#  @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 [---------] +6.90% - [--] Month [----------] +47% - [--] Months [----------] +249% - [--] Year [-----------] +117% ### Mentions: [---] [#](/creator/twitter::765618069062422528/posts_active)  - [--] Week [---] -21% - [--] Month [---] -68% - [--] Months [-----] +385% - [--] Year [-----] +462% ### Followers: [-------] [#](/creator/twitter::765618069062422528/followers)  - [--] Week [-------] +0.16% - [--] Month [-------] +1.10% - [--] Months [-------] +3.80% - [--] Year [-------] +7.90% ### CreatorRank: [------] [#](/creator/twitter::765618069062422528/influencer_rank)  ### Social Influence **Social category influence** [countries](/list/countries) 25.86% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations) #3293 [finance](/list/finance) 12.17% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands) 1.52% [fashion brands](/list/fashion-brands) 0.76% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands) 0.76% [stocks](/list/stocks) 0.38% [nfts](/list/nfts) 0.38% [automotive brands](/list/automotive-brands) 0.38% [musicians](/list/musicians) 0.38% **Social topic influence** [art](/topic/art) #400, [collection](/topic/collection) #501, [gold](/topic/gold) #1546, [culture](/topic/culture) #4160, [in the](/topic/in-the) #6188, [bc](/topic/bc) #1807, [japan](/topic/japan) #885, [metropolitan museum of art](/topic/metropolitan-museum-of-art) #12, [hermitage museum](/topic/hermitage-museum) #14, [silver](/topic/silver) 3.42% **Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by** [@grok](/creator/undefined) [@vibrantutopia](/creator/undefined) [@angelinomichels](/creator/undefined) [@sagee36690](/creator/undefined) [@n0439875062504inalbum72157694972700574](/creator/undefined) [@bunburyoudoujp](/creator/undefined) [@the_goober87](/creator/undefined) [@retrocomz1995](/creator/undefined) [@ahiin33](/creator/undefined) [@thegr8scot](/creator/undefined) [@borealvarg](/creator/undefined) [@goonagai](/creator/undefined) [@lombredelarue](/creator/undefined) [@kingkalvan](/creator/undefined) [@eggusmaximus](/creator/undefined) [@shikatanorikur2](/creator/undefined) [@christo51056699](/creator/undefined) [@g_abe2](/creator/undefined) [@dalrymplewill](/creator/undefined) [@miumiusoldier](/creator/undefined) ### Top Social Posts Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours "Dancing dogs. Culture: Colima (Comala). Place of origin: West Mexico. Date: c. [---] BCAD [---]. Medium: Blackware ceramic (with slip). Collection: Princeton University Art Museum" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2001052642881986753) 2025-12-16T22:11Z 744K followers, 278.3K 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 744K followers, 36.4K engagements "Angel in the Cemetery (Mogia samobjcy or popularly known as Angel of Grief) by Wilhelm Kotarbiski (18481921) c. [----]. Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (National Museum in Warsaw) Poland. In the 19th-century Catholic world and across Europe suicide was considered a great sin so those who took their own lives couldn't be buried in cemeteries the church deemed hallowed ground.Funeral ceremonies weren't held for them; instead their bodies were usually buried outside cemetery walls at crossroads or in desolate spots like the one in this painting. In other words" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020845136473690392) 2026-02-09T13:00Z 744K followers, 15.6K engagements "antique fox shaped cleaver" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2009527880133275970) 2026-01-09T07:29Z 744K followers, 252.7K 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 744K followers, 81.8K 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 744K followers, 301.3K engagements "The Sacrificial Lamb by Josefa de bidos 1670" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013250196272988455) 2026-01-19T14:00Z 744K followers, 381.7K 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 744K followers, 30.5K engagements "Gustave Moreau: The Angels of Sodom 1890" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016164292614361466) 2026-01-27T15:00Z 744K followers, 61.2K engagements "Stairway to the moon by Schinako Moriyama" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016179391571571129) 2026-01-27T16:00Z 744K followers, 140.6K engagements "Poison cabinet inside a fake Bible 1600s" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017946037319807208) 2026-02-01T13:00Z 744K followers, 190.7K engagements "An Ivory and Coral Group of Saint Sebastian Italian Trapani ca. 1700" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018806706890068388) 2026-02-03T22:00Z 744K followers, 38.8K engagements "A member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition plays the bagpipe for an indifferent penguin 1904" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019050308207276073) 2026-02-04T14:08Z 744K followers, 62K engagements "Ancient Greek Coins With Octopuses" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019744130285666672) 2026-02-06T12:05Z 744K followers, 415.4K engagements "A Russian woman protects her cat from the cold near the center of fighting on the Eastern Front at Vitebsk winter of 1943-44" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019774329119027299) 2026-02-06T14:05Z 744K followers, 41.6K engagements "Shizue Kamitsuma aka Kamitsuma Shizue aka (Japanese based Japan) - Youei Japanese Paintings: Nihonga" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019940674846790129) 2026-02-07T01:06Z 744K followers, 49.4K 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 744K followers, 35.1K 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 744K followers, 26.6K engagements "Black Venus on Blue Background Pierre Boncampain" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021222627751137446) 2026-02-10T14:00Z 744K followers, 30.3K 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 744K followers, 50.9K engagements "Gas mask for a German Army messenger dog" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021275470642188326) 2026-02-10T17:30Z 744K followers, 87.5K engagements "Greek Gold Bracelet with Agate Goat Terminals 5th Cen. BC" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021434770040009030) 2026-02-11T04:03Z 744K followers, 20.9K engagements "Zeus s Dog (Study) - Mia Bergeron [----]. American b. [----] - Oil on panel [---] x [--] in" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021924497331286288) 