Napoleon Bonaparte’s death mask in bronze, cast 40 hours after his death on 5 May 1821. (1280x853)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Tollund Man, a Dane who died before Jesus Christ was born. His body was discovered in 1950, and had been well preserved due to it being protected by several layers of peat.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/Damnthatsinteresting
Anne Frank, with her sister Margot at Zandvoort Beach, 1940. (700x863)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Charlemagne's Throne in Aachen. From then until 1531, it served as the coronation throne for thirty-one Kings of Germany. (1280x1920)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ladder 3 was one of the first units to show up at the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. Sadly, its crew perished in the collapse of the North Tower. Their truck is now displayed in the NYC Memorial. (800x532)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
The 1968 Democratic National Convention: A bleeding reporter interviews a bleeding activist during the anti-war demonstrations in Chicago, which were broken up by police and National Guard. (640x782)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
A young girl posing in a photo booth during the 1930’s. Written above her is Mozella.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of felted sheep’s wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Vasterbottens Museum in Sweden. (612x578)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Poon Lim, a Chinese sailor who survived alone adrift on this life raft for 133 days, eventually being rescued in 1943 off the coast of Brazil. (960x794)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/HistoryPorn
Robe and Axe of Giovanni Battista Bugatti, who was the official executioner for the Papal States from 1796 to 1864. During his tenure he executed 514 people. (540x853)2yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Early evidence for Christianity in Roman-Britain - a silver ring, set with an intaglio depicting two fish hanging from an anchor. 3rd century. (743x800)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
One of the oldest known soccer balls, found in the rafters of a bedroom in Stirling Castle and dating from around the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Scotland, 16th century. (1280x1099)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Navajo girl wearing silver and turquoise Squash Blossom jewelry, 1950.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
A British veteran of the Napoleonic Wars and his wife sitting for a photograph (colorized) in the 1860′s. (700x773)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
With her husband at war, Mom works on the woody, ca. 1944. (Life Magazine)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The mooning gargoyle of Freiburg minster, Cathedral of Breisgau, southwest Germany. It's said that an unhappy stonemason created this gargoyle ca. 1230, and aimed it at the city council building, after not being paid for his work. (1200x640)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The shoe of a Roman legionnaire, found during the excavations of a military camp near the German city of Saalburg. Ca. 100 BC - 100 AD. (800x544)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A steel spike, clad in silver and crowned with gold, used in ceremony to join the tracks completing the North American transcontinental railroad at Promontory Point, Utah on 10 May, 1869. (785x515)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Aerial view of the 'Highway of Death', the result of American forces attacking Iraqi troops in Kuwait, 1991. (1268x1600)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
There were no mobile phones in the 1970′s, so students in this girls' dormitory often lined up to make calls to friends and family.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
Little girl with her toad, at the children's pet show, Venice Beach, California, 1936.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The 2000-year-old clothes of the 'Huldremose Woman', a body recovered in 1879 from a peat bog near Ramten, Denmark. It consists of a checked woollen skirt and scarf, with two skin capes. On display at the National Museum of Denmark. (1080x1350)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
1525: Samurai helmet made by the famous Japanese metalsmith Myochin Nobuie, (700x875)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold posey ring inscribed “THINK WEL OF ME”, English, 1500's, The British Museum. (600x600)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Breastplate Armor of Ferdinand I, Holy Roman Emperor, 1549. (1220x1920)3yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Here lies an unknown English Lieutenant killed in air combat – WWII, Western Desert, Egypt, 1941. (757x800)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
This is a single living cell, Valonia Ventricosa, the largest single-celled organism on Earth.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/HumanForScale
A detail from the 'The Ark of Bukhara', a massive fortress located in the city of Bukhara, Uzbekistan. (758x851)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArchitecturePorn
The Basilica de la Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, Spain, begun in 1882 by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, and is still under construction today. (Photo 2021)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArchitecturePorn
1916: An English aviator on a bombing mission at the French front during the First World War. (750x532)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/MilitaryPorn
A 'hand brand', for use on felons or deserters in England, 1642-1649. (800x1202)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Polish winged-hussar armor (without the wings), dated 1600's. (598x862)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Egypt, 1856: Man standing on the lap of a colossal figure of Ramses.2yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/HumanForScale
Titanic had the world’s biggest anchor during its time. The owners placed an order for 603 meters of chain from Hingley’s Anchor Works in 1910.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/HumanForScale
