EditorialJanet Jacksons school report, personal drawings and childhood toys feature in 1,000-item mega auction celebrating the singers four-decade-long music career
EditorialBox, Gorham Manufacturing Company, Providence, Rhode Island, USA, founded 1818, velvet, brocade, satin, wood, metal, Rectangular box with maroon velvet on top and sides. Faded maroon plain fabric on underside. Two metal (brass?) security closures at fr...
EditorialBenedetto Luti, Seated Nude Male Figure, 1694, red and white chalk on paper, 16 7/16 in. x 10 1/2 in. (41.8 cm. x 26.7 cm.), Luti signed and dated this academic study in Rome in 1694, the year the Florentine artist was elected to the Accademia di San L...
EditorialDjed-pillar amulet (an enigmatic hieroglyph and amulet linked to Osiris' backbone and resurrection) in wood covered with blue faience. Tomb of Nefertari; New Kingdom (19th dynasty) .
EditorialNapkin with scenes from the history of Pyramus and Thisbe, Napkin from linen damask with scenes from the history of Pyramus and Thisbe. Midfield: The symmetrical doubled pattern shows three scenes: 1 Thisbe plunges into the sword of Pyramus, the backbo...
EditorialFantasy animal (oil lamp?), On a circular base, the animal stands on both hind legs with split hooves. The strongly curved back with pronounced backbone merges into the downward-facing, forward-bent long neck. The animal holds the horizontally placed h...
EditorialSoldiers from the United States Army’s 82nd Airborne Division wait for a bus as they prepare for deployment to the Middle East, at Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., on Jan. 4, 2020. (Travis Dove/The New York Times)
EditorialBranchiostoma lanceolatum, Print, Branchiostoma lanceolatum (European lancelet, or Mediterranean amphioxus) is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate with a notochord but no backbone and is used as a model organism to ...
EditorialBranchiostoma lanceolatum, Print, Branchiostoma lanceolatum (European lancelet, or Mediterranean amphioxus) is a lancelet in the subphylum Cephalochordata. It is a marine invertebrate with a notochord but no backbone and is used as a model organism to ...
EditorialDjed-pillar amulet (an enigmatic hieroglyph and amulet linked to Osiris' backbone and resurrection) in wood covered with blue faience. Tomb of Nefertari; New Kingdom (19th dynasty) .
EditorialRuhham and Bazur. Shahnama. Kazvin, Iran, c.1590-1595. Ruhham cutting off the arm of Bazur, the Turkish sorcerer, who is using a backbone as a weapon. Opaque watercolour. Safavid/Qazwin style. Image taken from Shahnama. Originally published/produced ...