criterion Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018300094878003310) 2026-02-02T12:26Z 743.1K followers, 11.9K engagements "The Four Times of the Day Charles Le Brun 1674" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018318485806358823) 2026-02-02T13:40Z 743K followers, 20K engagements "Restorers at San Lorenzo Maggiore Naples [----]. Photographer: Thomas Struth. Collection & Credit: the Met. ".The working method Struth devised for The Restorers one of his first portraits would become his standard procedure: photographing only subjects he could get to know over an extended period and collaborate with on how they wished to be seen. He also decided to focus on couples or groups defined by a shared historyoften familialor a communality of purpose as with this portrait of four art restorers he befriended in Naples." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018326035788706026" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018326035788706026) 2026-02-02T14:10Z 743K followers, 12.6K engagements "Limburg Cathedral and castle. Hesse Germany. [----]. Gelatin silver print" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018439785057255874) 2026-02-02T21:42Z 743.4K followers, 55.5K engagements "Bracelet in the form of a snake Greek Hellenistic Period late 4thearly 3rd century B.C. Flat spiral of three half turns. Plain except for ends in the form of a serpents head and back. Medium: silver via MFA Boston" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018753855958249538) 2026-02-03T18:30Z 743.2K followers, 15K engagements "Mongolian shaman ca. [----]. I couldn't find definitive information on the photographer for this photo. However I suspect the person behind the camera is the Finnish explorer and archaeologist Sakari Plsi. After looking into other explorers and archaeologists traveling the region around [----] Plsi is the most likely candidate. Heres how I reached that conclusion: He was known as the "archaeologist on a bicycle." If you look closely at the photo theres a bicycle in the background. Plsi explored the Mongolian steppes with his linguist friend Ramstedt using bicycles and cameras. They chose bikes to" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019033202871132403) 2026-02-04T13:00Z 743.2K followers, 23.8K engagements "Two Victorian ladies making a Snow Lady in [----]. Photo Source: The Strand Magazine No. [--] (January 1892) Vol. III" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019063403256643943) 2026-02-04T15:00Z 743.2K followers, 21.1K engagements "Apollo rescuing Daphne as she turns into a laurel ca. 1470-80" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019116243765301594) 2026-02-04T18:30Z 743.2K followers, 14.4K engagements "Sacsayhuamn is a fortress built during the reign of Pachacuti (1438-1471 AD) the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco and his successors. The word Sacsayhuamn is a Quechua word that can be translated as "Saqsay" - "Satisfy" and "Huaman" - "Hawk". In Quechua it means "the place where the hawk is satisfied." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019426537809015286 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019426537809015286" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019426537809015286) 2026-02-05T15:03Z 743.3K followers, 11.9K engagements "Classical Grecian by chirinstock - Delphi (Greece)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019502538148692120) 2026-02-05T20:05Z 743.3K followers, 10.9K engagements "Girl in Pool uranium glass pin tray by Heinrich Hoffman Czechoslovakia [----]. Uranium glass reached its peak popularity from the 1880s through the 1930s particularly in Europe and America. This distinctive glass type often referred to as Vaseline glass due to its similarity to petroleum jelly in appearance contains uranium oxide which gives it its characteristic yellowish-green color. In the early 20th century particularly during the Art Deco period artists and glassmakers frequently employed uranium glass due to its luminous quality and striking visual effects under certain lighting conditions" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1951983911187210271) 2025-08-03T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 443.1K engagements "Silver HornedOwl kabuto (helmet especially worn by samurai) and sode (shoulder guards in Japanese armor) with mask by Ryosuke Shiomi Japan [----]. Medium: fine and alloyed silver" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1963942717093810363) 2025-09-05T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 341.5K engagements "Ritual mountaineering axe with heartshaped openwork. Japan. Nanbokucho to Muromachi period 14th century AD. Forged iron head; wooden shaft spiralwrapped with a bronze strip; H [-----] cm blade [--] x [----] cm. Collection: Nara National Museum. Classified as an Important Cultural Property. Those two hearts are not about romance. In Japan they are inome the boars eye a very old apotropaic sign cut into weapons temple fittings and even windows to draw off misfortune and summon courage. The motif has been in use for well over a millennium and you can still see inome windows at temples like Shjuin in" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/1988698339966140779) 2025-11-12T20:00Z 743.4K followers, 5.9M engagements "A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Haclar in Turkey [----] BC now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009065286310261134) 2026-01-08T00:51Z 743.4K followers, 162.8K engagements "An 18th century travel female urinal (Bourdaloue) with an eye portrait and the inscription Ha je te vois petit coquin which roughly translates to Ha I see you little rascal. Private Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009256541875020193) 2026-01-08T13:31Z 743.4K followers, 107.1K engagements "Tattoos of the Woman from Pazyryk Kurgan [--]. Culture: Pazyryk (Scythian-Siberian). Date: 4th 3rd century BC. Material: soot (carbon-based) pigments. Collection: State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg. Drawings: via Daniel Riday / BBC. This mummy at the Hermitage Museum in Russia recently underwent high-resolution infrared scans. Thanks to modern technology detailed tattoosinvisible to the naked eye on her darkened skinhave finally been revealed. In the first image we see a spotted leopard and two tigers on the hunt. In the second we see a griffin-like creature hunting a deer. In the third image" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011249929478340754) 2026-01-14T01:32Z 743.4K followers, 14.8K engagements "Gold swivel ring with amethyst frog Egypt New Kingdom 1550-1229 BC from Christies" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011913804439839223) 2026-01-15T21:30Z 743.4K followers, 20.7K engagements "Childs Writing Exercises and Doodles from Egypt c. 1000-1200 AD. this was made by a child who was practicing Hebrew creating doodles and scribbles on the page as they worked Cambridge University Library" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012507212594233445) 2026-01-17T12:48Z 743.4K followers, 275.3K engagements "Ring with unicorn heart lady and clasped hands. Made in Germany or Italy c.1550-1600" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012630773279363561) 2026-01-17T20:59Z 743.4K followers, 103.4K engagements "Cherries by Jan Davidsz de Heem" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013144474092753171) 2026-01-19T07:00Z 743.4K followers, 42.5K engagements "People washing carpets Tehran Iran 1967" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013680425021972833) 2026-01-20T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 139.6K engagements "Album of seaweed specimens in scallop shell binding Great Britain mid-19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016481382986617193) 2026-01-28T12:00Z 743.4K followers, 34.8K engagements "An Aztec Snake 1400-1521" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017073784319050052) 2026-01-30T03:14Z 743.4K followers, 53.4K engagements "Eva Palmer-Sikelianos 1907" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018303134989201500) 2026-02-02T12:39Z 743.4K followers, 31.8K engagements "Thomas Struth the Art Restorers at San Lorenzo Maggiore Naples Italy" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018424559637291379) 2026-02-02T20:41Z 743.4K followers, 19.4K engagements "Procession of The Congregation of Good Death of Barcelona 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018656667983130922) 2026-02-03T12:03Z 743.4K followers, 26.1K engagements "The Cause of the Great Catfish at Shin Yoshiwara 1855" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018784053684470138) 2026-02-03T20:30Z 743.4K followers, 20K engagements "Albrecht Drer six pillows pen an ink on paper" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019020108991975863) 2026-02-04T12:08Z 743.4K followers, 25.4K engagements "Temple of the Sun center stone Baalbek Lebanon ca. 1900" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019110957918589362) 2026-02-04T18:09Z 743.4K followers, 13.4K engagements "Skull (Frontal View) and Skull (Profile) Vincent van Gogh [----]. Period: Paris Period. Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam. The background of these works actually dates back to Vincents days at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts about a year before he painted them. Vincent who enrolled in the academy in the winter of [----] criticized the rigid and "idealized" drawing style based on antique plaster casts that his teachers imposed. Finding the strict academic rules stifling he took his anatomy studies out of the classroom to continue them on his own terms. These canvases" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019135117202190733) 2026-02-04T19:45Z 743.4K followers, 13K engagements "Jacques-Louis David The English Government 1794" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019141534038491386) 2026-02-04T20:10Z 743.4K followers, 27.3K engagements "Fritz Schwimbeck Judgment of the Dead 1917" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019171607269531970) 2026-02-04T22:10Z 743.4K followers, 17K engagements "Fig. [---]. Principal types of pottery in Ancient Egypt. The Encyclopaedia Britannica. v.9. 1922" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019547836812267937) 2026-02-05T23:05Z 743.4K followers, 12.8K engagements "Llama head whistle c. A.D. 750-1500. Medium: Ceramic and slip paints" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019654539268481249) 2026-02-06T06:09Z 743.4K followers, 13.7K engagements "antique fox shaped cleaver" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009527880133275970) 2026-01-09T07:29Z 743.4K followers, 252.3K engagements "Blue Root - Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library LJS [---] fol. 42r" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010486920787173577) 2026-01-11T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 777.1K engagements "Siberian Shaman engraving from 1805" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010689231400669306) 2026-01-12T12:24Z 743.4K followers, 229.3K engagements "Leg in the air - Parthenon. Photographer: Edgard Alsteens [----]. (postcard print)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011060797489758513) 2026-01-13T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 411.2K engagements "Puppy Playing With a Pheasant Feather. Culture: Joseon Dynasty Korea 16th17th century AD. Medium: Ink and color on silk. Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011166432961208554) 2026-01-13T20:00Z 743.4K followers, 561.2K engagements "An ivory netsuke depicting a stylized sparrow (Fukura Suzume). Culture: Japanese (Kyoto School). Date: Edo period early 19th century. Medium: Ivory eyes inlaid with dark horn. Auction: Sold at Bonhams London" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011460838310269201) 2026-01-14T15:30Z 743.4K followers, 31.3K engagements "A photographers portrait in a mirror a hundred years ago Japan ca. 1920" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011664676631859314) 2026-01-15T05:00Z 743.4K followers, 1.7M engagements "Antler engraving found in Lortet Cave in the Hautes-Pyrnes region of France. It was carved from a reindeer antler and shows a group of reindeer crossing a river or lake full of swimming salmon. Dating to the Magdalenian period approximately 17000-12000 years ago" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011906319150641318) 2026-01-15T21:00Z 743.4K followers, 167.3K engagements "The first written use offuckfrom [----] inscribed by a monk who seems to have been pretty pissed off with an abbot" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011929249746165923) 2026-01-15T22:31Z 743.4K followers, 1.9M engagements "17th c. posy ring bearing the inscription I long to have but blush to crave" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2012661254213521453) 2026-01-17T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 300.7K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Intaglio of a crab. Material: Beryl. Date: Hellenistic c. 3rd century BC. Collection & Credit: Bertolami Fine Arts"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:08Z 743.4K followers, 14.3K engagements
"Season by Christina Bothwell (American b.1960 ) Medium: cast glass and ceramic"
X Link 2026-02-09T17:03Z 743.4K followers, 299.1K engagements
"Vintage wind-up toy bear (USSR 1920s-30s)"
X Link 2026-01-14T17:00Z 743.4K followers, 454.3K engagements
"A round-shaped interior doorway with an art nouveau design from the 1930s"
X Link 2026-01-14T21:00Z 743.4K followers, 118.1K engagements
"From the [----] stage play Dracula"
X Link 2026-01-19T12:17Z 743.4K followers, 90.9K engagements
"Scent bottle. Place of origin: Bohemia Czech Republic Czechoslovakia. Date: ca. [----]. Medium: Glass"
X Link 2026-01-21T17:04Z 743.4K followers, 30.4K engagements
"Crab Moche culture Peru. 6-7th century"
X Link 2026-01-24T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 1.1M engagements
"David and Saul oil on canvas [----] by Julius Kronberg (Swedish 1850-1921)"
X Link 2026-01-26T01:00Z 743.4K followers, 212.6K engagements
"Stairway to the moon by Schinako Moriyama"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:00Z 743.4K followers, 140.3K engagements
"Queen Maeve from The Century Magazine by J. C. Leyendecker (January 1907)"
X Link 2026-02-01T01:07Z 743.4K followers, 48.5K engagements
"Bronze Optician Advertisement Lamp circa 1920"
X Link 2026-02-01T19:45Z 743.4K followers, 38.4K engagements
"Mother of pearl mounted English folding knife circa 1830s-1850s from Sofe Design Auctions"
X Link 2026-02-02T17:44Z 743.4K followers, 32.3K engagements
"Tough I Am One-Eye Pete. The source of this photo is a vintage photo sale on eBay. Unfortunately the link isnt active anymore but from what I could find the listing only noted Antique Photograph . Kitten. when it was live. Also reproduction prints of the photo are sold on eBay dated [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018701008101355928 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018701008101355928"
X Link 2026-02-03T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 35.7K engagements
"Cat Figure (classified as an alam/processional standard element). Culture: Qajar Period. Origin: Iran late 19th century (circa 1850--1900). Medium: Forged steel inlaid with gold and silver wire (koftgari/damascene). Collection: Louvre Museum Paris (Department of Islamic Arts). When you look closely at the cats face youll find a stylized human-like expression thats far from anatomically realistic. The large almond-shaped eyes thick joined eyebrows and prominent mustache evoke the periods beauty ideal -- known as "Moon-Faced" (mah-ru). Microscopic notches were cut into the steel body and"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:29Z 743.4K followers, 29.7K engagements
"Sea Matryoshka. Design: Aamu Song & Johan Olin (COMPANY) [----]. Medium: Linden wood paint and varnish. Place of Production: Semenov Russia. Collection: Secrets of Russia Project. Designed by the Helsinki-based studio COMPANY this set tells the story of a deep-ocean food chain. The outermost layer features a whale stylized in black paint on linden wood. When you open this wooden sculpture you wont find a baby whale inside; instead a seal the whale just swallowed pops out. Open the seal to reveal a penguin in its stomach followed by a fish inside the penguin a squid inside the fish and a sea"
X Link 2026-02-06T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 38.9K engagements
"Stater of Metapontion with ear of barley and grasshopper Greece [------] B.C"
X Link 2026-02-07T20:30Z 743.4K followers, 37.8K engagements
"Lawrence Alma-Tadema The Vintage Festival 1871"
X Link 2026-02-07T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Emerald Earrings. Date: A.D. 1st-3rd century (modern gold hooks). Culture: Roman Medium: Gold emeralds amethysts and pearls. Collection: Johns Hopkins Archaeological Museum Baltimore US"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:28Z 743.4K followers, 16.2K engagements
"Rabbit riding a snail Armorial Netherlands c. [----] Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana Chig.G.IV.113 fol. 120v"
X Link 2026-02-09T12:02Z 743.4K followers, 20.4K engagements
"Illustration: Movement of Forearm Bones (Skeletal Study). Source: Histoire d'un dessinateur : comment on apprend dessiner (English: Learning to Draw; or The Story of a Young Designer). Artist: Eugne Viollet-le-Duc. Date: [----] (First edition; English translation 1881). Material: (Probably) Wood Engraving Print. Publisher/Series: Bibliothque d'ducation et de rcration (J. Hetzel & Cie) Paris. These lines are by Eugne Viollet-le-Duc one of the 19th centurys most famous architects. Hes the man who led the restoration of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris (alongside Jean-Baptiste Lassus) designed the"
X Link 2026-02-09T20:00Z 743.4K followers, [----] engagements
"Photo by Vladimir Sychyov (Moscow 1970s)"
X Link 2026-02-10T02:04Z 743.4K followers, 28.6K engagements
"Black Venus on Blue Background Pierre Boncampain"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:00Z 743.4K followers, 28.6K engagements
"Demon Preparing Human Soba Noodles (Hell Parody). Culture: Japanese (Edo Period). Artist: Nichsai (; also known as Matsuya Heizaburo; active in the late 18th century). Date: [----] (Kansei 5). Medium: Ink and color on paper (Kyga/Crazy Picture; section of an illustrated handscroll). Collection: Osaka Museum of History (Osaka Japan). Nichsai was a key representative of the satirical style in Japanese art associated with the "Toba-e" (Toba style) and "giga" traditions where figures are exaggeratedly elongated and caricatured. Here the artist takes the tradition of Buddhist hell depictions/scrolls"
X Link 2026-02-06T16:30Z 743.4K followers, 169.4K engagements
"Thophile Steinlen (1859 - 1923) - Siamese Cat and her Kitten. [----]. Charcoal and pastel on paper"
X Link 2026-02-06T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 91K engagements
"Amethyst intaglio of Fortuna-Tyche Roman 1st-2nd century AD from Bertolami Fine Arts"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:28Z 743.4K followers, 36K engagements
"Roman Rock Crystal Icosahedron (Die) Period: Roman Empire 2nd 3rd century AD. Medium: Rock crystal (Quartz). Collection: Louvre Museum Paris (Inv. MNC 882). This transparent polyhedron is a roughly 2000-year-old divination die used by the Romans. Unlike the bone or ivory dice common in daily life back then this object is carved from rock crystal (quartz). Roman natural historian Pliny the Elder believed quartz wasnt a geological stone but rather "ice frozen forever in extreme cold that would never melt again" (krystallos). Lets examine the surface details. A master craftsman fashioned this"
X Link 2026-02-08T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 36.5K engagements
"The Evolution of Cats by Ryohei Matsumoto c. [----]. Medium: Acrylic on panel. Private Collection. ". I want to create a parable of our modern society by referencing the animal kingdom. In the animal kingdom there exist social structures such as predator and prey coexistence and competition.This structure carries no good or evil and has existed since the dawn of life. I aim to create a piece that knows no place or age by placing human society in this structure. My fascination with creatures led me to study structural biology at a post-graduate level. I learned that many living things"
X Link 2026-02-09T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 34.2K engagements
"Salvador Dal - The Meditative Rose 1958"
X Link 2026-02-10T19:00Z 743.4K followers, 34.8K engagements
"Netsuke of a Rat Grasping a Soybean Pod. Japan early 19th century (Edo period). Carved wood. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
X Link 2025-09-02T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 2.4M engagements
"Cerberus. Artist: Paul Rumsey [----]. Medium: Ink and charcoal. Private Collection"
X Link 2026-01-11T13:30Z 743.4K followers, 63.8K engagements
"Painted skull with a snake motif and initials Eastern Alps 19th c"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:41Z 743.4K followers, 29.8K engagements
"Somin (attributed to - Japanese) - Octopus playing a shamisen - ivory netsuke - late 19th century"
X Link 2026-01-24T01:00Z 743.4K followers, 247.2K engagements
"Quadruped Puppy [----] AD 60th Unnamed Cave TN https://www.flickr.com/photos/143136480@N04/39875062504/in/album-72157694972700574/ https://www.flickr.com/photos/143136480@N04/39875062504/in/album-72157694972700574/"
X Link 2026-01-31T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 104.7K engagements
"Runion de chats (Meeting of Cats). Photographer: douard Boubat [----]. douard Boubat was born in [----] in the Montmartre district of Paris. He studied typography and graphic arts at cole Estienne as a young man; however during World War II he was sent to Germany as a forced laborer and couldn't return to Paris until [----]. Having witnessed the war he decided to emphasize beauty rather than pain in his photography: ".Because I know war and have seen the horror I dont want to add to it. After the war we needed to celebrate life and photography was the way to do that.""
X Link 2026-02-01T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 34.1K engagements
"Poison cabinet inside a fake Bible 1600s"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 190.2K engagements
