historical artifacts
Objects from antiquity
Historical artifacts are objects made or used by people in the past that survive as physical evidence of earlier times.
The term covers everything from ancient pottery shards to medieval manuscripts to Civil War uniforms.
Museums collect and preserve historical artifacts; archaeologists excavate them.
The historical artifacts recovered from the shipwreck revealed details of 18th-century maritime life.
- sculpturesCarved or molded artworks
- paintingsPictures made with pigment
- clocksInstruments displaying hours
- jewelryOrnamental personal accessories
- potteryFired clay objects
codices · scrolls · chalices · tools · stone tools · columns · ancient ruins · antiquities · clay figurines · burial goods · sacred objects · incense burners · relics · amphorae · inscriptions · coins · cultural heritage · compasses
- historyancient civilizations, past events, epochs, era, epoch
- Japanese culturesamurai, kabuki, sumo, origami, tea ceremony
- museum collectionsart collections, art collection, paintings, antiquities, cultural artifacts
- museumsmuseums, art museums, exhibits, galleries, exhibitions
- antiquitiesancient coins, ancient relics, ancient artifacts, ancient pottery, ancient seals
- ancient artsculpture, sculptures, pottery, mosaics, murals
historical artifactsreproductions
Copies of originals
replicas · forgeries · fakes · counterfeits · copies
historical artifactseveryday objects
Ordinary things encountered routinely
ephemera · junk · trash · consumer products · consumer goods