Lt. Dick Winters ('Band of Brothers') during training at Camp MacKall, NC in 1943. Later commanded Easy Company of the 2nd Bn, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment. (679x900)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Lt. Colonel James H. Howard in the cockpit of his P-51 Mustang on January 11th 1944. (1244x940)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
WW II: German POW, 7'3’’ (221cm) Jakob Nacken, chatting with Canadian corporal, 5'3’’ (160cm) Bob Roberts near Calais, France in September of 1944.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The U.S. crew of the B-29 'Waddy’s Wagon' imitate their caricatures on the plane, led by former All-American end, Captain Walter Waddy Young, 1944.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
57,000 German prisoners of war, being paraded in the streets of Moscow in 1944.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A woman cries in the rubble after Allied bombing of Dessau. Germany, 7 March 1945.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A US Marine gives a cigarette to a Japanese soldier buried in the sand on Iwo Jima, 1945. (616x715)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The Rolled-Stockings trend of the 1920’s brought on a fad of hand-painted knees.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/TheWayWeWere
The Appian Way (Via Appia) from Rome to Brindisi was begun in the 4th century BC and is one of the world's oldest original paved roads still extant. It was a vital thoroughfare for the legions and commerce of Republican and Imperial Rome. (1280x1707)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The grave of an American pilot buried by Japanese troops. The sign reads “Sleeping here, a brave air-hero who lost youth and happiness for his Mother land. July 25 - Nippon Army”. Kiska, Alaska, 25 August 1943. (960x635)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
German commandos, captured in American uniforms, are prepared for execution, 1944. (1279x1022)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Pre-Viking warrior's helmet, Vendel period, interred 7th century, Sweden. (896x1195)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Three young Russian women and a little girl recently liberated from a labor camp by the U.S. Army lay flowers at the feet of four dead American soldiers, April 18, 1945, Hilden, Germany. (960x776)2yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Viking burials at Lindholm Høje, Denmark, with 'stone ships' marking the graves. Dated 1000-1200. (1280x853)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Sculpture of Mictlantecuhtli, the Aztec god of the underworld and death. Mexico, c. 1400's. (1280x1655)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
US medic gives first aid to a wounded German SS soldier in France, 1944. (736x557)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
Swedish king Karl XII’s blue uniform, worn by him on the day he was killed while inspecting trenches during siege to the fortress of Fredriksten in 1718. Charles was struck in the head by a projectile. (779x1000)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
December, 1944, NUTS: Brigadier General Anthony McAuliffe's reply to the German commander's demand that the 101st Airborne Division surrender at besieged Bastogne. (736x644)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
In WWII, Daniel Inouye was flanking a German machine gun nest and took a bullet the stomach. Inching on, he was hit in the arm, almost severing it, then hit in the leg. Finally he destroyed the nest with a grenade. He went on to become a nine-term US senator for Hawaii. (564x824)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
The mission tally on this B-17, E-Rat-Icator, of the 452nd Bomb Group. She was the only bomber of the group to survive the entire WW II. (1280x856)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
'Lego bikini girl' - poster created by Lego’s graphics agency in 1981 as an in-house joke and printed up in in very limited numbers for staff. Apparently only one copy is known to have survived.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/oldschoolhot
U.S. bombers fly over Ploiesti, Romania, following a raid on August 1, 1943. Of the 16 cameramen accompanying this mission, the one who took this photo was the only one to survive. (900x612)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A machine-gunner of the Hermann Goring Division fine-tunes his MG34 on its tripod. Sicily, summer of 1943.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A B-17 of the US Fifteenth Air Force breaks up in flames after being hit by flak over a railyard at Nis, Yugoslavia - 15th April 1944. (800x623)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
A gold bust of Emperor Septimus Severus (r. 193-211 CE), used to top a standard bearer. Discovered in Plotinopolis, Greece, and on display at the Archaeological Museum in Komotini, Greece. (1280x1776)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/ancientrome
Tom Cruise, Emilio Estevez, C. Thomas Howell, Patrick Swayze, Rob Lowe, Matt Dillon, Ralph Macchio promoting 'The Outsiders', 1983.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
Lucille Ball in the 'grape-stomping' episode' of 'I Love Lucy', 1956.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
Silent film actress Valeska Suratt, 1920. While most film stars were throwing themselves into flapper girl looks, Valeska Suratt was the first famous Goth to be thrust into the mainstream.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
The Horror... Christopher Lee, Vincent Price, John Carradine and Peter Cushing, c.1980's.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
English actress Lynne Frederick, who married Peter Sellers and later David Frost. (1970's)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
Carrie Fisher on location in Norway during production of 'The Empire Strikes Back' (1980)3yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
Texan Audie Murphy became the most decorated combat veteran in America's history while serving in World War II. (1940's)1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/OldSchoolCelebs
1942: Messerschmitt Me 264, the 'Amerika bomber', the objective: being able to strike USA.1yr ⋅ GaGator43 ⋅ r/wwiipics
