Nina Willburger
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Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director @ALM_BaWue | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
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The impressive silver-plated Roman cavalry helmet found in Nijmegen, dating 2nd half of the 1st c. AD.
The helmet itself is made of iron, large parts are rusted away. The brass coating on the face, forehead, and ears is still intact. The brass was completely ...1/2
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An amazing discovery: a near complete, mummified baby woolly
#mammoth
was found in the Klondike gold fields within Trʼondëk Hwëchʼin Traditional Territory.
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New discovery: an exceptionally well-preserved 3,000 years old bronze sword unearthed during excavations in Nördlingen.
The sword of the Achtkantschwert type ("octagonal sword" - due to the shape of the hilt) was found in a burial, dating late 14th c. BC
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New discovery: A 3,400-year-old city emerged from the Tigris River: A team of German and Kurdish archaeologists have uncovered a 3,400-year-old Mittani Empire-era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir early...1/2
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What a fantastic photo: the
Palestinian farmer and the stunning Byzantine
#mosaic
he accidentally unearthed a couple of days ago.
👉
#archaeology
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Awesome picture - a recently discovered mosaic in the submerged ruins of
#Roman
Baiae (and a lovely fish 🐟)
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What an absolutely fantastic photo of the newly-restored capitals of the pillars at the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper
#Egypt
. The colours of the reliefs and inscriptions in the building have been covered by a coating of dirt and soot for some 2000 years. Since 2018, the...1/2
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Cleaning out my phone and found this picture, some of you may remember the story behind: In May 2022 a woman bought unknowingly an ancient
#Roman
bust in a Goodwill store in Austin, Texas, for $34.99 - a sculpture that went missing during World War II from the Pompeijanum...1/2
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Extraordinary new discovery: the entrance to an
#IceAge
cave was discovered in Engen, southwest Germany. The cave was used by humans. Since the cave has not been opened and explored yet, it is expected to provide unique information about the life of people in the Ice Age. 1/2
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#RomanSiteSaturday
: Every time I see a photo of Timgad/Algeria one word comes to my mind: perfection.
The Colonia Marciana Traiana Thamugadi was founded in 100 AD. Its plan, laid out with great precision, is Roman urban planning at its best.
📷 Georg Steinmetz
#RomanArchaeology
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#AncientSiteSunday
: a fantastic photo of one of the colossal statues from the main entrance to the Great Temple of Abu Simbel,
#Egypt
, mostly covered by sand. It was taken by Maxime Du Camp in 1850. An assistant climbed to the top of the head of the colossus, probably...1/2
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An absolutely fantastic
#Roman
barge, "De Meern 1", lenght 25m. It was wrecked in a winding tributary of the Rhine around the year 190 AD, possibly due to navigational error. Much of the barge's interior and the captain's personal... 1/2
#RomanArchaeology
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An elaborately decorated early
#medieval
double-sided bone comb, found in a warrior's grave in Fridingen (dating early 7th century AD). To protect the delicate tines, the comb was kept in a case. Elaborate combs such as this ... 1/2
📷Landesmuseum Württemberg
#Archaeology
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The
#Roman
shipwreck at Comacchio, northern Italy, is over 21 m long and 5.62 m wide. It was discovered in 1980 during the maintenance of a drainage canal. The vessel was loaded with amphorae, lead ingots, and boxwood logs. It dates to the 1st century BC. 1/2
#romanarchaeology
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Awesome photo of the mosaic recently discovered in London
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New discovery: fragments of statues have been unearthed during the excavations carried out in the ancient city of Aizanoi,
#Turkey
.
#archaeology
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An absolutely fantastic
#Roman
ship, "De Meern 1", lenght 25m. It was wrecked in a winding tributary of the Rhine around the year 190 AD, possibly due to navigational error. Much of the ship’s interior and the captain's personal... 1/2
#LimesCongress2022
#RomanArchaeology
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A friend who is working on the Esna restoration project just sent me these stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper
#Egypt
. The colours of the reliefs and inscriptions in the building have been covered by a....1/2
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I promised to keep posting my favourite objects until Twitter flames out. Here is another one: The marvellous figure of the
#lion
man, carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago, height 31 cm. It’s the oldest knon representation of a creature that doesn’t....1/2
#Archaeology
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A friend just sent me stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper
#Egypt
. The colours of the reliefs and inscriptions in the building have been covered by a coating of dirt and soot for some 2000 years.
Since 2018, the original...1/2
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Made some 1,400 years ago: Complete wooden vessels are rarely preserved. Due to a damp environment, a wooden pitcher, a canteen, a small barrel, and a large beaker, and a candle holder have been preserved in quite good condition. They were found at the early medieval burial...1/2
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New discovery: a statue of a nymph unearthed during excavations in the gymnasium of Amastris, present-day Amasra in the Bedesten region on the Black Sea. The statue dates to the 2nd century AD.
