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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Norse helm with faceguard, 550 AD-800 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 hours ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Napoleon Bonaparte's personal gold-inlaid three-barreled pistol, 1803 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 12 hours ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13562/lot/396/

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Norse silver jewelry, Sweden, 800 AD-1100 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 17 hours ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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German combination weapon, hunting knife, wheellock pistol, and... calendar? True Germanic efficiency, 1528 AD-1546 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 21 hours ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/21963

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Part of a hoard of square Mauryan silver coins from India, 3rd century BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Modern Greek soldiers in a reconstruction of the 15th century BCE Dendra Panoply (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Axe with well-preserved wooden handle, England, ~850 BCE (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Fan with cicada, Japan, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Owl carving, Japan, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Massive flag from a Spanish ship during the Battle of Trafalgar, 1805 (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Painted glass jug depicting a gladiator, Roman Egypt, ~3rd century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Reconstructions of 3rd century AD Roman armor (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Benin Bronze sculpture, 16th-19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Netsuke of a snake encircling a turtle, wood, Japan, early 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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1893 Lancaster Watch Camera, depicted closed (left) and open (right) (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Wheellock hunting pistol with a sword grip, German, second half of the 16th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Bronze plaque listing orphans receiving Imperial charity, Roman Empire, 2nd century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Porcelain sake bottle with a depiction of Dutch merchants, Japan, 18th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Drinking horn shaped like a dragon, made of tortoise shell, Germany, 1560/1570 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Belt hook in form of sword-wielding bear | 206 BC - 24 AD, China (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Originally found by @[email protected]

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Silver hand from a reliquary display, Belgium, 13th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Toy mouse, Egypt, c. 1550-1069 BC (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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Found and originally posted by @[email protected]

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Iron folding stool, with silver inlay, Germany or Italy, 11th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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The Mérode Cup, gilded silver, France, ~1400 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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East African coin, Sultanate of Kilwa, Tanzania, 1331 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts
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