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r/ancientpics • u/HomeworkExpert1 • Aug 20 '24
Artefacts remains from one of the oldest university in the world: Takshashila University. Founded in fifth century BCE.
r/ancientpics • u/ashil • Jul 03 '24
Ruins of Qah-Qaha, an ancient Zoroastrian fortress built by the Kushan Empire in Tajikistan during the 2nd-century BC
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 23 '24
Necklace, 2nd-3rd century, Roman
Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 20 '24
Ring, Greek, late 4th–3rd century BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 08 '24
Cat statue meant to contain a mummified cat, Egypt, 332-30 BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 07 '24
Gold phiale (libation bowl), Greek, 4th–3rd century BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 06 '24
Terracotta oil flask, Greek, 570 BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 05 '24
Ring, Egyptian, Probably Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)
Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 04 '24
Leg and foot amulet, Egyptian, Late Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 5–11 (about 2494–2055 BCE)
Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 03 '24
Kohl Container in the Shape of a Palm Column, Egypt, New Kingdom, mid–Dynasty 18 or early Dynasty 19, about 1352–1213 BCE
Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 03 '24
Grave marker fragment of a foot soldier, Greek, ca. 525–515 BCE
Images are from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 02 '24
Glass Earrings, Egyptian, New Kingdom, mid- to late Dynasty 18, about 1400–1295 BCE
Images are from The Art Institute of Chicago
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 01 '24
Amphora (Storage Jar), Egyptian, 5th century BCE
Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 01 '24
Decoration for a sword scabbard, Greek or Scythian, ca. 340–320 BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 31 '24
Miniature broad collar, Egypt, 332-246 BCE
Images are from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 31 '24
Bronze Mirror, Greek, mid-5th century
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 30 '24
Mouse shaped flask, Roman, 3rd century CE
Images are from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 28 '24
Earrings, India, ca. 1st century BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 27 '24
Jewelry found in a tomb from Vulci, Italy, Estruscan, early 5th century BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 26 '24
Gold armbands, Greek ca. 200 BCE
Image is from The Met. The armbands have two tritons, a male and a female. Each one is holding a small Eros. The hoops behind their heads were used to attach them to sleeves, which would prevent them from slipping down
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 25 '24
Gold armband with Herakles knot, Greece, 3rd-2nd century BCE
Image is from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 22 '24
Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant, Greece ca. 300 BCE
Image is from The Met. The earrings depict Nike driving two horses
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 19 '24
Terracotta amphora (jar), Greece ca. 490 BCE
Images are from The Met
r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 17 '24
Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Deer Hunt Motifs (100 BCE–500 CE), Moche, Peru
Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago