Lapis Lazuli Ceremonial Axe Head. Early Bronze Age? Troy room of Pushkin Museum Moscow. OC [4032x3024]4yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Greek helmets, classical period, from Olympia Museum store room [1000x632]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Glass gold-band mosaic alabastron (perfume bottle) Hellenistic, 1st century B.C.E., Greek, H.: 8 3/8 in. (21.3 cm) [475x625]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Owl-shaped protocorinthian aryballos (perfume bottle), ca. 630 BCE [768x647]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Hades abducting Persephone. Hellenistic painting from royal tombs of Vergina, Greece. [706x530]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Minoan Bronze dagger with a hilt of perforated gold plate. From the Palace at Malia, Crete, Palaeopalatial period (1800 - 1700 BCE.) [800x663]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Mosaic of bikini gymnast girls, 4th cent CE, Villa Romana, Sicily [2988x1343]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The large diadem from Priam's Treasure, gold, Troy II, 2600–2250 BCE [958x1699]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Roman bronze sculpture of a right hand in a thumbs up position with a fair amount of encrustation. It comes from the 2nd-3rd Century CE and is 8 1/4 inches long [532x504]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Graeco-Roman curse effigy (voodoo doll), pierced by 13 needles. Egypt, 2nd cent CE [600x903]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Byzantine era mosaics excavated in South Western Turkey, Ancient Edessa, 5th-6th cent CE, show Amazons hunting, a rare scene in Amazon inconography, which usually depicts the warriors fighting battles. Here Queen Melanippe (whose name is written above her) attacks a lion with her lance. [600x399]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Plaster cast of an ornate, Minoan, carved wooden table made from a cavity in the volcanic ash in Akrotiri (Santorini), circa 1650 BCE [531x534]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
One of the gold boxes containing the bones of Phillip II of Macedon, father of Alexander the Great, Greece, 4th cent BCE [1536x1024]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Corynthian cylindrical pyxis and lidded lekanes with pellets of *psimythion* (white lead paint) used for makeup. From tomb of actor and poet Makareus. Mid 4th cent BCE. Kerameikos, Greece. [799x593]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Wheeled toy and other offerings from child burial, Geometric Period, 8C BCE, Arch Mus of Chania, Crete [1375x887]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
A porphyry statue of the first Roman Tetrarchy (3rd cent CE) stolen from Constantinople during the Fourth Crusade (1204) and now embedded in an external wall of the Basilica di San Marco, Venice, Italy [1300x1300]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Funerary urn (contained bones of small child) depicting Odysseus blinding the cyclops Polyphemus. Protoattic style. Mid 7th century BCE. 1.42 metres. Greece. [747x1200]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios (British Museum). Roman 1st-2nd century CE [640x1249]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Aryballos (oil container), ca. 570 BCE, black–figure, terracotta, Greek, Attic, signed by Nearchos as potter, H=7.77 cm [896x436]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Hoard of silver staters of Aegina (turtles), concealed in ca. 440 BC. It was found in 1970 in Central Greece [471x400]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Attic janiform red-figure aryballos (height: 11.3 cm), ca. 520–510 BC, Greece, Louvre [736x915]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Aphrodite of Milos (Αφροδιτη της Μηλου), marble, Hellenistic 130-100 BCE, Greece [723x700]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold disc with rosettes & swastikas. Geometric Period. 9th cent BCE. Skyros, Greece [370x364]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Terracotta basket vase, Late Helladic IIIA (Mycenaean), ca. 1400–1300 BCE, Height: 27cm (10 5/8 in.)