"Fish-Patterned Bowl. Culture: Ilkhanid Period Iran (probably Kashan).Date: Late 13th mid-14th century AD. Medium: Stonepaste; black painting under transparent turquoise glaze. Collection: Hossein Afshar Collection Photo: Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) Houston. This bowl was produced under the Ilkhanid dynasty which was established after the Mongol invasion. Developed to replicate the whiteness of Chinese porcelain the "stonepaste" technique features a quartz-based light-colored body that allows the turquoise glaze and black decoration to appear brighter and more contrasting. Furthermore"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:22Z 743.4K followers, 23.1K engagements
"Circe and the Swine by Albert Goodwin (1845-1932)"
X Link 2026-02-05T16:04Z 743.4K followers, 13.8K engagements
"A herd of wild Przhevalsky horses in the Chernobyl exclusion zone. Photograph: Tatyana Deryabina/University of Porthmouth. The Przewalski horse (Equus ferus przewalskii) or takh as it is known in Mongolia is a close relative of the horses that roamed through central Asia China and Western Europe in prehistoric times. Its large head capped by an upright bristly mane looks strikingly similar to the horses in the 17000-year-old cave paintings of Lascaux in South-West France. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019478631182127309 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019478631182127309"
X Link 2026-02-05T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 68.5K engagements
"A silver tetradrachm from Kos 300-190 BC. R- Crab. (Alpha Bank Numismatics Museum Kerkyra Corfu)"
X Link 2026-02-06T03:07Z 743.4K followers, 24.1K engagements
"Lucy Willis [----] Cats [----] etching on paper"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:00Z 743.4K followers, 61.5K engagements
"I Remember You. Artist: Sara Swink Date: [----]. Medium: Ceramic oxides and glaze; [--] x [--] x [--] cm. Private Collection"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 78K engagements
"The House of Cleopatra Island of Delos Greece (1937) Photo by Herbert List"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 15K engagements
"Minoan Bull Leaper by Ellen Barkin"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:00Z 743.4K followers, 23.7K engagements
"Queen's Apartment at Knossos Crete Greece. Illustration from Ancient Times A History of the Early World by James Henry Breasted (Ginn and Company Boston New York Chicago London Atlanta Dallas Columbus San Fransisco 1944)"
X Link 2026-02-08T00:00Z 743.4K followers, 14.4K engagements
"Petroglyph depicting mountain sheep. Date: c. AD [-------]. Place of origin: Sand Tank Inyo County California. Medium: Basalt. Collection & Credit: The National Museum of the American Indian"
X Link 2026-02-08T01:26Z 743.4K followers, 17.6K engagements
"Lake Kawaguchi - New Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji. Artist: Tokuriki Tomikichiro. Date: c. [----]. Medium: Polychrome Woodblock Print on Washi paper. Collection: Museum of Fine Arts Boston. Tokuriki Tomikichiro washed this scene on the shores of Lake Kawaguchi in a palette dominated by "candy pink" and "dusty rose" tones rather than realistic daylight. The hard black outlines (key-block)--the most distinctive feature of traditional Ukiyo-e prints that usually confine the boundaries of objects--have been largely abandoned in this work. This aesthetic choice was actually part of a strategy the"
X Link 2026-02-08T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 13.3K engagements
"Egyptian words and phrases that incorporate the honey bee hieroglyph. (Photo: Gene Kritsky via World Media Foundation)"
X Link 2026-02-08T15:58Z 743.4K followers, 32.9K engagements
"Ren Lalique (1860-1945) Pocket watch c. [----]. Yellow gold classical watch mechanism. Decorated with masks after a drawing by Rodin. Diameter: [--] cm"
X Link 2026-02-09T23:04Z 743.4K followers, 26K engagements
"At Night by Achille Casanova (1861-1948)"
X Link 2026-02-10T11:58Z 743.4K followers, 31K engagements
"Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger) observation drawings and Venus Phases diagram. Author: Galileo Galilei [----]. Collection: Copies of the first edition are held in various rare book collections including the Library of Congress (USA) and the Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale (Florence). Actually Galileo wasnt the first person to turn a telescope toward the sky to sketch what he saw. For example the English mathematician Thomas Harriot had drawn the Moon in July [----] before Galileo. However although Harriot produced a more detailed map of the Moon in 1612/1613 his impact was limited because he"
X Link 2026-02-10T15:00Z 743.4K followers, 17.2K engagements
"Dracula (First Edition). Author: Bram Stoker. Date: [----] (Text) 20th Century (Binding). Publisher: Archibald Constable and Company Westminster. Medium: Black leather with gold tooling and bat motifs; rebound. While drafting the novel Bram Stoker initially gave his main character the rather ordinary name "Count Wampyr." The book was also planned to be titled The Un-Dead until just before publication. However while vacationing with his family in the coastal town of Whitby he began examining William Wilkinsons book on the Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia at the local library. Stoker came"
X Link 2026-02-10T16:30Z 743.4K followers, 48.6K engagements
"Morning Sunlight Ponza Italy by Edward Brian Seago"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 15.4K engagements
"The Cherries - Louis Valtat [----] French Oil on canvas"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:01Z 743.4K followers, 19.8K engagements
"Sylphide by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Tsisaryk Art (b. 1978). Medium: bronze aluminum 2017"
X Link 2023-01-27T03:00Z 742.5K followers, 728K engagements
"Ghost Flock by Alasdair Wallace (b. 1967)"
X Link 2024-05-04T12:30Z 742.5K followers, 503.2K engagements
"Marble sculpture of a frog Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 B.C.). Credit & Collection: Sotheby's"
X Link 2024-08-19T19:30Z 743K followers, 3.3M engagements
"Nymphs Dancing to Pans Flute by Joseph Tomanek (1889-1974)"
X Link 2024-09-13T22:00Z 742.6K followers, 332.6K engagements
"Gold perfume bottle decorated with garnets originating from the Black Sea Region Sarmatian culture 2nd century BC. Currently part of the collection at the State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg"
X Link 2025-06-12T22:00Z 743.1K followers, 43.1K engagements
"Pair of gold earrings shaped as figures of Nike mid-4th century BC originating from the Pavlovsky Barrow near Kerch Crimea. Collection: Hermitage Museum"
X Link 2025-07-01T19:30Z 743.1K followers, 111.2K engagements
"Various ancient petroglyphs depicting the Sun Cross or Solar Wheel motif found across different cultures* and geographical regions dating from prehistoric periods to antiquity. * Examples of these symbols appear across multiple archaeological contexts including locations such as Siberia Italy Ethiopia the Indus Valley Tibet and North America"
X Link 2025-07-11T12:30Z 743K followers, 85.9K engagements
"Scarabeoid Intaglio depicting a Griffin and Astragal originating from Ionia dating to the 5th century BC. Medium: Rock crystal and gold. Currently in the collection of the Hermitage Museum Saint Petersburg"
X Link 2025-07-16T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 68.4K engagements
