The Clay Cup Of Burnt City From 5000 Years Ago Is The First Ever Animation Known In The World. The Cup Shows A Jumping Goat That Has A Purposeful Repetition. When Archaeologists Put The Motifs Together, They Made A 20-Second Movie. (1200×120

Marble head sculpture of a Praetorian. A scorpion is visible on the cheek, probably the emblem of the Praetorian Guard in 1st – 2nd century CE. The object is in the Antikensammlung collection in Berlin. [467x600]

Four gold rings. Egypt, Fatimid period, 11th century AD [2737x2396]

"Heracles drives Amazon Queen Hyppolyte to the ground", a scene from the ninth labour of Heracles as the main theme of an Attic black-figure amphora dated ca. 530 B.C. [583x917]

Stone mace head. Peru, Salinar culture, 200 BC-100 AD [2880x2600]

An Illustration of a longsword technique from the Codex Wallerstein, a 16th-century convolution of three 15th-century fechtbuch (combat manual) manuscripts, with a total of 221 pages. The codex is now housed at the Augsburg University library in Germany [736x597]

A large anthropomorphic grinning crab, made by the Martin Brothers in June 1880. Salt-glazed stoneware, now housed at the Box museum in Plymouth, England [1200x1685]

Built in 1770 by the Sámi in Hattfjelldal municipality, Norway, this is a storage building for grains, cured meats, etc. The wooden «legs» are to keep the storage area out of reach from scavangers [1675x2048]

Fish-Shaped Palette from Predynastic Egypt Used to Blend Cosmetics, Naqada I (4000 to 3500 BCE) [800×541]

A flintlock rifle owned by the Swedish King Karl XI (1655 - 1697), constructed in the 1670's by Alexander Hartingk in The Netherlands, currently situated at Livrustkammaren in Stockholm - [5616 x 2121]

Flagon by the Chelsea Porcelain Manufactory. British, ca. 1765 [3200 x 4000][OS]