What's the oldest significant artifact that has survived the ages as something handed down through the ages, not lost and then found in an excavation?

by KosherNazi
lityerses

Depends on how you define "artifact." Do buildings count? What about mosaics? Aqueducts and other functional works of engineering? The Pantheon in Rome, continually used, has existed in more or less its current form since the second century, CE, for instance.

400-Rabbits

Removed. This is far to broad and "throughout history"-ish and trivia seeking. Consider suggesting it for a Tuesday Trivia post.