this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2025
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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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[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've received several complaints about this. Whatever your opinions on non-sexualized nudity, it would be appreciated if you marked it NSFW simply to avoid the issue.

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 days ago (2 children)

In the late Middle Ages, such images often were the focus of altar decoration at Christmas, and documents reveal that nuns frequently were given such sculptures by their families upon taking monastic vows.

if it's safe for nuns, if it was used as "altar decoration at Christmas" in late middle ages, something must be wrong about people complaining about this in 2025!

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago

It's not about whether nudity is fine. It is. It's about whether images of naked children should randomly show up at work on people who are browsing Lemmy's computers. Not safe for work doesn't mean it's morally bad or anything, it just means it's not safe to be seen at work.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 0 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

In the Middle Ages, Christ's foreskin was also considered an appropriate holy relic.

Standards change with the times.

[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Should probably mark this nsfw

[–] merde@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)