The Apollo 11 table is a stunningly detailed replica of the moon, but more specifically, it’s the point on the moon that humans made first contact with. (source in comment) [564x3069]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/DesignPorn
Bronze statuette of a legionary (foot soldier), perhaps a praetorian guard. The soldier wears a tunic, with an outer skirt of leather straps, and on his upper body, lorica segmentata. He is also wearing strapped sandals, breeches, and a crested helmet. [750x1586]5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Narwhals in sea ice, shot from an ultralight plane on floats in the Arctic Bay of Baffin Island. By Paul Nicklen [2060x1373]10yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/AnimalPorn
Corithian bronze Helmet of Greek Warrior Miltiades the Younger, Archaeological Museum of Olympia - Grecce [960x725]5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The escalators of Parisian department store Le Bon Marche appear to ighlighave been tied in a knot in this installation by Argentian artist Leandro Erlich.6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/BeAmazed
WWI US Army trench lighter - this is a lighter that was used extensively by American troops in the trenches of WWI. [640x480]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bronze head of a king, perhaps Sargon of Akkad, from Nineveh, Akkadian period, c. 2300 BCE. [840x1127]7yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Roman legionary belt, silver, 1st century AD, found at remains of Roman fortress at Tekija/Transdierna archaeological site, right bank of the Danube river, eastern Serbia. [960x640]5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Fantastic piece of Roman military equipment - mask, part of a ceremonial helmet, 2nd century AD, bronze, found at Kostol - Pontes / Transdrobeta site, near Trajan's bridge, Kladovo, eastern Serbia. [776x960]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The WeWood Jupiter Watch is made of 100% natural wood, saved from scraps from the flooring industry that would otherwise be destroyed. The watch features a wood case, bracelet, and dial.9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/woodworking
Scythian iron dagger with gold plated handle, Black Sea region, 6th century BC. [719x1100]5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ 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. (More info in comment)6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
German bullet wedged in a clip of British cartridges - World War II [564x800]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Mechanical Galleon is an elaborate nef or table ornament in the form of a ship, which is also an automaton and clock. It was constructed in about 1585 by Hans Schlottheim in southern Germany. [750x1002]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ThingsCutInHalfPorn
Mummified Hawk Amsterdam, Allard Pierson Museum Greeco-Roman Period, Ptolemaic Dynasty (4th-1st Century BCE). Organic remains, linen. [1024x1024]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Reconstruction of Greek Bronze Phrygian Helmet, Late Classical to Early Hellenistic, c. 350-300 BC (x-post from /r/ReconstructionPorn)5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The trenches of the First World War. Western Front near the town of Carspach in the Alsace region of eastern France. (more photos and source in comment) [532x710]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Early Medieval grave findings from Gammertingen Germany, 6th century, the princely man was wearing a golden helmet and mail armor. Beside him lay his weapons including a sword, an ax, a throwing spear, and an ornate lance. Wurttemberg State Museum, Stuttgart. [3550x2367]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold coins recovered from the wreck of the Mary Rose, which sank in 1545. A single coin was roughly a day's wages for the vice admiral, or more than a month's pay for an ordinary seaman. [804x1024]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A tombstone from northeastern Greece from the second century with a four-wheeled carriage and two-horse skeleton. [900x600]7yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
These two large Moai were never completed and remain attached to the underlying rock. Most of the carving of a moai was done in place with the figure horizontal, then the statue would be undercut into a keel, then finally separated from the rock below. Rano Raraku (Moai Quarry) [2048x1536]7yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A very scarce skeleton pepperbox centerfire pistol,dating: third quarter of the 19th Century provenance: France [564x1504]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Parthian helmet, made in Iran or eastern Anatolia, 1st–3rd century AD This is a brass helmet in the form of a Kedaris (the headdress popular among the nomadic peoples of Anatolia), with elaborately chased patterning imitating the quilted fabric, and rosettes on the sides and peak [1280x1554]5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
50,000 year old tiara made of woolly mammoth ivory found in world famous Denisova Cave (source in comment) [720x460]5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Etretat - a town and commune in France, in the region of Upper Normandy [480x640]11yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/EarthPorn
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.4yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Cameo Ring with Snail decoration 1st - 2nd Century AD Roman Imperial [409x277]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
