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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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[–] frosch 26 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Thanks, they do not look cursed at all and totally won’t haunt my dreams tonight πŸ‘

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 month ago

I bet those masks were painted, tho. So think of them with like SpongeBob colors on them or something.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 month ago
[–] the_crotch 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bottom right killed my ass in Berserk on 2600

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

About 7000 BCE I assume.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you put them on do you gain super evil powers?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

I came for the Jojo comments, was not disappointed.

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

Aren't those the very first that Slipknot made?

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

Don't get blood on it

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Got a link with info about how the masks were dated?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

I believe they were dated by the archeological context in which they were found, ie that they were found as part of a neolithic era site.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Gotta defeat the four elemental guardians to collect their masks and awaken Polokus.

Four Masks of Polokus, Rayman 2: The Great Escape

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I can’t be the only person who sees those and thinks β€œChrist those would be uncomfortable.”

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I can only assume they were held in front and not actually worn. I hope.

[–] mindbleach 1 points 1 month ago

One of these surely caught someone's tongue while they were trying to do a cool voice - bridging nine thousand years to dirt cheap Ninja Turtles masks.