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ninawillburger, 3 days ago to random

2,000-year-old rock art discovered along the Orinoco River. Some of the engravings are up to 40m long, the world's largest monumental engravings.

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/venezuela-und-kolumbien-forscher-stossen-auf-bis-zu-2000-jahre-alte-felsgravuren-a-73be4a29-5100-40b8-b7d6-3b64c7a8ebbe?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh

ninawillburger, 4 days ago (edited 2 days ago) to random

An aerial view of the pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, a tomb built in the late 1st century BC. It was incorporated into the Aurelian Walls in the late 3rd century AD. According to an inscription the tomb was completed in 330 days!

Photo: Valentino Ligori

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 5 days ago to Archaeology

For #FindsFriday an elaborate Greek gold hairnet with garnet inlays, dating from the 3rd century BC, an older medallion of Medusa was reused in the centre.
From Taras (Tarento, Italy).

On display at Altes Museum, Berlin.

📷 taken by me

#Archaeology

ninawillburger, 8 days ago (edited 7 days ago) to Archaeology

New discovery: Carpenter’s tools found in a room in the Villa of Civita Giuliana at Pompeii.
The room contains a bed, as well as work tools e.g. baskets, a long rope, pieces of wood, and a saw

👉https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2024/06/carpenters-tools-found-in-a-room-in-the-villa-of-civita-giuliana-in-pompeii/

#RomanArchaeology #archaeology

ninawillburger, 10 days ago to random

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ninawillburger, 10 days ago to IceAge

It's World Heritage Day in Germany today! In 2017, caves from the #IceAge in the Swabian Jura became UNESCO World Heritage Site. Mankind's earliest mobile art was found in those caves, e.g, the marvellous figure of the #lion man, carved in mammoth ivory ca. 40,000 years ago.

Found in the Hohlenstein-Stadel cave. On display at Museum Ulm.

#archaeology

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ninawillburger, 12 days ago to Archaeology

The gold-band pyxis is an amazing example of Roman luxury glassware. It combines canes of brightly colored glass with strips of gold leaf encased between layers of colorless glass.
It was used to hold cosmetics.
Dating 1st c. AD.
On display at Altes Museum Berlin

📷 taken by me

#RomanArchaeology #archaeology

ninawillburger, 13 days ago to greece

A glimpse of everyday life in ancient #Greece: a terracotta figurine group depicting a barber cutting a man's hair. Tanagra, Greece, dating early 5th century BC.

On display at Altes Museum, Berlin

📷 taken by me

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 15 days ago to DadBin

Sketched by #kids? Drawings depicting #gladiators among latest discoveries at Pompeii.
Charcoal graffiti believed to have been sketched by #children uncovered at Pompeii.

👉https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/28/drawings-depicting-gladiators-among-latest-discoveries-at-pompeii

#RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 15 days ago to philosophy

An inscribed golden ring found in the #Roman settlement at Aalen. The ring belonged to a child, the inscription reads CRESCAS, which translates as “may you grow”. A wish every parent still has for their kids today.

#EpigraphyTuesday #RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 16 days ago to random

For today's #MosaicMonday an early 4th century AD mosaic, discovered in the basilica of Aquileia, depicting the fight between a rooster and a turtle, commonly interpreted as the representation of light/good (rooster) and darkness/evil (turtle).

#LateAntiquity
#RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 17 days ago to philosophy

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
#archaeology

ninawillburger, 21 days ago to glass

One of my most favourite #glass vessels: A marvellous #Roman vessel in the form of a #pig, made of blue glass. It was used to hold ointment or perfume.
Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd c. AD

Photo: Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln

#RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 23 days ago to philosophy

Apparently it's #WorldBeeDay: a beautiful #Roman intaglio depicting a bee. From Syria.
1st to 3rd century AD
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Photo: Yale University Art Gallery.

#archaeology
#RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 23 days ago to philosophy

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.

From the collections at the Museum of London.

📸 taken by me

#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

ninawillburger, 24 days ago to France

#StandingStoneSunday a #Neolithic human-shaped stela with a necklace and a belt, carved in limestone. Found in Montagnac, #France. Dating 3200-2400 BC. In the late neolithic period several cultures living between the Atlantic Ocean and the Caucasus erected human-shaped stone sculptures showing clothing, weapons and jewellery. The stelae were symbols of power and status and were used for ancestor worship and rituals.

On display at Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, Nîmes

📸 mine

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 24 days ago to random

In the year 1615, the Italian traveler Pietro della Valle described mummy portraits as the most exquisite sight in the world. Since then, mummy portraits have captivated the attention of scholars and the general public. The portrait of a woman named Eirene is one of the few that bear an inscription: Eirene, daughter of Silvanos, her mother is Senpnoutis. May her soul live forever before Osiris-Sokar, the great god, the Lord of Abydos. 40/50 AD.

On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg

📸: mine

ninawillburger, 26 days ago to random

New discovery: Scientists find buried branch of the Nile that may have carried pyramid's stones

Discovery of the branch, which ran alongside 31 #pyramids could solve mystery of blocks’ transportation

👉https://www.theguardian.com/world/article/2024/may/16/scientists-find-buried-branch-of-the-nile-that-may-have-carried-pyramids-stones

ninawillburger, 26 days ago to glass

Fascinating world of ancient #glass:
A #Roman glass bottle shaped like a date: dates, figs, and honey were New Year's gifts in Roman times. According to Ovid, they should make the new year a sweet one.

On display at Pompejanum Aschaffenburg.

#RomanArchaeology #archaeology

ninawillburger, 28 days ago to Archaeology

New discovery: A 6,800-year-old Neolithic skeleton with numerous grave goods has been discovered in Exing, Bavaria.
The grave goods include a pouch decorated with two halves of a boar's tooth, which probably contained a blade and tools for making fire.

👉https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/mensch/eichendorf-archaeologen-graben-6800-jahre-altes-skelett-exinger-in-bayern-aus-a-d8dc3632-5814-4766-ac59-203727c3f75f

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 29 days ago to random

I'm deeply saddened by the death of my former history and ancient Greek teacher. She had a profound influence on my life.While many people only get to know influential school teachers through movies,I was fortunate enough to know and learn from Dr. Augusta Hönle. I'm forever grateful.

The photo shows a prothesis. The deceased is surrounded by mourners whose arms are raised above their heads in a gesture of mourning.

Photo: Staatliche Antikensammlungen und Glyptothek München, Renate Kühling

ninawillburger, 30 days ago to Greek

For #MosaicMonday a mosaic with a three dimensional cube pattern in a house on the #Greek island of #Delos, dating 2nd century BC.

#Archaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to random

Indeed, this is an accurate observation....

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to egypt

#AncientSiteSunday: the mortuary temple of #Hatshepsut at Deir el-Bahri. The temple is located on the west bank of the Nile at Luxor, close to the Valley of the Kings. Hatshepsut was a female pharaoh of the 18th dynasty, she reigned from ca. 1473-1458 BC.

#Egypt

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to philosophy

Statue of Bacchus, the #Roman god of wine, on display at the Pompejanum in Aschaffenburg, an idealised replica of Roman villa, built in the 1840th by Ludwig I of Bavaria. It's modelled on the Casa dei Dioscuri in Pompeii.

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology