#NationalPetDay - Mosaic detail showing a child with a puppy. Dated to the 6th century AD.
Great Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul.

A gold sword hilt decorated with interlaced dragons. Culture: Eastern Zhou dynasty, China. Date: c. 6th-5th century B.C.

Roman trade routes and principal products in each region.

A honey hunting scene at abrigo de Barranco Gómez in Castellote, Teruel, Spain. c. 7500 year old. Photo Credit: Bea, Domingo, and Angás/ CC by 4.0.

A solar eclipse in the Bourbon Codex, a rare codex written by Aztec priests that survived Spanish colonization ☀️🌕🌙

Detail, Scenes of the Apocalypse and the End of Times,from the illuminated manuscript Il Leggendario Sforza-Savoia by Cristoforo de Predis. Collection: Biblioteca Reale di Torino, circa 1476.

Gabriel Lekegian - Vue des Pyramides, Eclipse du Soleil du 30 Août 1905.

Among the ruins of a Greek temple

One of the greatest features of the Hagia Sophia are the marble revetment panels which gloriously adorn its walls.

Here are 7 pictures showcasing their splendor:

The difference between Constantinople, City of Istanbul, and Istanbul

Girl in Yellow Drapery by John William Godward (1901)

Angels on a throne with ceptres and globes. Date: ca. 1345, on wood, 119 × 107cm. From a series of 27 fragments from the wooden ceiling of the chapel in Castello dei Carraresi in Padua, Italy. Cat. Nr. 28 Padua, Musei Civici.

A creature gone fishing. Source: Genève, MS fr. 182. Date: 15th c. Image via Damien Kempf.

Collection of gold staters, Lydia, C 560-540 BC. Collection: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Ancient Egyptian cosmetic dish in the shape of a trussed duck. Made from hippopotamus ivory. New Kingdom. 18th Dynasty. 1353–1327 BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, NewYork (40.2.2a, b). 📷 & info from Met website metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Map of Venice, Gallery of Maps, Vatican Museums, c.1500s. This map of Venice is so accurate - and the city has changed so little - that you can use it today to locate all but two buildings.

Credit: vatikanischemuseen.com