2026-02-12T12:29Z 744K followers, 17.7K engagements "Ivn Floro (Spanish 1993) Game Over/You Lose [----] Oil on canvas [---] x [---] cm" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021939596326842801) 2026-02-12T13:29Z 744K followers, 137.6K engagements "A Pair of Pigs c. [----] Medium: oil on canvas Compton Verney" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2022015597509214616) 2026-02-12T18:31Z 744K followers, 2.3M engagements "Sacred Heart of Jesus c. [----] Paint on wood American Folk Art Museum" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2022413468893172016) 2026-02-13T20:52Z 744K followers, 23.5K engagements "Sylphide by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Tsisaryk Art (b. 1978). Medium: bronze aluminum 2017" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1618806044750413825) 2023-01-27T03:00Z 744K followers, 728K engagements "An embroidered Peacock Feather cape from the Qing Dynasty late 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017042830037045368) 2026-01-30T01:11Z 744K followers, 125.1K engagements "Mountain Spirit (Shan Gui) (the work also bears the title / Goddess Wushan) Artist: Hua Sanchuan (19302004) Medium: Ink and paint on silk (Gongbi technique) Mythological Origin: Qu Yuan Chu Ci (Songs of Chu) anthology 4th3rd century BC (compilation: 2nd century AD Wang Yi) Mountain Spirit (Shan Gui ) is the name of both an ancient poem and a mythological character found in the famous Chu Ci (*Songs of Chu*) anthology by the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (4th--3rd century BC). In Chinese mythology mountains and rivers are often personified as spirits or deities. The Mountain Spirit is a part of this" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017983781689536994) 2026-02-01T15:30Z 744K followers, 114K engagements "Tove Jansson painting the fresco Party in the Countryside Helsinki 1947" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018135530656145730) 2026-02-02T01:33Z 744K followers, 62K engagements "Cliff House: San Francisco 1901" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018348684833104066) 2026-02-02T15:40Z 744K followers, 39.8K engagements "Galileos notebook sketch of the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) Galileo Galilei 15th February [----] - 8th January 1642" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018670816238375081) 2026-02-03T13:00Z 744K followers, 49.5K engagements "Achilles cries out for vengeance by Peter Connolly" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019433334439571828) 2026-02-05T15:30Z 744K followers, 235.2K 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 744K followers, 170K 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 744K followers, 36.9K engagements "Mixtec rock crystal feline head - Mexico 15th century AD" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021118435342811533) 2026-02-10T07:06Z 744K followers, 42K engagements "Morning Sunlight Ponza Italy by Edward Brian Seago" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021358526770417788) 2026-02-10T23:00Z 744K followers, 16.4K engagements "The Cherries - Louis Valtat [----] French Oil on canvas" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021373868724621726) 2026-02-11T00:01Z 744K followers, 21.5K engagements "Shin-ban Kemono-zukushi (All Animals). Artist: Utagawa Kunitora. Period: Edo period 19th century. Material: Multicolor woodblock print on paper. Collection: Tobacco and Salt Museum Tokyo. During Japan's Edo period artists produced omocha-e or toy pictures for children. This work by Utagawa Kunitora created using woodblock printing is a colorful visual dictionary of the animal kingdom. The artist doesn't use any perspective rules or ground lines on the paper. He scatters the figures freely across a light blue background. There's no natural zoological classification in this composition. Pets" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2022298461714935930) 2026-02-13T13:15Z 744K followers, 21.7K engagements "Awakening. Artist: Christina Bothwell. Medium: Cast glass ceramic and hand-painted details. By juxtaposing light-transmitting glass with more matte ceramic Bothwell has transformed the boundaries of the material body -- and the consciousness leaving it -- into a three-dimensional object. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022351309580681713 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022351309580681713" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2022351309580681713) 2026-02-13T16:45Z 744K followers, 23.9K engagements "Salvador Dali silver-gilt cutlery 1957" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2022428568320413838) 2026-02-13T21:52Z 744K followers, 37.2K engagements "Detail of The Immaculate Conception by Cristobal de Villalpando" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2022489217880695081) 2026-02-14T01:53Z 744K followers, 12.5K engagements "Valentine's Day puzzle purse love letters c. 1790-1826. Medium: Watercolor pen and ink on paper. Collection: The Postal Museum London (1790 example) and The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (1826 example). In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the British postal system worked very differently than it does today. The delivery fee wasn't paid by the sender but usually by the recipient. Postal officials calculated this cost based on the number of sheets of paper used not the weight of the letter. If a sender placed the letter inside a separate envelope the envelope counted as an extra" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2022657079429759215) 2026-02-14T13:00Z 744K followers, 38.6K engagements "Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria posing as a mummy in Cairo Egypt 1894" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1707370596982551007) 2023-09-28T12:24Z 744K followers, 4.3M engagements "Marble sculpture of a frog Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 B.C.). Credit & Collection: Sotheby's" [X Link](https://x.com/anyuser/status/1825616263520919831) 2024-08-19T19:30Z 744K followers, 3.3M 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K followers, 56K 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/anyuser/status/1951983911187210271) 2025-08-03T12:30Z 744K followers, 443.2K 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 744K followers, 29.6K 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/anyuser/status/1962855572484624401) 