These stunning mosaics have just been unearthed under a vineyard in Italy, in the province of Verona, near the town of Negrar. They have been dated from 3rd to 4th Century [720x960]6d · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Wonderful 2000 years-old sapphire ring presumably belonged to Roman emperor Caligula, thought depicting his fourth wife Caesonia. [1916x1384]2mo · Figgyee · r/ArtefactPorn
2300 years old Scythian woman's boot preserved in the frozen ground of the Altai Mountains[750x451]10mo · SnorriGrisomson · r/ArtefactPorn
First ever drawings of the moon made by Galileo Galeili after observing it through his telescope in 1609. [1418 x 1958]7mo · meme_stealing_bandit · r/ArtefactPorn
An amateur treasure hunter with a metal detector turned up a Medieval, gold ring that was set with a sapphire stone in Sherwood Forest—haunt of the legendary (or real) Robin Hood. Experts have examined the ring and believe it may date to the 14 th century. [1270x700]1yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
A cargo of Chinese Ming porcelain, the earliest found under the Mediterranean Sea. (Source in comment) [1024x768]1mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Clothes and axe belonging to Mastro Titta, Rome's most famous executioner (more info in the comments)11mo · sortaeTheDog · r/ArtefactPorn
The oldest known Roman wine is dating back to the 4th century CE. The 1.5-liter bottle was found in the tomb of the Roman nobleman in present-day Germany. [600x600]10mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Formal outfit worn by one of the last daimyōs. Japan, Edo Period, around 1830 [600x925]7mo · fpriyakorn · r/ArtefactPorn
Part of the National Museums of Scotland collection these are 3 of many leather Roman shoes found at Trimontium in the Scottish Borders. The soil conditions mean they were found in an amazing condition of preservation. These shoes were worn over 1,800 years ago. [960x720]4mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Incan Wall, a fine example of master Stonemasonry. Cuzco, 1400's. [1600x1284]10mo · AStolenSweetroll · r/ArtefactPorn
The Sword of Goujian, found in 1965. This sword is mainly made of bronze with blue crystals and turquoise decoration. The blade surprisingly didn't suffer from rust and tarnish, so it's still extremely sharp. Hubei, China, Spring and Autumn period (771–403 BC) [1200x800]10mo · Figgyee · r/ArtefactPorn
The details of decorations Galileo’s first telescopes; 17th century, in the Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence. [1280x853]10mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Three Daggers in a Crocodile foot scabbard - one straight, two curved, blades decorated with inscriptions. Sudan - 19th Century. [720x960]6mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
This picture shows a carbonised loaf of bread with a sickle found at the Villa Regina, Boscoreale, Pompeii - discovered in 1977 [960x682]3mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Three headed dragon wall painting from an Etruscan tomb at the necropolis of Pianacce, dated to the 4th century BC. [1280x1205]2mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
A Roman bathhouse still in use after 2,000 years in Khenchela, Algeria [736x736]2yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Prehistoric child's toy (circa 18,000 b.c.). Jumping antelope spinning disk. Found in France.8mo · Pikmin64 · r/ArtefactPorn
A 123 year old Winchester rifle found leaning against a tree in Nevada [1080x1370]5mo · ParaMike46 · r/ArtefactPorn
Reliable reconstruction of Nero's appearance, based on the famous bust of the emperor located in the Capitoline Museums in Rome. The sculpture was restored in the 17th century. [960x640]1yr · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
25,000 year old structure made from the bones of 60+ mammoths. Russia, Paleolithic. [2048x1366]2mo · fpriyakorn · r/ArtefactPorn
Corinthian helmet from the Battle of Marathon (490 BC) found with the warrior's skull inside. [900x1275]1yr · innuendoPL · r/ArtefactPorn
Curious Artefacts: Hitler's Telephone, one of the deadliest weapons of all times [1000x562]11mo · sortaeTheDog · r/ArtefactPorn
