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r/ArtefactPorn is a subreddit with 3.2M members. Its distinguishing qualities are that the community is massive in size, and has high activity.
/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.
Popular Themes in r/ArtefactPorn
#1
Pain & Anger
: "Funerary urn. Mexico, Zapotec civilization, 300-600 AD [4000x4500]"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ArtefactPorn
#1
History
: "A 5,000-year-old Sumerian tablet that was used to record a sales receipt for beer making supplies and features what is believed to be the oldest known signature in human History. [1000x854]"
55 posts
#2
Ancient
: "Then and Now: Chogha Zanbil is a Ancient Elamite city built around 1250 BC in Khuzestan Province of Iran. Considered to be the best preserved example of an stepped pyramidal monument, it was the first Iranian site inscribed on the World Heritage List nearly half a century ago. [712x771]"
46 posts
#3
Art
: "Veiled Christ is a carved marble sculpture completed in 1753 by the Neapolitan Artist Giuseppe SanmArtino.It is formed from a single block of white marble,and was commissioned by Raimondo di Sangro,a prince of Sansevero,as the centerpiece of the Cappella Sansevero,in Naples,Italy.[2048x1366]"
44 posts
#4
Sculpture
: "Hananuma Masakichi's Sculpture of himself, completed in 1885 CE. Hananuma Masakichi was a Japanese sculptor specializing in "iki-ningyo" or lifelike dolls. Believing that he was dying from tuberculosis, he sculpted a life size statue of himself as a gift to the woman he loved [381x527]"
32 posts
#5
Archaeology
: "The granite core (UC16036) or CORE 7, was found by the archaeologist Petrie in Giza, Egypt, and was made by the ancient Egyptians using a tubular drill. 4th Dynasty (2613–2494 BCE), now housed at the Petrie Museum of Egyptian and Sudanese Archaeology in London [1200x1839]"
31 posts
#6
Roman
: "Denmark repatriates the statue head of Roman Emperor Septimius Severus to Turkey. The atrifact, which was stolen during illegal excavations in the 1960s, is significant due to its connection to ancient Lycia, a once-flourishing Roman province in what is now modern-day Turkey. [1280x853]"
29 posts
#7
Artifacts
: "An ancient bronze griffin head dating back to the 7th century BC, has been repatriated to Greece from US after it was stolen nearly a century ago, marking the latest repatriation in a broader shift of the museum world to return stolen Artifacts to their places of origin. [2402x2000]"
27 posts
#8
Archaeological Site
: "Made ~2000BC, the Lurgan Canoe is the oldest boat ever found in Ireland. At 15m, it’s also 1 of the longest dugout canoes ever found in Europe. [OC] [3024x4032]"
25 posts
#9
Statue
: "Man of Urfa. The world's oldest known life size human Statue dating back to 9000 BC. Sanliurfa/Turkey [1872x2275]"
19 posts
#10
Archaeological
: "Rock Eagle Effigy Mound is an Archaeological site in Georgia, USA, estimated to have been constructed between 1000 BCE-1000 CE. The earthwork was built up of thousands of pieces of quartzite laid in the mounded shape of a large bird (102 ft long, and 120 ft wide) [924x1549]"
16 posts
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