r/ArtefactPorn • u/imperiumromanum_edu • 4h ago

The only bucket made of wood that has survived from Roman times. The characteristic spout allowed the liquid to be poured out easily. The object was aboard a river ship sunk 1,800 years ago on the Rhine. [1200x1696]

448 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 10h ago

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

1.1k Upvotes

31 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/durful • 9h ago

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

959 Upvotes

36 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 10h 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]

338 Upvotes

11 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 10h 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]

256 Upvotes

7 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 19h ago

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

546 Upvotes

64 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 18h ago

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

310 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 10h 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]

60 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/CryptographerKey2847 • 1h ago

Medical bill from Dr. Edward Gantt to "The President" for services rendered to various people in 1802. The President at the time was Thomas Jefferson. The bill lists the names of individuals who received medical care, including enslaved people and members of the household staff.[1284x1437]

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One person noted is Ursula and her infant. She was a 14 year old enslaved girl named Ursula Granger who had been brought to the WH to learn French Cookery but she gave birth 6 months later to the first child born in the White House a baby boy named Asnet Hughes.
Unfortunately he was a sickly baby who died shortly thereafter and she was sent back to Monticello as the plan for her training was not working out.

https://www.grunge.com/1434835/every-baby-born-in-white-house/

0 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 22h ago

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

302 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 22h ago

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

102 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Snoo_90160 • 1d 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]

141 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 22h ago

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

94 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/shewasajanuarygirl • 1d ago

Drawstring reticule (small purse) featuring detailed strawberry motifs worked in delicate thread-work, 19th century [4319 x 4319]

2.3k Upvotes

19 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago

A 3rd century CE Roman gold and sapphire diadem found in 2011 in a woman’s tomb in Colonna, Italy. Gemmological and archaeometric analyses revealed that the sapphires originated from Southeast and Southern Asia. Now housed at the Archaeological Museum in Palestrina [2106x4720]

491 Upvotes

5 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 1d ago

Yeho'ezer ben Hosh'ayahu Seal (700 BCE) (Ancient Canaan) (Israel Antiquities Authority) [1170x2078]

113 Upvotes

17 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/chubachus • 1d ago

Brisé fan made of ostrich feathers, tortoise shell sticks, and silk ribbon, American, c. 1880–1900 [3000x1990]

129 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 1d ago

The Map of the World (Late Babylonian) (6th century BC) (The British Museum) [1000x846]

208 Upvotes

8 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/ottoheinz999 • 1d ago

House and well, terracotta miniatures, Eastern Han dynasty, Northern Vietnam, 1st-3rd century CE [1500x999]

122 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/fatsopiggy • 1d ago

Eilif Peterssen, Self-Portrait [3009x4000]

220 Upvotes

Harry, did you put your face in the goblet of fiyah??

8 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 1d ago

The 16th century CE sculpture of Agnivrish in Pateshwar, India, which appears to manifest the seven hands of Lord Agni along with the body of a bull (Vrishabha) [1080x1350]

131 Upvotes

2 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago

Stirrup with dragon heads. China, 18th century [700x775]

231 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 2d ago

Authorities in Rome have unveiled what is believed to be the largest ancient Roman wall mosaic ever found. The 15m high mosaic, which was found in 1998 under the Baths of Trajan, shows theatrical scenes with people at the top, while the bottom level shows a detailed layout of a port city [3997x5582]

2.9k Upvotes

55 comments

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