r/ArtefactPorn • u/SkellyCry • 9h ago
The STAR model D pistol that belonged to Niceto Alcalá Zamora, the president of the republic of Spain from 1931 to 1936. Recently found by the french gendarmerie [4096x4096]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Party_Judgment5780 • 5h ago
Archaeologists in Egypt have discovered the tomb of a multi-talented wizard-doctor who served the pharaohs 4,000 years ago. Inscriptions on the tomb identifys its owner as "Tetinebefou", a celebrated physician during the reign of King Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty (2305–2118 BC). [1920x1080]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MCofPort • 36m ago
The Pillow Abraham Lincoln died on. Cotton, Down feathers, and Blood. (ca. before 1865). Willie Clark, a 23-year-old U.S. Army clerk, who was celebrating the end of the war that night, returned home to discover the President had died in his bed.[800x1045]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Shammar-Yahrish • 2h ago
Statue of King Dhamar Ali Yahbur, ruler of the Himyarite Kingdom (Yemen). 100–120 CE (960 x 566)
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Party_Judgment5780 • 9h ago
Assyrian Gypsum Wall-panel Relief showing a Colossal Lion Statue (865-860 BC), which once guarded the entrance to the Temple of Ishtar from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). The cuneiform inscriptions on the statue mentions the name of King Ashurnasirpal II as the temple's builder. [600x447]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 10h ago
Gold ear ornaments with granulated animals. Andhra Pradesh, India, Satavahana dynasty, 100 BC-100 AD[2900x3000]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 7h ago
Side chair attributed to Herter Brothers, New York, ca. 1878. Ebonized cherry, gilding. Yale University Art Gallery collection [2254x3000]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 10h ago
Figurine of Hercules fighting the Hydra. Germany, 18th century [2200x1650]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Party_Judgment5780 • 1d ago
Archaeologists have uncovered over 1,000 intact blocks from the foundation wall of Queen Hatshepsut's temple (18th dynasty - 1479–1473 BC) in Luxor near the tomb of Queen Teti Sheri, grandmother of Ahmose I, the first pharaoh of Egypt's golden New Kingdom era. [1080×810]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/imperiumromanum_edu • 16h ago
Roman tombstone of a horseman named Insus. It is located in the Lancaster Museum in England. The man belonged to the ala August unit. He is shown on the tombstone in a triumphant scene above the fallen barbarian. [1200x1800]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/luis-mercado • 20m ago
Gold Ring of a Stag with Herb Branches, 1550-1600. Gold, enamel, opal, pearls and ruby [3000x2143]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/chubachus • 23m ago
Gilt silver salt shaker, English, c. 1600. [1333x2100]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago
Helmet with sea urchin crest. Japan, 17th-19th century [820x842]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MuizAhmad • 13h ago
[OC] Votive Stupa at Mohra Muradu, Taxila. It was found in one of the Monastery cells. [4000 x 6000]
(Photo was taken by my brother, posted with permission)
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 10h ago
Statues of Mahasthamaprapta and Avalokitesvara on lotus pedestals. China, Northern Qi dynasty, 6th century AD [1500x1520]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/chubachus • 23h ago
Purple glass pitcher, American, c. 1820-1840. [1704x2100]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago
Gilded pattala (xylophone) shaped like a naga. Myanmar, 19th century [1339x1060]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/swagiliciously • 1d ago
Illustration of a cat and bird with “fire backpacks” attached. A theory on how animals could be used to attack cities and set them on fire. Feuer Buech Manuscript, Germany 1584 [677x826]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 1d ago
Bronze bell with procession scene. China, Northern Song dynasty, 960–1127 AD [1080x1350]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/Sartew • 1d ago
Ancient Roman gold ring with an amethyst intaglio of Pan playing the pipes [736x736]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/StarStruckson • 1d ago
Varaha statue, Rani ki Vav, Gujarat India [1078×1762]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/TbTparchaar • 1d ago
Portrait of Hari Singh Nalwa (1791-1837), Commander-in-Chief of Maharaja Ranjeet Singh’s Army, circa 1840 [512x629]
r/ArtefactPorn • u/imperiumromanum_edu • 1d ago