800 year old wooden statues unearthed in Peru. Twenty anthropomorphic wooden sculptures and an intricate adobe wall were unearthed at the Chan Chan archaeological complex in northern Peru(Source in comment)5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Ancient Roman silver tableware found outside imperial frontiers - Silver bowl with Athena (Minerva), from the Hildesheim Treasure, 1st century BC. Antikensammlung, Berlin. [3037x2335]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Details of Bronze statue of Artemis, Archaeological Museum of Piraeus [474x1024]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
This guillotine blade on display at Madame Tussauds wax museum in London is believed to be the actual blade that beheaded French queen Marie Antoinette on October 16, 1793. It was purchased from the executioner’s family [960x1280]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Ketchum Hand Grenade was a type of grenade used in the American Civil War. It was patented on August 20, 1861 by William F. Ketchum, a mayor of Buffalo, N.Y., and was partially adopted in the Union Army. [2304X3456]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
European coat of plates (fragments), detail view, 14th c, from the castle Hirschenstein near Passau, consisting of a chest plate with four weapon chains, 30 plates of body armor for the abdomen, sides, back and shoulders. Extremely rare armor type. [736x549]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
As Soviet troops approached Berlin in 1945, citizens did their best to take care of Berlin Zoo's animals [444x599]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The Pont Jacques Chaban-Delmas is a vertical-lift bridge over the Garonne in Bordeaux, France [3648x2736]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/InfrastructurePorn
Heart-shaped spear head found in the gladiator barracks in Pompeii3yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Archaeologists in Zurich have unearthed a 5,000-year-old door that may be one of the oldest ever found in Europe. [660x371]7yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Baroque pulpit ca.1750. Rebuilt in 1856. Parish church in Dobroszow, a village in the administrative district of Gmina Przeworno, within Strzelin County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland [640x956]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Horn of the Miner‘s Guild of Wieliczka, Krakow, 1534, Wieliczka (Poland), Krakow Salt Museum [602x600]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Sacrificial Knife with Mosaic Handle and Chalcedony Blade, Mexica/Mixtec, 15th-16th century C.E. (31.7 cm long) Mexico [960x504] (A view of the turquoise mosaic knife with its radiograph (inset) showing how it was made)8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Taller Buddha in 1963 and in 2008 after destruction. Destroyed by the Taliban in 2001, Afghanistan [987X814]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gas mask/respirator for a messenger or guard dog, made from ersatz (substitute) fabric and coarsely woven paper and fabric blend fibre, WWI. [640x524]7yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The oldest water clock (or clepsydra) known, the Egyptian hourglass of Karnak, dating to around 1400 BC [720X720]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Wreck of the Swedish warship Mars, which exploded during the first battle of Oland, 1564 (Baltic Sea)6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/submechanophobia
An ornately carved oak bed that spent 15 years in the honeymoon suite of a hotel in Chester, in the United Kingdom, had a remarkable hidden history: Experts recently found that it is likely to be a long-lost royal marriage bed dating to the 15th century.5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
Footprints on the Roman clay tile, dating back to 160-180 A.D. Vindolanda Museum. [562x542]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Alexander The Great Era Greek Bronze Phalanx Spear Head, 4th Century BC [540X730]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Celtic weapons; sword, spear heads, knives and, central part of the shield, Iron age period, 4th-2nd century BC, found in graves at necropolis at Karaburma in Belgrade, capital of Serbia. Collection of Belgrade City Museum [742x518]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Continental Four-barrel Flintlock Pistol, c. late 18th century, iron butt and frame engraved with foliate designs, four rifled barrels, two hammers, and four steels. [1000X1000]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
This is the bullet which killed Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805. Although Nelson died, the Royal Navy won the Battle, devastating the French and Spanish fleets. [2000x2000]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Silver and golden axe head.Decorated with bird headed demon, a boar and a dragon. 3rd - 2nd millenium B.C. [1928x1888]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
240-Year-Old Writer Automaton is the Ancestor of Today’s Computers (video in comment) [550x782]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Medieval archer's 'unique quiver' and arrows with iron tips found in hole in a cliff, along with his wooden sarcophagus from Altai Republic [720x460] (more info in comment)6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Writing implements: stylus, wooden writing tablet, ink wells - Roman, 1st century [750x592]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Probably the crown and helmet of King Casimir the Great of Poland, given as a votive offering to the church at Sandomirz, with what is believed by some researchers to be the insignia of Grand Duke Vytautas, before 1370 [600x896]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A British pilot exits his crash-landing Harrier jump jet at Kandahar [960x640]5yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/FirePorn
