this post was submitted on 26 May 2025
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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.

Generally speaking, ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Illustrations of the past should go to !historyillustrations@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] Cobrachicken@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

No banana for comparison, so quoting frim the article ^^ "The wings of this cicada are 1.7cm long, about 0.8cm wide, and only 0.2mm thick – like two little pieces of gold organdie. The leaf is 5.2cm long, 3.2cm wide, and 0.2cm thick, and is made from a piece of first-class Hotan jade from Xinjiang."

[–] Churbleyimyam@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

That jade leaf is exquisite

[–] GenuineGeniusGenie@lemmings.world 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I enjoy how detailed metal workers can get.

[–] Maeve@kbin.earth 2 points 2 weeks ago