"Scythian Tattoos from Kurgan II Pazyryk Altai. Depiction of animal and hybrid creature tattoos preserved on the upper right arm and various parts of the body of a Scythian male dating to the 5th century BC. Original skin fragment (left) detailed outline and general body placement drawing according to S.I. Rudenko (right). Photo courtesy of the Hermitage Museum"
X Link 2025-07-20T12:00Z 743.1K followers, 154.3K engagements
"Coiled snake pendant with chain by Ren Jules Lalique crafted from gold pearls and champlev enamel Paris 1898-1899. Collection: State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg Russia"
X Link 2025-07-28T22:00Z 743.1K followers, 53.9K engagements
"Gold wedding ring set with an emerald and a garnet Byzantine Empire 10th century AD. Collection: The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg"
X Link 2025-07-30T20:59Z 743K followers, 52K engagements
"Mans wooden headgear discovered in Burial Mound [--] at Pazyryk Altai Mountains southern Siberia dating to the late 4thearly 3rd century BC. Currently housed in The State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg"
X Link 2025-08-02T19:30Z 743.1K followers, 56K engagements
"Perfume bottle; Culture: Sarmatian; Place of origin: Black Sea region; Date: 2nd century BC; Medium: gold with garnet cabochons; Collection: The State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg"
X Link 2025-08-19T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 29.6K engagements
"A fabulous grotesque Burgonet for the armor of Guidobaldo della Rovvera Duke of Urbino attributed to Filippo Negroli Milan Italy ca. [----]. Collection: State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg"
X Link 2025-10-16T21:20Z 743.1K followers, 35.8K engagements
"For a long time people called this Hercules; a [----] to [----] engraving even drew in feet and a lion skin to make that claim clear. the Vatican Museums now favor ajax the hero at the moment before suicide the head once tilted to the right hand that gripped a sword. see: Michelangelo admired the fragment so much he reportedly refused a papal request to add arms and legs. https://www.museivaticani.va/content/museivaticani/en/collezioni/musei/museo-pio-clementino/sala-delle-muse/torso-del-belvedere.html Belvedere Torso. Culture: Greek (Hellenistic original; Roman period copy). Place of origin:"
X Link 2025-11-12T04:27Z 743.1K followers, 31.3K engagements
"Gold amulet with carnelian phallus. Culture: Bosporan Kingdom. Place of origin: Northern Black Sea region probably around the Cimmerian Bosporus. Date: 3rd century BC. Medium: Gold and carved carnelian. Now on display at the State Hermitage Museum St Petersburg Russia"
X Link 2025-11-26T19:12Z 743.1K followers, 17.1K engagements
"Two Kittens. Artist: Kawano Kaoru (19161965). Date: c. 1950s AD. Medium: Japanese woodblock print. Credit & Collection: Bonhams"
X Link 2025-12-03T15:00Z 742.5K followers, 26.8K engagements
"Twenty-sided die with Greek letters (Icosahedron). Culture: PtolemaicRoman Egypt. Place of origin: Egypt. Date: 2nd century BC4th century AD. Material: Faience (glazed quartz ceramic). Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York"
X Link 2025-12-11T22:30Z 742.6K followers, 390.3K engagements
"Oxford Lavender Throwaway Scent Bottles. Period: Late 18th century through the end of the 19th century (GeorgianVictorian). Material: Blown glass polychrome enamel and gilt. Private Collection"
X Link 2025-12-19T13:00Z 742.7K followers, 106.9K engagements
"The Childs New Years Gift A collection of riddles London [----]. Material: Woodcut and letterpress on paper. Collection: Examples held at the British Library and Princeton Universitys Cotsen Children's Library. ".A Fart Since the world first begun I was never once seen Though everyone knows in their presence Ive been. No sooner Im born than I give a loud cry And your noses inform you I presently die." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006379929689022804 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2006379929689022804"
X Link 2025-12-31T15:00Z 743.2K followers, 58.9K engagements
"Portrait of two young men dressed up as chinelos for carnival in Tepotzotlan Mexico December 1951.Photograph by Justin Locke National Geographic"
X Link 2026-01-08T08:13Z 742.8K followers, 118K engagements
"The Cats Assembly (Katzenversammlung) by Quint Buchholz (German b. [----] Stolberg Germany)"
X Link 2026-01-08T16:31Z 742.6K followers, 149.7K engagements
"Paradise Lost [----] by Gustave Dor"
X Link 2026-01-08T23:00Z 742.8K followers, 150.1K engagements
"Foxes Practicing the Difficult Art of How to Shape Shift into Humans by Utagawa Kuniyoshi (1840s)"
X Link 2026-01-09T20:00Z 742.5K followers, 123.1K engagements
"Christina Bothwells magical glass deer"
X Link 2026-01-10T01:00Z 742.5K followers, 230.7K engagements
"Trsor de la Mer (Sea Treasure) Perfume Presentation. Ren Lalique 1936"
X Link 2026-01-11T16:10Z 742.5K followers, 55.8K engagements
"A woman strolls the beach at Nazar Portugal [----]. Photo by Bruno Barbey"
X Link 2026-01-11T20:30Z 742.5K followers, 76.4K engagements
"Gold armband (one of a pair). Greek work. Gold. Ca. [---] BC. New York the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
X Link 2026-01-12T04:00Z 743.1K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Silver dish in the shape of a leaf China Tang Dynasty late 7th-early 8th century from The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
X Link 2026-01-12T16:00Z 743.1K followers, 11.6K engagements
"Terracotta vase in the form of a duck Greek mid 6th century BC from The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
X Link 2026-01-12T17:00Z 743.1K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Bottle by Ren Lalique for Narkiss by Roger et Gallet 1912"
X Link 2026-01-13T13:34Z 742.6K followers, 50.5K engagements
"Petroglyphs (rock paintings) of Altai"
X Link 2026-01-13T20:30Z 743K followers, 125.1K engagements
"Four Fates of the Soul: Polychrome wood sculptures depicting Death Heaven Purgatory and Hell (Ecuador 18th century)"
X Link 2026-01-14T13:00Z 743K followers, 127.8K engagements
"Pair of Hellenistic Greek gold glass and stone earrings featuring an Egyptian Atef crown motif c. 3rd-2nd centuries BC. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art"
X Link 2026-01-14T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 45.4K engagements
"Bowl with Face. Culture: Mississippian. Place of origin: Missouri United States. Date: 11th14th century AD. Medium: Ceramic. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York"
X Link 2026-01-15T13:00Z 743.1K followers, 16.4K engagements
"Netsuke in the Form of Three Puppies. Culture: Japan (Edo Period) 18th century. Material: Ivory inlaid eyes; H. [---] cm W. [---] cm. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York"
X Link 2026-01-16T18:00Z 743.4K followers, 81.7K engagements
"Woodcut print of the twelve signs of the zodiac German 16th century"
X Link 2026-01-17T05:00Z 743K followers, 111.1K engagements
"Rhyton in the shape of a dog's head c. [------] BC Metropolitan Museum of Art"
X Link 2026-01-17T13:50Z 743.1K followers, 27.7K engagements
"Illustration of a Hammerhead Shark (Kase-wani) from the Oki-no-Kuni Sanbutsu Ezu Chsho (Illustrated Guide to Local Products of the Oki Region). Culture: Japanese (Edo Period). Date: 19th century. Medium: Ink and light color on paper. Collection: National Diet Library Tokyo"
X Link 2026-01-17T18:00Z 742.5K followers, 69.5K engagements
"Misionero Comido Por Tigre (Missionary Eaten by a Tiger). Artist: No Len (Colombia) [----]. Medium: Oil on wood panel (Masonite). Private Collection"
X Link 2026-01-17T20:00Z 742.5K followers, 165.9K engagements
