Illustrations of history

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This magazine is for sharing artwork of historical events, places, personages, etc. Scale models and the like also welcome!

Generally speaking, actual photos of a historical item should go to !historyartifacts@lemmy.world

Photos of ruins should go to !historyruins@lemmy.world

Photos of the past should go to !HistoryPorn@lemmy.world

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[–] callouscomic@lemm.ee 6 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Very cool. It's crazy how long it took to learn and develop basic things, compared to how quickly things have advanced in just the last 2-300 years.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

66 years from the Wright brothers to the moon landing. Crazy fast acceleration in development.

[–] Tudsamfa@lemmy.world 4 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Wait a minute...that wheat is anachronistic, isn't it?

Ancient Egyptian drawings show wheat at that time was ready to harvest if it was from chest height to taller than a man.

[–] khannie@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

A lot of the stuff here is in our has been in the Primitive Technology channel. I'm keen to see how far he can take things.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 5 days ago

Cross sections books were amazing