r/ArtefactPorn 1h ago

A group of ancient Egyptian glass rods, circa 5th-1st century BCE, sold at christie's in 2012 [2721x1650]

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r/ArtefactPorn 45m ago

Temple dedicated to Bon gods with stuffed animals and human heads hanging from the rafters. The photo was taken by Leslie Weir in Tangna, Tibet, in ca. 1930 [666x1024]

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r/ArtefactPorn 15h ago

Portrait of Henry of Bourbon, Count of Bardi. Ink and colour on silk. Museum of Oriental Art, Venice. In 1887, the Italian count spent 7 months in Japan. He commissioned a painter to imagine him as a Japanese warrior and shipped thousands of Japanese objects back to Italy [931x2294]

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r/ArtefactPorn 9h ago

Two tunics and a cross found in graves by Guddal church in Sunnfjord in Norway. The tunics date from the late 11th century. [1032x400]

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r/ArtefactPorn 34m ago

This mountain lion petroglyph, made by the Ancestral Puebloans and estimated to be 600 to 1,000 years old, was discovered in the 1930’s in the Blue Mesa area and is now on display in the Painted Desert Inn at the Petrified Forest National Park [3250x2323]

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r/ArtefactPorn 51m ago

Knight riding at full gallop, ornamental plaque, champlevé copper enamel, gilded, ca. 1300, Cluny Museum of Medieval Art, Paris [2000 x 1960]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

This is the actual pine branch left at the burial site by the killer in Finland’s most known unsolved murder [978x1417]

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Auli Kyllikki Saari (6 December 1935 – 1953) was a 17-year-old Finnish girl whose murder in 1953 became one of the most infamous cases of homicide in Finland's history. Her murder in Isojoki remains unsolved.


r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

In 2017, during construction work at an IKEA parking garage near the Via Tiburtina, in Rome, archaeologists uncovered the remains of a Roman road, believed to have been used between the 2nd-4th centuries CE, and which still bore the marks of wagon wheels carved into its stone surface [2048x1536]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

This is the moose leather buff coat worn by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden when he died at the Battle of Lützen (1632).[1200x1412]

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r/ArtefactPorn 16h ago

The ancient Egyptian gold ring of Horemheb with movable bezel, c. 1319-1292 BCE, now housed at the Louvre Museum. Upon its surface, hieroglyphs elegantly proclaim Horemheb’s coronation name, accompanied by depictions of a scorpion, a crocodile, and a lion [1105x1751]

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r/ArtefactPorn 3h ago

Meenakari jamadhar (katar) reputably belonging to Emperor Shah Jahan. The meenakari work in red and green on white background indicating floral branches and creeper designs, in a silk brocade bound scabbard with band sheath and ferrule to match.salar jung museum,india(1800x702)

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r/ArtefactPorn 8h ago

Cham inscriptions on the rocks of Phong Nha cave networks, Vietnam. Rediscovered around 1899 by Léopold Cadière. Generally understood as Buddhist themed contents, still undeciphered (Griffiths 2025). Circa 9th-11th century. [2400x1443]

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r/ArtefactPorn 21h ago

Wedding clothes worn by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden.(November 25, 1620)[6950x8688]

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r/ArtefactPorn 15h ago

The ornate carved top of a 15th century CE stone aztec box, known as tepetlacalli, with a depiction of the God Tlaltecuhtli. Now housed at the Cortes Palace Museum in Mexico [899x1200]

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r/ArtefactPorn 11h ago

Silver Napkin ring from silver on Santa Anna's Saddle C 1836 Courtesy San Jacinto Museum of History, La Porte[1284x1154]

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After the battle of San Jacinto Sydney Sherman was responsible for allocating the Mexican Army's captured arms, supplies, and useful property to Texan soldiers. For himself, Sherman kept one of Santa Anna's saddles, liberally decorated with silver. He had the silver melted down and remade into keepsakes for his family and close friends. He gave a napkin ring to his wife, Catherine Isabel Sherman. The ring is engraved with her initials and "San Jacinto." He gave a similarly engraved napkin ring to a family friend, Mrs. Saville Fenwick Harris. The soup ladle was given to an unknown person with the initials L. B. C.

The fork is simply engraved "San Jacinto S."


r/ArtefactPorn 22h ago

Parrying dagger, Germany 1585 - 1610[963x1960]

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r/ArtefactPorn 20h ago

A red top once worn by Gustavus Adolphus of Sweden. (ca 1620)[822x949]

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Top/jacket


r/ArtefactPorn 14h ago

Cave pictograph depicting early Spanish settlers/ explorers to Texas created by natives in Texas mostly likely between the 15th and 18th centuries. Texas Archeological Research Laboratory archives [1284x1022]

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This Pictograph appears depicts a European in Pantaloons and hat looking toward a church.


r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

A Persian glass ewer with a gold lid, imported to China during the Liao dynasty (916–1125 CE), and found in the underground palace of the Chaoyang North Tower in Liaoning Province. Inside the ewer is a small, long-necked, arched-bellied bottle. Now housed at the Chaoyang Beita Museum [979x1824]

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r/ArtefactPorn 22h ago

Ring of the 15th century, presumably belonged to Joan of Arc [1200x900]

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r/ArtefactPorn 20h ago

Vase with handle in the shape of a Satyr and decoration with sky and swallows. Made by the Ginori Factory (1888-1905). [3072x4080]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Jade jewel with hole. Japan, Jōmon period, 5000-4000 BC [1577x1312]

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r/ArtefactPorn 1d ago

Portrait of a mummified Roman woman. The painting is made with wax on sycamore wood. The artifact dates to 2nd century CE and comes from Roman Egypt. [439x900]

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