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The Great War by artist Tom Capan | 13bpmrr | ApocalypsePorn | 3,840 | 2,160 | 2023-05-08 13:47:28+00:00 | ||
Gunsmiths in the apocalypse | 13bfu0g | ApocalypsePorn | 900 | 506 | 2023-05-08 06:07:44+00:00 | ||
The Altar by artist Claud Z | 139m2zl | ApocalypsePorn | 3,391 | 1,835 | 2023-05-06 12:50:46+00:00 | ||
New York Apocalypse by Chatrin Samanchuen | 137yssy | ApocalypsePorn | 1,920 | 1,080 | 2023-05-04 20:23:41+00:00 | ||
More than 10,000 years ago, a woman or young man made 2 trips separated by at least several hours, carrying a toddler in at least one direction. Their trackway, in what's now New Mexico’s White Sands National Park, stretch for 1,5 km and consists of more than 400 human prints [1377x1444] | 110cp20 | ArtefactPorn | 1,377 | 1,444 | 2023-02-12 10:30:12+00:00 | ||
The Sweet Track is a 5830-year-old Neolithic timber walkway, located in the Somerset Levels in England and discovered in 1970. It was originally part of a network of tracks built to provide a dry path across the marshy ground [1399x1024] | 12cuvhj | ArtefactPorn | 1,399 | 1,024 | 2023-04-05 19:19:06+00:00 | ||
The Ksar Draa in Timimoun, Algeria, is an ancient ruin that stands out in the middle of an ocean of dunes, and it's history has been lost over the centuries. The only news related to it is that for a certain period of time it was occupied by the Jews of the Timimoun region [745x998] | 10gtp87 | ArtefactPorn | 745 | 998 | 2023-01-20 10:36:39+00:00 | ||
X-ray scans of Carreño de Miranda's 1681 portrait of the King Charles II of Spain reveal that the artist painted over an earlier portrait of the King when he was much younger [1200x1145] | 12gpxj7 | ArtefactPorn | 1,200 | 1,145 | 2023-04-09 17:37:32+00:00 | ||
A 7000-6000 year old burial of a young woman (aged around 20 when she died) and her newborn baby from Vedbaek, Denmark. By her head were 200 red deer teeth, and the child is cradled in the wing of a swan with a flint knife at its hip. It’s thought the pair died together in childbirth [1576x1144] | 11h3n2j | ArtefactPorn | 1,576 | 1,144 | 2023-03-03 15:34:39+00:00 | ||
The shaman of Bad Dürrenberg are the remains of a 25-35 year old woman, who was burried 8600 to 9000 year ago in Germany. Around her, were the remains of an extraordinary head-dress, made from the bones and teeth of different animals such as deer, wild boar, crane and turtle [2077x1962] | zfxqta | ArtefactPorn | 2,077 | 1,962 | 2022-12-08 12:39:11+00:00 | ||
In the summer of 2018, at Rousses, Crete, a farmer was trying to park below the shade of an olive grove in his property. The ground gave up and through the 1.2 meter (4ft) hole he found a Minoan tomb, undisturbed for around 3,400 years, this is pretty much the first good look at it. [760x507] | 1220f01 | ArtefactPorn | 760 | 507 | 2023-03-25 21:49:53+00:00 | ||
A very well preserved 3,000-year-old bronze sword was recently discovered in the southern Bavarian town of Nördlingen in Germany [1136x1704] | 14h2nky | ArtefactPorn | 1,136 | 1,704 | 2023-06-23 16:15:29+00:00 | ||
What the pyramid of Khafre looked like 4,500 years ago compared to today. The pyramids of Giza were originally covered with highly polished white limestones, with the capstones at the peak being covered in gold [1000x1135] | zaplp6 | ArtefactPorn | 1,000 | 1,135 | 2022-12-02 15:50:41+00:00 | ||
Modesty by Antonio Corradini is a marble sculpture completed in 1752 during the Rococo period. Corradini was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro to sculpt a memorial for his mother in the Cappella Sansevero in Naples, where the marble sculpture remains today [768x865] | 122nmn8 | ArtefactPorn | 768 | 865 | 2023-03-26 14:24:39+00:00 | ||
