r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 4h ago

Ivory carving of a skeleton lifting a rock. Japan, 19th century [1950x1950]

1.5k Upvotes

28 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 16h ago

The Alligator Effigy Mound in Granville, Ohio, believed to have been built between 800-1200 CE by people of the Fort Ancient culture. Researchers believe the mound’s shape actually represents an opossum, racoon or panther rather than an alligator since alligators are not native to Ohio [2252x3521]

1.0k Upvotes

42 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/imperiumromanum_edu • 1h ago

Roman charming silver mouse, dated back to I-II century CE. [800x760]

• Upvotes

0 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 16h ago

Golden Flies Military Award Queen Ahhotep Necklace (1560-1530 BC) (Ancient Egypt) (Luxor Museum) [3719x3780]

612 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 16h ago

Famed for its elaborate wooden facade, the Tankshal Ni Haveli in Ahmedabad, India, was built in the 19th century CE to function as a mint for producing silver coins [1440x1174]

420 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 4h ago

Limestone Bust of Buddha. China, Northern Qi dynasty, 550-577 AD [3550x3650]

31 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 15h ago

Usekh Collar of Queen Ahhotep II (1580–1550 BC) (Ancient Egypt) (Luxor Museum) [3456x3140]

249 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Valuable-Serve1207 • 15h ago

Thaler from the Electorate of Saxony under Elector Frederick Augustus III, later King Frederick Augustus I of Saxony, 1771, found by me, while metal detecting in Germany [791x1507]

187 Upvotes

The deep, targeted, and almost meticulous damage inflicted directly across the ruler’s face, specifically through the mouth and jaw area, strongly suggests for me an intentional act of defacement, a mark of disgrace, such actions were frequently carried out against symbols of authority, whether out of sheer frustration or for political or emotional reasons.

25 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/SashSegal • 12h ago

Roman lucerna fictilis (teracotta oil lamp), 1st half of 1st century CE [3000x2000]

94 Upvotes

This artifact belongs to a style known as a Vessberg Type 12 lamp, likely crafted in Italy or Cyprus

Held at the MET Museum, not on view

2 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 15h ago

The fibula of Mölsheim from Germany, made in 630 CE and now housed at the Hessisches Landesmuseum Darmstadt. The fibula is made of gold, with multi-coloured insets made of glass, pearls and gemstones, and in the centre a Roman gemstone cameo, probably made in Egypt in the 2nd century CE [2826x2776]

145 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 15h ago

The Coptic natural mummy of the Embroideress Euphemia found in the Antinoöpolis necropolis in Egypt, and now housed at the Art & History Museum in Brussels, Belgium. She was dressed in several tunics, wrapped in shrouds and buried without a coffin. 5th-6th century CE [1085x3000]

114 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Haunting_Homework381 • 1d ago

Napoleon Bonaparte’s diamond and gold signet ring, circa 1809 [1200x900]

718 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/chubachus • 1d ago

Man's silk suit, French, 1810. [1286x2100]

344 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/SaysToMabelISays • 1d ago

The Mondsee Gospels, one of the earliest translations of the bible to Old High German. Made of silk damask, silver, gold, ivory, gemstones, and crystal. Germany, ca. 11th Century [1376x1799]

327 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Painted altar and ceiling inside Mogao Cave #9. China, Tang dynasty, 9th century AD [3600x2500]

281 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Iron armor mask (sōmen). Japan, 1615-1650 [890x960]

123 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/imperiumromanum_edu • 2d ago

Antinous, lover of Emperor Hadrian, after his death in 130 CE he was deified, and the ruler ordered numerous portraits of him to be made en masse. As a result, many sculptures showing a young 19-year-old man have survived to our times. [1200x1601]

2.8k Upvotes

176 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Claridiana • 1d ago

Coronation cloak of the Norman Kings in Sicily, depicting two lions attacking camels. Palermo 1133/34. Brought to Germany in the 1190s by Emperor Henry VI who was also King of Sicily, and used for most coronations of the Holy Roman Emperors until 1806. [2691x1432]

982 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Silver scent case shaped like a skull. Germany, 17th century [2500x3387]

88 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 1d ago

Lidded jar by Namikawa Yasuyuki, Japan, ca. 1890. Cloisonné enamel with copper. Philadelphia Museum of Art collection [2992x2992] [OC]

134 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/JankCranky • 2d ago

Ancient Roman bronze miniature skeleton or "Larva Convivalis", a "memento mori" handed to guests at feasts. Articulated, but with lower right leg missing and left arm substituted for lower right leg. 199 B.C. - 500 A.D. (1022x1536)

949 Upvotes

13 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2d ago

The Grüninger Hand, a prosthetic arm made for a knight. Germany, around 1510 [3800x3500]

1.2k Upvotes

12 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/leeuwerik • 2d ago

The colossal statue of the Nile, Italy, Roman marble sculpture, 1st century CE [1327x863]

244 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2d ago

Fiber figure of a god, with human hair, bird feathers, and dog's teeth. Hawaii, 1780 or earlier [1690x2480]

594 Upvotes

12 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 2d ago

Exposed burial chamber of Momoyama Mound. The earthen mound no longer exists, leaving just the stones. Mie, Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD [1476x1080]

329 Upvotes

7 comments

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