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Electrum hectae from the ancient city of Mytilene on the island of Lesbos in Greece, 6th-4th century BCE [2910x4324]

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This 724-year-old letter written in a form of Latin shorthand, is from the King of France to his agents at the papal court in Rome, in which he instructs them to support the Scottish knight Sir William Wallace in "those things which he has to transact". National Archives in Kew, England [1388x1113]

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In the late 1200s, people of the Mogollon culture made the caves above Cliff Dweller Creek, in New Mexico, their home. They built rooms, crafted pottery and raised children in the cliff dwellings for 1 or 2 generations. By 1300, the Mogollon had moved on, leaving the walls behind [1037x1368]

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An ivory erotic gambling dice produced in Germany, dating to the early 18th century CE. Sold at Christies in 2016 [556x529]

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Detail of a miniature from the Morgan Bible, depicting the slaughter of the Amalekites. Fol. 34v, 13th century CE, from France, now housed at the Morgan Library & Museum in New York City [1920x1920]

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A personal changing tent, designed to provide privacy for women changing into and out of swimwear at the beach or seaside. From France, 1900 CE [2000x2500]

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Pages from the 13th century CE sketchbook of the French artist villard de honnecourt. Now housed at the Bibliothèque nationale de France in Paris [1403x1092]

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Origen castrating himself, from the Roman de la Rose, MS. Douce 195, fol. 122v. From France, 15th century CE, now housed at the Bodleian Library in Oxford, England [1381x1200]

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Coins from the Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, which depict the rulers, from top to bottom: Diodotus I (255-235 BC), Diodotus II (235-225 BC), Euthydemus I (224-195 BC), Demetrius I (200-180 BC), Euthydemus II (185-180 BC), Antimachus I (185-170 BC), Eucratides I (171-145 BC) [1600x5391]

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/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.

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A love letter from Henry VIII to Anne Boleyn: "which causeth me now to write this shorter letter to you at this time, because of some pain in my head; wishing myself (especially in an evening) in my sweetheart’s arms, whose pretty dukkys I trust shortly to kiss.” dukkys means breasts [2378x1896]

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/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.

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Harmondsworth Great Barn is a medieval barn on the former Manor Farm in the village of Harmondsworth. Built in the early 15th century CE by Winchester College, it is the largest timber-framed building in England and is regarded as an outstanding example of medieval carpentry [3000x4004]

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/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.

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An engraving from "Monsters from all parts of the ancient and modern world" by Giovanni Battista de' Cavalieri, corresponding to a depiction of Wewe Gombel, a vengeful ghost in Javanese mythology who kidnaps children and hides them under her breasts. 1585 CE, British Museum [1200x1643]

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/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.

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Tommy Thumb's Pretty Song-Book is the oldest extant anthology of English nursery rhymes, published in London in 1744. It contains the oldest printed texts of many well-known and popular rhymes, as well as several that eventually dropped out of the canon of rhymes for children [1485x3611]

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Detail of a miniature of Nature forging a baby. F. 140r from Harley MS 4425, which is an exquisite copy of the French book Roman de la Rose. The copy, which was made for Count Engelbert of Nassau (1451-1504 CE), is now housed at the British Library in London [1144x1299]

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/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.

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An ancient Egyptian faience bead shaped like a curled up hedgehog, c. 1985-1615 BCE, now housed at the National Museum of Scotland [1369x1500]

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The grave of the musician and actor Fernand Arbelot, who wished to look at the face of his wife forever after his death in 1942. The tomb is located at the Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris [960x1280]

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/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.

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A 5th century BCE silver tetradrachm from the ancient Greek city of Messana in modern day Italy. Now housed at the BnF Museum in Paris [1373x2695]

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A trapped miner, named Jacob Vowell, wrote this letter in his notebook to his wife and mother to their 6 children before dying in the Fraterville Mine Disaster in Tennessee in 1902. Vowell's 14-year-old son Elbert was also trapped within the mine beside him [851x1247]

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A bronze and wood candlestick from the tomb of Tutankhamun (1341-1323 BCE). Now housed at the Grand Egyptian Museum [480x600]

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/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.

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A painting of a couple making acrobatic love on a lake. India, 18th century CE, sold at Sotheby's in 2017 [1040x1557]

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/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.

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A silver tetradrachm from the ancient Greek city of Mende in modern-day Greece, 405-348 BCE. The coin depicts the head of Dionysos wearing a wreath of ivy on the obverse, and an ithyphallic ass with a crow on its rump pecking at its tail on the reverse [732x1420]

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On April 19, 1912 the Board of Trade, specifically the Marine Department, received a letter from the Dock, Wharf, Riverside, and General Workers’ Union of Great Britain and Ireland detailing the Union’s disdain at the loss of working class lives that occurred on the Titanic [523x800]

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A portrait of a young girl with a Titus cut, made by the French painter Pierre-Narcisse Guérin in 1794 CE. The Titus cut, a female haircut that became popular during the French Revolution, was inspired by the way executioners would cut the hair of people going to the guillotine [2940x3669]

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10 ancient skeletons arranged in a spiral with their bodies interlocked were found in 2018 at an archaeological site called Tlalpan just south of Mexico City. The skeletons date back about 2,400 years [2101x1400]

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The Monteagle letter was an anonymous letter sent to Lord Monteagle, warning him to stay away from the opening of Parliament on November 5, 1605. This letter was instrumental in exposing the plot to kill King James I of England by blowing up the House of Lords [1000x1463]

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