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 octopus mosaic, 1st century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 weeks ago by PugJesus to c/historyartifacts

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[–] ME5SENGER_24 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Any chance to get some more details on this? I love the picture and have been wanting an octopus tattoo…think this might be what I go with

[–] PugJesus 5 points 3 weeks ago

From the baths in Herculaneum, I believe, near Pompeii (and buried in the same volcanic eruption).

[–] TheTechnician27 5 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I've seen enough pornographia to know where this is going.

[–] Erasmus 4 points 3 weeks ago

That’s our lord and savior Cthulhu!

[–] FlyingSquid 2 points 3 weeks ago

Fucking Romans. How about we make mosaics of you without heads, assholes?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Bring it to me now!