/r/ancient_art/

r/ancient_art

10k members
r/ancient_art is a subreddit with 10k members. The most common kinds of discussions are 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
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

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

21 posts
#6

Mummy Portrait

19 posts
#7

Egypt

: "The Roman Boy Named Eutyches, Roman Period - Ancient Egypt"
18 posts
#8

New Kingdom

17 posts
#9

History

16 posts
#10

Culture

16 posts

Flair Used in r/ancient_art

#1
Egypt
: "Paint Box of Vizier Amenemope, Egypt, New Kingdom, Dynasty 18 (1540-1296 BC), reign of Amenhotep II, Boxwood with inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue. Cleveland Museum of Art."
53 posts
#2
Rome
: "Fragment of wall painting: river god and two nymphs, end of the 1st century AD, Pompeii, home of the Vestals. Louvre."
15 posts
#3
Greece
: "Marble shell, circa 400 BCE, Classical, Greek. Metropolitan Museum of Art."
12 posts
#4
Americas
: "Sacrificial knife, culture: Aztec/Mixtec, c. 1400-1521, inlaid mosaic. The British Museum."
6 posts
#5
Etruscan
: "Terra Cotta Sarcophagus from Etruscan City of the Dead, 600s BCE"
3 posts
#6
Ancient Near East
: "Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, Middle Elamite period (1500-1100 BC), Southwest Iran. Made of bronze and gold foil over bitumen. Metropolitan Museum of Art."
2 posts
#7
Germania
: "Medicine chest, c. 1st century CE, Roman, Xanten. Made of bronze, silver and niello. Neues Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin."
1 post
#8
Assyrian (700 BCE)
: "Relief from the Palace of Sennacherib depicting an early Phoenician Bireme and sea creatures"
1 post
#9
France
: "14000 years old bisons sculpture found in Le Tuc d'Audoubert cave. Ariege, France."
1 post

Member Growth in r/ancient_art

Yearly
+870 members(9.1%)

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Last updated: June 4, 2026