A neon saleman’s sample case, cirka 1935. [700x700] | 115e7l3 | ArtefactPorn | 700 | 700 | 2023-02-18 12:25:56+00:00 | ||
"The Sin", by the German genre painter and illustrator Heinrich Lossow, c.1880 CE [2116x3136] | 106d9us | ArtefactPorn | 2,116 | 3,136 | 2023-01-08 07:41:12+00:00 | ||
The world's oldest undeground station, Baker Street, England. 160 years apart [1412x1424] | 11hybs0 | ArtefactPorn | 1,412 | 1,424 | 2023-03-04 12:44:16+00:00 | ||
Charlemagne's Throne in Aachen. From then until 1531, it served as the coronation throne for thirty-one Kings of Germany. (1280x1920) | 116lkgi | ArtefactPorn | 1,280 | 1,920 | 2023-02-19 19:26:38+00:00 | ||
carbonized loaves of bread from Pompeii and Herculaneum! (640x640) | 11lvdop | ArtefactPorn | 640 | 640 | 2023-03-08 12:41:38+00:00 | ||
Les Saltimbanques - painting by Gustave Doré depicting family of street performers mourning their child who is critically wounded after an accident during tightrope walking, France, 1874 [1172x1432] | 1030bsm | ArtefactPorn | 1,172 | 1,432 | 2023-01-04 10:34:29+00:00 | ||
The early Bronze Age Grave 110 of a rich woman, from Franzhausen I cemetery in Austria. The woman, who died approximately 4000 years ago, was found buried with elaborate bronze ornaments and a unique headdress. Now housed at the Natural History Museum in Vienna [2696x2048] | 10cj9kx | ArtefactPorn | 2,696 | 2,048 | 2023-01-15 12:58:54+00:00 | ||
"You used to always say to me, 'Let’s live together until our hair turns white and die on the same day.' So how could you go ahead and leave me behind?" Letter by a woman to her deceased husband, discovered in the man's grave along with a lock of her hair. Korea, 1586. [1024x621] | 14k1lip | ArtefactPorn | 1,024 | 612 | 2023-06-27 03:02:53+00:00 | ||
A 19th century Japanese Firemen’s coat decorated with a spider hovering over an abandoned Go board. [1080x835] | zzzt5v | ArtefactPorn | 1,080 | 835 | 2022-12-31 18:01:38+00:00 | ||
The graves of a catholic woman and her protestant husband, who were not allowed to be buried together because of their differing faiths. 1888 CE, located at Het Oude Kerkhof in Roermond, the Netherlands [1920x2553] | ze6usz | ArtefactPorn | 1,920 | 2,553 | 2022-12-06 13:29:59+00:00 | ||
A Native American 28-foot canoe estimated to be 1,000 years old was recovered last week from southeastern North Carolina's Lake Waccamaw [1280x1753] | 12w1mg2 | ArtefactPorn | 1,280 | 1,753 | 2023-04-23 08:44:10+00:00 | ||
Years of restoration at the 2,200-year-old Temple of Esna, in Egypt, has revealed the vibrant original colors that have been covered by centuries of dirt, soot, and bird poop [1439x3019] | 10xrkhj | ArtefactPorn | 1,439 | 3,019 | 2023-02-09 10:32:36+00:00 | ||
A nearly complete 1st century BCE carnyx found in 2004 at Tintignac, France (the one in the left picture, with a reconstruction in the right). Fashioned as a snarling boar, the carnyx was a war horn used by the Iron Age Celts between c. 200 BCE and c. 200 CE [1513x1536] | 10dvmb3 | ArtefactPorn | 1,513 | 1,536 | 2023-01-16 23:09:04+00:00 | ||
A golden ram and a stone lion, found in a tomb at the archaeological site of Gonur Depe (dated from 2400 to 1600 BCE) in Turkmenistan. The finger in the background shows how small these figures are, demonstrating the extraordinary skill of the craftsmen [1900x1276] | 10o3gx3 | ArtefactPorn | 1,900 | 1,276 | 2023-01-29 09:06:22+00:00 | ||
