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HistoryArtifacts

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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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[โ€“] Lemminary@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Not sure why I thought it was the George Washington Monument being turned into a rocket. ๐Ÿค”

[โ€“] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Source says

Length 140.6 cm

Width 6.2 cm

Thickness 0.7 cm

Weight 1.35 kg

[โ€“] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh i had clicked through and didnโ€™t see that? Where in the page is that???? And thank you!

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

No problem!

From the link:

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'Dimensions' on the left.

[โ€“] tyler@programming.dev 2 points 5 hours ago

Ah on mobile you have to click a dropdown and expand the pane to see it.

[โ€“] PugJesus@piefed.social 1 points 1 day ago