Historical Artifacts

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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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Bronze sword with an ornate crystal hilt, China, 5th-3rd century BCE (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] A_Very_Big_Fan 9 points 1 week ago

Moonlight Greatsword

[–] NegativeInf 9 points 1 week ago

Minecraft diamond sword.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago

Oh shit the orcs are near

[–] Zirconium 4 points 1 week ago

A crysknife

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

never have I thought "I want to lick that razer sharp rock that will certainly cut my tongue"
BUT ITS SO PRETTYYY 🤩

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

Would it still be sharp with the corrosion? Assuming it even was sharp in the first place because I don't think a crystal hilt would be particularly durable for potential fights.

[–] ThatWeirdGuy1001 3 points 1 week ago

Chillrend.

[–] hark 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Just the hilt is ornate?

[–] vala 3 points 1 week ago

Wonder if the hilt originally came from another sword?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

The top photo looks like a Factorio ship