Roman bird-shaped glass vessels were used as perfume bottles. The liquid was sealed inside the vessels and the tip of the tail had to be broken to remove the perfume. The one in the bottom picture (dated to the 1st century CE) is still intact and filled with the scented content [1279x1632] | 1217kyj | ArtefactPorn | 1,279 | 1,632 | 2023-03-25 02:25:57+00:00 | ||
Just found this old document showing that one of my ancestors served under Napoleon I as light infantryman during the entirety of his reign [4032x3024] | 13gfv13 | ArtefactPorn | 4,032 | 3,024 | 2023-05-13 12:09:11+00:00 | ||
Hidden painting showing St George slaying a dragon found behind a 16th century painting titled “Life of San Severo” - Church of Saint George Maggiore in Naples, Italy - Discovered during restoration. Link to video in comments. [1200 x 1500] | zxnkfu | ArtefactPorn | 576 | 720 | 2022-12-28 22:45:49+00:00 | ||
A 600-year-old medieval hat from Lappvattnet. The hat, which is made of felted sheep’s wool, was preserved in a bog. Now housed at the Västerbottens Museum in Sweden. (612x578) | 1050yvb | ArtefactPorn | 612 | 578 | 2023-01-06 18:06:40+00:00 | ||
“Death blowing bubbles,” one of the several depictions of death created by Johann Georg Leinberger between 1729 and 1731 for the ceiling of the Holy Grave Chapel in Michaelsberg Abbey in Bamberg, Germany. The bubbles are symbols of the fragility of life [1080x1009] | 12ptjvm | ArtefactPorn | 1,080 | 1,009 | 2023-04-17 19:22:56+00:00 | ||
This 14th century door at Exeter Cathedral, UK, is thought to be the oldest existing cat flap. [1800x1200] | 15agstk | ArtefactPorn | 652 | 978 | 2023-07-26 20:28:18+00:00 | ||
The Theodosian Walls (the walls of Constantinople), the strongest fortification of humanity for over a millennium [1000x1217] | 1092ggt | ArtefactPorn | 1,000 | 1,217 | 2023-01-11 11:27:11+00:00 | ||
In 1938, 17 brass and copper heads and the upper half of a brass figure (dated to the 14th-15th century CE) were found by accident during house building works at Ife in Nigeria. The realism and sophisticated craftsmanship of the objects challenged Western conceptions of African art [1061x1222] | 10tk6pw | ArtefactPorn | 1,061 | 1,222 | 2023-02-04 16:16:48+00:00 | ||
Photo of an upper lid coffin found in newly discovered Egyptian cemetery, dated New Kingdom, 20th Dynasty B.C [1152x1536] | 17f2czr | ArtefactPorn | 1,152 | 1,536 | 2023-10-24 02:36:47+00:00 | ||
The mummy of king Tutankhamun was laid inside 3 coffins nested within each, with the innermost coffin made of 110.4 kg of solid gold. For the first time since his tomb was opened 100 years ago, the 3 coffins will be displayed together at the new Grand Egyptian Museum [1124x1967] | zisu86 | ArtefactPorn | 1,124 | 1,967 | 2022-12-11 13:53:22+00:00 | ||
This whaling suit from Greenland, made some time before 1834, is the only complete suit of its kind in the world. The hunter crawled into the sealskin suit through the central hole, making it waterproof by pulling the hole closed. Now housed at the National Museum of Denmark [613x1312] | 11r4r3b | ArtefactPorn | 613 | 1,312 | 2023-03-14 12:26:34+00:00 | ||
The Norias of Hama are a series of 17 norias, historic water-raising machines for irrigation, along the Orontes River in Hama, Syria. They are notable for their medieval origins and for the enormous size of two of them, which were for nearly 500 years the tallest waterwheels in the world [600x882] | 11xft3p | ArtefactPorn | 600 | 882 | 2023-03-21 12:46:16+00:00 | ||
