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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[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Fierce eyeliner.

[–] PugJesus@lemmy.world 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

Gotta look your best when going to war! More seriously, kohl for both sexes has a long history in the region

[–] GrantUsEyes@lemmy.zip 2 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

Oh! So it had anti- microbial properties, interesting! I thought it was only for sun glare and aesthetics .