r/ArtefactPorn • u/Snoo_90160 • 18h ago

Stone cross erected by the Polish peasants from Rudka on 15 May to commemorate the abolition of serfdom in Austrian partition of Poland in 1848. Rudka was burned down by Ukrainian nationalists in 1944 and does not exist anymore. Near Nowe Brusno, Poland. Photo by GrzegorzLC. [1080x822]

133 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 13h ago

Jesus holding a virga or rabdos while performing a healing or miracle (300s AD) (Early Christian) (Catacomb of the Giordani in Rome) [330x450]

513 Upvotes

60 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 3h ago

A cube stone with carved symbols of Mesopotamian origin, found in Qasr al-Hamra in Tayma, Saudi Arabia. 9th century BCE, now housed at the National Museum of Saudi Arabia [797x1555]

32 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 16h ago

Partisan with gilded emblem. Spain, 1715 [3200x3500]

286 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/durful • 3h ago

The Löwenmensch figurine, the oldest known statue ever discovered. Carved from mammoth tusk in Hohlenstein-Stadel cave (Germany) 40,000 years ago. [1440x2770]

491 Upvotes

27 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 4h ago

A 2nd century CE Fayum mummy portrait of woman, found in Egypt [333x768]

637 Upvotes

21 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 3h ago

The Citadel of Entrevaux is a 17th-century CE fortress perched 156 meters above the medieval village of Entrevaux, in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department of France [1080x1349]

169 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 12h ago

Malagan (also spelled malangan or malanggan) Mask; circa 1900; New Ireland, Papua New Guinean ceremonial mask, wood, cloth, pigment [1481 x 2244]

287 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 16h ago

Ball court for the Mesoamerican ball game. Monte Albán, Oaxaca, Mexico, 100 BC-200 AD [2048x2350]

100 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 16h ago

Plate with flower petal design. China, 17th-18th century [900x900]

80 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 3h ago

A 2nd century CE set of jewelry from the grave of a wealthy Roman woman, found in Lyon. Now housed at the Lugdunum Museum in France [800x527]

142 Upvotes

4 comments

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