2025-09-02T12:30Z 744K followers, 2.4M 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/anyuser/status/1963942717093810363) 2025-09-05T12:30Z 744K followers, 341.6K 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 744K 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 743.7K followers, 31.3K 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/anyuser/status/1988698339966140779) 2025-11-12T20:00Z 744K followers, 5.9M 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 744K followers, 17.1K 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 "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 744.1K followers, 163.1K 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 744.1K followers, 107.3K engagements "Petroglyphs (rock paintings) of Altai" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011173935019180390) 2026-01-13T20:30Z 743K followers, 125.1K 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 744K followers, 14.8K 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 "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 743.8K followers, 31.3K engagements "Vintage wind-up toy bear (USSR 1920s-30s)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2011483500449251607) 2026-01-14T17:00Z 744.1K followers, 454.7K 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 744.1K followers, 118.6K 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 744K 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 744.1K followers, 167.6K 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 "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 744K followers, 1.9M 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 "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 "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 "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 744K followers, 22.7K 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 "From the [----] stage play Dracula" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013224217844609088) 2026-01-19T12:17Z 744K followers, 91.1K 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 "Scent bottle (18th century) enamelled decoration with the motto Tout pour vous (All for you) MFA Boston" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013310663012032957) 2026-01-19T18:00Z 743.8K followers, 25.2K 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 "Albrecht Drer Knight on Horseback 1507" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2013672877179183565) 2026-01-20T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 77.6K 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 "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 "Whaler made scrimshawed whale ivory Sea Horse pie crimper circa 1850" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014082700026716354) 2026-01-21T21:08Z 744K followers, 2.7M 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 "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 "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 744K followers, 247.6K 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 "Rabbits in waves Japan edo period" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015439515855540555) 2026-01-25T15:00Z 743K followers, 50.3K 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 "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 "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 "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 "Rabbits between the staves. Cambrai BM 125-128 c. 1540-50" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2015983228893724809) 2026-01-27T03:00Z 744K followers, 178.9K engagements "Oracle by altioraem" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016150450744262903) 2026-01-27T14:05Z 743K followers, 31.7K 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 "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 "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 "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 "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 "Illustration from the Aprils Kittens written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry. 1940" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016707885472858583) 2026-01-29T03:00Z 743.9K followers, 106K 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 "Drawstring bags 18th and 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016979412369965376) 2026-01-29T20:59Z 743.2K followers, 52.4K engagements "An Aztec Snake 1400-1521" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017073784319050052) 2026-01-30T03:14Z 743.4K followers, 53.4K 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 744K followers, 17K 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 "Black Cat Sentry - Dillon Samuelson" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017644293859557740) 2026-01-31T17:01Z 743.9K followers, 78.2K 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 "Memento Mori rings 💀" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017681790488494556) 2026-01-31T19:30Z 743.7K followers, 42K engagements "The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886)" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017719543754371176) 2026-01-31T22:00Z 744K followers, 34.7K 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 743.9K followers, 34.1K engagements "Folding screen with dancing figures anonymous Paris 1879" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017953583220637887) 2026-02-01T13:30Z 743.9K followers, 40K engagements "Claude Cahun. La Chambre du Chat 1940" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017968932574151113) 2026-02-01T14:31Z 744K followers, 56.1K engagements "Victorian rose gold locket Vienna 1880s" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2017999131768238375) 2026-02-01T16:31Z 743.5K followers, 75.3K engagements "Art Nouveau Japanese Inlaid Damascene Bat and Crescent necklace in gold and silver" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018029330534969580) 2026-02-01T18:31Z 743.7K followers, 85.1K engagements "Bronze Optician Advertisement Lamp circa 1920" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018047953198371127) 2026-02-01T19:45Z 743.9K followers, 38.4K 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 "Eva Palmer-Sikelianos 1907" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018303134989201500) 2026-02-02T12:39Z 743.4K followers, 31.8K 