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
Despite looking a bit rougher than most of its contemporary counterparts, it functions the exact same way as a modern version. Usually came with a handy hole so it could be worn on a keyring.
There were also much smaller keys which were worn like rings on a finger, but those were for smaller locks like ornate lockboxes and the like.
Well that's probably the coolest thing I've seen today. Is a matching lock still around?
I was curious as well and found this article online about ancient locks and keys https://imperiumromanum.pl/en/article/keys-and-locks-in-ancient-rome/amp/