EditorialA shaft that allows excess water to escape from an underground tunnel on the Tamega complex near Ribeira de Pena, Portugal, Aug. 2022. (Matilde Viegas/The New York Times)
EditorialA shaft that allows excess water to escape from an underground tunnel on the Tamega complex near Ribeira de Pena, Portugal, Aug. 2022. (Matilde Viegas/The New York Times)
EditorialReconstruction of a pick (4000-3200 BCE). Pick: flint, length 10.5 cm, shaft: bone, length 12.5 cm, from Kiryat Elijah (Haifa) Late Mesolithic, early Neolithic. Collections of IDAM Inv. R 389.
EditorialWillem V and Wilhelmina of Prussia, Prince and Princess of Orange-Nassau, Prince and Princess of Orange-Nassau. Silver bear sign made of oval medallion inside scalloped inner and smooth outer edge, covered with crown on top, with two chains attached to...
EditorialSilver Birthday Cup for Lieutenant Admiral Engelbert Lucas, Silver cup, the chalice with military and navy attributes on both sides, a crowned H and inscription. The shaft consists of two entwined water-spouting fantasy fish and reed, the foot has a re...
EditorialSilver Birthday Cup for Lieutenant Admiral Engelbert Lucas, Silver cup, the chalice with warriors and navy attributes on both sides, a crowned H and inscription. The shaft consists of two entwined water-spouting fantasy fish and reed, the foot has a re...
EditorialPair of Figures, 1st century B.C.?A.D. 2nd century, Mexico, Mesoamerica, Nayarit, Iztlan del R?o, Iztlan del R?o, Ceramic, H. 16 1/4 x W. 12 1/4 x D. 5 1/2 in. (41.3 x 31.1 x 14 cm), Ceramics-Sculpture, Paired male and female figures are common subject...
EditorialSitting male idol, an axe over the right shoulder. Wooden shaft of axe is a restoration. Second agricultural deity found recently in Hungary. The other is the " God with the Sickle", see 06-01-02 / 16. Height 24,6 cm, Tisza Culture, Hungary.
EditorialBronze shaft-hole battle axe from tomb 13 decorated with free-standing ducks and snakes. Excavated 1955-60 at Shi-Chai-Shan, Yunnan, China. Western Han Dynasty (2nd or early 1st BCE). Height: 24 cm.
EditorialStele of Avitianus. Funerary stele with portrait and inscription sculpted in a shaft fragment of a column, 1st-2nd century. Limestone. From Zona del Silo, Merida, Spain. National Museum of Roman Art. Merida, province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.