EditorialFragment of a cellar bottle from the wreck of the East Indies' t Vliegend Hart, The very thin, flaked glass fragment is green in color. Case bottle, Dutch East India Company, 't Vliegend Hart (ship), c. 1700 - c. 1735, blow molding, h 0.4 cm ? w 4.3 cm...
EditorialA king's retinue. Kalila va Dimna. Southern Iran, 1307-1308. A king's retinue with cheetahs, horse and hawk (flaked). A miniature painting from a fourteenth century manuscript of Kalila va Dimna, a book of fables. Image taken from Kalila va Dimna. Or...
EditorialA king enthroned. Kalila va Dimna. Southern Iran, 1307-1308. A king enthroned surrounded by courtiers two of whom stand behind him with crossed spears. Two lions before the throne (flaked). A miniature painting from a fourteenth century manuscript of K...
EditorialHoxne handaxe, Lower Palaeolithic, about 400,000 years ago, from Hoxne, Suffolk, England. This handaxe has been carefully flaked on both faces to produce a pointed form. The two sharp cutting edges mean that the handaxe could have been used as a genera...