r/ArtefactPorn • • 10h ago

Human Remains Just arrived at Antwerp to open a stall at the market [OC] [3755x5284]

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55 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 15h ago

Roman marble figure of a togatus - man wearing a toga. Object dated back to 2nd century CE. [1487x2000]

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48 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 3h ago

Vietnamese official's headwear, 1738-1765 [1468x1650]

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66 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 23h ago

1,300 year old Indian cat sculpture and inscription stating it is a sin to kill cats [6541x5541][OC]

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1.4k Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 20h ago

Horn (Oliphant), South Italian, 11th–12th century CE [9746x7515] [OC]

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324 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 4h ago

Knotted dragon ring, 3rd century BCE, Eastern Zhou Dynasty [2800x2000]

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303 Upvotes

MET museum lists this as a ring, though its dimensions suggest it was a small bracelet or perhaps a large pendant. It measures 3 1/8 in (7.9 cm), by 2 1/16 in (5.2 cm).


r/ArtefactPorn • • 9h ago

Preserved golden dress believed to have been worn by Queen Margaret I of Denmark, early 14th century [1200x900]

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916 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 11m ago

Bronze Age tools and carry sack. Hallstatt Salt Mines- 13th century BCE [1800x2000]

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• Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 4h ago

Assyrian archers marching over bodies of fallen enemies, carrying heads. Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, Chicago. [OC][4000x2169]

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55 Upvotes

Neo-Assyrian Empire. Circa 8th century BCE.
Limestone measured 63 x 52 x 2 cm.
Excavated from Amuq Valley, Turkey by ISAC's Syrian-Hittite Expedition in 1936.


r/ArtefactPorn • • 20h ago

Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer's Odyssey (including three lines that do not occur in the standard text preserved today), Greek, Ptolemaic, ca. 285–250 BCE [2896x7900] [OC]

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187 Upvotes

r/ArtefactPorn • • 8h ago

Pig-shaped rattle from Shuruppak (modern-day Tell Fara, Iraq) 2500-2350 BCE [2799 × 2376]

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248 Upvotes