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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World's oldest known football, Scotland, ~1540 AD (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 days ago by PugJesus@lemmy.world to c/historyartifacts@lemmy.world

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[–] dumbass@leminal.space 19 points 6 days ago

The ball must have been kicked high, at some time in the 1540s, as it lodged in the rafters of the Queen’s Chamber in Stirling Castle during James V's reconstruction of the castle

Probably by someone who's a sore loser.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

https://www.smithartgalleryandmuseum.co.uk/about/the-collection/stirling-history-archaeology/the-worlds-oldest-football/

[–] MohamedMoney 8 points 6 days ago

The cautionary poem is great

[–] edgemaster72@lemmy.world 5 points 5 days ago

Scrolling by I thought it was Pluto. I probably should've gotten more sleep.

[–] devilish666@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Imagine that ball hitting your face

[–] NoForwardslashS@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago

Back then, it wasn't the ball hitting your face that was the main worry