A Central African lyre made from a human skull, antelope horns, skin, gut, and hair. 19th century CE, It is currently stored at The Metropolitan museum[1080x1069]. | 14jbagd | ArtefactPorn | 1,080 | 1,069 | 2023-06-26 08:21:13+00:00 | ||
The children were sacrificed in an Inca religious ritual that took place around the year 1500. In this ritual, the three children were drugged with coca and alcohol then placed inside a small chamber 1.5 metres (5 ft) beneath the ground, where they were left to die.[1024x458] | 13zquz9 | ArtefactPorn | 1,024 | 458 | 2023-06-03 21:50:02+00:00 | ||
Sunghir 1 is a 30,500-30,000 year-old burial of an adult male that was found in Russia in the 1960s. The man was found placed on his back, covered with 3000 mammoth ivory beads, 12 pierced fox canines and 25 mammoth ivory arm bands, with his whole body covered in red ochre [3072x2295] | zps7pp | ArtefactPorn | 3,072 | 2,295 | 2022-12-19 13:55:04+00:00 | ||
The Pine Trees screen is a pair of six-panel folding screens, by Hasegawa Tōhaku, that depicts a view of Japanese pine trees in the mist, with parts of the trees visible and parts obscured. The screens, made in the late 16th century, were designated as a National Treasure of Japan in 1952 [1000x524] | 11tnrl4 | ArtefactPorn | 1,000 | 524 | 2023-03-17 10:56:18+00:00 | ||
The Goat Tender of the Colonies by Charles-Henri-Joseph Cordier. France, 1861 [3000 x 4000][OS] | zrq41x | ArtefactPorn | 3,000 | 4,000 | 2022-12-21 15:16:45+00:00 | ||
Column from a XII Century portal, Saint-Lazare d'Avallon church (France) [934x934] | 100l8t5 | ArtefactPorn | 934 | 934 | 2023-01-01 14:54:39+00:00 | ||
Executioner's sword with inscription that reads "When I raise this sword, so I wish that this poor sinner will receive eternal life". Germany, late 17th century [4000x3900] | 124fq2e | ArtefactPorn | 4,000 | 3,900 | 2023-03-28 06:33:32+00:00 | ||
A large Roman mosaic depicting a lion found in Salakta, Tunisia. 3rd century CE, now on display at Salakta archeological museum [640x535] | 10minvz | ArtefactPorn | 640 | 535 | 2023-01-27 11:30:41+00:00 | ||
The Roman Amphitheatre of Catania in Sicily, 2nd century CE. The city of Catania has been buried by lava a total of 17 times in recorded history, and in layers under the present-day city are the Roman city that preceded it, and the Greek city before that [1080x1251] | 11pexhl | ArtefactPorn | 1,080 | 1,251 | 2023-03-12 13:47:08+00:00 | ||
Over 100,000 ceramic wares from two Chinese shipwrecks, 1500 meters deep in the South China Sea. Discovered in May 2023. Ships dated to the Ming dynasty, 1506-1522 [1650x1890] | 166a40p | ArtefactPorn | 1,650 | 1,890 | 2023-08-31 12:42:06+00:00 | ||
14th century brooch depicting three penises carrying a vagina, found in Bruges [480 x 585] | 146sljm | ArtefactPorn | 480 | 585 | 2023-06-11 12:22:35+00:00 | ||
a painting of Moses and his wife based on the biblical description and details of them. By Jacob Jordaens, 1600s. (1731x1920) | zni9uq | ArtefactPorn | 1,731 | 1,920 | 2022-12-16 16:10:35+00:00 | ||
The Skeleton of St. Pancratius in the Church of St. Nikolaus, Switzerland. Taken from the Roman Catacombs, the bones of St. Pancratius arrived in the city of Wil in the 1670s where they were articulated by a team of nuns, who dressed him in a beautiful suit of armour.[640x1031] | 134ptaq | ArtefactPorn | 633 | 960 | 2023-05-01 15:36:21+00:00 | ||
Sumerian city of Uruk, considered first civilized city in the world 6500-4000 BC. [1200x1300] | 16etxhz | ArtefactPorn | 1,080 | 1,080 | 2023-09-10 07:29:11+00:00 | ||
2000 Year Old Ancient Fast food Shop in Pompeii (1820x1440) | 12joea6 | ArtefactPorn | 1,920 | 1,441 | 2023-04-12 14:43:36+00:00 | ||
