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Funerary Fayoum portrait from Roman Egypt – 1st Century AD [2800x2000]

Mummy portrait of a strikingly modern-looking male subject from Roman Egypt, Flavian Period, circa late 1st century AD, sold at Sotheby's in January 2026 for $889,000

u/SashSegal — 19 hours ago

Escher - the Verblifa Icosahedron Confectionery Tin, 1963 [2800x2000]

Embossed and printed metal tin box

u/SashSegal — 3 days ago

Kids and cats, ca. 1917–1934, by Leslie Jones (1886-1967)

glass negatives held at Boston Public Library

u/SashSegal — 5 days ago

🔥Spotted Lake in Osoyoos with hundreds of colorful pools, British Columbia, Canada

Video: Dylan & Sarah | Hiking & Travel

u/SashSegal — 6 days ago
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Medallion with a Portrait of Gennadios [3783x3830]

This image of an educated youth of Alexandria likely celebrates his success in a musical contest. The medallion, worked in gold on dark blue glass, was made to be mounted and worn as a pendant.

u/SashSegal — 7 days ago

Wives Wanted, Montana, ca.1901

Wives wanted sign posted on log cabin. Taken at Apgar, at the foot of Lake McDonald. From left to right: Bill Daucks, Frank Geduhn (Forest Service ranger before Glacier National Park was established), Esli Apgar (in doorway of cabin), and (Harvey) Dimon Apgar. Geduhn holds a cat and a dog sits between Esli and Dimon Apgar.

u/SashSegal — 9 days ago

🔥Harlequin Shrimp Displaying Defensive Signals, Kubu, Indonesia

Harlequin Shrimp displays rapid movements of its anterior appendages. This behavior is interpreted as a defensive signal, likely intended to deter potential predators. Video: Yulia Tolmacheva

u/SashSegal — 9 days ago

Amber pendant portrait of Queen Elizabeth I [2800 x 2000]

Rare amber pendant to be auctioned at Sotheby’s. Dated from the end of Elizabeth I’s reign.

u/SashSegal — 9 days ago
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🔥Wolf Spider Mom with Young

Photo: Nightfall Photography

Female wolf spiders are known for one of the most striking forms of spider parenting. After the eggs hatch, the spiderlings climb onto their mother’s back and stay there for a short time while she continues to move, hunt, and protect them.

u/Czech_Coconut — 12 days ago

Man with Cat on Arm (before 1940)

phoographer: Luce, Edward Lee, 1879-1950

Martha's Vineyard Museum

u/SashSegal — 12 days ago

Cat Rescuer after the Blitz, 1940

Miss Iris Davis, a nineteen year old from Clapham, London is a volunteer worker of the Dumb Friends Leagues, and spends a great deal of time recovering cats with the aid of a "lassoo" from the debris of bombed house. So far she has rescued six hundred of these feline strays, 8 November 1940. - IWM https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205357526

u/SashSegal — 18 days ago

🔥Lion cub tries to bite mother's tail, Ngorongoro Conservation Area in Tanzania

photo: Barbara Fleming, 2025

u/SashSegal — 20 days ago