In ancient Rome, roads were dotted with white stones (cats' eyes) which reflected the moonlight, acting as street lights to help people walk on the street after dark. Pictured is a Roman road in Pompeii [526x877]
Rapier with sword belt. The rapier’s enamelled gold hilt has an animal’s head as a pommel and a dragon as a crossguard. The blade is signed Peter Munich. The belt’s plate features snakes and mollusc masks. Belonged to the chosen prince. Maybe was made for his wedding in 1634. [2681x3005]
Grave Goods of an Aristocratic Lady from the Late Greek Dark Ages, 9th Century BCE [800×1067]
Head of Demeter – II cent. B.C. from the Sanctuary of Demeter and Despoina at Lykosoura, Arcadia. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. [1169x1721]
Military ensemble. American, 1776–1783 [3215 x 4000][OS]
2nd Century Palmyra Family funerary Roman relief; Palmyra Syria. Shown by archaeologist Khaled Al Asaad, beheaded by ISIS after refusing to disclose the location of ancient artifacts, despite a month of torture. [2916x1945].
Art Deco screen in one of the doors to the GalerÃas Canalejas Food Hall at the Canalejas building in calle de Alcalá, Madrid, Spain, 1936 [1080x424] [OC]
Cat netsuke, made by Natsuki (å¤æœ¨), late 18th century Japan [798 x 1000]
"All Is Vanity" by the American illustrator Charles Allan Gilbert, made in 1892 CE. The drawing employs a double image (or visual pun) in which the scene of a woman admiring herself in a mirror of her vanity table, when viewed from a distance, appears to be a human skull [1600x2438]
The Crooked House of Windsor is the oldest teahouse in England. Originally built in 1687, the building was reconstructed in 1718 [1030x1408]
Built on the site of a Roman temple to the water nymphs, Ninfa in Italy grew into a thriving medieval town of 150 houses. In 1382, it was sacked during the Papal Schism, and a malaria outbreak in the 17th century left it a ghost town. It's now a public garden with over 1300 plant species [1424x1908]