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 "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 "Hair combs by Lucien Gaillard" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018410215188963578) 2026-02-02T19:44Z 743.8K followers, 61.3K engagements "Thomas Struth the Art Restorers at San Lorenzo Maggiore Naples Italy" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018424559637291379) 2026-02-02T20:41Z 743.8K followers, 19.4K 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 "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 "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 743.5K followers, 35.7K engagements "A Caryatids view of Philopappos Hill Athens Greece (c. 19281930) by Walter Hege. The Caryatid in Heges frame is the original. They wouldnt be moved to the museum until much later. In this shot we see the Caryatids braids up close. Just beautiful. These braids are a prime example of the "engineering disguised as aesthetics" genius of Ancient Greek art. The sculptors (attributed to Alcamenes and his circle) knew that resting the weight of the Erechtheions south porch roof on the statues' heads and necks was a structural risk. A slender neck wouldve been in danger of snapping under that massive" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018723657070358871) 2026-02-03T16:30Z 743.5K followers, 27.1K engagements "Stag with Herb Branch Mounted as a Ring [----] Art Institute of Chicago. Medium: Gold enamel ruby opals and pearls" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018746307406622745) 2026-02-03T18:00Z 743.7K followers, 30.2K 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 "Stellar sketch from Sphaera Mundi [----] by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giuseppe Biancani: Illustration locates stars by the antarctic circle. They are not shown as embedded in the sphere of the fixed stars. This early depiction of the constellation of the southern cross shows it unconfined. (Linda Hall Library) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018776507930554490 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018776507930554490" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018776507930554490) 2026-02-03T20:00Z 743.9K followers, 19.8K 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 744K followers, 25.5K 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 "Austrian Silver Fish Form Spice Box and a Group of Seventeen Silvered Metal Articulated Models of Fish. Date: c. 1890's" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019086169238368637) 2026-02-04T16:30Z 744.1K followers, 27.2K engagements "The Sphinx late 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019095858072215651) 2026-02-04T17:09Z 743.7K followers, 32.6K engagements "Temple of the Sun center stone Baalbek Lebanon ca. 1900" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019110957918589362) 2026-02-04T18:09Z 743.8K followers, 13.5K 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 "Jean Delville The Angel of Splendour or Allegory of Hell 1899" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019126057111282006) 2026-02-04T19:09Z 743.9K followers, 21.9K 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 "Fairy being carried off by a bee 1895" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019216905559491035) 2026-02-05T01:10Z 744K followers, 23.8K engagements "John Collier Priestess of Delphi detail 1891" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019380987269116195) 2026-02-05T12:02Z 743.9K followers, 21K engagements "Sculpture of Ai Apaec. Moche Culture. Made from gold copper and polished stone" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019396338405019904) 2026-02-05T13:03Z 744K followers, 21.5K 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 "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 744K followers, 29.9K 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 744K followers, 69.1K 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 "Phallus with wings. Culture: Roman Place of origin: Italy Date: [---] B.C.-A.D. [---] Medium: Alabaster bronze" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019532737477054733) 2026-02-05T22:05Z 743.9K followers, 21.2K 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 "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 743.6K followers, 14.4K 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 "Semele. Artist: Jannik Hsel (German b. 1998) [----]. Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Private Collection. The moment in this painting is one of mythologys most visually violent scenes. Princess Semele of Thebes succumbing to Heras cunning whispers asks her lover Zeus to reveal himself -- in all his divine power. Zeus having sworn on the River Styx cant refuse this request. However its biologically impossible for a mortal to withstand pure cosmic energy. The split-second Hsel depicts is the moment Zeuss lightning touches Semele driving the princess toward annihilation in the face of that" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019788172100866260) 2026-02-06T15:00Z 744K followers, 16.3K engagements "Barcelona - Nicolau Raurich" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019878515244515688) 2026-02-06T20:59Z 743.8K followers, 43.6K engagements "Lucy Willis [----] Cats [----] etching on paper" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2019893869362491753) 2026-02-06T22:00Z 744K followers, 62.2K engagements "Stairs into the Royal Tombs of Ur. 1920's Iraq" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020186225399706104) 2026-02-07T17:21Z 744K followers, 25.1K 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 743.9K followers, 15.2K engagements "Minoan Bull Leaper by Ellen Barkin" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020256255625851276) 2026-02-07T22:00Z 744K followers, 23.9K 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 743.9K followers, 14.6K 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 744.1K followers, 17.8K engagements "Last Will by Nikolay Kurganov" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021267922593935619) 2026-02-10T17:00Z 744K followers, 16.8K engagements "Hiroshi Yoshida: Rapids 1928" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021328066799390977) 2026-02-10T20:59Z 743.9K followers, 58.5K engagements "RT @archaeologyart: Gas mask for a German Army messenger dog" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021377853020045473) 