Historical Artifacts

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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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Marble bust of an African man, made in Venice, Italy, ~1700 AD (infosec.pub)

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

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[–] Lembot_0003@lemmy.zip 7 points 1 week ago

Historians: That must be a very important guy; look how intricate the carving is.
"important guy": is toupee or hat mannequin.

[–] SlamWich@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Ngl, it's so cool to see an African statue that hasn't been defaced?! Lovely

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago

how do we know that they're African? Maybe he was just a Venetian

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O16237/bust-of-a-young-man-bust-unknown/

[–] SL3wvmnas@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 week ago

Of course it's in a bri'ish museum!

[–] Bentheredonethat@discuss.online 1 points 1 week ago

Falcon Cap bust in the wild