👉
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New discovery: A
#Roman
sanctuary had been discovered in Herwen-Hemeling, The Netherlands. Several temples and votive altars were unearthed.
#RomanArchaeology
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New discovery: a well-preserved section of the Via Flaminia was discovered during construction works. The road connected
#Rome
with central and northern Italy and was built in the second half of the 3rd century BC.
👉
#romanarchaeology
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The famous Sutton Hoo helmet, found during the excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939. Dating early 7th c. AD, made of iron, tinned and gilt cooper alloy, and silver and garnet inlays. The eyebrows, the nose and the moustache form a flying dragon. The helmet...1/2
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A full body picture of the baby woolly
#mammoth
found frozen in the permafrost of north-western Canada. It's thought to be more than 30,000 years old.
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#RomanSiteSaturday
: The
#Italian
town of
#Lucca
with its Piazza dell' Anfiteatro. It's elliptical because it was built on the remains of a
#Roman
amphitheatre.
Photo:
#RomanArchaeology
#Italy
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In the
#Roman
necropolis at Wehringen, Bavaria, a physician was buried with a set of surgical instruments, a stone palette, and a bronze medicine box with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances. The compartments still contained…1/2
#RomanArchaeology
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19 amphorae filled with more than 600 kg of late
#Roman
coins were found in 2016 at Tomares near Sevilla,
#Spain
. The hoard consists of more than 50,000 tetrarchic bronze coins, it was hidden in a backyard of a villa. The amphorae are of the ... 1/2
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Happy
#Solstice
! The Nebra Sky Disc is considered to be the oldest known material representation of cosmic phenomena in the world, dating around 1600 BC.
On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle.
Further information:
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The impressive Trier Gold Hoard is the largest
#Roman
gold hoard ever discovered. It comprises more than 2650 aurei (gold coins) with a total weight of about 18.5 kilogram. The aurei were hidden in 196 AD during the revolt of.... 1/2
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One of these objects you have to share immediately after seeing it: an adorable (smiling 🙂)
#octopus
on a fish plate. Fish plates were decorated with various examples of seafood. They were invented in Athens in the 5th c. BC. Most of them are found in Southern Italy,...1/2
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WOW, dear followers, I see there are 25k of you! I'm truly thrilled by your interest. Thank you all so much, it’s wonderful that you share my passion for
#archaeology
. You’re amazing! Here’s one of the highlights of our collections: The unique Trichtingen torc consists… 1/2
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I'm absolutely thrilled that Twitter is still online, but I'll keep posting some of my favourite objects over the weekend. A kind of best of Nina of the last 2.5 years. Just in case 😉. This is an absolutely fantastic
#Roman
barge, the "De Meern 1", lenght 25m. It was... 1/3
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A tiny (3.7 cm) but amazing
#iceage
masterpiece: the figure of a woolly mammoth was carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago.
Found in the Vogelherd cave on the Swabian Jura, south-west Germany.
#archaeology
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In the
#Roman
necropolis at Wehringen, Bavaria, a physician was buried with a set of surgical instruments, a stone palette, and a bronze medicine box with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances. The compartments still contained…1/2
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#AncientSiteSunday
: a fantastic photo of one of the colossal statues from the main entrance to the Great Temple of Abu Simbel,
#Egypt
, mostly covered by sand. It was taken by Maxime Du Camp in 1850. An assistant climbed to the top of the head of the colossus, probably ...1/2
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It's time for another tiny (4.8 cm lenght) but absolutely gorgeous
#IceAge
masterpiece from the Swabian Jura - a
#horse
carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago - the oldest known sculpture of a horse!
On display at MUT, Schloss Hohentübingen.
#Archaeology
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A woman bought unknowingly an ancient
#Roman
bust in a Goodwill store in Austin, Texas, for $34.99 - a sculpture that went missing during World War II from the Pompeijanum at Aschaffenburg, Germany.
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I'm currently working on wooden sculpture from the Roman period and have come across many wooden finds which have nothing to do with my topic, but tempt me to procrastinate. Some of them are very touching, like this baby’s rocking cradle from Herculaneum,...1/2
#RomanArchaeology
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Well, Twitter is still running and it's
#AncientSiteSunday
, therefore let's go to my favourite
#Roman
site: the temple complex of
#Baalbek
, located in the Bekaa Valley/
#Lebanon
. The breathtaking
site contains some of the largest Roman temples ever ... 1/2
Photos: Rami Rizk
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Glass bracelets and glass beads found in the oppidum (
#Celtic
settlement) at Manching, Bavaria.
