EditorialGlass appliqu? with theatrical mask, Imperial, 2nd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-pressed or stamped, Other: 1 5/16 x 1 3/16 x 11/16 in. (3.3 x 3 x 1.7 cm), Translucent deep turquoise green, appearing black; vessel wall colorless., Thick oval app...
EditorialGlass appliqu? with theatrical mask, Imperial, 2nd?4th century A.D., Roman, Glass; mold-pressed or stamped, Other: 1 1/2 x 1 7/16 x 11/16 in. (3.8 x 3.6 x 1.8 cm), Glass, Translucent streaky light blue appliqu?; vessel body colorless with green tinge.,...
EditorialPanel with Animals Flanking a Vase, 6th?7th century, Said to be from Egypt, Bawit, Limestone; carved, H. 9 7/8 in. (25.1 cm), Sculpture, Elaborate symmetrical designs such as this example may have provided centerpieces for lintels above monumental door...
EditorialDissection of the human diaphragm, chest cavity, and details of the pharynx and larynx. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by Albrecht von Haller from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.
EditorialArteries in the chest cavity to the heart and lungs. Copperplate engraving by Robert Benard after an illustration by Albrecht von Haller from Denis Diderot's Encyclopedia, Pellet, Geneva, 1779.
EditorialPadded or cushioned lava. Type of lava that occurs in the form of cushions or sacs that are formed when lava is extruded to the bottom of an ocean, deep lake or a cavity filled with water inside a glacier. They are usually composed of basalt. Exemplars...
Editorial0310000102 Portable altar, Medieval, from Germany, c1200. Portable altar engraved with the four symbols of the Evangelists and Saints Peter, Andrew, Stephen and Lawrence. Above the altar-stone, (likely to be a variety of Purbeck marble), there is an iv...
EditorialSo-called " Venus of Medici", showing the thoracic cavity and abdomen of a woman, one of the 1992 wax models ordered from Florentine scientists Prof. Paolo Mascagni and Felice Fontana by Emperor Joseph II for the education of army surgeons, 1785.
EditorialUsed palette of the painter Dedia, " overseer of the draughtsmen of the God Amun in Karnak, under the reign of Sethi I". Four narrow brushes in the cavity. 19th dynasty, Sethi I (1294-1279 BCE). Wood, traces of red paint, L: 41 cm Inv. N 2274.
EditorialReliquary in the form of a model stupa, 1st - 2nd century. The reliquary is in three parts. The drum of the stupa has an ovoid cavity that opens into the circular hollow base. The harmika (the short square railing surmounting the dome of the stupa) and...
EditorialEXCLUSIVE: Robbery victim, 23, left blind after being shot in the face, has the 3cm-long bullet pulled out through his NOSTRIL by surgeons who did it without a single incision