"Silver steel flexible double bladed snake rapier19th century. Place of origin: Toledo Spain"
X Link 2026-01-18T04:00Z 742.9K followers, 96K engagements
"Harald Sohlberg Moonlight 1907"
X Link 2026-01-18T05:00Z 742.6K followers, 46.9K engagements
"Ruins of Persepolis Iran circa 1923"
X Link 2026-01-18T17:00Z 743K followers, 250.9K engagements
"Medea. Artist: William Wetmore Story (American). Date: Modeled 1865; carved [----]. Medium: Marble. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York"
X Link 2026-01-18T18:00Z 743.2K followers, 22.7K engagements
"Rene Jules Lalique Collaret Gold enamel diamonds ca. 1900"
X Link 2026-01-19T13:30Z 743.1K followers, 19.7K engagements
"Elgin Marbles British Museum London. Once the soul of the Parthenon. Now far from home"
X Link 2026-01-19T17:26Z 743.2K followers, 24.8K engagements
"Vincent Van Gogh Roses 1890"
X Link 2026-01-19T20:00Z 742.7K followers, 61K engagements
"Steve McCurry: Cammino di Francesco Rieti Italy"
X Link 2026-01-20T02:30Z 743.1K followers, 164.5K engagements
"Cat on Constantines Foot Capitoline Museums Rome"
X Link 2026-01-20T17:19Z 742.5K followers, 95.2K engagements
"Albrecht Drer Knight on Horseback 1507"
X Link 2026-01-20T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 77.6K engagements
"The Angel of Death sculpture of a funeral gondola Venice. Photo by Paolo Monti 1951"
X Link 2026-01-20T21:30Z 742.5K followers, 41K engagements
"Torso of a fertility goddess (yakshi). From the Great Stupa at Sanchi. Indian Sunga period (c. [--] B.C.A.D. 25)"
X Link 2026-01-20T22:30Z 743K followers, 194K engagements
"Attic Room - Louis Icart [----] (French 1888-1950)"
X Link 2026-01-21T03:00Z 743K followers, 107.5K engagements
"Bat and Dove Mel Chin 2007"
X Link 2026-01-21T04:00Z 742.9K followers, 251.5K engagements
"Galina Zhiganova - A woman cuts the hem of a kimono so as not to wake a cat (2007)"
X Link 2026-01-21T13:09Z 743K followers, 64.3K engagements
"Edward Burne-Jones Love Among The Ruins (Detail)"
X Link 2026-01-21T18:08Z 742.8K followers, 42.1K engagements
"Gustave Dores illustration to Dantes Inferno 1900"
X Link 2026-01-22T14:07Z 742.5K followers, 32.9K engagements
"The Lantern Bearers Maxfield Parrish 1908"
X Link 2026-01-22T15:07Z 742.8K followers, 53.4K engagements
"Moonlight in the Adirondacks Rockwell Kent"
X Link 2026-01-22T19:09Z 742.6K followers, 27.5K engagements
"Alnwick Castle Joseph Mallord William Turner 1829"
X Link 2026-01-22T20:10Z 743K followers, 38.4K engagements
"Chopper American 19th. c. Private Collection"
X Link 2026-01-22T21:11Z 742.8K followers, 59.6K engagements
"Inscription: Not for riches but for love. Gold posy ring with scalloped hoop English c. 1700"
X Link 2026-01-23T20:00Z 743K followers, 107K engagements
"Mooncat by Denise Warren"
X Link 2026-01-23T22:00Z 743K followers, 74.2K engagements
"Roman Carnelian Intaglio of a Grasshopper Driving a Chariot 1st Century BC"
X Link 2026-01-24T16:00Z 743K followers, 77.5K engagements
"Parsifal Legend Illustration: Serpent Kundry and the Sacred Heart. Artist: Willy Pogany (18821955) [----]. Period: Art Nouveau. Medium: Lithograph (book printing). Source: T.W. Rolleston Parsifal or the Legend of the Holy Grail The Ohio State University (Hathi Trust digital copy). The illustration is a visual summary of Parsifal--which Richard Wagner considered his last and most sacred opera--depicting the tension between "sin" and "atonement." The story starts in the mountains of northern Spain at the legendary Montsalvat Castle a place no one can find. This is the home of the Knights of the"
X Link 2026-01-24T18:29Z 742.7K followers, 31.8K engagements
"The Old Town in Warsaw at Night Jozef Pankiewicz"
X Link 2026-01-24T20:00Z 742.5K followers, 22.5K engagements
"Detail Portrait of Urania 19th century British School"
X Link 2026-01-25T01:00Z 742.6K followers, 25K engagements
"Rabbits in waves Japan edo period"
X Link 2026-01-25T15:00Z 743K followers, 50.3K engagements
"by Paula Mela"
X Link 2026-01-25T16:00Z 742.5K followers, 18.8K engagements
"Cupid with a Pistol on Top of a Mountain of Skulls by Gustave Dor ( [----] 1883)"
X Link 2026-01-25T18:00Z 743.3K followers, 83.6K engagements
"Folk Aesthetic 1996-2006 Album Cover. Artist: Tyko Saarikko (Tenhi) [----]. Collection: Prophecy Productions (PRO 089). I absolutely love this"
X Link 2026-01-25T18:10Z 742.5K followers, 21.3K engagements
"Terracotta vase in the form of a lobster claw Greece circa [---] BC from The Metropolitan Museum of Art"
X Link 2026-01-25T20:00Z 743.1K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Temple of Isis Egypt early 20th century"
X Link 2026-01-25T22:00Z 743.1K followers, 79.5K engagements
"The Pianolesson oil on panel [----] by Henriette Ronner-Knip (Dutch-Belgian 1821-1909)"
X Link 2026-01-26T03:00Z 742.5K followers, 57.2K engagements
"Draped Female Figure on a Wind-swept Sea-shore. Artist: Marianne H. W. Robilliard (Active: 19081920) The International Studio (Vol. [--] 1909)"
X Link 2026-01-26T10:23Z 742.9K followers, 26.7K engagements
"The Louvre museum Paris [----]. Photo by John Gutmann"
X Link 2026-01-26T15:00Z 742.9K followers, 28.8K engagements
"Dream of a Cat - Norbertine Bresslern-Roth1977 (Austrian 1891-1978) Oil on burlap. [--] x [--] cm. [----] x [----] in"
X Link 2026-01-26T20:00Z 742.6K followers, 60K engagements
"Elwell Frederick William (detail)"
X Link 2026-01-26T22:00Z 742.5K followers, 25.1K engagements
"Draco the Dragon. The constellation depicted as a monstrous winged serpent. St. Nicholas. January 1877"
X Link 2026-01-27T01:00Z 743K followers, 25.5K engagements
"Oracle by altioraem"
X Link 2026-01-27T14:05Z 743K followers, 31.7K engagements
"Ritual Dagger (Phurba). Culture: Eastern Tibet Kham region Derge or China. Date: c. 17th century or earlier. Medium: Gilt copper alloy and rock crystal; H. [-----] cm. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) Los Angeles. The upper part of this dagger features a heavy densely worked gilded hilt while the lower part is a clear translucent rock crystal blade. This is a Phurba (Sanskrit: Kila)--a ceremonial dagger used in Tibetan Buddhism. This dagger isnt meant for physical combat but for a spiritual process of fixation. Shift your eyes up from the crystal to where the metal hilt"
X Link 2026-01-27T15:15Z 742.6K followers, 20.3K engagements
"Saint Michael the Archangel by Francesco Cozza 1650"
X Link 2026-01-27T17:00Z 743K followers, 38.7K engagements
"Hieronymus Bosch Detail from the Triptych of The temptations of St. Anthony"
X Link 2026-01-27T22:00Z 742.9K followers, 39.3K engagements
"Bird House: Church for Birds Birds Worship God Too. by Rev. Benjamin Franklin Perkins c. [----] 1987"
X Link 2026-01-28T13:00Z 743K followers, 31.1K engagements
"Hallucination sequence from Altered States (1980) Warner Bros. Pictures. The seven-eyed ram crucifixion inspired by the Book of Revelation. Dir. Ken Russell. Directed by Ken Russell in [----] Altered States is a cult film that blends science fiction and psychological horror. The film centers on Dr. Edward Jessup (William Hurt) a brilliant and ambitious psychophysiologist. Edward is obsessed with schizophrenia religious experiences and the origins of human consciousness. He wants to go beyond the concept of "self" and access the oldest memories stored in our genetic history. To prove his"
X Link 2026-01-28T15:30Z 743.1K followers, 70K engagements
