EditorialA Central Park staff member peers through binoculars at Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialA Central Park staff member peers through binoculars at Flaco, a Eurasian eagle-owl that escaped from the Central Park Zoo, in New York on Feb. 9, 2023. (Jeenah Moon/The New York Times)
EditorialClay model of a sheep's liver (used by experts in divination). Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BCE Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Length: 14.6 cm Width: 14.6 cm ANE 92668 The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods and that the...
EditorialThe Sacred Hawk of the Land of the Gods appears as a good omen . Shinkoku reiyō kichō no tōfū. January 1895. Source: 16126.d.2 (42). Language: Japanese.
EditorialFylfot motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), and silk threads (itoire), Fylfot (sayagata) is a popular geometric design that was called 'saya' during the Edo era. This pattern is a standard map symbol f...
EditorialFylfot motif, Mulberry paper (kozo washi) treated with fermented persimmon tannin (kakishibu), Fylfot (sayagata) is a popular geometric design that was called 'saya' during the Edo era. This pattern is a standard map symbol for Buddhist temples in Japa...
EditorialCeres Changing Ascalaphus into a Bird of Evil Omen. Dimensions: Overall (approximate): 15 x 28.2 cm (5 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.) support: 20.7 x 33.6 cm (8 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash heightened with white on blue laid paper.
EditorialRāva?a sends out Vajrada???ra, a boar-headed demon, whose chariot-horses stumble and whose battle standard of a crescent moon is laid low as he leaves the city. Consternation is expressed by Vajrada???ra as blood falls from the sky in an...
EditorialRāva?a, hearing of the heroes' recovery, sends out Dhūmrāk?a with other rāk?asas to kill them. Depicted with a boar’s head, Dhūmrāk?a has a chariot drawn by mules and tigers, with a lion standard. A vulture of ill-omen perches on top of...
EditorialThe Sacred Hawk of the Land of the Gods appears as a good omen . Shinkoku reiyō kichō no tōfū. January 1895. Source: 16126.d.2 (42). Language: Japanese.
EditorialThe Sacred Hawk of the Land of the Gods appears as a good omen . Shinkoku reiyō kichō no tōfū. January 1895. Source: 16126.d.2 (42). Language: Japanese.
EditorialPortrait of Francesco Barbarigo and the personifications Prosperity and Good Stern Numismata virorum illustrium ex Barbadica gente (series title), Pedestal in the form of a cartouche. On top a medallion with the portrait of Francesco Barbarigo on the f...
EditorialRāva?a sends out Vajrada???ra, a boar-headed demon, whose chariot-horses stumble and whose battle standard of a crescent moon is laid low as he leaves the city. Consternation is expressed by Vajrada???ra as blood falls from the sky in an...
EditorialRāva?a, hearing of the heroes' recovery, sends out Dhūmrāk?a with other rāk?asas to kill them. Depicted with a boar’s head, Dhūmrāk?a has a chariot drawn by mules and tigers, with a lion standard. A vulture of ill-omen perches on top of...
EditorialThe Sacred Hawk of the Land of the Gods appears as a good omen . Shinkoku reiyō kichō no tōfū. January 1895. Source: 16126.d.2 (42). Language: Japanese.
EditorialRāva?a sends out Vajrada???ra, a boar-headed demon, whose chariot-horses stumble and whose battle standard of a crescent moon is laid low as he leaves the city. Consternation is expressed by Vajrada???ra as blood falls from the sky in an...
EditorialRāva?a, hearing of the heroes' recovery, sends out Dhūmrāk?a with other rāk?asas to kill them. Depicted with a boar’s head, Dhūmrāk?a has a chariot drawn by mules and tigers, with a lion standard. A vulture of ill-omen perches on top of...
EditorialCeres Changing Ascalaphus into a Bird of Evil Omen. Dimensions: Overall (approximate): 15 x 28.2 cm (5 7/8 x 11 1/8 in.) support: 20.7 x 33.6 cm (8 1/8 x 13 1/4 in.). Medium: pen and brown ink with brown wash heightened with white on blue laid paper.
EditorialClay model of a sheep's liver (used by experts in divination). Old Babylonian, about 1900-1600 BCE Probably from Sippar, southern Iraq. Length: 14.6 cm Width: 14.6 cm ANE 92668 The Babylonians believed that the world was controlled by gods and that the...
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