2026-02-11T00:16Z 744K followers, [---] engagements "RT @archaeologyart: Dracula (First Edition). Author: Bram Stoker. Date: [----] (Text) 20th Century (Binding). Publisher: Archibald Constable" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021377866198618551) 2026-02-11T00:16Z 744K followers, [---] engagements "RT @archaeologyart: Black Venus on Blue Background Pierre Boncampain" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2021377890705645630) 2026-02-11T00:16Z 743.8K followers, [---] engagements "Cerberus. Artist: Paul Rumsey [----]. Medium: Ink and charcoal. Private Collection" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2010343459618427112) 2026-01-11T13:30Z 744K followers, 63.9K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K followers, 14.8K 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 744K followers, 561.6K 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 744K followers, 45.5K 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 744K followers, 16.4K engagements "E. Le Tellier - Playing Card Ace of Spades late 19th century" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014113654036480399) 2026-01-21T23:11Z 744K followers, 78.3K engagements "A knitted belt from the Byzantine Empire c.420-600 AD" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2014895934514352574) 2026-01-24T03:00Z 744K followers, 283.4K 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 744K followers, 14.8K engagements "300 year old leather star map by the Skidi one of the four bands of the Pawnee tribe. The Skidi Pawnee historically lived on the Central Plains of Nebraska and Kansas" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016254762354933845) 2026-01-27T20:59Z 744K followers, 85.4K engagements "Ancient Fertility Figurines / Ancestral Venuses" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2016848047234564190) 2026-01-29T12:17Z 744K followers, 324.1K engagements "Study of bird wings Leonardo Da Vinci" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018090106062799342) 2026-02-01T22:32Z 744K followers, 109.2K engagements "Rock crystal statuette of the goddess Bastet in her form of sacred cat" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2018500434596446353) 2026-02-03T01:43Z 744K followers, 30.3K 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 744K followers, 39.2K 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 744K followers, 78.7K engagements "Lobster Effigy Vessel South Coast Peru. Period: Nazca Culture c. 300-600 AD. Collection: The Walters Art Museum. The coast of Peru is bathed in the Humboldt Current which sweeps cold water from the Antarctic along the South American coast and northwards to Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Rich in plankton and other marine animals the Humboldt Current supports one of the worlds most fertile fishing grounds. Early Andean peoples harvested its bounty with fish and shellfish being a primary source of protein not only for coastal peoples but also those in the highlands. This lobster effigy vessel" [X Link](https://x.com/archaeologyart/status/2020150560029307156) 2026-02-07T15:00Z 744K followers, 14.8K engagements Limited data mode. Full metrics available with subscription: lunarcrush.com/pricing
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Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours
"Dancing dogs. Culture: Colima (Comala). Place of origin: West Mexico. Date: c. [---] BCAD [---]. Medium: Blackware ceramic (with slip). Collection: Princeton University Art Museum"
X Link 2025-12-16T22:11Z 744K followers, 278.3K engagements
"Amethyst intaglio of Fortuna-Tyche Roman 1st-2nd century AD from Bertolami Fine Arts"
X Link 2026-02-08T14:28Z 744K followers, 36.4K engagements
"Angel in the Cemetery (Mogia samobjcy or popularly known as Angel of Grief) by Wilhelm Kotarbiski (18481921) c. [----]. Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Muzeum Narodowe w Warszawie (National Museum in Warsaw) Poland. In the 19th-century Catholic world and across Europe suicide was considered a great sin so those who took their own lives couldn't be buried in cemeteries the church deemed hallowed ground.Funeral ceremonies weren't held for them; instead their bodies were usually buried outside cemetery walls at crossroads or in desolate spots like the one in this painting. In other words"
X Link 2026-02-09T13:00Z 744K followers, 15.6K engagements
"antique fox shaped cleaver"
X Link 2026-01-09T07:29Z 744K followers, 252.7K 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 744K followers, 81.8K engagements
"17th c. posy ring bearing the inscription I long to have but blush to crave"
X Link 2026-01-17T23:00Z 744K followers, 301.3K engagements
"The Sacrificial Lamb by Josefa de bidos 1670"
X Link 2026-01-19T14:00Z 744K followers, 381.7K engagements
"Scent bottle. Place of origin: Bohemia Czech Republic Czechoslovakia. Date: ca. [----]. Medium: Glass"
X Link 2026-01-21T17:04Z 744K followers, 30.5K engagements
"Gustave Moreau: The Angels of Sodom 1890"
X Link 2026-01-27T15:00Z 744K followers, 61.2K engagements
"Stairway to the moon by Schinako Moriyama"
X Link 2026-01-27T16:00Z 744K followers, 140.6K engagements
"Poison cabinet inside a fake Bible 1600s"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:00Z 744K followers, 190.7K engagements
"An Ivory and Coral Group of Saint Sebastian Italian Trapani ca. 1700"
X Link 2026-02-03T22:00Z 744K followers, 38.8K engagements
"A member of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition plays the bagpipe for an indifferent penguin 1904"
X Link 2026-02-04T14:08Z 744K followers, 62K engagements
"Ancient Greek Coins With Octopuses"
X Link 2026-02-06T12:05Z 744K followers, 415.4K engagements
"A Russian woman protects her cat from the cold near the center of fighting on the Eastern Front at Vitebsk winter of 1943-44"
X Link 2026-02-06T14:05Z 744K followers, 41.6K engagements
"Shizue Kamitsuma aka Kamitsuma Shizue aka (Japanese based Japan) - Youei Japanese Paintings: Nihonga"
X Link 2026-02-07T01:06Z 744K followers, 49.4K 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 744K followers, 35.1K 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 744K followers, 26.6K engagements
"Black Venus on Blue Background Pierre Boncampain"
X Link 2026-02-10T14:00Z 744K followers, 30.3K 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 744K followers, 50.9K engagements
