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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Bronze warhammer head in the shape of an elephant, Iran, 11th-12th century AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 day ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Ouch.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I guess you hit the enemy with the big square side, and the other side you can use as a dildo?

[–] a_postmodern_hat@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Ah see I would have guessed sounding rod

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Sockets into a shaft, I would think

[–] YesButActuallyMaybe@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 day ago

It’s clobbering time

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

https://www.bonhams.com/auction/30398/lot/2/a-khorasan-silver-and-copper-inlaid-bronze-war-hammer-in-the-form-of-an-elephant-persia-11th-12th-century/