The .44 caliber, 6-inch long Philadelphia Derringer with rifled barrel used by actor John Wilkes Booth at point-blank range against the back of President Lincoln’s head. He fired a single shot, then dropped the gun in the presidential box. [710x500]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Ribchester Helmet is a Roman bronze ceremonial helmet dating to between the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD, which is now on display at the British Museum. It was found in Ribchester, Lancashire, England in 1796, as part of the Ribchester Hoard. [2592x3210]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Tankard - This tankard is one of at least 27 found on the Mary Rose. Made of oak, poplar and pine, and lined internally with pitch, it was recovered from the Orlop deck. [600x600]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Papyrus fragment with lines from Homer's Odyssey, Early Hellenistic - 285–250 BCE Greek, Ptolemaic [450x1181]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bison sculpted from mammoth ivory. Found at Zaraysk, Russia. About 20,000 years old [630x445]10yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Joseph Enouy’s 8-cylinder, 48-shot percussion revolver, dated 1855 [1600x1215]10yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Wooden toy sword handle c AD105 found yesterday at Vindolanda [675x1199]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The remains of a dog sacrificed 1,000 years ago found at an archaeologist site at the Parque de las Leyendas (Park of the Legends) zoo in Lima. The animals' legs were tied together and they had ropes around their necks. (source in comment) [1280x852]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The largest crater ever made by man in anger is now a unique memorial to all those who suffered in the Great War. It is dedicated to peace, fellowship and reconciliation between all nations who fought on the Western Front.6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
The Secret Messages Hiding Inside 17th Century Engagement Rings(full story in comment) [800x592]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Viking helmet found at Gjermundbu in Buskerud, Viking Age - 10th century Norway [1000x990]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
6 5/8 inch Megalodon tooth, 3 1/8 inch fossil Great White and 1 1/2 inch modern day Great White tooth.9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/interestingasfuck
A well-preserved bronze sword was unearthed in Zhoukou, Henan province, from a 2,000-year-old tomb along with other funeral objects. [900x600]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Cirkelbroen Bridge across the Christianshavn canal in Copenhagen, Denmark designed by Olafur Eliasson [2000x3001]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/InfrastructurePorn
This is the bullet which killed Admiral Horatio Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar, in 1805. Although Nelson died, the Royal Navy won the Battle, devastating the French and Spanish fleets. [2000x2000]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Jack with a bullet mark on the right breast, a typical piece of armour for a soldier in the late 16th century, Scotland. At the National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh. [536x810]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The treasure of amber from Basoni - a composition of amber products and raw pieces of this raw material from the first half of the 5th century AD, discovered in the area of the village of Basonia in Poland. It is one of the largest discovered amber warehouses in Europe [3920x1912]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A Roman tinned copper cavalry parade helmet. Circa late 2nd-Early 3rd Century A.D. [556x1296]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The rock-cut out tombs of Mrya, located a few kilometers from Demre in the Anatolian region of Turkey [2304x3456]7yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Hovenring is a suspended bicycle path roundabout on the border between Eindhoven and Veldhoven in the Netherlands. It is the first suspended bicycle roundabout in the world. [960x638]11yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/InfrastructurePorn
A very rare survival from the Bronze Age, this leather shield was found in 1908 in a bog at Clonbrin, Co. Longford (National Museum of Ireland)[750x557]7yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Type B sword hilt with gold wheel ornaments, dated c. 750–850, found in the river Meuse near Den Bosch, the Netherlands (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden) [1698x823]8yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ancient Church Hidden in Turkish Lake. The ruined ancient church lies beneath about 10 feet (3 meters) of water, about 160 feet (50 m) from the shore of Lake Iznik, near the western tip of Turkey and about a 2-hour drive from the capital of Istanbul [1866x1400]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Roman Arch of Septimius Severus. Located in one of the most beautiful cities of the Roman Empire: Leptis Magna, Libya. [2304x3456]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Pair of Greek gold earrings depicting Eros. They date to around 300 BCE. From the Metropolitan Museum of Art. [2000x1500]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bronze Lamashtu plaque held by the demon Pazuzu, c. 1st century B.C.E. At the Louvre, Paris.Pazuzu was invoked to protect against the goddess Lamashtu, who preyed on (unborn) children, (expectant) mothers, and caused nightmares, disease and more unpleasantness in Mesopotamian mythology. [1272x1920]9yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
7th century sword from the Beckum treasure, Germany (x-post from /r/SWORDS) [960X1505]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Wooden toy sword, complete with a polished pebble decoration from Vindolanda, UK [1481x2221]6yr ⋅ bigmeat ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
