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 !historyruins@lemmy.world

Illustrations of the past should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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Master Hemp Grower badge, the Soviet Union, 1970s? (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Grotesque parade helmet of King Henry VIII, made in Austria, ~1510 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago) by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Chess set made of walrus ivory, Eskimo, ~1885 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Roman cameo showing Emperor Claudius and his wife pulled in a snake chariot, ~45 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Mayan figurine with removable helmet, El Peru Waka, Guatemala, ~600 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Metal artificial nose, European, 17th-18th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Venetian light cannon, 16th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Praying Mantis incense burner, iron and gold, Japan, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)

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Fish mosaic, Roman?, Ptolemais, Libya, 2nd or 3rd century AD? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Hittite vase, terracotta, found in İnandıktepe, Turkiye, 17th century BCE (lemmy.world)

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Pendant of a warrior-shaman with spear and shield, Calima peoples, modern-day Colombia, between 100 BCE and 800 AD (lemmy.world)

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Mongoose or otter statuette, bronze, Egypt, 664 BCE-30 BCE (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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A selection of wheellock pistols, including one with two locks, Germany?, ~1560 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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https://en.topwar.ru/163110-dospehi-i-oruzhie-oruzhejnoj-palaty-dvorca-dozhej.html

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Ornate miquelet-lock musket, Ottoman Empire, late 1700s (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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https://www.metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections/40001599

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miquelet_lock

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Brass coin of the Roman Emperor Vespasian, 71 or 72 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Well-preserved Roman infantry helmet with mouse motifs on the back, 2nd century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Venetian 5-shot revolving ship cannon, 1621 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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https://en.topwar.ru/163110-dospehi-i-oruzhie-oruzhejnoj-palaty-dvorca-dozhej.html

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Late Roman legionary re-enactor with plumbata, lead-weighted darts that replaced the javelin (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Sleeping cat sculpture, ivory, Japan, mid-late 19th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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https://collections.lacma.org/node/188351

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Hittite drinking cup in the shape of a fist, silver, Turkiye, ~1400 BCE (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 month ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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Igbo helmet, Nigeria, 19th century AD or earlier? (lemmy.world)

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Depiction of a Portuguese soldier with a crossbow, brass, Nigerian, 16th century AD (lemmy.world)

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Early surviving diving suit for ship and cargo salvage, Finland, 18th century AD (lemmy.world)

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Golden double-headed axe, Crete, 1550-1500 BCE (lemmy.world)

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Sculpture of an octopus, Japan, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)

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