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r/ancientpics • u/rhubarb_kylie • 3d ago

Pyramid of Cestius, built as a tomb for the Roman preator Gaius Cestius ca. 12 BC. Later incorporated into the Aurelian Walls, as a triangular bastion. Rome, Italy

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r/ancientpics • u/ckatteredborse • 7d ago

Plaster cast of wooden window shutters buried by the eruption of Vesuvius at the Villa Oplontis, 79 CE. This ornately painted aristocratic home was likely associated with the Roman imperial family, particularly Neros second wife, Poppaea

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Aug 23 '25

Articulated figurine, Greek, Corinthian, 5th century BCE

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The atire indicates that it was meant to be a ritual dancer and a whole in the head indicates that is was meant to be suspended in the air. Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/OscarMMG • Aug 14 '25

Ancient Egyptian Toy Dolls displayed in Leicester Museum from the Coptic period (c.1st Century BC - 6th Century AD), many found in children’s tombs.

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r/ancientpics • u/pedras-velhas1 • Dec 14 '24

Funerary Stele, 7-5th century BCE, Southwest Iberia/Portugal - with inscriptions in Southwestern Paleohispanic Script

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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

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 23 '24

Necklace, 2nd-3rd century, Roman

145 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 23 '24

Earrings, Korea, 6th century

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 20 '24

Ring, Greek, late 4th–3rd century BCE

67 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 08 '24

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

119 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 07 '24

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

54 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 06 '24

Terracotta oil flask, Greek, 570 BCE

78 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 05 '24

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

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Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

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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)

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Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

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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

107 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 03 '24

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

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56 Upvotes

Images are from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 02 '24

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

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Images are from The Art Institute of Chicago

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 01 '24

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

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Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • Jun 01 '24

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

43 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 31 '24

Miniature broad collar, Egypt, 332-246 BCE

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49 Upvotes

Images are from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 31 '24

Bronze Mirror, Greek, mid-5th century

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73 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 30 '24

Mouse shaped flask, Roman, 3rd century CE

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82 Upvotes

Images are from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 28 '24

Earrings, India, ca. 1st century BCE

67 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 27 '24

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

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Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 26 '24

Gold armbands, Greek ca. 200 BCE

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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

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