Manching was a centre of Celtic glass industry. It was specialised on the production of seamless colourful glass bracelets from ca. 260 - 40 BC. The raw glass was imported from...1/2
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Victoria's Secret? A
#Roman
leather
#brief
/
#bikini
bottom with a cut-out design, tied on each side of the hips with leather laces. Made of goat leather, from Trier, dating 2nd c. AD.
So far, seven differently cut leather briefs are known. It's unclear...1/2
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For
#AncientSiteSunday
the
#Hellenistic
theatre at Pergamon,
#Turkey
, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the
#Roman
period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators.
Photo: C. Bredfeldt
#Archaeology
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The
#Roman
shipwreck at Comacchio, northern Italy, is over 21 m long and 5.62 m wide. It was discovered in 1980 during the maintenance of a drainage canal. The vessel was loaded with amphorae, lead ingots, and boxwood logs. It dates to the 1st century BC. 1/2
#romanarchaeology
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This uniquely preserved Late Neolithic flint dagger (2900 BCE) was found in Allensbach at the Lake Constance, southwest
#Germany
. The blade was made of flint from Monte Baldo, northern
#Italy
. It was fastened with birch tar in a handle made...1/2
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It's Monday and no
#twittershutdown
happened over the weekend, so my series of best of the last 2.5 years ends with one of my favourite aerial views of the
#Giza
plateau: the
#pyramids
are not nearly as remote as many people think. Nowadays they are flanked on three sides ...1/2
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A quite rare
#Greek
askos in the form of a lobster claw, dating around 450 BC.
The vessel was used to hold oil.
Photo:
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Fascinating world of ancient
#glass
: A
#Roman
glass model of a
#boat
, dating 2nd c. AD. It was found in St. Aldegund in a 4th-century woman's grave. Six of such boats are known. We don't know their function: Were they used as women's urinals, as components...1/2
#RomanArchaeology
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A
#Roman
Barbie doll: a ivory doll with articulated arms and legs found in the sarcophagus of a 5 or 6 year old girl in the Necropolis of
#Tarragona
. The remains of gold thread indicate that the doll was dressed in rich clothing. 1/2
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Fascinating world of ancient
#glass
: an amazing
#Roman
glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside – a so-called joke-jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker.
Probably made in workshop in Cologne, found in burial in Stein am Rhein,
#Switzerland
, 4th c. AD.
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For
#AncientSiteSunday
the
#Hellenistic
theatre at Pergamon, Turkey, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the
#Roman
period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators.
#Archaeology
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A masterpiece of Paleolithic art, made some 29,500 years ago: the famous Venus of Willendorf. The figurine (height 11.1 cm) is made of oolitic limestone, traces of a pigment, red ochre, can still be seen. Much has been written about the figurine, the interpretations have...1/2
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Fascinating world of ancient
#glass
: an amazing
#Roman
glass jug with a smaller glass jug inside – a so-called joke-jar that shows the skill of the glassmaker.
Probably made in workshop in Cologne, found in burial in Stein am Rhein,
#Switzerland
, 4th c. AD.
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It seems
#Twittershutdown
is running late 😉.
So, it's time for another one of my favourite objects: The famous Sutton Hoo helmet, found during the excavation of the Sutton Hoo ship burial in 1939. Dating early 7th c. AD, made of iron, tinned and gilt cooper alloy, and...1/2
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For
#MosaicMonday
a
#Roman
mosaic showing the labyrinth of the Minotaur on Crete. The monster’s head is depicted in the centre. The simple depiction is alluding to the myth of Theseus, in which the Greek hero slays the Minotaur in the labyrinth with... 1/2
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Extraordinary new discovery: a 300,000-year-old snapshot! Oldest human footprints from Germany found. Three fossil footprints of Homo heidelbergensis discovered among prehistoric elephant tracks at the Schöningen site in Lower Saxony
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Wow, I crossed 15k followers and I'm truly thrilled by your interest. Thank you all so much, it’s wonderful to be able to share my passion for
#archaeology
with so many amazing people. Here’s one of the highlights of our collections: the stunning mummy portrait of Eirene. 1/2
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The oldest preserved
#candles
made from beeswax north of the Alps are around 1,400 years old. They were found at the early medieval burial site in Oberflacht. The damp environment preserved the candles in a good condition.
On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg
#archaeology
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The impressive Trier Gold Hoard is the largest
#Roman
gold hoard ever discovered. It comprises more than 2650 aurei (gold coins) with a total weight of about 18.5 kilogram. The aurei were hidden in 196 AD during the revolt of.... 1/2
#RomanArchaeology
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Fascinating world of ancient
#glass
: a gorgeous
#Roman
flask in the form of a shell, mold-blown from dark blue glass. It was used to hold perfume. Dating 1st century AD.
