EditorialElizabeth Horton, an archaeologist for Yellowstone National Park, at the park in Gardiner, Mont., Feb. 7, 2023. (Natalie Behring/The New York Times)
EditorialHead of an 'Ethiopian' depicted in Hellenistic mode, Ptolemaic Period, 332?30 B.C., From Egypt; Possibly from Delta, Black bronze, gold, carnelian, obsidian, h. 3.9 cm (1 9/16 in); w. 2.8 cm (1 1/8 in); d. 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in), All black Africans were ter...
EditorialGroup of 3 worked obsidian fragments and a raw obsidian lump, Neolithic or later, 5th millennium or later, Cycladic, Obsidian, a: 13/16 ? 1 7/8 ? 3/16 in. (2.1 ? 4.8 ? 0.5 cm), Miscellaneous-Stone, Obsidian is a natural glass. The lump of obsidian is j...
EditorialMask of the rain-god Tlaloc; his face is made of corncobs, his eyes are covered by large goggles like the obsidian-or gold rings put over the eyes of the dead. From the Temple of Quetzalcoatl and Tlaloc, Teotihuacan, Mexico (3rd-6th CE) .
EditorialMale statue (maoi tangata). Beard, loincloth and neclace indicate rank. Wood, bone, obsidian. H: 46 cm Depot du Musee national de la Marine, Inv.39EX28D.
EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialOver 1,200 of Hollywoods biggest blockbuster film Artifacts and 20th and 21st century screen gems including John Travoltas Pulp Fiction suit and casino chips from James Bond film Casino Royale to dazzle the auction block
EditorialTreasure find of Palaicastron - necklace with obsidian prisms, gold, stone, chased, cut, gold, obsidian, Total: Length: 26,5 cm, necklace, body jewelry, high Hellenistic, late Hellenistic, Greek antiquity, The necklace consists of small obsidian prisms...
EditorialA necklace consisting of 191 writing-like, flat-beaded beads of the same thickness. The beads have two forms: one with a constant diameter, the second with a diameter that increases towards the center of the chain. The first species, which acts as inte...