EditorialA slew of filters on social media allow users to evaluate their features, reigniting age-old obsessions with perfection and beauty. (Miki Kim/The New York Times)
EditorialA slew of filters on social media allow users to evaluate their features, reigniting age-old obsessions with perfection and beauty. (Miki Kim/The New York Times)
EditorialA Palestinian dawn awakener ''al-Musaharati'' Nezar al-Dabbas 50, walks through streets to wake up Muslims for a meal before sunrise during the fasting month of Ramadan, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 02 Apr 2022
EditorialA Palestinian dawn awakener ''al-Musaharati'' Nezar al-Dabbas 50, walks through streets to wake up Muslims for a meal before sunrise during the fasting month of Ramadan, Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, Palestinian Territory - 02 Apr 2022
EditorialA young beaver, or kit, is measured while undergoing a health check at Five Sisters Zoo in West Calder, Scotland, Aug. 31, 2021. (Kieran Dodds/The New York Times)
EditorialStatue of Tjeteti in middle age, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, later reign of Pepi II at earliest, ca. 22002152 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb 6001 of Tjeteti, Serdab, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, Wood, H...
EditorialFurniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippopotamus), gold foil, 4.88 x 1.44 in. (12.4 x 3.6...
EditorialFurniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippopotamus), gold foil, 5 x 1.5 in. (12.7 x 3.81 cm...
EditorialRelief, tomb of Khety: sacred emblems, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051?2000 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Khety (TT 311,), 1922?23/1926?27, Limestone, paint, H. 40 x W. 32 cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.), These fragments a...
EditorialStatue of Tjeteti in middle age, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2200?2152 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb 6001 of Tjeteti, Serdab, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, Wood, 42 cm, 3.5 lb. (16 9/16 in., 1.6 kg)...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 6.6 x 5.4 x 1.5 cm (2 5/8 x 2 1/8 x 5...
EditorialFurniture leg, lion's paw, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory, 2.01 x 3.2 in. (5.11 x 8.13 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture,.
EditorialFurniture element, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory, 5/8 x 15/16 x 3/16 in. (1.6 x 2.5 x 0.4 cm), Ivory/Bone-Ornaments,.
EditorialFurniture element, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory, 3.41 x 0.88 in. (8.66 x 2.24 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture,.
EditorialCuneiform tablet: court deposition, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 5.4 x 4.6 x 1.7 cm (2 1/8 x 1 3/4 x 5/8 in.), Clay-Tablets...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with three cylinder seals, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 5.7 x 5.2 x 2.8 cm (2 1/4 x 2 x 1 1...
EditorialLimestone figure wearing a mask, Archaic, 2nd quarter of the 6th century B.C., Cypriot, Limestone, H. 8 7/16 in. (21.4 cm), Stone Sculpture, The figure wears a mask in the form of a bull's head and neck; the lower edge rests on the shoulders and chest....
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with two cylinder seals, for cuneiform tablet 66.5a: record of a lawsuit, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Co...
EditorialFurniture element: kneeling male figure, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory, gold leaf, 2.36 x 1.04 x 1.14 in. (5.99 x 2.64 x 2.9 cm), Ivory/Bone-S...
EditorialFurniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippopotamus), gold foil, 4.88 x 1.44 in. (12.4 x 3.6...
EditorialFurniture element: human head, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippoptamus), 0.67 x 0.75 x 0.79 in. (1.7 x 1.91 x 2.01 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculptur...
EditorialFurniture support: female sphinx with Hathor-style curls, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippopotamus), gold foil, 5 x 1.5 in. (12.7 x 3.81 cm...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from K?ltepe (Karum Kanesh), Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Clay, 5.6 x 4.6 x 2.5 cm (2 1/4 x 1 3/4 x ...
EditorialCuneiform tablet case impressed with four cylinder seals in Anatolian and Old Assyrian style, for cuneiform tablet 66.16a: quittance for a loan in silver, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 20th?19th century B.C., Anatolia, probably fro...
EditorialPlaque fragment, Middle Bronze Age?Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century B.C., Anatolia, probably from Acemh?y?k, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory, 1.34 x 0.91 in. (3.4 x 2.31 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs,.
EditorialRelief, tomb of Khety: sacred emblems, Middle Kingdom, Dynasty 11, ca. 2051?2000 B.C., From Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Deir el-Bahri, Tomb of Khety (TT 311,), 1922?23/1926?27, Limestone, paint, H. 40 x W. 32 cm (15 3/4 x 12 5/8 in.), These fragments a...
EditorialStatue of Tjeteti in middle age, Old Kingdom, Dynasty 6, ca. 2200?2152 B.C., From Egypt, Memphite Region, Saqqara, Teti Pyramid Cemetery, Tomb 6001 of Tjeteti, Serdab, Egyptian Antiquities Service excavations, Wood, 42 cm, 3.5 lb. (16 9/16 in., 1.6 kg)...