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/r/ArtefactPorn is a community dedicated to posting the very best objects, from the very large to the very small, made or shaped by the mankind throughout history. These artefacts range from tools and works of arts to archaeological finds, and give us a better sense of life in various moments throughout history.

Artifact - something made or given shape by man, such as a tool or a work of art, especially an object of archaeological interest.

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  • Include the name of the Artifact in the title.
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    The Key Marco Cat, a Pre-Columbian Native American artefact discovered on Marco Island in 1896 [768x980]

    3 Comments
    2024/12/01
    10:26 UTC
    60

    Roman bronze vessels piled inside each other in a tomb. The objects are dated to the 4th century CE. The discovery was made in Pewsey, in the south of England. Interestingly, a kind of "bubble wrap" of heather and ferns was used. [1200x895]

    1 Comment
    2024/12/01
    04:48 UTC
    272

    A wool sweater, probably American, ca. 1895 CE, now housed at the Metropolitan Museum [4000x3166]

    9 Comments
    2024/12/01
    03:30 UTC
    557

    The Faddan More Psalter is an early medieval Christian psalter, discovered in a peat bog in 2006 in Faddan More, Ireland. The manuscript was probably written in about 800 CE, and joins the very small number of very early Western books that have survived with their original cover intact [1200x1431]

    8 Comments
    2024/12/01
    03:23 UTC
    1,128

    An embalmed human heart in a heart-shaped lead case, found in the medieval crypt of Christ Church in Cork city, Ireland. Now housed at the Pitt Rivers Museum in Oxford, England [1200x900]

    29 Comments
    2024/12/01
    03:12 UTC
    228

    An old photo of the Theatre of Marcellus in Rome, before excavation and restoration. Built in 13 BCE, the theatre later served as a quarry, was gradually occupied by small houses and shops, then transformed into a fortified castle and finally a palace was built on top of its ruins [3790x4865]

    2 Comments
    2024/12/01
    03:08 UTC
    274

    Model of Brewers from Meketre's Tomb. Thebes, Egypt, ca. 1981 BCE. [3811x3049]

    1 Comment
    2024/11/30
    20:51 UTC
    207

    Ancient Egyptian model sailboat made of wood, paint, plaster, linen twine, and linen fabric, c. 1981–1975 BCE. [2000x1333]

    7 Comments
    2024/11/30
    20:24 UTC
    345

    Gemma Augustea, Rome 9-12 A.D. [3468x4624]

    2 Comments
    2024/11/30
    20:00 UTC
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    Inscription from the city of Assos congratulating Caligula for becoming emperor and showering him with praise. Caligula was then only known as the son of Germanicus, by far the most revered figure in the empire, so expectations of Caligula were extremely high(translation in comments)[800x1200]

    6 Comments
    2024/11/30
    17:24 UTC
    131

    Doll of a Turkic Khakas Woman From the Late 19th Century, Depicting an Everyday Individual With Various Symbolic Meanings to Her Attire [1005x1320]

    7 Comments
    2024/11/30
    16:58 UTC
    444

    Proto-Elamite figure of a kneeling bull holding a spouted vessel. Silver. Iran. ca. 3000 BCE. [1706 x 2319]

    8 Comments
    2024/11/30
    16:43 UTC
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    The sword of Omar Saidou Tall, a prominent Senagalese Muslim spiritual leader during the 1800s and founder of the Tukulor Empire. [711x1079]

    0 Comments
    2024/11/30
    16:25 UTC
    1,863

    Intricate hand work on an Iranian-style mosque at the historic necropolis of Shah-i-Zinda in Samarkand, Uzbekistan. [760x640]

    16 Comments
    2024/11/30
    15:45 UTC
    78

    Ring stone with goddesses and aquatic plants - possibly a jeweler's mold. Northern India, Maurya period, ca. 3rd-late 2nd c BC. Steatite. Metropolitan Museum of Art collection [4000x3000]

    1 Comment
    2024/11/30
    14:10 UTC
    545

    A pair of doors from the Royal Palace of the Kingdom of Dahomey. The drcorative doors had been buried underground when the kingdom was ransacked by French colonial forces in the 19th century. [745x1079]

    8 Comments
    2024/11/30
    13:38 UTC
    1,794

    At the necropolis of Lisichin Dol in the Republic of Macedonia, a 7th century BC grave of a woman was discovered. About 400 bronze objects were found, among them a chalice suspended on 2 long chains, that is considered a ritual object and an indication of the priestess role of the woman [3715x4561]

    31 Comments
    2024/11/30
    09:55 UTC
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    When a grave was discovered in 2004 in Austria, the find was thought to be an early medieval burial of a married couple on top of a horse due to its unusual features. But a new analysis of the remains suggests that the couple was actually a mother-daughter pair who died around 200 CE [1919x1626]

    28 Comments
    2024/11/30
    08:09 UTC
    223

    Canterbury Roll is a 5 m long genealogical scroll that begins with Noah and traces the rulers of England from the mythical Brutus of Troy to King Edward IV. The roll dates back to the War of the Roses (1455-1487), a civil war between the York and Lancaster families for the English throne [4508x4492]

    10 Comments
    2024/11/30
    08:07 UTC
    442

    On the marble staircase of the Colonna Gallery there is still a cannonball fired by the French in 1849 during the Siege of Rome, when the army of the French second Republic, captured the city of Rome from the revolutionary Roman Republic and restored it to the Papal States [1324x2048]

    6 Comments
    2024/11/30
    08:02 UTC
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    Ottoman helmet from the Museum of Islamic Art, Cairo, Egypt [814x960]

    24 Comments
    2024/11/30
    05:33 UTC
    328

    Haramaki with blue lacing. Japan, Muromachi period, 1336-1573 [2500x2500]

    1 Comment
    2024/11/30
    04:59 UTC
    254

    Ruined columns at Amarna. Egypt, 1348 BC [3300x2500]

    2 Comments
    2024/11/30
    04:59 UTC
    120

    Figurine of a Semitic merchant. China, Tang dynasty, 7th-8th century AD [3300x4000]

    5 Comments
    2024/11/30
    04:59 UTC
    633

    The Apprentice Pillar, Rosslyn Chapel, c. 1446-1484 [1276x1800] (The story goes that an apprentice carved it while the master mason was away, and was so envious of the work when he returned that he killed the apprentice.)

    14 Comments
    2024/11/30
    04:41 UTC
    143

    Fragment of a wall fresco showing two women. Dated back to 1-75 CE. [377x500]

    1 Comment
    2024/11/30
    04:18 UTC
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    Silver identification badge for Samuel Copp Jr., treasurer of the Western Sanitary Commission's Mississippi Valley Sanitary Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, 1864. [2199x2650]

    1 Comment
    2024/11/30
    02:50 UTC
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    6th century Byzantine gold bracelet | adorned with various gemstones and pearls | In Ohio, USA. [679x680]

    19 Comments
    2024/11/30
    00:25 UTC
    556

    French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte's coronation sword [500x378]

    0 Comments
    2024/11/29
    22:55 UTC
    274

    Ptolemaic Bronze Head of an Ethiopian. 4th-1st century BCE. [163 x 1895]

    1 Comment
    2024/11/29
    17:49 UTC
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