Lady Jayne's Pillow Book

dailyaitch:

(via absurdonio)

*want*

(Source: thechaotic, via tomb-and-temple)

hadrian6:

The face of the emperor Claudius. Vatican Museums. Italy.

http://hadrian6.tumblr.com

(via libraryphantomg5)

les-sources-du-nil:

Fritz Goro

Radiation Dummy

Life Magazine, November 10, 1961

(Source: grayflannelsuit.net, via absurdonio)

vdjango:

Garuda

(via cabinet-de-curiosites)

absurdonio:

Archaeological Museum, Mexico City (ca. 1885-ca. 1895).

Photographer: Abel Briquet

(by Cornell University Library)

fishstickmonkey:

Weights for weighing gold dust

The Ashanti people, West Africa. 19th or 20th century. Cast bronze.

The Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

fishstickmonkey:

Fabric

Iran. 16th century. Woven silk.

The Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow

(via lulian)

subspecie:

Silver hoard, found in Sweden. The 8th/9th century Arabic coins and Egyptian glass weight indicate intensive trade relations, ultimately with the Orient.

Source: http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5791699-vikingar-p-helg-och-birka