This Viking sword was found by reindeer hunters at high altitude in the Mountains of Oppland County. It may have belonged to a Viking who lost his way and died here 1100 years ago. (more info in comment)[768x1024]2yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
The uniform worn by King Charles XII of Sweden when he was killed by a stray shot during the Siege of Fredriksten on 30th November 1718, now in the collections of The Royal Armoury in Stockholm, Sweden [842 x 1,024 pixels].11mo · TheLordAnubis · r/ArtefactPorn
4,500 year old quartz crystal dagger with ivory hilt. Found in a Copper Age-era tomb in Valencina de la Concepción, Spain. [1650x894]4mo · RadioMars · r/ArtefactPorn
9.4 inch mortar shaped like a sitting tiger. India, 1770-1799 [1140x1160]9mo · fpriyakorn · r/ArtefactPorn
Egyptian archaeologists have discovered a statue of a sphinx while draining water from the pharaonic temple of Kom Ombo near the southern city of Aswan. [726x1130]1yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
The bullet that killed the president Abraham Lincoln in 1865 [1140x816]3wk · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Scroll written in gold ink on dark blue paper. Japan, Heian Period, 9th century AD [2018x1179]10mo · fpriyakorn · r/ArtefactPorn
Dating to around the 3rd or 4th century, a sock was recovered by English papyrologist John de Monins Johnson, on behalf the Egypt Exploration Fund, in 1913-1914 from an excavation site in the Egyptian city of Antinopolis. [1046x630]6mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Chantilly Castle, wrought iron railing made in 1870 by the Moreau brothers on drawing of architect Honoré Daumet. [768x960]9mo · SnorriGrisomson · r/ArtefactPorn
The Double Statue of Mephistopheles & Margaretta, Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad.[768×1024]2mo · 1NbSHXj3 · r/ArtefactPorn
An ancient Egyptian gold ring with a carnelian bezel in form of a cat. From the Third Intermediate Period (1070–712 BC), it's now in the collection of the British Museum [750x1023]1mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
This helmet belonged to Tadakatsu, known as “the Samurai of Samurais” and “the Warrior Who Surpassed Death”, because he fought over 55 battles without ever sustaining a serious injury. Dating from the latter half of the 16th century [640x1578]8mo · ParaMike46 · r/ArtefactPorn
Details of the Dolphin's Armor of Henry, the future King Henry II of France, made by Negroli Francesco in Milan in the 1540s. Now on display at the Army museum in Paris [2996x4000]2mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
This 7th century helmet was discovered inside a ship burial at Vendel - Uppland, Sweden. ~ Swedish History Museum [642x960]10mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
14000 years old bisons sculptures found in Le Tuc d'Audoubert cave. Ariege, France [1850x1250]2yr · innuendoPL · r/ArtefactPorn
Ancient Greek Helmets from Classical Period, Olympia Museum (1000x632)1yr · Ergorath · r/ArtefactPorn
An engraved Bergmann pistol, model 1908, made by Pieper in Belgium. Frank Brownell Museum of the Southwest [792x792]4mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
A Greek vase depicts the death of Talos (first robot),450 BCE. He was tricked and killed by Medea, she offered him eternal life as he was not aware of his mechanical nature. As he was dying single tear dropped out of his eye in fear of mortality making him human in some way.[1314x875]5mo · myrmekochoria · r/ArtefactPorn
A Corinthian helmet was discovered in a 5th century BC grave in the Taman Peninsula, southwest Russia (full story in comment) [1600x1000]2yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Beautiful Medieval gold ring with heraldic motifs of a dragon, 15th century, made in Dubrovnik.Helmet is placed above the shield with engraved dragon, while helmet itself has larger figure of a dragon on the top.Collection of National Museum of Serbia in Belgrade [806x960]4mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