A 1960s salesman sample swimming pool with case. [768x768] | 12esmv5 | ArtefactPorn | 768 | 768 | 2023-04-07 17:26:38+00:00 | ||
Great bathtub of Emperor Nero, made of porphyry. The object was originally located in Nero’s palace (Domus Aurea); it is now in the Vatican museums in Rome. [1200x996] | 11iq621 | ArtefactPorn | 1,200 | 996 | 2023-03-05 06:51:11+00:00 | ||
Skull of a 14 year-old girl believed to be a victim of cannibalism at the Jamestown colony in the winter of 1609. Butchery marks can be seen on forehead. [1200x1500] | 11c4g68 | ArtefactPorn | 1,200 | 1,565 | 2023-02-26 03:42:36+00:00 | ||
17th-century Emerald cup made of 252 carats of pure emerald [1080x1137] | 13745m4 | ArtefactPorn | 1,080 | 1,137 | 2023-05-04 00:10:10+00:00 | ||
Empty cans from Franklin's lost expedition (1845) still litter the grounds of Beechey Island in the Canadian Arctic. [1170x766] | 13arbi7 | ArtefactPorn | 1,170 | 766 | 2023-05-07 14:50:02+00:00 | ||
The mummified remain of two-year-old Rosalia Lombardo, also called "The sleeping beauty", rests in Palermo's Capuchin Catacombs. She died of pneumonia in 1920, and her body is remarkably preserved.[649x961] | 13c30kp | ArtefactPorn | 640 | 961 | 2023-05-08 20:02:21+00:00 | ||
Carved ivory and horn model of an eye, European, c. 1800-1900. [4256x2832] | zlro1h | ArtefactPorn | 4,256 | 2,832 | 2022-12-14 13:59:36+00:00 | ||
an ancient Clay tablet found in Uruk (Warka) southern Iraq, inscribed with Cuneiform script and 3 geometric circles containing astronomical calculations, dated to the ancient Babylonian period (2004-1595 BC) Iraqi museum, Babylonian Gallery [6944×9820] | 1254gqo | ArtefactPorn | 1,080 | 1,443 | 2023-03-28 22:23:14+00:00 | ||
One of the oldest known soccer balls, found in the rafters of a bedroom in Stirling Castle and dating from around the time of Mary Queen of Scots. Scotland, 16th century. (1280x1099) | 112g5gc | ArtefactPorn | 1,280 | 1,099 | 2023-02-14 21:05:53+00:00 | ||
In ancient Rome, roads were dotted with white stones (cats' eyes) which reflected the moonlight, acting as street lights to help people walk on the street after dark. Pictured is a Roman road in Pompeii [526x877] | 161iczr | ArtefactPorn | 526 | 877 | 2023-08-26 02:09:43+00:00 | ||
Roman bronze sculpture of a hand in a "hang loose" position, 2nd - 3rd Century C.E. (532x504) | zkx6w7 | ArtefactPorn | 532 | 504 | 2022-12-13 14:33:39+00:00 | ||
The gold Seal of Na, the first textual record of Japan as a country. China/Japan, 57 AD [1455x960] | 13dl0dq | ArtefactPorn | 1,455 | 960 | 2023-05-10 09:08:41+00:00 | ||
Amidabashi and Kōraibashi bridges in the old town of Nagasaki, built by a merchant. Japan, Edo period, 1690. Photo taken in 1865 [1680x1600] | zsjq56 | ArtefactPorn | 1,680 | 1,600 | 2022-12-22 11:16:42+00:00 | ||
Victorian Courting Conversation Chair, Europe 19th Century. [706x550] | 12xp06k | ArtefactPorn | 706 | 550 | 2023-04-24 16:55:10+00:00 | ||
An ivory Japanese Netsuke (miniature sculpture) of a cluster of rats. (4 cm in diameter, 19th century) [640x549] | zju0z5 | ArtefactPorn | 640 | 549 | 2022-12-12 09:37:21+00:00 | ||
This small bronze purse (4.3x3.3 cm) was found with six gold coins still inside in the Celtic oppidum (settlement) at Manching, Germany. It was originally sealed with an organic material, presumably a leather strap. Ca. 200 BCE [900x969] | 11k4naf | ArtefactPorn | 900 | 969 | 2023-03-06 17:03:36+00:00 | ||
Hand carved griffin, in my parents house, 1892, Indianapolis, Indiana [1518 × 2270] | 10jogxy | ArtefactPorn | 1,518 | 2,270 | 2023-01-23 21:45:17+00:00 | ||
