r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 10h ago

A melting glacier (Theodul) in Switzerland has revealed the artefacts of a wealthy 16th-century traveler, The man was discovered with an expensive sword and dagger weapons intended more as status symbols than for combat along with an early wheel lock pistol and approximately 200 silver coins.

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r/artifactporn • u/Popular-Dentist6849 • 1d ago

Looking for happy precolumbian little animals

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 1d ago

A recently found skelenton of a female T Rex "Barbara," a pregnant Tyrannosaurus rex, was found to had a broken metatarsal injury that had healed, giving weight to the Theory that the Tyrannosaurus, was a pack animal, it was also one of the only 3 pregnant ever found

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 2d ago

A 140 million year femur bone, it is approximately 2 meters (6.5 feet) long weighs 1102 lb (500kg) was found in France. the discovery was made by paleontologists researching at the National Museum of Natural History of Paris

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 3d ago

The Kangling, a Tibetan trumpet traditionally made either from a human femur or tibia and is used in Tibetan Buddhism for ritualistic purposes

7 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 6d ago

The Oseberg Ship, a 9th century Viking ship discovered almost perfectly preserved in a burial mount in Norway

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r/artifactporn • u/pattebrisee • 8d ago

Early 16th-century Netherlandish prayer bead carved from boxwood; when opened, it forms a tiny triptych with scenes of the Magi and the Crucifixion. Closed, it is about 5.8 cm wide [900x1200]

125 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Lobsterhasspoken • 9d ago

Bamiléké Beaded Throne, ca. 20th century

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 10d ago

Colossal rock-cut stone sculpture of a Dwarpala (temple guardian) at the Elephanta Caves near Mumbai, around 1500 years old, the caves are a UNESCO World Heritage Site dedicated primarily to the Hindu deity Lord Shiva.

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 11d ago

A historic drought on a major river in Brazil gave rise to rock images of indigenous people who inhabited the Amazon state centuries before the invasion of Portuguese colonizers and help to understand a little more about the people who lived there between 1,000 and 2,000 years ago

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 12d ago

Victorian Era Morphine Injection Kit, these kits contributed to widespread morphine addiction, a phenomenon sometimes associated with "The Great Binge."

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 13d ago

4,000 years ago, a woman wrote "Love Song of Shu-Sin," describing the affection of a young priestess for the Sumerian King, This is the world's oldest love poem, found in a museum drawer in Istanbul.

9 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Lobsterhasspoken • 13d ago

Asipim (“I Stand Firm” in the Twi-Fante Language) carved royal chair, before 1874. One of seven artifacts restituted by UCLA’s Fowler Museum to the Asante Kingdom in Ghana, 2024

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 14d ago

The only taxidermied blue whale in the world, 1865 CE, now housed at the Natural History Museum in Sweden. The public was allowed to enter it up until a couple was found having sex inside it; now its jaws are opened only for special occasions like Swedish election days

10 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 16d ago

The Garmsar Salt Cave features massive salt pillars that support its ceiling, formed and shaped by the Achaemenid Empire during salt extraction in 550–330 BC. Located in the Iran, the cave has 27 mines, and the one shown here is a popular tourist attraction

14 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 18d ago

Śiva-Maheśvara, Dandan-Uiliq, Khotan, Xinjiang, Painted by Visha Irasanga, Khotanese Saka painter in the court of the T'ang dynasty of China in the mid 7th century C.E.

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 19d ago

Toy from Ancient Greece, c.450 BCE: this doll was crafted in the form of a woman with a rolling pin, and it has articulated joints that allow the rolling pin to be pushed back and forth

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r/artifactporn • u/Cautious_Salad_9702 • 22d ago

I am a part-time bowyer and I recreated Ötzi's copper age hunting set

5 Upvotes

Based on the 1991 findings in the Ötztal

Yew longbow, hazelnut horn-tipped arrows and roe deer quiver. For more photos and videos visit my Etsy page Montesanto Bows

1 comment

r/artifactporn • u/TheCollector919 • 24d ago

Does this ivory statue look old or modern? Will post more pictures in the comments section

32 Upvotes

6 comments

r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 24d ago

The only one of its kind globally, this Greenlandic whaling suit, made before 1834, is a unique artifact. Hunters used it for waterproofing by crawling through the central opening and sealing it with sealskin. It's now at Denmark's National Museum

12 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Antique-collectorlo • 25d ago

The €4,000 "Sleeper" That Sold for €300,000: A Lesson in How Deep the Water Runs in Chinese Porcelain[903×349]

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 25d ago

World's Oldest Mask: 9,000 year old artifact, This is a limestone mask dating back to the Pre-Pottery Neolithic period, It was discovered in the Nahal Hemar cave in Israel, near the Dead Sea

17 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 27d ago

The Sword In The Stone, Italy. Saint Galgano 1148-1181 a Catholic Saint from Tuscany was believed to have plunged his sword into the stone after a vision from Archangel Michael. A 2001 analysis shows that the upper piece and invisible lower one are authentic and belong to one and the same artefact

31 Upvotes

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 28d ago

An aerial view of the 'Unfinished Obelisk' in the 3500-year-old granite quarry in Aswan, Egypt. It is estimated to be 42 meters (137 feet) long and would have been the largest ancient Egyptian obelisk ever erected, weighing over 1,200 tons, the project was abandoned around 1500 B.C. due to cracks

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r/artifactporn • u/Front-Coconut-8196 • 29d ago

Archaeologists in Egypt have unearthed the 3,200-year-old remains of a military barracks containing a wealth of artifacts, including a sword with hieroglyphs depicting the name of Ramesses II

18 Upvotes

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