The Rosetta Stone, Egypt 196 BCE. The top and middle texts are in Ancient Egyptian using hieroglyphic and demotic scripts, while the bottom is in Ancient Greek. Rosetta Stone became key to deciphering Egyptian hieroglyphs, thereby opening a window into ancient Egyptian history.[1612x2066]7mo · myrmekochoria · r/ArtefactPorn
Detail from a Roman mosaic showing a wild cat. The object was found in the House of the Faun in Pompeii. [566x852]7mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
An Egyptian-style cloak (burnous) worn by Napoleon the night before the battle of Waterloo. It was seized from Napoleon's baggage train at the field, following the defeat of the Emperor, now in the royal trust collection at the Windsor castle [2926x4610]2wk · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Silver alpaca and llama [with blanket], Inca, 15th or early 16th century AD, from present-day Bolivia [3790x1862] [OC]4mo · oldspice75 · r/ArtefactPorn
The interior of Muhammad Shah's Royal Tent, Qajar Empire, 1834–1848. Now on display at the Cleveland Museum of Art [2592x3456]2mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
In 2014, ISIS destroyed a site believed to be Shrine of Prophet Jonah for centuries, revealing reliefs of 7th century BCE Assyrian Palace[754x611]7mo · ChefMasterVindex · r/ArtefactPorn
“The Fasting Siddhartha” aka The Fasting Buddha discovered in the Gandhara region located in Pakistan. The statue dates back to the 2nd century BCE and ranks not only as the finest specimen of Gandhara Art but also as one of the rarest antiquities of the earliest world [1144x1530]1mo · Solid_Snake49 · r/ArtefactPorn
Matthias Ring, late 16th century, Southern Germany, gold, diamonds, enamel - [3063 x 1577]1wk · TarTarianPrincess · r/ArtefactPorn
26 000 years old footprint of a child next to footprints of a wolf/domesticated dog, Chauvet cave, France, [960 x 860]1yr · curlysass · r/ArtefactPorn
[1600*2000]Almost 2000 years old faucets from the roman town of Pompeii that was destroyed by a volcano in 79 A.D1yr · Apeshaft · r/ArtefactPorn
Prague's astrological clock is the oldest still functioning clock in the world, 1410 [970 x 860]1yr · curlysass · r/ArtefactPorn
Gauntlets belonging to Maximilian I of House Habsburg, ca. 1490 [1200x676]6mo · sortaeTheDog · r/ArtefactPorn
The royal barge Anantanagaraj, built by King Rama VI and launched on April 1914, it's used to carry the presentation robes and the procession chanter during the Royal Barge Procession. The National Museum of Royal Barges in Bangkok [1152x2048]4mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
A Smith and Wesson .44-Russian caliber No3 revolver presented by the Tsar Nicholas II to the retiring Captain of the Polar Star in 1895 [534x800]1mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Egyptian faience model of a hedgehog, from a tomb in Abydos ca. 1500 BC. Ashmolean Museum [780 x685]1wk · jerisad · r/ArtefactPorn
Roman mosaic discovered in the south of England in the village of Frampton in county Dorset. It is part of a Roman villa, first identified at the end of the 18th century. [680x510]7mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
The Dancing Fox, a stained ivory netsuke from the Edo period. 18th century CE, now on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art [560x791]3mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Dice with instructions for a drinking game. Korea, Unified Silla Period, 8th-10th centuries [800x800]2mo · fpriyakorn · r/ArtefactPorn
An interesting find from Herculaneum in Italy. A Roman bathtub has survived to our times. Dated to the 1st century CE. [700x525]6mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Clothes and axe belonging to Mastro Titta, Rome's most famous executioner (Original post deleted by mod)[640×853]11mo · sortaeTheDog · r/ArtefactPorn
The picture shows stone blocks in Pompeii. They made it possible for residents not to get dirty and not to walk on the lower level of the road, where all impurities accumulated. [800x533]1yr · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Ivory dice container. Object of Greek or Roman origin. [700x699]7mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Armour of Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand II, Italian Made, 1600s, [2784 x 4117]6mo · TarTarianPrincess · r/ArtefactPorn
The graphics wonderfully illustrate how the place where once was the great stadium of Domitian in Rome looks. [800x553]3wk · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Golden Egyptian-Roman snake-shaped armband. Dated to 1st century CE. [736x736]10mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
17th century Swedish warship Vasa, sank on her maiden voyage, recovered in 1961 nearly completely intact [1600x899]5mo · ParaMike46 · r/ArtefactPorn
Roman gold pendant with the moon. The beads are made of blue glass. The object dates to the 2nd century CE. [769x553]7mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
A Serb Orthodox church in Ljubinje, Bosnia, with nicely presented antique and medieval remains [720x960]10mo · Porodicnostablo · r/ArtefactPorn
See This and Think of Me- An agate Gentleman's Snuff Box Struck in the Shape of a Lady's Head. A gift commissioned by a Lady for Her Lover (18th century) [900X730]5mo · spiceprincesszen · r/ArtefactPorn
Sword with rock crystal parrot-headed hilt and gold damascene, Shivaji Maharaj Vastu Sangrahalaya, Mumbai [1919×1499]3mo · 1NbSHXj3 · r/ArtefactPorn
One of only two authentic old Jolly Rogers known in the world. This 19th century Barbary pirate flag is now on display at The Åland Maritime Museum in Finland [1024x680]4mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Signature page of the agreements at the Congress of Vienna, 1815. This settlement at the end of the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars was made in order to balance power among states in Europe. It anchored a generally conservative international order that lasted until World War I. [938x823]5mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
The Golden Gauntlet, Henri III of France’s armour (detail), c.1550 [564x624]2yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Egyptian dice, around 2000 years old. The dice has 20 walls with Greek characters. [534x534]1mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Wooden Bucket, stolen in 1325 which provoked a war between Italian city-states Bologna and Modena. [666x1000]10mo · AStolenSweetroll · r/ArtefactPorn
Short sword with red lacquered engraving. Japan, 17th century [1800x4000]9mo · fpriyakorn · r/ArtefactPorn
Fragment of the Roman tent, still packed, excavated in the area of Vindolanda - a Roman camp in the north of Britain. [1024x838]1yr · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Archaeologists have announced that they have found the remains of the first Hellenistic temple in Latium. As they claim, it is dated to the 2nd century BCE and it was in the southwest of Italy. [566x380]6mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Viking age sword discovered at Loppi, Finland. The sword was found by a metal detecting hobbyist from his own farmstead. He promptly informed Finnish National Board of Antiquities. (source in comment) [1199x1330]1yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
Dagger and jade sheath with inlaid rubies, emeralds and diamonds. India, Mughal Empire, 1675-1700 [1507x2100]6mo · fpriyakorn · r/ArtefactPorn
Colt Model 1862 Police Revolver, Serial No. 38549, ca. 1868 [3917 x 2189]9mo · deniscard · r/ArtefactPorn
The coin which was found lastly in England; coin of Marcus Aurelius Nigrinianus (died 284/285 CE) son of the Roman emperor Carinus and Magnia Urbica, grandson of emperor Carus. [800x600]9mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Roman pearl drop gold earring similar to pair worn by this Roman lady in a mummy portrait from the Fayoum necropolis, 1-3rd century AD. [1900x1200]3mo · throwawayMambo5 · r/ArtefactPorn
A 6000-year-old Venus figurine excavated yesterday near Aleksandrovac, Serbia. It's about 30 cm/12 inch tall and belonged to the Vinča culture. [2048x1536]10mo · Porodicnostablo · r/ArtefactPorn
Ernst Christiansen and Lis Therkelsen with the 3,000-year-old Sword they discovered in Denmark (more info in comment) [640x360]1yr · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