"The Death card from Salvador Dals Universal Dali Tarot deck (c. 19701984). Medium: Gouache and collage on cardboard. The original collages are in private collections; the deck is published by Taschen. A giant cypress tree a characteristic symbol of Mediterranean cemeteries dominates the center of the composition. Within the trees dense dark green texture an anatomical human skull appears in the gaps formed by the leaves and branches. On the left stands a figure in a black robe that completely conceals its face. I think the elements in this card contain references to the famous Isle of the"
X Link 2026-01-28T17:21Z 742.7K followers, 16.3K engagements
"Nautilus Shell and Gilt Bronze Figural Table Lamp Tiffany Studios circa 1910"
X Link 2026-01-28T18:00Z 742.9K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Memento Mori Gold Skeleton Casket Pendant Made in France 16th century"
X Link 2026-01-28T19:00Z 742.9K followers, 20.1K engagements
"Netsuke of Basket of Fish by Shinshinsai Mitsutoshi late 19th century Japan"
X Link 2026-01-28T22:00Z 742.5K followers, 27.3K engagements
"Three Articulated Insects. Japan Meiji (1868-1912) Brandt Asian Art"
X Link 2026-01-29T01:00Z 743K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Anonymous photographer - Portrait of Three Women 19th century"
X Link 2026-01-29T13:01Z 743.2K followers, 41.1K engagements
"Celebrations of the Noc Kupay (Kupala Night) in Skoczw (Poland) 70s"
X Link 2026-01-29T15:08Z 743K followers, 17K engagements
"German Schuco novelty cat compact 1920s"
X Link 2026-01-29T17:10Z 743K followers, 13.9K engagements
"The Inland printer - [----] - via Internet Archive"
X Link 2026-01-29T18:09Z 742.8K followers, 17.6K engagements
"Kawase Hasui (1883-1957): Full winter moon seen through the trees on Toyama 1931"
X Link 2026-01-29T19:09Z 742.8K followers, 26K engagements
"Drawstring bags 18th and 19th century"
X Link 2026-01-29T20:59Z 743.2K followers, 52.4K engagements
""Mythology Idols &c." Illustration Plate. Source Work: An American Dictionary of the English Language (Revised Edition). Author: Noah Webster (Editors: Noah Porter et al.). Date: c. [--------] (Victorian Era). Technique: Wood engraving on paper. Collection: Original prints are found in rare book collections and digital archives (Internet Archive). https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017221260292288604 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017221260292288604"
X Link 2026-01-30T13:00Z 742.8K followers, 22.7K engagements
"Victory of Samothrace Samothrace Greece c. [---] BC. Found in Samothrace in [----]. Now on display at the Louvre Museum"
X Link 2026-01-30T15:00Z 743.2K followers, 15.7K engagements
"Caryatids Acropolis Athens [----]. Photographer: Werner Bischof / Magnum Photos. When Bischof took this photo the sculptures hadn't yet been moved to the museum to protect them from modern-day acid rain and pollution (that didn't happen until 1979). This means what we're seeing in the picture are the original statues that stood on that spot for centuries--except for one Caryatid that was removed and taken to London back in [----]. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017296755218694255 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2017296755218694255"
X Link 2026-01-30T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 16.9K engagements
"Caryatids and heads. Illustrated catalogue of plastic ornaments cast in plaster for interiors and composition for exterior of theaters 1913"
X Link 2026-01-31T16:01Z 743K followers, 37.3K engagements
"Maria Madalena Postcard Portugal"
X Link 2026-01-31T16:30Z 742.7K followers, 16.1K engagements
"Gold bracelet in form of serpent found in Pompeii worn on the upper arm"
X Link 2026-01-31T19:00Z 743K followers, 28.7K engagements
"Corsican -Vendetta- (Blood Feud) Knife. Date: Early 20th century. Medium: Acid-etched steel blade polychrome painted and engraved bone handle. Collection: Czernys International Auction House. "Che la mia ferita sia Mortale." This phrase translates to "May the wound I inflict be mortal." The inscription is written in the first person singular as if the knife itself were speaking. The blade's form is thin long and pointed typical of a Mediterranean stiletto. It features floral scrolls and the inscription "Vendetta Corsa" (Corsican Revenge). Now let's dive into the objects historical context --"
X Link 2026-02-01T21:30Z 743K followers, 29.1K engagements
"saisons chteaux (Film Sequence) 35mm Eastmancolor Film. Director: Agns Varda. Date: [----]. Location: Loire Valley France. Credit: Cin-Tamaris / The Criterion Collection"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:26Z 743.1K followers, 11.9K engagements
"The Four Times of the Day Charles Le Brun 1674"
X Link 2026-02-02T13:40Z 743K followers, 20K engagements
"Restorers at San Lorenzo Maggiore Naples [----]. Photographer: Thomas Struth. Collection & Credit: the Met. ".The working method Struth devised for The Restorers one of his first portraits would become his standard procedure: photographing only subjects he could get to know over an extended period and collaborate with on how they wished to be seen. He also decided to focus on couples or groups defined by a shared historyoften familialor a communality of purpose as with this portrait of four art restorers he befriended in Naples." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018326035788706026"
X Link 2026-02-02T14:10Z 743K followers, 12.6K engagements
"Limburg Cathedral and castle. Hesse Germany. [----]. Gelatin silver print"
X Link 2026-02-02T21:42Z 743.4K followers, 55.5K engagements
"Bracelet in the form of a snake Greek Hellenistic Period late 4thearly 3rd century B.C. Flat spiral of three half turns. Plain except for ends in the form of a serpents head and back. Medium: silver via MFA Boston"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:30Z 743.2K followers, 15K engagements
"Mongolian shaman ca. [----]. I couldn't find definitive information on the photographer for this photo. However I suspect the person behind the camera is the Finnish explorer and archaeologist Sakari Plsi. After looking into other explorers and archaeologists traveling the region around [----] Plsi is the most likely candidate. Heres how I reached that conclusion: He was known as the "archaeologist on a bicycle." If you look closely at the photo theres a bicycle in the background. Plsi explored the Mongolian steppes with his linguist friend Ramstedt using bicycles and cameras. They chose bikes to"
X Link 2026-02-04T13:00Z 743.2K followers, 23.8K engagements
"Two Victorian ladies making a Snow Lady in [----]. Photo Source: The Strand Magazine No. [--] (January 1892) Vol. III"
X Link 2026-02-04T15:00Z 743.2K followers, 21.1K engagements
"Apollo rescuing Daphne as she turns into a laurel ca. 1470-80"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:30Z 743.2K followers, 14.4K engagements
"Sacsayhuamn is a fortress built during the reign of Pachacuti (1438-1471 AD) the ninth Sapa Inca of the Kingdom of Cusco and his successors. The word Sacsayhuamn is a Quechua word that can be translated as "Saqsay" - "Satisfy" and "Huaman" - "Hawk". In Quechua it means "the place where the hawk is satisfied." https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019426537809015286 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2019426537809015286"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:03Z 743.3K followers, 11.9K engagements
