The doric temple of Segesta, Sicily; most probably built by the indigenous Elymians in the late 5th c. BCE. Unfinished but of the best preserved temples of the era [2560 x 1707]

Model boat from the tomb of Herishefhotep, First Intermediate Period (9th or 10th Dynasty). Boats were a popular funerary good since the Old Kingdom, but they were generally replaced by small models in the First Intermediate Period and Middle Kingdom. 2160 to 2040 BCE [800×533]

Fragments from the amber throne of Emperor Leopold I. Ca. 1677 CE, now housed at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna [1438x2507]

The "Warrior of Capestrano" – tall limestone statue of a Picene (Italic people) warrior, dated to the 6th century BC c.a. Height of around 2.1 m (6' 7") on a base made of lithic. The statue was found in the territory of the Vestini (Italic people), but depicts a man with a Picene helmet. [399x500]

Formal outfit for a boy from a samurai clan. Japan, Edo period, 1800-1850 [1640x2200]

Purse. British, first quarter of the 17th century [3203 x 4000][OS]

These are the 16th century Old Wellington Inn and 18th century Sinclair's Oyster Rooms in Manchester. Here they're pictured in 1971 when they were underpinned and raised to fit the new street level. They were later moved as Shambles Square (pictured in the bottom) was developed in 1999 [1080x1999]

4,000-year-old sculpture of Gudea, ruler of Lagash. Iraq, Neo-Sumerian, 2150-2125 BC [1650x1740]

A 2nd century CE Roman marble relief from the tomb of the Haterii, a family of builders who were involved in the construction of public monuments. The relief shows a human powered treadwheel crane which could lift 6000 kg when worked only by 2 men [2688x1848]

Funerary wax figurine of Saiah with a wooden sarcophagus, Late 11th Dynasty Egypt (2051 to 1981 BCE) [800×623]

Oldest complaint in the world: Complaint tablet to Ea-nāṣir. Clay tablet from Ur, written c. 1750 BC. A merchant named Ea-nāṣir from a customer named Nanni wrote it about some copper ingots. [2426x3533].