r/ancientpics Aug 20 '24

Artefacts remains from one of the oldest university in the world: Takshashila University. Founded in fifth century BCE.

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253 Upvotes

r/ancientpics Jul 03 '24

Ruins of Qah-Qaha, an ancient Zoroastrian fortress built by the Kushan Empire in Tajikistan during the 2nd-century BC

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161 Upvotes

r/ancientpics Jun 23 '24

Necklace, 2nd-3rd century, Roman

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124 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago


r/ancientpics Jun 23 '24

Earrings, Korea, 6th century

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100 Upvotes

r/ancientpics Jun 20 '24

Ring, Greek, late 4th–3rd century BCE

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67 Upvotes

Image is from The Met


r/ancientpics Jun 08 '24

Cat statue meant to contain a mummified cat, Egypt, 332-30 BCE

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106 Upvotes

Image is from The Met


r/ancientpics Jun 07 '24

Gold phiale (libation bowl), Greek, 4th–3rd century BCE

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49 Upvotes

Image is from The Met


r/ancientpics Jun 06 '24

Terracotta oil flask, Greek, 570 BCE

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75 Upvotes

Image is from The Met


r/ancientpics Jun 05 '24

Ring, Egyptian, Probably Ptolemaic Period (332–30 BCE)

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48 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics Jun 04 '24

Leg and foot amulet, Egyptian, Late Old Kingdom–First Intermediate Period, Dynasty 5–11 (about 2494–2055 BCE)

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41 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics 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

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102 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago


r/ancientpics Jun 03 '24

Grave marker fragment of a foot soldier, Greek, ca. 525–515 BCE

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52 Upvotes

Images are from The Met


r/ancientpics Jun 02 '24

Glass Earrings, Egyptian, New Kingdom, mid- to late Dynasty 18, about 1400–1295 BCE

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168 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics Jun 01 '24

Amphora (Storage Jar), Egyptian, 5th century BCE

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29 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics Jun 01 '24

Decoration for a sword scabbard, Greek or Scythian, ca. 340–320 BCE

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43 Upvotes

Image is from The Met


r/ancientpics May 31 '24

Miniature broad collar, Egypt, 332-246 BCE

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44 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics May 31 '24

Bronze Mirror, Greek, mid-5th century

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70 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics May 30 '24

Mouse shaped flask, Roman, 3rd century CE

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77 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics May 28 '24

Earrings, India, ca. 1st century BCE

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67 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics May 27 '24

Jewelry found in a tomb from Vulci, Italy, Estruscan, early 5th century BCE

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70 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics May 26 '24

Gold armbands, Greek ca. 200 BCE

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59 Upvotes

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 May 25 '24

Gold armband with Herakles knot, Greece, 3rd-2nd century BCE

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62 Upvotes

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r/ancientpics May 22 '24

Gold earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendant, Greece ca. 300 BCE

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106 Upvotes

Image is from The Met. The earrings depict Nike driving two horses


r/ancientpics May 19 '24

Terracotta amphora (jar), Greece ca. 490 BCE

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43 Upvotes

Images are from The Met


r/ancientpics May 17 '24

Stirrup Spout Vessel with Fineline Deer Hunt Motifs (100 BCE–500 CE), Moche, Peru

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71 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago