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Collection | Artifact | Picture | Description | ||||
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Stone Age | Stone Axe | Unfortunately we still don't know who the first person to make an axe out of a rock was.
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Arrowhead | Leaf-shaped arrows, spiked arrows, rhomboid arrows, triangular arrows, stem-like arrows... you won't find that kind of variety of arrows in the modern world. | ||||||
Fishing Hook | Want to catch a bigger Ichtyosauer? Then get yourself a bigger hook! | ||||||
Mortar and Pestle | Even if you live in a cave, your kitchen absolutely needs a mortar and pestle! | ||||||
Stone Statue | Even back then farmers still wore hats. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 0 | |||||||
Wind Instruments | Shepherd's Horn | They say that cows that graze to music produce more milk.
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Pan Flute | The ancient Incas might have been the only people who ever knew how to play this instrument well. | ||||||
Ocarina | This item might look a little preposterous at first glance, but it has an amazingly beautiful sound. | ||||||
Tuba | The tuba's bass blare can't be confused with anything else, except the horn on a steamer. | ||||||
Saxophone | Learning to play the saxophone is no joke, but you've got a better chance nowadays thanks to the internet and all. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 0 | |||||||
Crystals |
Blue Lotus | This flower's beauty will never fade.
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Flame Crystal | According to one legend, this crystal got its color from a dragon's fiery breath. | ||||||
Emerald Crystal | They say that farmers who touched this crystal could be cured of a number of illnesses. | ||||||
Moon Crystal | No, this mineral didn't fall to earth from the moon. Try looking at it by moonlight, and you'll figure it out. | ||||||
Rainbow Crystal | Believe it or not, you can see rainbows in caves, too | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 100 | |||||||
Pottery Artifacts |
Clay Mug | They say a clay mug was considered the best holiday gift as far back as ancient times.
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Ceramic Elephant | I wouldn't recommend getting an elephant as a pet. Stick to a little figurine like this one. | ||||||
Antique Pitcher | Back in the day a pitcher like this one filled with milk would be waiting for you when you returned from an exhausting day working in the fields. | ||||||
Vase Shard | The people who lived here in ancient times knew how to combine practicality with art. That's why these shards are still considered valuable. | ||||||
Clay Pipe | Before the invention of the television, the gentlemen of our town used to while away their evenings by the fire with a newspaper and a pipe. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 200 | |||||||
Shoes |
Birchbark Sandals | Before there were shoe stores, people used to go to the woods for shoes.
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Medieval Shoes | With shoes like these ladies didn't have to worry about getting their feet wet. | ||||||
Leather Shoes | In the middle ages the length of the tips of these shoes was regulated by law. | ||||||
Fur Slippers | Fur slippers will always keep you from catching a cold. | ||||||
First Sneakers | It would be hard to imagine modern fashion without sneakers. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 300 | |||||||
Masks |
Ancient Mask | In the ancient theater all you needed to put on a play was one actor and a handful of masks.
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Carnival Mask | Wearing a mask like this to a party will hardly make you incognito, but it will almost definitely intrigue your guests. | ||||||
Bat Mask | Do you want to fly over the town under cover of night, bet the protector of Township , and have a huge fan club? Well, you can't do it without this mask. | ||||||
Venetian Mask | With a Venetian Mask on you can become whoever you want and leave the boundaries of real life. | ||||||
African Mask | They won't let you into an African tribal party without a mask like this. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 400 | |||||||
History of Science |
Telescope | The first telescope looked a lot like a spyglass. The difference was, that the spyglass was used to look at land and the telescope was used to look at the moon.
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Globe | If you even doubt that the earth is round, just look at a globe. | ||||||
Abacus | When people started running out of fingers to count on, they invented the abacus, | ||||||
Scale | As it turns out, the invention of the scale coincided with of the weight-loss diet. | ||||||
Satellite | It turns out that more than just meteorites have fallen on our town. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 500 | |||||||
The Farm of Yore |
Cart Wheel | The amount of time and effort saved by this invention cannot be overstated.
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Hoe | There was a time when it would have been hard to picture a farmer without a hoe. | ||||||
Old Scissors | In the heart of every farmer is a hairdresser trying to get out. | ||||||
Thresher | No, this isn't a weapon. It's an old-fashioned tool for threshing grain. | ||||||
Sickle | The inventor of the sickle was probably inspired by the sight of the crescent moon. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 600 | |||||||
Stringed Instruments |
Lyre | In antiquity the lyre was seen as a kind of portable harp.
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Lute | It takes longer to tune a lute than to play a guitar. | ||||||
Violin | The debate about who invented this legendary instrument and when they did it rages to this day. | ||||||
Balalaika | They say that anyone who hears a balalaika immediately starts doing a Russian squatting dance. | ||||||
Guitar | This instrument is always the most popular guest at bonfire parties. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 700 | |||||||
Seashells |
Large Shell | They say that if you put a shell like this to your ear you can hear the sound of the ancient sea.
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Pearl Shell | The pearl shell will occupy a worthy place among the collections of our town's celebrated jewellers. | ||||||
Spiny Shell | Be careful when swimming in the sea - stepping on one of these shells is not a pleasant sensation. | ||||||
Beaded Shell | Even sea creatures can have an artistic temperament. | ||||||
Conch Shell | The shape of the Waffle cones we use for ice cream was probably borrowed from ancient mollusks. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 800 | |||||||
Clocks |
Sun Dial | A clock like this is a nice thing to have, but it makes it easy to lose track of time at night.
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Hourglass | The nice thing about an hourglass is that you don't have to wind it. | ||||||
Desk Clock | Clocks like these still decorate farm houses to this day. | ||||||
Pocket Watch | Every gentleman in our town used to carry a watch like this in his pocket. | ||||||
Alarm Clock | Anyone can have problems with punctuality. To solve this problem, just buy an alarm clock. | ||||||
Minimum Artifact Depth: 950 |
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