[1616x2000]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Mycenaean dagger, 16th century BCE, National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Length 16.3 cm [3000x854].10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Armour of Philip II of Macedon (father of Alexander the Great), 4th c BCE, Greece [420x614]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Ambum stone [Pre-historic zoomorphic figure, possibly representing the embryo of a long-beaked echidna] Ambum Valley, Western Highlands, Papua New Guinea, 3500 years ago [479x600]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Armband with a Herakles knot, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century BCE, Greek, Gold, garnet, emerald, enamel; W. 3 1/2 in. (8.9 cm) [650x547]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Aryballos in the shape of an eagle's head, late 7th–early 6th century BCE ; Archaic Greek; Rhodian Terracotta [500x356]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The ''Varvakeion'' Athena. Marble statuette. Greece. Copy from 200-250 CE of the original from 438 BCE. 1.05m high. [432x675]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold medallion with relief bust of the goddess Athena, 2nd c. BCE, Benaki Museum [600x600]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Greek earrings with disc & boat-shaped pendant, from Crimea, woven gold, c. 10 cm h, c. 350 BCE, Hermitage Mus [500x481]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Unique, gold foil, burial covering for infant. Grave Circle A, Mycenae, Greece 16th C BCE [848x1581]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Cover slab from Tomb of the Diver, Paestum (Ancient Poseidonia), Italy. Greek painting, c. 460 BCE [3181x1772]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Birth certificate of illegitimate twins on a wax tablet. Egypt, in Latin and Greek, 128 CE [1128x1052]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Dokathismata figurine, Early Cycladic II, Syros phase (2800-2300 BCE), marble, Greece [579x2160]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Terracotta statuette of woman with bird face. Late Cypriot II, ca. 1450–1200 BCE, H. 20.80 cm. [600x600]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Grave goods recovered from Macedonian royal graves including gold crowns, gold masks, helmets, brocaded weapons etc. 6th-5th cent BCE. [1246x437]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ceramic toy horse on wheels. Protogeometric (ca. 900 BCE), Greece. Found in a child's grave. Kerameikos Museum, Athens [2144x1720]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Great Cameo of France five-layered sardonyx cameo of circa 23 AD. It is 31 cm by 26.5 cm. It is the largest Roman imperial cameo to have survived [2450x2650]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ostraka. Pottery sherds with names of Athenian citizens to be banished (hence ostracisim), 5th BCE [640x324]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Rock crystal duck-shaped vase. Mycenaean or Minoan craftsmanship. Found in Grave Circle B, Mycenae. 16th cent BCE. Nat Arch Mus Athens. [662x403]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ancient Greek coin, 1st cent BCE, from the city of Byzantion (Latin Byzantium, later Constantinople ). It depicts the goddess Artemis on one side and the name ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ with crescent moon and star on the obverse. The cresent moon and star were the symbol of the city from antiquity. [500x244]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Armour, including helmet, of 19th cent Australian Bushranger, Ned Kelly, made of 1/4 inch steel and weighing 44kg (97lb) [468x711]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Mycenaean ryhton (ritual vase) in the shape of a shoe. Chamber tomb, Voula, Attica, 14th cent. BCE [644x721]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Lydian gold coin, first gold coin minted, reign of King Croesus, 550BCE [640x360]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Oil flask (lekythos) in the form of Aphrodite, mid-4th century BCE, Greece, Height: 19 cm (7 1/2 in.) [1329x1600]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Rhyton in the shape of a dog's head. Brygos painter, Athens 490-470BCE [1658x1449]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold & cloisonne plaque: goat attacked by a vulture. Bactria (?) Achaemenid period, 4th-3rd century BCE [500x558]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
The Derveni Papyrus. Only readable papyrus that has survived in Greece and the most ancient manuscript in Europe. 340-320 BCE [777x437]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Artemidorus mummy, Hawara, Egypt Roman Period, around CE 100-120 [702x2231]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Silver coin, kingdom of Macedon. Philip II (father of Alexander the Great), tetradrachm, 359-336 BC [1200x1200]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
