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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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Socks, 12c. Egypt (media.piefed.world)

submitted 1 month ago by negativenull@piefed.world to c/historyartifacts@piefed.social

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[–] m0darn@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 month ago

Yes but I think socks were inherently a luxury item. I believe most people used footwraps if anything at all.