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.

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Roman glass bracelet (discolored by age?), 1st century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

The glass was super impure and that's what happens to all those (toxic) captive metals over a long period of time.

Probably lots of lead. Bit of copper and cobalt too.

[–] rob_t_firefly 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

All this poison leaching into my bloodstream from my awesome bracelet doesn't bode well for the future of my empire.

[–] PugJesus 10 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You sound hysterical, dominus. Have some lead-sweetened wine to calm your nerves

[–] No_Ones_Slick_Like_Gaston 3 points 1 week ago

Well, at least it is not like modern-day where we can choose where to get our dose of microplastic and PFSA.