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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Karacena scale armour, Poland, 17th or 18th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 53 minutes ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Breech-loading pistol using Lefaucheaux pinfire cartridges, Lviv, then-part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, ~1870 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 7 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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http://zbiory.mnk.pl/pl/katalog/310563

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Iron plaque with a depiction of a knight, Switzerland, made between 1850 AD and 1950 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 12 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Collector's pendant, Poland, 1915 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 17 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://zbiory.mnk.pl/en/catalog/499513

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Decorated glass dish, Egypt, 8th-9th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Signet ring of the Polish Legions, WW1, 1914 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Silver pendant with a bird and crossbows, the Netherlands, 1600 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Gold Umayyad coin, probably minted in Damascus, 691 AD-692 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://www.khalilicollections.org/collections/islamic-art/khalili-collection-islamic-art-gold-solidus-av1085/

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7-Barrel Wheellock Pistol, Nuremberg, Germany, 1560 AD - 1596 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Pocket Sundial, Anglo-Saxon, 10th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 3 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Polish 'Bechter' Mail-and-Plate Armor, ~1560 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Meiji-era plate depicting a giant elephant, Japan, ~1890 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ammunition pouch, brass and iron, Ukraine or Poland, 19th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Lock and accompanying key, Poland, 1630 AD - 1660 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Porcelain vase, Japan, ~1910 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Iron figurine of a cobra, Poland, ~1880 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 6 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Folding game board for chess and backgammon, India, 17th-18th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Barreled/shrouded hunting crossbow ('Slurbow'), Germany, 1700-1750 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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https://zbiory.mnk.pl/en/catalog/267374

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Ornate ceremonial mace, Ottoman Empire or Poland, ~1750 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Steel war mask, Anatolia or Western Iran, 15th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ornate dagger and mail-piercer, ivory and steel, India, 17th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Wheellock target-shooting rifle, Germany, ~1590 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Ornate dagger and sheathe, India, 18th century AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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Japanese armor, 1573 AD-1614 AD (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
3 comments fedilink
 
 
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Meiji-era silver vases, Japan, ~1910 (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 week ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
2 comments fedilink
 
 
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