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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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One of the Lewis Chessmen - currently on display at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 weeks ago by setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@piefed.social

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Found in 1831 on a beach at Uig on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, the Chessmen dates to the late 12th or early 13th century.

Photo by Kevin Wilbraham.

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[–] PugJesus@piefed.social 11 points 4 weeks ago

"His men rushed forwards without armor, were mad as dogs or wolves, bit their shield and were strong as bears or wild oxen, and killed people at a blow, but neither fire nor iron told upon them. This was called berserkergang."

LET ME AT 'EM