"Gas mask for a German Army messenger dog"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:30Z 744K followers, 87.5K engagements
"Greek Gold Bracelet with Agate Goat Terminals 5th Cen. BC"
X Link 2026-02-11T04:03Z 744K followers, 20.9K engagements
"Zeus s Dog (Study) - Mia Bergeron [----]. American b. [----] - Oil on panel [---] x [--] in"
X Link 2026-02-12T12:29Z 744K followers, 17.7K engagements
"Ivn Floro (Spanish 1993) Game Over/You Lose [----] Oil on canvas [---] x [---] cm"
X Link 2026-02-12T13:29Z 744K followers, 137.6K engagements
"A Pair of Pigs c. [----] Medium: oil on canvas Compton Verney"
X Link 2026-02-12T18:31Z 744K followers, 2.3M engagements
"Sacred Heart of Jesus c. [----] Paint on wood American Folk Art Museum"
X Link 2026-02-13T20:52Z 744K followers, 23.5K engagements
"Sylphide by Ukrainian artist Volodymyr Tsisaryk Art (b. 1978). Medium: bronze aluminum 2017"
X Link 2023-01-27T03:00Z 744K followers, 728K engagements
"An embroidered Peacock Feather cape from the Qing Dynasty late 19th century"
X Link 2026-01-30T01:11Z 744K followers, 125.1K engagements
"Mountain Spirit (Shan Gui) (the work also bears the title / Goddess Wushan) Artist: Hua Sanchuan (19302004) Medium: Ink and paint on silk (Gongbi technique) Mythological Origin: Qu Yuan Chu Ci (Songs of Chu) anthology 4th3rd century BC (compilation: 2nd century AD Wang Yi) Mountain Spirit (Shan Gui ) is the name of both an ancient poem and a mythological character found in the famous Chu Ci (Songs of Chu) anthology by the Chinese poet Qu Yuan (4th--3rd century BC). In Chinese mythology mountains and rivers are often personified as spirits or deities. The Mountain Spirit is a part of this"
X Link 2026-02-01T15:30Z 744K followers, 114K engagements
"Tove Jansson painting the fresco Party in the Countryside Helsinki 1947"
X Link 2026-02-02T01:33Z 744K followers, 62K engagements
"Cliff House: San Francisco 1901"
X Link 2026-02-02T15:40Z 744K followers, 39.8K engagements
"Galileos notebook sketch of the Pleiades (Seven Sisters) Galileo Galilei 15th February [----] - 8th January 1642"
X Link 2026-02-03T13:00Z 744K followers, 49.5K engagements
"Achilles cries out for vengeance by Peter Connolly"
X Link 2026-02-05T15:30Z 744K followers, 235.2K 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 744K followers, 170K 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 744K followers, 36.9K engagements
"Mixtec rock crystal feline head - Mexico 15th century AD"
X Link 2026-02-10T07:06Z 744K followers, 42K engagements
"Morning Sunlight Ponza Italy by Edward Brian Seago"
X Link 2026-02-10T23:00Z 744K followers, 16.4K engagements
"The Cherries - Louis Valtat [----] French Oil on canvas"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:01Z 744K followers, 21.5K engagements
"Shin-ban Kemono-zukushi (All Animals). Artist: Utagawa Kunitora. Period: Edo period 19th century. Material: Multicolor woodblock print on paper. Collection: Tobacco and Salt Museum Tokyo. During Japan's Edo period artists produced omocha-e or toy pictures for children. This work by Utagawa Kunitora created using woodblock printing is a colorful visual dictionary of the animal kingdom. The artist doesn't use any perspective rules or ground lines on the paper. He scatters the figures freely across a light blue background. There's no natural zoological classification in this composition. Pets"
X Link 2026-02-13T13:15Z 744K followers, 21.7K engagements
"Awakening. Artist: Christina Bothwell. Medium: Cast glass ceramic and hand-painted details. By juxtaposing light-transmitting glass with more matte ceramic Bothwell has transformed the boundaries of the material body -- and the consciousness leaving it -- into a three-dimensional object. https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022351309580681713 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2022351309580681713"
X Link 2026-02-13T16:45Z 744K followers, 23.9K engagements
"Salvador Dali silver-gilt cutlery 1957"
X Link 2026-02-13T21:52Z 744K followers, 37.2K engagements
"Detail of The Immaculate Conception by Cristobal de Villalpando"
X Link 2026-02-14T01:53Z 744K followers, 12.5K engagements
"Valentine's Day puzzle purse love letters c. 1790-1826. Medium: Watercolor pen and ink on paper. Collection: The Postal Museum London (1790 example) and The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York (1826 example). In the late 18th and early 19th centuries the British postal system worked very differently than it does today. The delivery fee wasn't paid by the sender but usually by the recipient. Postal officials calculated this cost based on the number of sheets of paper used not the weight of the letter. If a sender placed the letter inside a separate envelope the envelope counted as an extra"
X Link 2026-02-14T13:00Z 744K followers, 38.6K engagements
"Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria posing as a mummy in Cairo Egypt 1894"
X Link 2023-09-28T12:24Z 744K followers, 4.3M engagements
"Marble sculpture of a frog Shang Dynasty (1600-1045 B.C.). Credit & Collection: Sotheby's"
X Link 2024-08-19T19:30Z 744K followers, 3.3M 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K followers, 56K 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 744K followers, 443.2K 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 744K followers, 29.6K 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 744K followers, 2.4M 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 744K followers, 341.6K 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 744K 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 743.7K followers, 31.3K 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 744K followers, 5.9M 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 744K followers, 17.1K 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
"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 744.1K followers, 163.1K 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 744.1K followers, 107.3K engagements
"Petroglyphs (rock paintings) of Altai"
X Link 2026-01-13T20:30Z 743K followers, 125.1K 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 744K followers, 14.8K 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
"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 743.8K followers, 31.3K engagements
"Vintage wind-up toy bear (USSR 1920s-30s)"
X Link 2026-01-14T17:00Z 744.1K followers, 454.7K engagements
"A round-shaped interior doorway with an art nouveau design from the 1930s"
X Link 2026-01-14T21:00Z 744.1K followers, 118.6K engagements
