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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Plated mail, India, 16th-17th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Iron face armor, Japan, between 1615 AD and 1868 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Anthropomorphic zodiac figurines, Tang Dynasty China, 8th or 9th century AD? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Anthropomorphic zodiac figurines, Korea, 9th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ornate Kris dagger, Indonesia, 18th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Hunting sword, India, 18th-19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Byzantium Silkcloth, 7th/8th Century. (quokk.au)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Silk cloth with image of an offering of animals brought to two figures (Castor and Pollux) standing on a pillar.

I know its some sort of cross-stitch pattern or something, but I can't help but see Roman pixel art.

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Military sidearms, Western Europe, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Pieces of bronze bells, Korea, 3rd century BCE-1st century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Gilt-bronze dragon head ornament, China, between 25 AD-220 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 
 
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Sikh Khanda, Pakistan, early 1800s AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
 
 
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Religious burial ornaments, Korea, ~1620 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Suit of mail armor made of copper and brass rings, India, ~1860 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
5 comments fedilink
 
 
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The Lycurgus Cup, which changes color when lit from behind, Roman Empire, 4th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Statue of Epona and her horses, c. 200 AD, Kongen. Bern (quokk.au)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
6 comments fedilink
 
 
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Votive sword, Tunisia, 1688 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 
 
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Steel helmet, Egypt or Syria, 14th-15th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
 
 
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Bronze warhammer head in the shape of an elephant, Iran, 11th-12th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Wooden name tag, Korea, date unknown? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
5 comments fedilink
 
 
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Combination pistols and push-dagger, India, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
0 comments fedilink
 
 

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Ottoman sword and scabbard, Turkiye, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ornate hunting crossbow for shooting stones or lead pellets, France, ~1720 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
4 comments fedilink
 
 
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Golden falcon pendant, Crete, 1700-1550 BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 
 
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Lion figurine, Arabian peninsula, late 1st millennium BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 
 
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Byzantine key ring with inscription, 4th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
1 comments fedilink
 
 
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