/r/ArtefactPorn
/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.
For images of the heritage, art, relics and other remains of mankind.
Submission Rules
- Include the name of the Artifact in the title.
- Include the resolution in [brackets] in the title.
- If an image contains human remains, please add the "Human Remains" flair and mark it as NSFW so the thumbnail does not show up
- Only submit static images.
- Videos, collections, interactive images/websites, and articles are not allowed.
- Do not submit a shortened link using a URL shortener like tinyurl.
- Original source is allowed and preferred over the approved hosts. If your submission is not on the list of approved hosts, but it is an original source, please use the tag [OS] so your submission is not removed in error. If your image is rehosted from another approved host it will be removed.
- If you took the photo yourself, you can signify this by using the tag [OC] (original content) and after 24 hours you will be given special flair. If you don't receive flair after a few days feel free to message the mods.
As for comments - Keep the discussion on-topic. Comments that do not directly add to the discussion will be removed. And above all, follow reddiquette. Personal attacks, abusive language, trolling or bigotry in any form is not allowed and will be removed.
Great subreddits to check out:
- Ancient Civilizations
- AncientRome
- AncientGreece
- AncientWorld
- ArtHistory
- ArtistoftheDay
- Byzantium
- ChessPorn
- FossilPorn
- ImaginaryHistory
- MapPorn
- MegalithPorn
- Mesopotamia
- SculpturePorn
- Medieval Art
- Ancient Art
- African Art
- Old India
- Museum Porn
- Etruscans
- Trapped in amber
- Coin Eye Candy!
- SUBMECHANOPHOBIA
- History Videos
- JewelsofRussia
- DragonUtopia
- Mesoamerica
- MosaicPorn
- SarcophagusPorn
- Art Oil Paintings
- Historykon
- OutoftheTombs
- Forgotten Weapoms
- Bottle Digging =NEW=
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Scene of Circumcision in ancient Egypt. Old Kingdom, 6th Dynasty, reign of king Teti, ca. 2345-2333 BC. Tomb of Ankhmahor, Saqqara necropolis. [5069x4479]
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Two flintlock Gossard pistols once owned by French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte have sold at auction for($1.83 million). According to the auctioneer, they were given to Napoleon’s friend and squire Armand de Caulaincourt [960x640]
15:40 UTC
Scythian sword with boar plaque decoration 7th-4th C. BCE. Barrow near Oleksandrivka village, Dnipropetrovsk Oblast. The Museum of Historical Treasures of Ukraine, Kiev. [1200x900]
15:29 UTC
500-year-old Snake Figure from Peru (Incan Empire), c. 1450-1532 CE: this fiber craft snake was made from cotton and camelid hair, and it has a total length of 86.4cm (about 34in) [2048x2048]
15:20 UTC
Bronze hand used in the worship of Sabazios. Hands decorated with religious symbols were designed to stand in sanctuaries or, like this one, were attached to poles for processional use. Date: Roman 1st–2nd century AD. Collection: British Museum. [900x800]
15:18 UTC
Sculpture of Vaisravana. Japan, Heian period, 9th century AD [4400x4000]
14:28 UTC
Gold bell shaped like a conch shell. Peru, Moche civilization, 1-600 AD [1150x1030]
14:24 UTC
Bronze wine vessel with mask motif. China, Shang dynasty, 1500-1300 BC [3830x2460]
14:23 UTC
Mosaic depicting parrots and dove drinking from a red basin with a lurking cat below (58 x 50 cm), found in 1855 in Santa Maria Capua Vetere, Italy, now exhibited in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples [2420x2760]
10:45 UTC
An inscribed stone dated to 5th century CE discovered in Arabia with writings in Thamudic and Arabic script [865 x 640]
09:37 UTC
[OC] In-situ pottery remains in a looted tomb among a field of looted Bronze Age tombs in the Mediterranean. Looters took they felt was valuable on the market and tossed ‘the rest,’ bones and all. This is the kind of place and scenario your coins are from, collectors. Stop buying them [5712x4284]
Purchasing antiquities only inspires the continuation of looting. It does not matter if you're buying from Sotheby's looking for your fave Roman emperor or eBay buying robbed coins from Bulgarian cemeteries by the pound. All you are doing is telling looters there is a market. It destroys context (the actual valuable part of the object) and you are aiding in erasing the past.
I get that sometimes of 19th-early 20th c. antiquarians pulled these out and now they have "provenance" and are on the market. It doesn't matter. There is no moral or ethical source from which antiquities appear for sale. It makes you an antiquarian. If you stop buying, they'll stop looting. Please don't do this.
Thanks from all the archaeologists. Cool factor for having something in a little plastic sleeve or on your mantle isn't worth it. Every time I see your "OC" coins on here all I do is wince.
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15th Century French Lock [4000x2667]
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Amulet of Bastet, goddess of fertility, modeled in bright blue glazed composition with dark speckles on her coat. Third Intermediate Period of Egypt, 900BC-700BC [3840x2160]
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Blown glass chalice featuring figures of two seahorses and a snake, Italian, c. 1885. [1986x3000]
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The Seikilos Epitaph, the oldest completed musical composition. It contains lyrics and musical notation. Discovered in Tralles, Turkey. 1st century- 2nd century, [1026x1866]
17:25 UTC
A beautiful rock Crystal vase owned by Eleanor of Aquitaine in her youth. [480x640]
15:14 UTC
Birdcage in the form of Venice's Rialto bridge. Italy, late 19th or early 20th c. Painted wood, bent metal wire and metal. Cooper Hewitt collection [3000x2013]
13:07 UTC
Late-15th Century Diptych of the Entombment of St Anthony the Great, and Pilgrims at his Shrine [2795x1798]
13:03 UTC
Ceramic shard with drawing. Karako-Kagi Ruins, Japan, Yayoi period, 4th-3rd century BC [1350x1000]
06:53 UTC
One of the city gates of Angkor Thom, capital of the Khmer Empire. Cambodia, 12th century AD [4090x2731]
06:53 UTC
Bronze oil lamp shaped like a deer. China, Han dynasty, 2nd-1st century BC [1666x2020]
06:53 UTC
Pewter chamberstick partly in the shape of a head, German, c. 1905. [3855x3946]
23:26 UTC
Layouts of several castles, with walls and moats. Japan, Edo period, 17th [2000x2145]
16:53 UTC
Child's high chair made of walnut wood. Great Britain, 1660 [3100x3640]
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Jade table screens on carved wooden stands. China, Qing dynasty, 18th century [2500x2150]
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Our Lady of Altötting, Bavaria, carved circa. 1330 AD [800x1259]
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15th Century Madonna and Child by Francesco Laurana [679x123]
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Gilt bronze shoes for a deceased man, with museum reconstruction. Japan, Kofun period, 6th century AD [1400x1820]
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Brass astrolabe with Kufic script, assembled and disassembled. Syria, 900-1100 AD [2150x1532]
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