Artifacts

Artifact Show

The world is full of incredible artifacts that have served to shed light on previously unknown aspects of our history. Here are 28 of them below that stand out for their uniqueness, mystery or outlandish histories.

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Egypt, Thebes 3rd Intermediate Period, late Dynasty 21 Gessoed and painted sycamore Cleveland Museum of Art This is one of the finest examples of painted wooden coffins made for the priests of Amen and their families at Thebes during Dynasty 21 and early 22. The pharaohs of this time were no longer buried in the Valley of the Kings, but instead built tombs in the Delta, far to the north, where they resided. Security was lax in the Theban necropolis. The coffins and funerary goods of the…

Egyptian Black Pot National Museum of Natural History Wahington DC Glazed Faience Pottery Vessel Roman Period Egypt Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum in San Jose, California. History Of Egyptian Pottery : The ancient Egyptians were gifted artisans and pottery was an art where they excelled. Egypt in the pre dynastic period produced pottery of very high quality. Egypt made pottery before building the Pyramids. This is evident from the presence of older hieroglyphic writing with characters which…

The ten statues in Founding Figures: Copper Sculpture from Ancient Mesopotamia, ca. 3300–2000 BC at the Morgan Library & Museum in Manhattan were never meant for our eyes.

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