The prison cell at Narni sotterranea, a series of underground rooms that were discovered at Narni, Italy, in 1979. Its walls are covered in coded writing, drawings and cryptic masonic symbols mainly left by Giuseppe Andrea Lombardini, an inquisition guard imprisoned for heresy in 1759 [1475x2111] | 10em43u | ArtefactPorn | 1,475 | 2,111 | 2023-01-17 20:11:34+00:00 | ||
left burial of the bronze age Egtved Girl, buried circa 1370 BC in Denmark, right a modern recreation of her clothes [1589x2329] | 14wi1sr | ArtefactPorn | 1,589 | 2,329 | 2023-07-11 05:36:56+00:00 | ||
A tiger tattoo on the shoulder of a Scythian male mummy found in 1949 in the Altai Mountains of Siberia. 3rd century BCE, Russia [1306x1385] | 10yiix0 | ArtefactPorn | 1,306 | 1,385 | 2023-02-10 06:44:27+00:00 | ||
Sculpture of Vaisravana, heavenly king of the north. Weapon missing. Japan, Kamakura period, around 1300 [1750x1520] | 1279irp | ArtefactPorn | 1,750 | 1,520 | 2023-03-31 04:01:34+00:00 | ||
Full-body relic of Saint Hyacinth in the former Cistercian monastery Fürstenfeld Abbey, Germany[800x600]. | 12qlffm | ArtefactPorn | 800 | 600 | 2023-04-18 12:28:54+00:00 | ||
The armour of Ned Kelly, with his Snider-Enfield rifle and one of his boots. Ned Kelly was a famous bushranger who fought the law and became a hero to many of Australia's rural poor. The armour was made from plough mouldboards, and shaped by blacksmiths in makeshift forges in the bush. [800x1272] | 10oygux | ArtefactPorn | 800 | 1,272 | 2023-01-30 10:12:49+00:00 | ||
"You And I Are Earth”, 1661. Creator unknown. Found in a London sewer. Tin-glazed earthenware plate. Collection of the Museum of London. (799x600) | 112va0d | ArtefactPorn | 799 | 600 | 2023-02-15 10:49:02+00:00 | ||
Standing female nude, 1860, Nadar. One of the first nude photos in history [800x1176] | 12fvax1 | ArtefactPorn | 800 | 1,176 | 2023-04-08 19:06:37+00:00 | ||
A Chinese export porcelain crab tureen. 1736-1795 CE, now housed at the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts [4192x2915] | 12ii6mo | ArtefactPorn | 4,192 | 2,915 | 2023-04-11 12:26:22+00:00 | ||
Grotesque depicting a figure of a woman showing her vagina, Saint Radegonda, Poitiers [1024 ×768] | 12dkaqc | ArtefactPorn | 1,024 | 768 | 2023-04-06 13:25:32+00:00 | ||
In 2006, a massive monolith of the earth goddess Tlaltecuhtli was discovered in an excavation at the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. The monolith, which still retains its original polychromy, measures 4.17 by 3.62 m and weighs 12 tons, making it the largest Aztec sculpture ever discovered [3007x5320] | z9open | ArtefactPorn | 3,007 | 5,320 | 2022-12-01 14:05:10+00:00 | ||
In 1987, a 6500-year-old tomb was found at the site of Xishuipo in China. The tomb contained the body of a tall adult male flanked by 2 clamshell mosaics, a tiger design to the right and a dragon design to the left. The burial was accompanied by the bodies of 3 young children [998x1774] | zd4h7q | ArtefactPorn | 998 | 1,774 | 2022-12-05 11:34:43+00:00 | ||
An old photo showing a 4000-year-old Sumerian classroom in Iraq [1427x1039] | 111zk60 | ArtefactPorn | 1,427 | 1,039 | 2023-02-14 09:38:38+00:00 | ||
The Palmyra Castle in the province of Homs, Syria, thought to have been built by the Mamluks in the 13th century on a high hill overlooking the historic site of Palmyra [1125x1131] | 11sr0iv | ArtefactPorn | 1,125 | 1,131 | 2023-03-16 11:11:11+00:00 | ||