"A photographers portrait in a mirror a hundred years ago Japan ca. 1920"
X Link 2026-01-15T05:00Z 744K 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 744.1K followers, 167.6K 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
"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 744K followers, 1.9M engagements
"Woodcut print of the twelve signs of the zodiac German 16th century"
X Link 2026-01-17T05:00Z 743K followers, 111.1K 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
"Silver steel flexible double bladed snake rapier19th century. Place of origin: Toledo Spain"
X Link 2026-01-18T04:00Z 742.9K followers, 96K 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 744K followers, 22.7K engagements
"Cherries by Jan Davidsz de Heem"
X Link 2026-01-19T07:00Z 743.4K followers, 42.5K engagements
"From the [----] stage play Dracula"
X Link 2026-01-19T12:17Z 744K followers, 91.1K 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
"Scent bottle (18th century) enamelled decoration with the motto Tout pour vous (All for you) MFA Boston"
X Link 2026-01-19T18:00Z 743.8K followers, 25.2K engagements
"Steve McCurry: Cammino di Francesco Rieti Italy"
X Link 2026-01-20T02:30Z 743.1K followers, 164.5K engagements
"Albrecht Drer Knight on Horseback 1507"
X Link 2026-01-20T18:00Z 743.1K followers, 77.6K engagements
"People washing carpets Tehran Iran 1967"
X Link 2026-01-20T18:30Z 743.4K followers, 139.6K 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
"Whaler made scrimshawed whale ivory Sea Horse pie crimper circa 1850"
X Link 2026-01-21T21:08Z 744K followers, 2.7M engagements
"Alnwick Castle Joseph Mallord William Turner 1829"
X Link 2026-01-22T20:10Z 743K followers, 38.4K 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
"Somin (attributed to - Japanese) - Octopus playing a shamisen - ivory netsuke - late 19th century"
X Link 2026-01-24T01:00Z 744K followers, 247.6K engagements
"Roman Carnelian Intaglio of a Grasshopper Driving a Chariot 1st Century BC"
X Link 2026-01-24T16:00Z 743K followers, 77.5K engagements
"Rabbits in waves Japan edo period"
X Link 2026-01-25T15:00Z 743K followers, 50.3K 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
"Temple of Isis Egypt early 20th century"
X Link 2026-01-25T22:00Z 743.1K followers, 79.5K 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
"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
"Rabbits between the staves. Cambrai BM 125-128 c. 1540-50"
X Link 2026-01-27T03:00Z 744K followers, 178.9K engagements
"Oracle by altioraem"
X Link 2026-01-27T14:05Z 743K followers, 31.7K 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
"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
"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
"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
"Three Articulated Insects. Japan Meiji (1868-1912) Brandt Asian Art"
X Link 2026-01-29T01:00Z 743K followers, 18.6K engagements
"Illustration from the Aprils Kittens written and illustrated by Clare Turlay Newberry. 1940"
X Link 2026-01-29T03:00Z 743.9K followers, 106K 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
"Drawstring bags 18th and 19th century"
X Link 2026-01-29T20:59Z 743.2K followers, 52.4K engagements
"An Aztec Snake 1400-1521"
X Link 2026-01-30T03:14Z 743.4K followers, 53.4K 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 744K followers, 17K 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
"Black Cat Sentry - Dillon Samuelson"
X Link 2026-01-31T17:01Z 743.9K followers, 78.2K 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
"Memento Mori rings 💀"
X Link 2026-01-31T19:30Z 743.7K followers, 42K engagements
"The Magic Circle by John William Waterhouse (1886)"
X Link 2026-01-31T22:00Z 744K followers, 34.7K 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 743.9K followers, 34.1K engagements
"Folding screen with dancing figures anonymous Paris 1879"
X Link 2026-02-01T13:30Z 743.9K followers, 40K engagements
"Claude Cahun. La Chambre du Chat 1940"
X Link 2026-02-01T14:31Z 744K followers, 56.1K engagements
"Victorian rose gold locket Vienna 1880s"
X Link 2026-02-01T16:31Z 743.5K followers, 75.3K engagements
"Art Nouveau Japanese Inlaid Damascene Bat and Crescent necklace in gold and silver"
X Link 2026-02-01T18:31Z 743.7K followers, 85.1K engagements
"Bronze Optician Advertisement Lamp circa 1920"
X Link 2026-02-01T19:45Z 743.9K followers, 38.4K 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
"Eva Palmer-Sikelianos 1907"
X Link 2026-02-02T12:39Z 743.4K followers, 31.8K 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
"Painted skull with a snake motif and initials Eastern Alps 19th c"
X Link 2026-02-02T18:41Z 743.4K followers, 29.8K engagements
"Hair combs by Lucien Gaillard"
X Link 2026-02-02T19:44Z 743.8K followers, 61.3K engagements
"Thomas Struth the Art Restorers at San Lorenzo Maggiore Naples Italy"
X Link 2026-02-02T20:41Z 743.8K followers, 19.4K engagements
"Limburg Cathedral and castle. Hesse Germany. [----]. Gelatin silver print"
X Link 2026-02-02T21:42Z 743.4K followers, 55.5K engagements
"Procession of The Congregation of Good Death of Barcelona 19th century"
X Link 2026-02-03T12:03Z 743.4K followers, 26.1K 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 743.5K followers, 35.7K engagements
"A Caryatids view of Philopappos Hill Athens Greece (c. 19281930) by Walter Hege. The Caryatid in Heges frame is the original. They wouldnt be moved to the museum until much later. In this shot we see the Caryatids braids up close. Just beautiful. These braids are a prime example of the "engineering disguised as aesthetics" genius of Ancient Greek art. The sculptors (attributed to Alcamenes and his circle) knew that resting the weight of the Erechtheions south porch roof on the statues' heads and necks was a structural risk. A slender neck wouldve been in danger of snapping under that massive"
X Link 2026-02-03T16:30Z 743.5K followers, 27.1K engagements
"Stag with Herb Branch Mounted as a Ring [----] Art Institute of Chicago. Medium: Gold enamel ruby opals and pearls"
X Link 2026-02-03T18:00Z 743.7K followers, 30.2K 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
"Stellar sketch from Sphaera Mundi [----] by Italian Jesuit astronomer Giuseppe Biancani: Illustration locates stars by the antarctic circle. They are not shown as embedded in the sphere of the fixed stars. This early depiction of the constellation of the southern cross shows it unconfined. (Linda Hall Library) https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018776507930554490 https://twitter.com/i/web/status/2018776507930554490"
