r/ArtefactPorn • u/Responsible_Ideal879 • 8h ago

Ziggurat of Ur (c. 2040 BC) (Ancient Sumeria) (Iraq) [3366x1468]

1.3k Upvotes

24 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 18h ago

6,500-year-old figurine of a woman. Szegvár-Tűzköves, Hungary, 5000-4500 BC [517x725]

693 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Effective-Dish-1334 • 10h ago

The Lycurgus Cup, Roman cage cup (diatreton) made of dichroic glass, 4th century CE [1200x1600]

487 Upvotes

10 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/Impossible-Bee-5343 • 10h ago

Painted clay sculpture of He Xiangu from the Eight Immortals, Qing dynasty, collection of the Palace Museum, Beijing [1571x2223]

243 Upvotes

6 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/oldspice75 • 11h ago

Dish with deer. Los Tuxtlas culture, present-day Veracruz, Mexico, Late Classic to Epiclassic Period, ca. 650-1000 AD. Ceramic with polychrome slip-paint. Princeton University Art Museum collection [2992x2992] [OC]

164 Upvotes

9 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 18h ago

Bronze vessel with mask textures. China, Western Zhou dynasty, 896 BC [3000x3900]

161 Upvotes

0 comments

r/ArtefactPorn • u/MunakataSennin • 18h ago

High lama's summer hat. Tibet, 19th century [1400x998]

99 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ArtefactPorn • u/ottoheinz999 • 7h ago

Courtyard house, terracotta miniature, Trần dynasty, 1200s-1300s, Nam Dinh, Northern Vietnam (1200x630)

66 Upvotes

0 comments

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