"Classical Grecian by chirinstock - Delphi (Greece)"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:05Z 743.3K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Girl in Pool uranium glass pin tray by Heinrich Hoffman Czechoslovakia [----]. Uranium glass reached its peak popularity from the 1880s through the 1930s particularly in Europe and America. This distinctive glass type often referred to as Vaseline glass due to its similarity to petroleum jelly in appearance contains uranium oxide which gives it its characteristic yellowish-green color. In the early 20th century particularly during the Art Deco period artists and glassmakers frequently employed uranium glass due to its luminous quality and striking visual effects under certain lighting conditions"
X Link 2025-08-03T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 443.1K engagements
"Silver HornedOwl kabuto (helmet especially worn by samurai) and sode (shoulder guards in Japanese armor) with mask by Ryosuke Shiomi Japan [----]. Medium: fine and alloyed silver"
X Link 2025-09-05T12:30Z 743.4K followers, 341.5K engagements
"Ritual mountaineering axe with heartshaped openwork. Japan. Nanbokucho to Muromachi period 14th century AD. Forged iron head; wooden shaft spiralwrapped with a bronze strip; H [-----] cm blade [--] x [----] cm. Collection: Nara National Museum. Classified as an Important Cultural Property. Those two hearts are not about romance. In Japan they are inome the boars eye a very old apotropaic sign cut into weapons temple fittings and even windows to draw off misfortune and summon courage. The motif has been in use for well over a millennium and you can still see inome windows at temples like Shjuin in"
X Link 2025-11-12T20:00Z 743.4K followers, 5.9M engagements
"A neolithic figurine depicting a goddess seated on a leopard and holding a small leopard on her chest. Discovered in a house in Haclar in Turkey [----] BC now housed at the Museum of Anatolian Civilizations in Ankara"
X Link 2026-01-08T00:51Z 743.4K followers, 162.8K engagements
"An 18th century travel female urinal (Bourdaloue) with an eye portrait and the inscription Ha je te vois petit coquin which roughly translates to Ha I see you little rascal. Private Collection"
X Link 2026-01-08T13:31Z 743.4K followers, 107.1K engagements
"Tattoos of the Woman from Pazyryk Kurgan [--]. Culture: Pazyryk (Scythian-Siberian). Date: 4th 3rd century BC. Material: soot (carbon-based) pigments. Collection: State Hermitage Museum St. Petersburg. Drawings: via Daniel Riday / BBC. This mummy at the Hermitage Museum in Russia recently underwent high-resolution infrared scans. Thanks to modern technology detailed tattoosinvisible to the naked eye on her darkened skinhave finally been revealed. In the first image we see a spotted leopard and two tigers on the hunt. In the second we see a griffin-like creature hunting a deer. In the third image"
X Link 2026-01-14T01:32Z 743.4K followers, 14.8K engagements
"Gold swivel ring with amethyst frog Egypt New Kingdom 1550-1229 BC from Christies"
X Link 2026-01-15T21:30Z 743.4K followers, 20.7K engagements
"Childs Writing Exercises and Doodles from Egypt c. 1000-1200 AD. this was made by a child who was practicing Hebrew creating doodles and scribbles on the page as they worked Cambridge University Library"
X Link 2026-01-17T12:48Z 743.4K followers, 275.3K engagements
"Ring with unicorn heart lady and clasped hands. Made in Germany or Italy c.1550-1600"
X Link 2026-01-17T20:59Z 743.4K followers, 103.4K engagements
"Cherries by Jan Davidsz de Heem"
X Link 2026-01-19T07:00Z 743.4K followers, 42.5K engagements
"People washing carpets Tehran Iran 1967"
X Link 2026-01-20T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 139.6K engagements
"Album of seaweed specimens in scallop shell binding Great Britain mid-19th century"
X Link 2026-01-28T12:00Z 743.4K followers, 34.8K engagements
"An Aztec Snake 1400-1521"
X Link 2026-01-30T03:14Z 743.4K followers, 53.4K engagements
"Eva Palmer-Sikelianos 1907"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:39Z 743.4K followers, 31.8K engagements
"Thomas Struth the Art Restorers at San Lorenzo Maggiore Naples Italy"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:41Z 743.4K followers, 19.4K engagements
"Procession of The Congregation of Good Death of Barcelona 19th century"
X Link 2026-02-03T12:03Z 743.4K followers, 26.1K engagements
"The Cause of the Great Catfish at Shin Yoshiwara 1855"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:30Z 743.4K followers, 20K engagements
"Albrecht Drer six pillows pen an ink on paper"
X Link 2026-02-04T12:08Z 743.4K followers, 25.4K engagements
"Temple of the Sun center stone Baalbek Lebanon ca. 1900"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:09Z 743.4K followers, 13.4K engagements
"Skull (Frontal View) and Skull (Profile) Vincent van Gogh [----]. Period: Paris Period. Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Van Gogh Museum Amsterdam. The background of these works actually dates back to Vincents days at the Antwerp Academy of Fine Arts about a year before he painted them. Vincent who enrolled in the academy in the winter of [----] criticized the rigid and "idealized" drawing style based on antique plaster casts that his teachers imposed. Finding the strict academic rules stifling he took his anatomy studies out of the classroom to continue them on his own terms. These canvases"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:45Z 743.4K followers, 13K engagements
"Jacques-Louis David The English Government 1794"
X Link 2026-02-04T20:10Z 743.4K followers, 27.3K engagements
"Fritz Schwimbeck Judgment of the Dead 1917"
X Link 2026-02-04T22:10Z 743.4K followers, 17K engagements
"Fig. [---]. Principal types of pottery in Ancient Egypt. The Encyclopaedia Britannica. v.9. 1922"
X Link 2026-02-05T23:05Z 743.4K followers, 12.8K engagements
"Llama head whistle c. A.D. 750-1500. Medium: Ceramic and slip paints"
X Link 2026-02-06T06:09Z 743.4K followers, 13.7K engagements
"antique fox shaped cleaver"
X Link 2026-01-09T07:29Z 743.4K followers, 252.3K engagements
"Blue Root - Philadelphia University of Pennsylvania Rare Book & Manuscript Library LJS [---] fol. 42r"
X Link 2026-01-11T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 777.1K engagements
"Siberian Shaman engraving from 1805"
X Link 2026-01-12T12:24Z 743.4K followers, 229.3K engagements
"Leg in the air - Parthenon. Photographer: Edgard Alsteens [----]. (postcard print)"
X Link 2026-01-13T13:00Z 743.4K followers, 411.2K engagements
"Puppy Playing With a Pheasant Feather. Culture: Joseon Dynasty Korea 16th17th century AD. Medium: Ink and color on silk. Collection: Philadelphia Museum of Art Philadelphia"
X Link 2026-01-13T20:00Z 743.4K followers, 561.2K engagements
"An ivory netsuke depicting a stylized sparrow (Fukura Suzume). Culture: Japanese (Kyoto School). Date: Edo period early 19th century. Medium: Ivory eyes inlaid with dark horn. Auction: Sold at Bonhams London"
X Link 2026-01-14T15:30Z 743.4K followers, 31.3K engagements
"A photographers portrait in a mirror a hundred years ago Japan ca. 1920"
X Link 2026-01-15T05:00Z 743.4K followers, 1.7M engagements
"Antler engraving found in Lortet Cave in the Hautes-Pyrnes region of France. It was carved from a reindeer antler and shows a group of reindeer crossing a river or lake full of swimming salmon. Dating to the Magdalenian period approximately 17000-12000 years ago"
X Link 2026-01-15T21:00Z 743.4K followers, 167.3K engagements
"The first written use offuckfrom [----] inscribed by a monk who seems to have been pretty pissed off with an abbot"
X Link 2026-01-15T22:31Z 743.4K followers, 1.9M engagements
"17th c. posy ring bearing the inscription I long to have but blush to crave"
X Link 2026-01-17T23:00Z 743.4K followers, 300.7K engagements
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