Suggestion : Artifacts

[soup567]

Its like putting Roswell crash wreckage or Atlantis ruins or even Bigfoot.

While Atlantis is probably fake, the Roswell crash was said to be legitimate in the book The Day After Roswell which was written by a very high up military official who investigated the crash. The day after it happened the United States Government even said it was a UFO, but then the next day they said it was a weather balloon.

And I would also say that Bigfoot is probably a real species. All the places it's said to exist (Alaska, most parts of Canada, norther California, Oregon, all norther states, most of the the Midwest, and Texas) and relatives of it (Russia and Nepal) were all inhabited by the largest known primate called Gigantopithicus during the ice age. I doubt it would've gone extinct, because primates are very adaptable and eat many, many different things. I would say that if bigfoots are real they would be descendants of Gigantopithicus.

 

[Sonereal]

Another artifact that could give a science/culture bonus.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baghdad_Battery

 

[Snofru1]

The Ark of the Covenant is the same way, no museum holds it and no one knows where it may lie, it too could have just as easily been lost to time and disintegrated into the ground (if it were buried) by now.

The Ethiopians claim that they store it in the city of Axum. I have seen it (the building from outside ).

 

[Killtech]

made quite some sensation here in germany: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebra_skydisk

maybe some well knowns death masks:
Mask of Aganemmnon
Mask of Tutankhamun

or a popular bust:
Nefertiti Bust

if you are looking for further religious reliquaries you can just pick some form Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relic, mostly Christan but you'll find some links to Muslim and Buddist.
most holy for Muslims: Black Stone of Kaaba
for the Jews from their Temple: Menorah

as for the other religions you can use their oldes manuscripts as relics e.g. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daodejing for Taoism
i don't know much about the other religions so i can't be of much help here.

 

[patrioticparado]

I think this is all a great idea and would put out there that it should be limited to well known "artifacts". As already said, the realness of the Ark of the Covenant didn't change the morale boost to the soldiers making them feel invincible. But this should be limited to very well known *artifacts* (i.e. no Bigfoot) and not enough for everyone to have one meaning that maybe you wouldn't declare war to get one, but it could definitely be enough to push you over the edge. Or possibly different tiers of artifacts. Say World Artifacts, maybe 20 total. Then National Artifacts or simply less impactful Relics. Anyway its a great idea

(thats wierd, I didnt tell artifacts to be red. Hope thats not just me seeing that )
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[Green Flag]

hy all,

Here my artefacts list from france museum:

1 - The Code of Hammurabi. (Louvre Paris)
2 - The Venus of Milo. (Louvre Paris)
3 - The Mona Lisa. (Louvre Paris)
4 - The Victory of Samothrace. (Louvre Paris)
5 - Brennus shield. (won by the best rubgy team in championnship)
6 - Meter Stallion. (Sèvres-France)

Not all the time easy to move, but you can see them, they are all reals.

 

[bill2505]

great idea .but dont overuse it .
for example budhas tooth
budhas undewear and bla bla

 

[JanissaryRush]

Just because people haven't found them doesn't mean they never existed they could've just as easily been melted into scrap metal and reused. The Ark of the Covenant is the same way, no museum holds it and no one knows where it may lie, it too could have just as easily been lost to time and disintegrated into the ground (if it were buried) by now.

I have one:
Noah's Ark (it was thought to have been found nearly disintegrated and ice-locked on a mountain side back in 2008(It was a history channel special). It could have been just as likely to be photoshopped imagery but only the people airing it know if the mostly disintegrated, ice-locked wooden framework of a boat that's sitting under the snow on the side of a mountain is a real image.)

Can't prove that something never existed. You'd expect lots of artifacts from thousands of years ago would be destroyed or lost.

The history channel did a show about noah's ark in turkey, they would never do a show about something photoshopped.

In addition to artifacts you could have a few very special squares that whoever has culture over it gets the benefit.

Mount Everest, Angel Falls, Barringer Crater, etc.

Realistically all of them would boost money due to tourism, though for game sake could have +1 happiness to all cities, +1 science, +50% GP production bonus in nearest city. One makes city grow +50%.

Or like in Alpha Centuari a collection of squares that are better do to natural wonder.

Great Barrier Reef: +1 Food for a bunch of squares, it is very large.
Grand Canyon: Each square of it gives same production as shaft mine on plain hills. Only without need to build mines or unhappiness, roads would add 1 production as well.

One thing that would be very cool is a fountain of youth, each game one hut has it. Could give +1 population in each city or a settler in capital. Was going to do get it at whatever square you found hut, except if far away from your empire it could take a while to get home.