r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 13h ago

An ancient Roman wig worn by a woman in the frontier settlement of Vindolanda, near Hadrian's Wall. The lady's wig, which survived in the anaerobic soil of the site, is made from hair moss. Now housed at the Chesterholm Museum in England [900x1200]

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/lucius_modestus • 21h ago

Moche pottery circa 400-700 Common Era (29,3 x 14 x 19,7 cm) [2589 x 3231]

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 13h ago

The Dharmarajeshwara rock-cut temple in Madhya Pradesh, India, measuring about 50 m long, 20 m wide, and 9 m deep. The temple, which dates back to the 8th century CE, was carved out of a single large rock from top to bottom, much like the famous Kailasa Temple at the Ellora Caves [1079x2145]

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 13h ago

The Burghley Nef is a parcel-gilt salt cellar made in Paris in 1527–1528 CE. It is in the form of a late medieval ship, the hull made from a nautilus shell. The ship sits on the back of a mermaid on an hexagonal base. Now housed at the Victoria and Albert Museum [2337x4088]

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/Fuckoff555 • 13h ago

A tracing on a photo of a petroglyph at Messak Settafet, in Libya, showing two human hunters wearing donkey masks. The petroglyph dates back to the Early to Middle Pastoral Periods (6300-3800 BCE) [1133x850]

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/ottoheinz999 • 16h ago

Dish for Ritual Offerings, Nepal, 17th–19th century [4000x3002]

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r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 21h ago

Three bronze coins resembling the shapes of farm tools. China, Zhou dynasty, 1045-256 BC. Godwin-Ternbach Museum collection [5608x3156] [OC]

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