The Maya Codex of Mexico is one of only 4 known extant Maya codices, and the only one that still resides in the Americas. Made between 1021 and 1154 CE, the manuscript charts the movements of the planet Venus and is the oldest known surviving book of the Americas [1279x1953]

The original stuffed toys owned by Christopher Robin, which inspired the "Winnie the Pooh" series of books. On display at the Children's Room of the New York Public Library. [1020x687]

Persian Achaemenid rhyton (drinking vessel or vessel for pouring libations) lapis lazuli and gold. 6th-5th century BCE. (742x900)

In 1965, excavations in Mezhyrich, Ukraine, revealed 4 prehistoric huts, made up of a total of 149 mammoth bones. These dwellings dated to about 15,000 years old. This reconstruction shows one of the oldest made-made structures ever found. (1280x750)

9th century BC ruins of an Urartian fortress above a 17th century palace found in the rocky hills above Dogubeyazit, eastern Turkey. [OC] [3000x2000]

(OC) A knitted wool cap from the early 13th century in unbelievable good condition [4320x1960]

The Stag Hunt Mosaic signed by Gnosis, from the House of the Abduction of Helen in Pella, Greece, late 4th century BCE. The figures on the mosaic are possibly Alexander the Great on the right, Hephaistos on the left and the dog depicted is possibly Peritas, Alexander's favorite dog [960x600]

Pillar 43 at the 12,000-year-old Göbekli Tepe in Turkey, decorated with the carvings of 3 handbag-shaped objects (architectural structures?), a vulture with a sphere balanced on its wing, other birds, a snake, a scorpion and a headless man with an erect penis on the bottom right corner [2477x2060]

“Leopard-skin” robe of the priest, Harnedjitef. Roman Period, probably 1st century. Fastened over a shoulder or hanging down the back, the leopard skin served as a powerful symbol of regeneration. Most of these robes that survive were actually made with linen and paint.[2789x4000]

A 2,400-year-old dried salted bream unearthed in 2014 from a tomb at Xiajiatai cemetery in Jingzhou. Warring States Period (c. 475–221 BCE), now housed at the Hubei Provincial Museum in China [1079x1547]