X Link 2026-02-03T20:00Z 743.9K followers, 19.8K 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 744K followers, 25.5K 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
"Austrian Silver Fish Form Spice Box and a Group of Seventeen Silvered Metal Articulated Models of Fish. Date: c. 1890's"
X Link 2026-02-04T16:30Z 744.1K followers, 27.2K engagements
"The Sphinx late 19th century"
X Link 2026-02-04T17:09Z 743.7K followers, 32.6K engagements
"Temple of the Sun center stone Baalbek Lebanon ca. 1900"
X Link 2026-02-04T18:09Z 743.8K followers, 13.5K 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
"Jean Delville The Angel of Splendour or Allegory of Hell 1899"
X Link 2026-02-04T19:09Z 743.9K followers, 21.9K 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
"Fairy being carried off by a bee 1895"
X Link 2026-02-05T01:10Z 744K followers, 23.8K engagements
"John Collier Priestess of Delphi detail 1891"
X Link 2026-02-05T12:02Z 743.9K followers, 21K engagements
"Sculpture of Ai Apaec. Moche Culture. Made from gold copper and polished stone"
X Link 2026-02-05T13:03Z 744K followers, 21.5K 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
"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 744K followers, 29.9K 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 744K followers, 69.1K engagements
"Classical Grecian by chirinstock - Delphi (Greece)"
X Link 2026-02-05T20:05Z 743.3K followers, 10.9K engagements
"Phallus with wings. Culture: Roman Place of origin: Italy Date: [---] B.C.-A.D. [---] Medium: Alabaster bronze"
X Link 2026-02-05T22:05Z 743.9K followers, 21.2K 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
"Intaglio of a crab. Material: Beryl. Date: Hellenistic c. 3rd century BC. Collection & Credit: Bertolami Fine Arts"
X Link 2026-02-06T01:08Z 743.6K followers, 14.4K 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
"Semele. Artist: Jannik Hsel (German b. 1998) [----]. Medium: Oil on canvas. Collection: Private Collection. The moment in this painting is one of mythologys most visually violent scenes. Princess Semele of Thebes succumbing to Heras cunning whispers asks her lover Zeus to reveal himself -- in all his divine power. Zeus having sworn on the River Styx cant refuse this request. However its biologically impossible for a mortal to withstand pure cosmic energy. The split-second Hsel depicts is the moment Zeuss lightning touches Semele driving the princess toward annihilation in the face of that"
X Link 2026-02-06T15:00Z 744K followers, 16.3K engagements
"Barcelona - Nicolau Raurich"
X Link 2026-02-06T20:59Z 743.8K followers, 43.6K engagements
"Lucy Willis [----] Cats [----] etching on paper"
X Link 2026-02-06T22:00Z 744K followers, 62.2K engagements
"Stairs into the Royal Tombs of Ur. 1920's Iraq"
X Link 2026-02-07T17:21Z 744K followers, 25.1K engagements
"The House of Cleopatra Island of Delos Greece (1937) Photo by Herbert List"
X Link 2026-02-07T18:00Z 743.9K followers, 15.2K engagements
"Minoan Bull Leaper by Ellen Barkin"
X Link 2026-02-07T22:00Z 744K followers, 23.9K 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 743.9K followers, 14.6K 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 744.1K followers, 17.8K engagements
"Last Will by Nikolay Kurganov"
X Link 2026-02-10T17:00Z 744K followers, 16.8K engagements
"Hiroshi Yoshida: Rapids 1928"
X Link 2026-02-10T20:59Z 743.9K followers, 58.5K engagements
"RT @archaeologyart: Gas mask for a German Army messenger dog"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:16Z 744K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @archaeologyart: Dracula (First Edition). Author: Bram Stoker. Date: [----] (Text) 20th Century (Binding). Publisher: Archibald Constable"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:16Z 744K followers, [---] engagements
"RT @archaeologyart: Black Venus on Blue Background Pierre Boncampain"
X Link 2026-02-11T00:16Z 743.8K followers, [---] engagements
"Cerberus. Artist: Paul Rumsey [----]. Medium: Ink and charcoal. Private Collection"
X Link 2026-01-11T13:30Z 744K followers, 63.9K 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 744K 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 744K 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 744K followers, 14.8K 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 744K followers, 561.6K 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 744K followers, 45.5K 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 744K followers, 16.4K engagements
"E. Le Tellier - Playing Card Ace of Spades late 19th century"
X Link 2026-01-21T23:11Z 744K followers, 78.3K engagements
"A knitted belt from the Byzantine Empire c.420-600 AD"
X Link 2026-01-24T03:00Z 744K followers, 283.4K 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 744K followers, 14.8K engagements
"300 year old leather star map by the Skidi one of the four bands of the Pawnee tribe. The Skidi Pawnee historically lived on the Central Plains of Nebraska and Kansas"
X Link 2026-01-27T20:59Z 744K followers, 85.4K engagements
"Ancient Fertility Figurines / Ancestral Venuses"
X Link 2026-01-29T12:17Z 744K followers, 324.1K engagements
"Study of bird wings Leonardo Da Vinci"
X Link 2026-02-01T22:32Z 744K followers, 109.2K engagements
"Rock crystal statuette of the goddess Bastet in her form of sacred cat"
X Link 2026-02-03T01:43Z 744K followers, 30.3K 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 744K followers, 39.2K engagements
"I Remember You. Artist: Sara Swink Date: [----]. Medium: Ceramic oxides and glaze; [--] x [--] x [--] cm. Private Collection"
X Link 2026-02-07T13:00Z 744K followers, 78.7K engagements
"Lobster Effigy Vessel South Coast Peru. Period: Nazca Culture c. 300-600 AD. Collection: The Walters Art Museum. The coast of Peru is bathed in the Humboldt Current which sweeps cold water from the Antarctic along the South American coast and northwards to Mexico and the Pacific Northwest. Rich in plankton and other marine animals the Humboldt Current supports one of the worlds most fertile fishing grounds. Early Andean peoples harvested its bounty with fish and shellfish being a primary source of protein not only for coastal peoples but also those in the highlands. This lobster effigy vessel"
X Link 2026-02-07T15:00Z 744K followers, 14.8K engagements
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