World's first underwater Trans-Atlantic Telegraph cable, 1858. [600x450]9mo · AStolenSweetroll · r/ArtefactPorn
A 2,500-year-old glazed brick lion that graced the path to the Ishtar Gate in ancient Babylon. Now at the University of Chicago [2338 × 2338] [OC]8mo · ThanHowWhy · r/ArtefactPorn
Roman mosaic showing mice eating a nut. Object located in Vatican Museum. [640x480]2yr · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
World's oldest cosmetic face cream - found in London, 2,000-year-old cream from Roman times with ancient finger marks in the lid. [700x500]1yr · innuendoPL · r/ArtefactPorn
1800-year-old Roman shoes. Found in York, England. [512x384]1mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
In 1913, seven American men sailed more than 2,500 miles from New York to Etah, Greenland, to explore a mountainous Arctic region called Crocker Land. Crewmembers wore snow goggles to protect against snow blindness, caused by the bright reflection of sun off of extensive Arctic snow [650x487]10mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
1,500-year-old late Roman grasswork Panama hat from Flinders Petrie's 1901-2 field season in Egypt. In 2017 was radiocarbon dated o CE 420-568. [2014x1534]1mo · Mictlantecuhtli · r/ArtefactPorn
During construction carried out for a new housing estate, in Narbonne (southern France), traces of the former Roman cemetery were found. [696x393]8mo · imperiumromanum_edu · r/ArtefactPorn
Lapis Lazuli and Bronze Vase in the Medici Form from the Peterhof Imperial Lapidary Works, Imperial Russia, 1852 [1360x1920]8mo · Baba_Jaga_II · r/ArtefactPorn
War elephant holding a Roman legionary in his trunk. Sculpture from the Sacro Bosco garden, 16th c.[1944x2592]2mo · myrmekochoria · r/ArtefactPorn
Laocoön and his sons, one of the most famous statues from antiquity. It shows the Trojan priest Laocoön and his sons Antiphantes and Thymbraeus being attacked by sea serpents. Roman copy after a Greek original, nearly 2 metres high, c.1st century AD. [1080x1125]8mo · pseudangelos · r/ArtefactPorn
Piece of Wright Flyer, carried by Neil Armstrong to the Moon. USA, 1969. [422x600]7mo · AStolenSweetroll · r/ArtefactPorn
Looking for reference photos I come across the most amazing things. Bone Figure of Chitipati - Shri Shmashana Adhipati. Early 19th century Mongolia. A magnificent carved bone (most likely human) [564 x 856]2wk · xiaoliv · r/ArtefactPorn
1845 daguerreotype of a daguerreotypist displaying daguerreotypes and daguerreotype accessories in an airtight daguerreotype frame [2750X3116]10mo · SwedishCopper · r/ArtefactPorn
A sword ornament in the form of a spider from the Asante Empire (modern-day Ghana), made of gold,copper and silver alloy. 19th century CE, now on display at the Dallas Museum of Art [3300x2603]3mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Otzi the Iceman's dagger with scabbard, 13 cm long, 3300 BCE [950 x 850]6mo · phoenixreborn75 · r/ArtefactPorn
Bronze torso from an equestrian statue wearing a cuirass. (2nd century B.C.–2nd century A.D.) [3791x3792]4mo · bigmeat · r/ArtefactPorn
A circular golden Viking brooch from Hornelunde near Varde in Denmark. This brooch, decorated with wire filigree and granulation, was made by a Danish goldsmith in the last half of the tenth century. It's now on display at the National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen [1259x1259]3mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
A frieze made of glazed brick tiles depicting persian warriors, from the palace of Darius l in Susa, Iran. Achaemenid Empire, 6th century BC, now on display at the Pergamon museum in Berlin [3031x4087]3d · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Hut made of mammoth bones, Cro-Magnon, Mezhirich, Ukraine, 15000 B.C. [900 x 659]1yr · curlysass · r/ArtefactPorn
A 90,000 years old barbed harpoon head carved from bone. It was discovered in 1988 at an archaeologic site on the Semliki River in the Democratic Republic of the Congo [742x1211]1mo · Fuckoff555 · r/ArtefactPorn
Arnolfini Portrait by Jan van Eyck, 1434. The painting depicts a convex mirror with unusual realism for its time. [1000x833]5mo · Tendy777 · r/ArtefactPorn
