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ninawillburger, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to philosophy

For #FindsFriday this charming and colourful #Roman enamelled fibula (pin for fastening garments) in the shape of a rooster, dating 2nd century AD. Found in Lauw, #Belgium.

Photo: Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren, No. GRM 10435

#RomanArchaeology
#Archaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to random

You need to watch this! Four hours might sound like a long time, but every single minute is worth watching! #Archaeology vs. Pseudoarchaeology. Thank you, @FlintDibble

https://youtu.be/-DL1_EMIw6w?feature=shared

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to random

A friend sent me this, but I didn't get it. Do you?
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ninawillburger, 1 month ago to IceAge

It's #WorldHeritageDay! In 2017 caves from the #IceAge on the Swabian Jura became UNESCO World Heritage Site. Humanity's earliest portable art was found in those caves. The tiny (3.7 cm) but amazing figure of a woolly mammoth carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago was discovered at the Vogelherd cave.

#archaeology

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ninawillburger, 1 month ago to philosophy

Rare #Roman enamelled brooch in the shape of a dagger.
Found in the Roman fort at Ehingen-Risstissen (South West Germany), dating 1st century AD.

Photo: LandesmuseumWürttemberg

#RomanArchaeology #RomanFortThursday
#archaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to Archaeology

En vogue around 6,000 years ago: an amazing #Neolithic three-row necklace consisting of more than 500 (!) beads made from limestone and jet.
From Sachsenheim, dating around 4,000 BC.

Photo: Landesmuseum Württemberg

#Archaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to random

Two boys have found bones from prehistoric elephants. The animals, which weighed up to 13 tonnes and reached a height of over four metres at the shoulder, lived near Munich around 10 million years ago.

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/natur/bayern-urelefanten-bei-muenchen-entdeckt-a-66a25516-d8f1-4c2d-be8d-c54f239798a5

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to Archaeology

A nearly 6,000-year-old stone axe in an antler sleeve and a wooden handle, found in the #Neolithic lake-dwelling at Hornstaad-Hörnle at Lake Constance. The sleeve absorbed energy from the blow.

Dating 3918-3902 BC

Photo: Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

#Archaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to philosophy

Great examples of wasters. The vessels were damaged during the process of firing.
From the #Roman site at Worb, Switzerland.

Ob display at Historisches Museum Bern.

#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to random

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to Archaeology

A 6,000-year-old necklace with three marble pendants. The beads are made of jet and limestone, which results in a beautiful black and white contrast that is typical of the jewellery of the Neolithic Schussenried culture, which was widespread in southwest Germany.
From Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 1 month ago to random

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ninawillburger, 1 month ago to Hockey

The proof that field #hockey was already played in the #Neolithic period? You might think so, but it's a 5,700-year-old wooden club.

Found in Seeberg, Switzerland.

On display at Historisches Museum Bern

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to Archaeology

For #FindsFriday a new discovery: Greek-Illyrian helmet unearthed in Pelješac, Croatia.

https://www.thedubrovniktimes.com/news/dubrovnik/item/16242-exciting-discovery-greek-illyrian-helmet-unearthed-in-peljesac-by-dubrovnik-museums-team

🏺 #Archaeology

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to random

Located almost 50 meters deep, the study of Illes Formigues II, a Roman wreck from the 1st century BC that sank off the coast in Palamós (Baix Empordà), is not a simple task for archaeologists.

👉https://www.usanews.net/m/breaking/the-surprising-marks-on-the-floor-of-the-hold-of-the-roman-ship-illes-h147388.html

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to Archaeology

Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old bead was found in the pile-dwelling settlement of Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy.

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to Archaeology

Please SIGN & SHARE this important petition

Goethe University Frankfurt: Significant cuts planned at the Institute of #Archaeological Science

https://www.change.org/p/gegen-die-kürzungen-der-sprach-kulturwissenschaften-an-der-goethe-universität-frankfurt?utm_medium=custom_url&utm_source=share_petition&recruited_by_id=78eb6b80-5477-0130-675e-3c764e04b838

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to olympia

This bronze helmet of the Corinthian type was found in the sanctuary at #Olympia, where large numbers of Corinthian helmets were excavated. Herodotos mentions this type of helmet as part of the equipment of the #Greek hoplites. C6th BC.

On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to egypt

Mummy mask of a woman, wearing a wreath of pink flower petals and a necklace. Painted plaster, eyes inlaid with glass.
From Middle #Egypt.
#Roman Period, late 1st - early 2nd century AD.

On display at Museum August Kestner, Hannover.

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to Archaeology

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. Long and well-groomed hair was a status symbol.

On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to philosophy

New discovery: Two #Roman ships were discovered off the coast of the Island of Capraia.

https://firenze.repubblica.it/cronaca/2024/04/03/news/scoperte_abissi_piombino_antiche_navi_romane-422411489

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 2 months ago to Greek

A Sphinx (height 4.8 cm) carved from #ivory and with face made of amber. Found in the Grafenbühl burial near Asperg, a rich burial mound from the late Hallstadt period, dating ca. 500 BC. The Sphinx is a product of a
#Greek workshop in Italy (Taranto?).
It was used as an applique and attached to a piece of furniture.

#archaeology