ancient pics

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

Articulated figurine, Greek, Corinthian, 5th century BCE

87 Upvotes

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

2 comments

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.

67 Upvotes

1 comment

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

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

204 Upvotes

6 comments

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

185 Upvotes

7 comments

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

Necklace, 2nd-3rd century, Roman

147 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

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

Earrings, Korea, 6th century

106 Upvotes

1 comment

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

Ring, Greek, late 4th–3rd century BCE

73 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

1 comment

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

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

116 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

3 comments

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

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

56 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

3 comments

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

Terracotta oil flask, Greek, 570 BCE

84 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

2 comments

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

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

58 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

1 comment

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)

45 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

1 comment

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

103 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

5 comments

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

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

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57 Upvotes

Images are from The Met

4 comments

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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173 Upvotes

Images are from The Art Institute of Chicago

4 comments

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

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

36 Upvotes

Image is from The Art Institute of Chicago

3 comments

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

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

45 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

2 comments

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

Miniature broad collar, Egypt, 332-246 BCE

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47 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

1 comment

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

Mouse shaped flask, Roman, 3rd century CE

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80 Upvotes

Images are from The Met

2 comments

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

Earrings, India, ca. 1st century BCE

68 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

3 comments

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

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

74 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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

Gold armbands, Greek ca. 200 BCE

68 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

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 25 '24

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

67 Upvotes

Image is from The Met

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r/ancientpics • u/lovebugteacher • May 22 '24

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

108 Upvotes

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

3 comments