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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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Gauntlets of Maximillian I, Holy Roman Emperor (modern day Germany and Austria), 15th-16th century AD
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/10375269
Matchlock muskets were first introduced into Tibet during the 16th or 17th century, probably via China and India...
...matchlocks continued to be used regularly well into the 20th century...
...The third broad category of Tibetan firearms, to which this example belongs, comprises muskets with varying degrees of decoration, but fully functional and intended for secular use.
Decorated muskets of this type were carried by individuals taking part in festivals, on ceremonial occasions, or by the guards of persons of rank...
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Flintlock hand mortars were use for signaling, launching fireworks, and hurling grenades.
They would be operated by two men. One who would insert a lit grenade then duck. The first man ducking would signal to the second man, the shooter, the mortar was ready to fire.
In the event of the mortar not firing when a lit grenade was inserted the operator would throw the device and reel it in by an attached strap.
Ian's Video: [5:48] https://youtu.be/kf9URQ7X0YA?si=
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Optical effect mosaic from a villa in Roman Africa, El Jem, modern Tunisia, 1st-3rd centuries AD
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When you've got too many precious juwelery, you need a silver hand to display them all :)
A reliquary is a container for displaying precious relics
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