Ancient Egypt lasted ~3300 years. ~170 Pharaohs. Most buried with solid gold masks. Only 2 survive — from kings who reigned 322 years apart ... discovered within 14 years of each other. Left: Tutankhamun (d. 1323 BC). Right: Psusennes (d. 1001 BC). [3500x2516] | 11zrgy3 | ArtefactPorn | 3,500 | 2,516 | 2023-03-23 17:36:34+00:00 | ||
In 1985, a 5000-year-old untouched burial was found in Karakol village, Russia. The fantastical images, found on the stone slabs used as walls of the burial, were made in 3 colours, white, red and black, the first case of polychrome rock paintings ever found in Siberia [719x864] | 10l0c9a | ArtefactPorn | 719 | 864 | 2023-01-25 14:49:31+00:00 | ||
Stele of Thonis-Heracleion being raised from the waters of Aboukir Bay near Alexandria, Egypt. It was ordered made by Pharaoh Nectanebo I (378-362 BC) and describes trade and taxation agreements. (934x1400) | zd6if1 | ArtefactPorn | 934 | 1,400 | 2022-12-05 13:16:06+00:00 | ||
The Imperial Crown of the Holy Roman Empire (Worn by soldier circa 1945). Made in 962 a.C. [828x1483]. | 14hfbyv | ArtefactPorn | 828 | 1,483 | 2023-06-24 01:06:37+00:00 | ||
A Mughal emerald and gold ring, 16-17th century CE, sold at Christie's in 2019 [700x680] | 11mo8uo | ArtefactPorn | 700 | 680 | 2023-03-09 09:51:41+00:00 | ||
The "mooning gargoyle" of Freiburg minster, Cathedral of Breisgau, southwest Germany. It's said that an unhappy stonemason created this gargoyle ca. 1230, and aimed it at the city council building, after not being paid for his work. (1200x640) | 110qu44 | ArtefactPorn | 1,200 | 640 | 2023-02-12 21:30:03+00:00 | ||
Helmet with gilded inscriptions and chain mail curtain. Iran, 17th-18th century [1200x1748] | zywo7i | ArtefactPorn | 1,200 | 1,748 | 2022-12-30 09:49:43+00:00 | ||
Body part-shaped hot water/oil bottles found at the Asklepieion of Nea Paphos, Cyprus. Dated in the Roman era, exhibited at the Archaeological Museum of Paphos. [2080x4144] | 12yggzj | ArtefactPorn | 2,080 | 4,144 | 2023-04-25 11:24:11+00:00 | ||
After she was publicly flogged and her daughters raped by Roman soldiers, Queen Boudica of the Iceni destroyed 3 entire cities. Londinium burned with such ferocity that a blackened scorch-layer still runs under modern London, named by archaeologists the 'Boudican Destruction Horizon' [2080x2810] | 15lmf3a | ArtefactPorn | 2,080 | 2,810 | 2023-08-08 16:06:31+00:00 | ||
Chief Eli Mabel of the Dani tribe in Papua, Indonesia, holding the mummified remains of his ancestor Agat Mamete Mabel, who the tribe members claim he ruled approximately 250 years ago [1024x681]. | 12rvoi0 | ArtefactPorn | 1,024 | 681 | 2023-04-19 14:47:21+00:00 | ||
‘Slug’ by Nagasawa Rosetsu (1754-1799 CE), who was a Japanese painter of the Maruyama school. Ink on paper, Edo Period [1992x2048] | 12rfi6f | ArtefactPorn | 1,992 | 2,048 | 2023-04-19 03:39:01+00:00 | ||
Rani Ki Vav is a stepwell, located in the town of Patan in India, that is designed as an inverted temple highlighting the sanctity of water. Its construction is attributed to Udayamati, the spouse of the 11th-century Chaulukya king Bhima I. Silted over, it was rediscovered in the 1940s [678x1387] | 1181qms | ArtefactPorn | 678 | 1,387 | 2023-02-21 11:56:48+00:00 | ||
The tenshu (keep) of Nagoya Castle, before it was destroyed by American air raids in WWII. Japan, Edo period, completed in 1612 with later repairs. Photo taken in 1877. Shachihoko removed. [1550x1303] | 10f84d0 | ArtefactPorn | 1,550 | 1,303 | 2023-01-18 14:02:26+00:00 | ||
A painting depicting a woman spying on two men having sex, Qing Dynasty, 18th century, China [709x599] | 13rfu5b | ArtefactPorn | 800 | 676 | 2023-05-25 11:59:41+00:00 |
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