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ninawillburger, 2 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 1 day 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, 4 days ago to random

Lovely evening

#LakeConstance #Bodensee #Konstanz

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, 6 days ago to philosophy

A bust of the #Roman Emperor Marcus Aurelius, hammered from a single sheet of gold. The bust (weight ca. 1590grams) was found in 1939 in a sewer in front of the so-called Sanctuaire du Cigognier in Aventicum (Avenches, Switzerland). Dating 170/180 AD.

📷AVENTICUM - Site et Musée romains d'Avenches

#RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

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ninawillburger, 7 days ago to glass

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A magnificent #Roman striped mosaic bowl, made of preformed rods and canes fused on or in mold. Timeless beauty!

Dating late 1st BC–early 1st AD, found in Cuora, Cavarzere, Italy
Photo: Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Adria

#RomanArchaeology #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, 8 days ago to homebrewing

For #EpigraphyTuesday a Trier black slipped ware motto beaker bearing the Latin inscription: PARCE AQVAM ADIC MERVM - save the water, pour unmixed #wine!
Trier motto beakers are frequently decorated with toasts to life and wine.
From Trier, dating around 300 AD.

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 9 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, 11 days ago to random

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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, 14 days ago to random

Simply beautiful: a pair of hands of an #Egyptian statue group.
18th dynasty, around 1350 BC , from Amarna.

On display at Neues Museum, Berlin

📸 taken by me.

ninawillburger, 14 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 random

Attending the conference "From Crisis to Future: New Responsibilities for Museums in Ukraine".
The focus lies on how Ukrainian museums can provide support to the nation's civil society in the current situation and contribute to the country's reconstruction efforts.

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 berlin

Berlin! It's been a while! It's great to be here once again ♥️

#Berlin

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 random

As long as poppies bloom, life must be lived (Sohrab Sepehri)

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, 18 days ago to random

Dark ages? Yarnes dyed only with plants - like people dyed in the #medieval era. Beautiful colours!

I took the photo at Campus Galli at Messkirch, a medieval construction site featuring workshops that employ authentic medieval production techniques.

ninawillburger, 19 days ago to random

Lake Constance - one of the most beautiful regions in Germany.

#Konstanz #Bodensee #LakeConstance #Constance

ninawillburger, 19 days ago to Archaeology

The so-called Treverermännchen ('little man of the Treveri'), a charming Roman bronze figurine depicting a man wearing a short hooded cloak (cucullus). Gaiters are wrapped around his legs. It's unknown what the figure once held.

Found in AugustTreverorum/Trier, dating 3rd c. AD.

#RomanArchaeology #archaeology