r/ancient_art is a subreddit with 11k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and self-promotion, and the community frequently discusses ancient, artifacts identification, portrait, art, and roman period.
A subreddit for for ancient art: sculpture, mosaics, architecture, etc.
Popular Themes in r/ancient_art
#1
Advice Requests
: "Need Help IDing Clay Mask Found in Swamp (UpState South Carolina)"
1 post
#2
Self-Promotion
: "I made a game inspired by ancient Greek sculpture and pottery"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/ancient_art
#1
Ancient
: "A 3,100 year-old image of a monkey scratching a girl’s nose. Painted on a potsherd. Ancient Thebes, Egypt. Dynasty 20. Petrie Museum. (2048X1612)"
26 posts
#2
Artifacts Identification
: "Sacrificial knife, culture: Aztec/Mixtec, c. 1400-1521, inlaid mosaic. The British Museum."
26 posts
#3
Portrait
: "Portrait of a thin-faced man, A.D. 140–170, Roman Period"
25 posts
#4
Art
: "Always amazed by the Art of the Ancient Greeks"
23 posts
#5
Roman Period
: "Portrait of woman wearing myrtle-wreath and gold jewelry (added in gold leaf). Roman Period, Dated to 100 - 120 CE"
21 posts
#6
Mummy Portrait
: "Encaustic Mummy Portrait of a Roman officer c. 100 – c. 150, with a blue sagum, fibula, white tunic with purple angusticlavus, and red balteus (Antikensammlung Berlin)"
19 posts
#7
Egypt
: "New Kingdom: 19th Dynasty, King Rameses lll Smiting Enemies of Egypt"
18 posts
#8
New Kingdom
: "Ostracon With a Royal Head, found in the Valley of the Kings, by an artisan working on the Royal tomb, New Kingdom"
17 posts
#9
History
: "An intricate mosaic of Dionysus, found in the museum of ancient Corinth, Greece"
16 posts
#10
Culture
: "An intricate mosaic of Dionysus, found in the museum of ancient Corinth, Greece"
16 posts
Flair Used in r/ancient_art
#1
Egypt
: "Mummy Portrait of an Elder Lady, Wearing a Wreath, Roman Period"
64 posts
#2
Greece
: "The Hellenistic Prince, a 2nd century BC bronze Greek sculpture. (703x1024)"
5 posts
#3
Rome
: "Chiron teaching Achilles how to play the lyre, Roman fresco from Herculaneum, 1st century AD"
2 posts
#4
Americas
: "The Caral Civilization of Ancient Peru is the oldest civilization in the Americas and one of the oldest in the world. It included as many as thirty major population centers and flourished about 5,700 years ago, its cities built a thousand years before the Great Pyramids of Egypt."
2 posts
#5
Etruscan
: "Terra Cotta Sarcophagus from Etruscan City of the Dead, 600s BCE"
1 post
#6
France
: "14000 years old bisons sculpture found in Le Tuc d'Audoubert cave. Ariege, France."
1 post
#7
grecoroman
: "An intricate mosaic of Dionysus, found in the museum of ancient Corinth, Greece"
1 post
#8
Grecoroman
: ""Plato embroiled in a dialogue" as the main theme of an ancient mosaic found in Pompeii ca. 100 B.C. The mosaic is currently exhibited in the national archaeological museum of Naples, Italy"
1 post
#9
Hispania
: "National Archaeological Museum, Madrid with virtual tour"
1 post
#10
Gaul
: "unknown, >30000ya, Race to save undersea Stone Age cave art masterpieces"
1 post
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Last updated: September 5, 2026