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This single lost sock was probably found in Akhmim . It is composed of 4 different colored wools in non-continuous stripes of color involving a knot+loop technique which produced a flexible ribbed cloth with twill type patterning between the ribs. 4th-5th century AD

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This single lost sock was probably found in Akhmim . It is composed of 4 different colored wools in non-continuous stripes of color involving a knot+loop technique which produced a flexible ribbed cloth with twill type patterning between the ribs. 4th-5th century AD

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Chateau de Chenonceau, with its gallery spanning the River Cher, is the most peculiar and probably most beautiful castle in the Loire, in France. It was rebuilt, furnished, and transformed between 1514 and '76 by women of different temperaments, and is known as the Ladies' Castle...

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Chateau de Chenonceau, with its gallery spanning the River Cher, is the most peculiar and probably most beautiful castle in the Loire, in France. It was rebuilt, furnished, and transformed between 1514 and '76 by women of different temperaments, and is known as the Ladies' Castle...

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Roman figurine showing a dog with a protruding tongue. The finding is dating back to 4-5th century CE and it's made of copper. This was found in Gloucestershire .

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Roman figurine showing a dog with a protruding tongue. The finding is dating back to 4-5th century CE and it's made of copper. This was found in Gloucestershire .

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Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, that was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BCE, although production may have continued through the Bronze and Iron Ages and later, owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals

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Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England, that was worked between c. 2600 and c. 2300 BCE, although production may have continued through the Bronze and Iron Ages and later, owing to the low cost of flint compared with metals

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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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Athena Parthenos Chiaramonti, colossal head of Athena, Rome, late 1st century CE. Found together with an arm and a foot, it was part of an acrolith statue believed to be a copy of an original from the circle of Phidias

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The Oseberg Wagon, found in a Viking Age grave mound in Norway. It is in pristine condition, with richly detailed carvings still visible. Early 9th century.

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The Oseberg Wagon, found in a Viking Age grave mound in Norway. It is in pristine condition, with richly detailed carvings still visible. Early 9th century.

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The Cloisters set of 52 cards constitutes the only known complete 15th century deck of illuminated playing cards. There are 4 suits, each with king, queen, knave, and 10 pip cards. The suit symbols, based on the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses

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The Cloisters set of 52 cards constitutes the only known complete 15th century deck of illuminated playing cards. There are 4 suits, each with king, queen, knave, and 10 pip cards. The suit symbols, based on the hunt, are hunting horns, dog collars, hound tethers, and game nooses

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An 18th century BCE Old Babylonian letter written by the student Iddin-Sin to his mother Zinu, in which he complaints about the poor quality of clothes his mother sent him compared to those of his peers, noting that even the adopted son of one of his father's servants had better clothing

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An 18th century BCE Old Babylonian letter written by the student Iddin-Sin to his mother Zinu, in which he complaints about the poor quality of clothes his mother sent him compared to those of his peers, noting that even the adopted son of one of his father's servants had better clothing

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The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique .

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The painting depicts a young man. It is a so-called Fayum portrait—a unique type of portrait created in Egypt during the Roman period, roughly from the 1st to the 3rd century CE. These portraits were painted on wooden panels using the encaustic technique .

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An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. The didlo was hidden in the seat of a Louis XV armchair found in a convent near Paris. Now housed at the Science Museum in London

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An 18th century CE ivory dildo complete with contrivance for simulating ejaculation and its own discreet cloth bag. The didlo was hidden in the seat of a Louis XV armchair found in a convent near Paris. Now housed at the Science Museum in London

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The Basilica Therma in Sarıkaya, Turkey, is a 2nd century CE Roman bath which has been a continuous supply of hot water since ancient times without any interruption

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The Basilica Therma in Sarıkaya, Turkey, is a 2nd century CE Roman bath which has been a continuous supply of hot water since ancient times without any interruption

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Ivory Carving, 8-7th century BC. Probably Neo Assyrian. Restored vs real. This piece, known as "Panel fragments with hunting scenes", supposedly found in Ziwiye, Iran, depicts a hunting or battle scene. Its similarity with certain Assyrian reliefs, has led to classifying it as Assyrian...

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Ivory Carving, 8-7th century BC. Probably Neo Assyrian. Restored vs real. This piece, known as "Panel fragments with hunting scenes", supposedly found in Ziwiye, Iran, depicts a hunting or battle scene. Its similarity with certain Assyrian reliefs, has led to classifying it as Assyrian...

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Probably the oldest legal document in the Nordic countries: a 9th century CE iron ring fully carved with runes on both sides. From Forsa Church in Hälsingland, Sweden

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Probably the oldest legal document in the Nordic countries: a 9th century CE iron ring fully carved with runes on both sides. From Forsa Church in Hälsingland, Sweden

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