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

You'd be surprised how far back the method of paperwork goes. I got a book of translated ancient Egyptian texts, and most of it is tax paperwork.