Ollantaytambo (Perú, 2015)

Credit…Caracol Archaeological Project/University of Houston

Seated Cat Ring, Ancient Egypt

Tomb of Amenemheb, a commander under Thutmose III. On the lintel, the deceased appears in a hunting scene. Theban necropolis (TT85), Sheikh Abd el-Qurna.

Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me AJ Abualrub & Steffen Weng by Markus Pritzi

Everyone in the field of veterinary medicine or agriculture knows the feeling of staying up late with a laboring animal trying to make sure both mom and baby are okay. Delivering a calf is often physically and emotionally exhausting work that takes enormous patience and learned skill. It requires a unique balance of physical strength and gentleness to do correctly. There is no feeling quite like getting that baby out and everyone is okay. I’m certain ancient people must have felt the same way, and I wonder if the artist knew this feeling firsthand. I wonder if those humans depicted were people the artist knew, if the cow and calf maybe were as well.

The church of Sainte-Marie du Mercadal

Sweden, 2023 - by Jan Bernhardtz, Swedish

Aggregation of Ruby Spotted Swallowtail caterpillars on a tree in the Yucatán Peninsula

Bee eater on a cattle skull By: Eric Hosking From: Life Nature Library: Eurasia 1964

Emily MacDonald

candy (2006)

photograph by Eiko Jones

Adobe detail at Chan Chan Kevstan

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Early 14th-century decorated modillion from the Peratallada castle (Comarques Gironines, Catalonia), nowadays in the MNAC museum in Barcelona.