On display at British Museum.
#RomanArchaeology
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This marvellous
#Roman
enamelled flask was found in a grave in Buzet (Pinguente), Istria/Croatia. It's a product of a workshop in Britain or Gaule. Dating 2nd century AD
Photo: KHM Museumsverband
#RomanArchaeology
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New discovery: a part of a
#Roman
water supply system was discovered in a villa at Stabiae, a kind of tank and pipes made of lead. It was used to regulate the flow of water and distribute it to the different rooms of the villa.
👉
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New discovery: Ruins of Nero’s Theater, an imperial theater referred to in ancient
#Roman
texts but never found, have been discovered under the garden of a future Hotel near Vatican.
👉
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For
#MosaicMonday
this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered a few months in the submerged ruins of
#Roman
Baiae.
Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei
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Another splendid
#IceAge
masterpiece from the Swabian Jura: a big cat (thought to be a snow leopard) carved in mammoth ivory more than 40,000 years ago! Length 8.7 cm, found at the Vogelherd Cave on the Swabian Jura.
#Archaeology
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While preparing next week's lecture, I came across this fabulous picture: a section of the
#Roman
Eifel
#aqueduct
that supplied water to Cologne. The vaulted underground tunnel with an inspection shaft at Mechernich-Breitenbenden was unearthed during …1/2
#RomanArchaeology
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For
#FrescoFriday
a glimpse into a tomb of the
#Roman
period in Corinth/
#Greece
. One of the terracotta sarcophagi has the shape of a bed and is painted in bright colours: a woman's head is resting on a pillow, her body is covered with a blanket. The details are amazing: 1/2
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New discovery: a life size marble statue of Hercules unearthed during excavations in the Parco Scott at the Via Appia,
#Rome
Photo:
#RomanArchaeology
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Too good not to share: I just came across this photo of a wooden floor of a neolithic house. Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700BC
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
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New discovery: a statue and fragments of several other statues have been unearthed during the excavations carried out in the ancient city of Aizanoi,
#Turkey
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One of the highlights of the
@ALMKonstanz
collections:
A remarkably well-preserved Late Neolithic flint dagger found in Allensbach at the Lake Constance, southwest
#Germany
, dating 2900-2800 BC. The blade was made of flint from Monte Baldo, northern
#Italy
. It was fastened...1/2
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A very stylish
#Roman
enclosed boot with a highly decorative and intricate cut-out design, that would have shown off the wearer’s socks.
Found in London, dating c. 75-125 AD.
On display at Museum of London
#RomanArchaeology
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#AncientSiteSunday
!
A fantastic aerial photo of the
#Giza
plateau: the
#pyramids
are not nearly as remote as many people think. Nowadays they are flanked on three sides by the roads and neighborhoods of Giza, one of
#Egypt
's largest cities.
Photo: Sebastian Nagy
#Archaeology
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Good morning, everyone! Happy
#InternationalCatDay
!
A terrific
#Egyptian
gold finger-ring with a carnelian bezel in form of a
#cat
. The ring is presumably related to the goddess Bastet, who was worshipped in the form of a lion and a cat.
Photo: The British Museum, 1947,1011.2
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The so-called Venus of Hohle Fels (a cave on the Swabian Jura) was carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. The 6cm long figurine is the world’s oldest known representation of a human. It lacks a head. Instead, a carved ring is placed above the shoulders. The ring... 1/2
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For
#ancientsitesunday
this stunning aerial view of the Parco degli Acquedotti, south east of
#Rome
. The park is named for its seven aqueducts which supplied the city with water.
Photo: Valentino Ligori
#romanarchaeology
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A life-sized horse's head made of gilded bronze, discovered in a well in the
#Roman
settlement of Waldgirmes, that was occupied from 4 BC to 16 AD. The horse’s head probably belonged to a bronze equestrian statue of emperor Augustus that stood in the ...1/2
#RomanArchaeology
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I know this has been posted many times before, but I just showed this
#Roman
multitool to a colleague who has never seen it before. Probably not the only one, so here it is: World's oldest known "Swiss army knife", including knife, fork, spoon, pick, but no bottle opener 😉. 1/2
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Another one for
#InternationalCatDay
: a marvellous
#Egyptian
faience ring depicting a
#cat
and her kittens. The ring is probably related to Bastet, the feline goddess of fertility and protection.
Photo: Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Glass bracelets and glass beads found in the oppidum (
#Celtic
settlement) at Manching, Bavaria. Manching was a centre of Celtic glass industry. It was specialized on the production of seamless colourful glass bracelets from ca. 260 - 40 BC. The raw glass was imported from...1/2
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