RECENT Artifacts
Artifacts September/October 2026
Post-Makurian Letter (from Dongola)
Tomasz Barański
Artifacts July/August 2026
Native American Dice
About 12,000 years ago, Indigenous people started playing high-stakes games of chance
Courtesy Robert J. Madden
Artifacts May/June 2026
Ancient Brazilian Harpoons
For the earliest known whalers, the hunt was a deeply spiritual experience
Autonomous University of Barcelona
Artifacts March/April 2026
Caspian Tiger Figurine
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, H. Dunscombe Colt Gift, 1963
MORE Artifacts
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Artifacts January/February 2024
Maya Ceramic Whistles
(Courtesy Daniela Triadan, Ceibal-Petexbatun Archaeological Project) -
Artifacts November/December 2023
Sculpture of a Fist
(Museum of Fine Arts, Boston/Bridgeman Art Library) -
Artifacts September/October 2023
Padlock
(Courtesy James Davidson) -
Artifacts July/August 2023
Norse Gold Bracteate
(Arnold Mikkelsen, National Museum of Denmark) -
Artifacts May/June 2023
Greek Kylix Fragments
(Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford) -
Artifacts March/April 2023
Andean Wind Instruments
(Luis Manuel González La Rosa)
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