Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker a forbidden relic
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker a votive offering to crave security for one's ships away on the oceans.
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker oh this is like the teapot for 3d rendering, but for printing?
It's cuter, not that I don't like the teapot
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
Which is not wrong.
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker someone has bought a Creality 3d printer
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@tinker last weekend I visited a kids'-centric crafts fair and both traditional crafts and 3-D printed physical puzzles and toys were there, and my inner child went *nuts*.
If anyone GenX or older remembers the 70's era heavy molded Disney figurines (I had these), that was what spawned my nostalgia.
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker fertility goddess, obviously.
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker Isn't printing a Benchy with a new printer a ritual?
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker This is basically the premise behind Motel of the Mysteries (which left a strong impression on me as a child) https://i.abackstrom.com/share/2026/09/mysteries.pdf
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker https://onlinecampus.fcps.edu/media2/Social_Studies/WHGII_2010/Era1Topic2/Resources/Motel_of_Mysteries.pdf
I got my avatar from this, might be of interest
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker You place it in your bath simply because baths should have a little boat or duck.
That is literally a ritual object!
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker I mean that's not wrong.
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
<archaeologist voice>
these were built every year and tossed into the shores of Lake Superior in a solumn ceremony in order to appease to their deity named Edmund Fitzgerald.
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Archeologists in the future, "It was likely a religious or ritual object."
@tinker@infosec.exchange ritual yes
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I think you might have just solved the Roman Dodecahedron mystery
It's a Roman 3D Printer Test!
@simonzerafa @tinker one theory is that it was a showpiece for metal workers to show off their abilities so you might not be far off.
