RECENT Artifacts
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
Artifacts January/February 2026
Sardinian Bronze Figurines
Courtesy Daniel Berger
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Artifacts November/December 2019
Australopithecus anamensis Cranium
(Dale Omori/Cleveland Museum of Natural History) -
Artifacts September/October 2019
Roman Coin
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Artifacts July/August 2019
Bronze Age Beads
(Courtesy Carlos Odriozola) -
Artifacts May/June 2019
Ancestral Pueblo Tattoo Needle
(Robert Hubner/Washington State University) -
Artifacts March/April 2019
Medieval Seal Stamp
(Rikke Caroline Olsen/The National Museum of Denmark) -
Artifacts January/February 2019
Neo-Hittite Ivory Plaque
(Copyright MAIAO, Sapienza University of Rome/Photo by Roberto Ceccacci)
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