Historical Artifacts

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Just a community for everyone to share artifacts, reconstructions, or replicas for the historically-inclined to admire!

Generally, an artifact should be 100+ years old, but this is a flexible requirement if you find something rare and suitably linked to an era of history, not a strict rule. Anything over 100 is fair game regardless of rarity.

Generally speaking, ruins should go to [email protected]

Illustrations of the past should go to [email protected]

Photos of the past should go to [email protected]

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Toy mouse, Egypt, c. 1550-1069 BC (lemmy.world)
submitted 19 minutes ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The Mérode Cup, gilded silver, France, ~1400 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Iron folding stool, with silver inlay, Germany or Italy, 11th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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East African coin, Sultanate of Kilwa, Tanzania, 1331 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 22 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A selection of Imperial Roman helmet reconstructions (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Clockwork ship made to roll across a table, move the 'crew', and play music, German, 1585 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Axumite gold coin, modern Ethiopia, late 4th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ethiopian gun-shield, 19th century AD? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Horned great helm, Austria, late 14th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Reconstructions of a Roman legionary's camp tools (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Multicolored glass garland bowl, Roman, 1st century BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Copper alloy statue of Princess Takushit of Egypt, with electrum (silver-gold alloy) engravings, ~670 BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hardtack (bread ration) from the US Civil War, 1862 (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Imperial passport of Kublai Khan, China and Mongolia, 1240 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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A bit late for Oktoberfest, but here's a German lidded tankard made of amber and gold, ~1625 AD. Prost! (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Goblet made of Narwhal tusk, Czechia, ~1600 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Prague astronomical clock, Czechia, 1410 AD (en.wikipedia.org)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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cross-posted from: https://lemmings.world/post/15036625

Quite a while.

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Folding game board for Chess and Backgammon, possibly Venetian, 1300-1350 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Masterfully made miniature sculptures from Gonur Tepe, Turkmenistan, late 3rd millennium BCE-mid 2nd millennium BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Silver coin of Sigismund III, ruler of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, 1625 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Jade axe heads, material from Italy, found in Ireland, ~4000 BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Bronze statuette of an African metalworker, Greek-made, 2nd-1st century BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Silver plaque depicting the goddess Cybele, Greco-Bactrian Kingdom, modern-day Afghanistan, 2nd century BCE? (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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German hunting sword and knife, 16th century (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ornate parade armor of French King Henry II, ~1555 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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