A page from the Dresden Codex, a pre-Columbian Maya book dating to the twelfth century. [1552x3332] (xpost /r/medievalart)9yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Page from the Ethiopian Gunda Gunde gospel, c. 1540 [1799x1216] [xpost /r/AfricanArt]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The 8th-century 'Franks Casket'. Made in England, it is inscribed with both Anglo-Saxon runes (Futhorc) and Latin, and it depicts tales from German and Roman mythology as well as the New Testament. (x-post /r/medievalart) [3888x2592]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Gallo-Roman horse goddess Epona, flanked by two horses, c. 200 AD. [3564x2376] [x-post /r/ancient_art]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The intricately decorated back cover of the Carolingian Lindau Gospels, 8th century. [xpost /r/museum]9yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/Medievalart
Icon of Peter the Apostle dating to the early 7th century. From the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai desert, one of the oldest working monasteries, built by Justinian I. [x-post /r/MedievalArt]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/byzantium
Sessue Hayakawa, early 20th century actor and the 'first male sex symbol of Hollywood'10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/VintageLadyBoners
The Roman emperor addresses his soldiers (adlocutio), relief from the south side of the Arch of Constantine, Rome (early 4th century).10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
Pages from the Garima Gospels, carbon dated to 390-660 AD, one of the oldest Christian manuscripts and the oldest known Ethiopian manuscript. [xpost /r/AfricanArt]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
The Queen of the Night, a 4000 year old Mesopotamian relief depicting a goddess flanked by owls and lions. (High-res close up pics in comments)10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
Byzantine icon of Peter the Apostle dating to the early 7th century. From the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai desert, one of the oldest working monasteries, built by Justinian I.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/Medievalart
Pages from the Garima Gospels, carbon dated to 390-660 AD, one of the oldest Christian manuscripts and the oldest known Ethiopian manuscript.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/AfricanArt
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, one of the masterpieces of Greek sculpture. 2nd century BC. [x-post /r/ancient_art]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancientgreece
Main Ni Tuathail, a 14 year old girl from the Claddagh wearing traditional Claddagh dress. Galway, Ireland, 26th May 1913. One of the first colour photographs taken in Ireland. [544 x 735]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/IrelandPics
A page from the 6th-century Codex Argenteus, a manuscript containing parts of the 4th century bishop Ulfila's translation of the Bible to the Gothic language.9yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/Medievalart
The Teotihuacan Spider Woman, fresco from the city of Teotihuacan, early 1st millenium AD [x-post /r/ancient_art]10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/mesoamerica
Fragment of a painted kylix (cup) depicting a painter painting a kylix. 480 BC, Athens9yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
Decorations on the soundbox of the Golden Lyre of Ur, oldest known surviving string instrument, c. 2500 BC.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
Replica of the Batavia, an early 17th century Dutch East India Company ship10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/OldWoodenSailingShips
A page from the Dresden Codex, a pre-Columbian Mayan book (c. 1100 AD)10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/Medievalart
Mosaic of the gorgon Medusa, c. 200 AD, from the Odeon of Kibyra, southern Turkey.9yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
The Teotihuacan Spider Woman, fresco depicting a goddess from the city of Teotihuacan, unclear date (see comments)10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
The Lady of Carthage, a mosaic from the late 5th/early 6th century. Possibly the portrait of an Eastern Roman empress, perhaps Theodora.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
The Winged Victory of Samothrace, one of the masterpieces of Greek sculpture. 2nd century BC.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art
Ibrahim El-Salahi - The Inevitable (1985). Painted during the artist's wrongful imprisonment in Sudan, it is often considered to be his masterpiece.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/AfricanArt
The 8th-century 'Franks Casket'. Made in England, it is inscribed with both Anglo-Saxon runes (Futhorc) and Latin, and it depicts tales from German and Roman mythology as well as the New Testament.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/Medievalart
9th century Carolingian ivory plaque depicting scenes from the life of St. Remigius and the baptism of the Frankish king Clovis.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/Medievalart
An ivory plaque depicting a Sphinx. Phoenician, 9th-8th century BC.10yr ⋅ QueenAtziri ⋅ r/ancient_art