With the exciting excavations of the Amphipolis tomb in the news - the Amphipolis Lion, originally the tomb's marker, marble, 4thC BCE [640x853]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold pendant Master of the Animals, Minoan (from Crete but found on Aigina), 1700 to 1500 BCE [599x600]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Magnificent Geometric vessel (8th cent BCE) with deer, birds, horses, spirals and other patterns (including double axes). Probably painted in Euboea or Naxos, but found on Cyprus [450x869]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Detail of Eros (god of love) riding a dolphin. House of the Dolphins. Delos, Greece. 1st-2nd cent BCE. [1524x1002]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Mask, 19th Century, (shell, resin, human hair, fibre string and natural earth pigment on wood shell, 42.0 h x 22.0 w x 13.0 d cm), Torres Strait Islander people, Australia [421x600]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bronze wheeled vessel stand (height 31cm x diam 15cm), made in Cyprus about 1225-1100 BCE (Mycenaean) [853x577]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Bronze statue of Eros sleeping, Hellenistic, 3rd–2nd century BCE, Met Mus of Art [600x450]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold, Vaphelo tomb cups, Lakonia, Creto-Mycenaean 1500BC. Archaeology Museum of Athens [620x336]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Charioteer of Delphi, Bronze, erected at Delphi in 478 or 474 BCE [640x482]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gonzaga Cameo, 15.7cm x 11.8cm, Hellenistic, 3rd Cent BCE. Figures once identified as Alexander the Great and his mother Olympia. [700x933]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ancient Greek sacrificial hammer. Bronze, 7th century BCE. From Dodona in Epirus. [1280x1920]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Zoomorphic firedogs from Akrotiri (buried Minoan city), 17C BCE, [1280x960]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Figures of goddesses and a rython in the shape of a bull-drawn chariot from Karphi, Crete, post-palatial period 12-11th c. BCE. Herakleion Museum [925x624]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Largest known Mycenaean Ring. Tiryns Signet Ring, Late Helladic c. 15th C BCE. [525x380]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Tower of the Winds, also called Horologion (Gk: “Timepiece”), building in Athens erected in Athens, 100–50 BCE by Andronicus of Cyrrhus for measuring time. Marble, 12.8 m high and 7.9 m in diameter [1136x852]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Zoomorphic vessel in shape of hedgehog (?), Syros, Greece, Early Cycladic II (2700-2200 BCE) [640x480]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Ancient Greek pottery-imitation (decorated in black figures) of ostrich eggs (dating from the early 5th century BCE). [1232x1024]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Greek silver tetradrachm, 414-413 BCE, Akragas (modern Agrigentum), Sicily [500x232]9yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Container depicting a nude female swimmer with an Egyptian hairstyle hitching a ride behind an ivory-headed bird. 1390 to 1352 BCE, Asia Minor? [600x263]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Marble head of veiled woman: copy of bronze head of “Aspasia” c. 460 BCE. Louvre Museum. [389x400]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Cup of the sculptor Phidias (name inscribed on base), creator of Statue of Zeus at Olympia, one of the 7 Wonders, 430 BCE [1600x1200]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Temple of Epikourios Apollo, Bassae, Arcadia, 450-400 BCE. Designed by Iktinos, architect of the Temple of Hephaestus and the Parthenon. Covered in white tent for protection. [1024x683]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Indigenous Australian rock art. X-ray style. Kakadu National Park [1200x1202]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
For Australians an important artefact: Original Vegemite Jar (missing label and lid) amber glass, Fred Walker and Co, Australia, 1923. Powerhouse Museum, Sydney. [1749x1025]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Gold earring from the Aigina Treasure, Bronze Age (Minoan?) between 1850 and 1550 BCE [1024x871]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Horse burial, Mycenaean Tholos Tomb, Marathon, 1450-1380 BCE [1191x732]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
Mycenaean Greek boar tusk helmet from Mycenae, 14th century BC. On display at the National Archaeological Museum, Athens. [1045x1600]10yr ⋅ Homiros ⋅ r/ArtefactPorn
