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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Win a signed copy of the wonderful new book Stone Lands by Fiona Robertson. To enter please repost and like this post and follow us on here if you haven’t already. More… 1/

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Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte Halle (Saale) @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

A beautiful sandstone wrist guard of the Bell Beaker Culture (2500-2050 BCE), discovered in 2010 in the grave of a man in Kleinpaschleben, Anhalt-Bitterfeld district, Central Germany. Photo © LDA Sachsen-Anhalt, J. Lipták.

The front and back of wrist guard made of red sandstone. The shape of the wrist guard is rectangular. The corners of the curved rectangle are perforated.

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JSTOR @jstor.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Before there was Moo Deng, there was William. @metmuseum.org's blue faience hippo dates back to ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. He’s been charming museumgoers for over a century. Take a closer look at William: bit.ly/3FeIt4h 📷 : Hippopotamus (William), ca. 1961–1878 B.C.

A small blue faience hippopotamus figurine known as William from ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom (c. 1961–1878 BCE). The hippopotamus is decorated with black lotus flower patterns on its body, symbolizing the Nile’s vegetation. The figurine stands on four legs with a slightly lowered head and a rounded body, exhibiting signs of wear and cracking due to age.

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Top bit of research this 👇. Did we mention that we're in it? No? Sorry - must've forgotten to do that.

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School of Archaeology @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

📢The School of Archaeology proudly presents: the #radiocarbon dating process - 🎞️⭐: Dr Rachel Wood, Jamie Cameron, Gary Lai, Shutong Jin, Silvia Tardaguila Giacomozzi & Nikta Sarie. #archaeologicalscience #womeninstem #lablife @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @graduate.ox.ac.uk youtu.be/xQka8ohWLFo?...

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The Radiocarbon Dating Process - the Journey of a Sample

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

#Roman helmets with face masks found at various sites in southwestern Germany. They were worn by cavalry soldiers during parades and tournaments. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

Seven Roman face helmets made of metal, displayed against a black background. Some helmets are well-preserved with intricate details, while others are heavily corroded or fragmented. The designs feature stylized facial features, wavy hair, and decorative elements.

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Bison licking its shoulder, from La Madeleine, carved in reindeer antler Photo: Don Hitchcock 2008

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 07/02/2025

The Caergwrle Bowl which was found in 1823 in a field near Caergwrle Castle in Flintshire. Made of gold, tin and shale, the bowl provides a representation of a Bronze Age ship. Part of the collections at the National Museum of Wales. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Wales

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

#MosaicMonday - The eponymous panel of the stunning 'Pegasus Mosaic' from Antakya. The winged horse is shown on Mount Helicon, where its hooves created the Hippocrene spring: ca. 2nd Century AD. #Myth #AncientBluesky 🏺 Image:📸 Dosseman (CC BY-SA 4.0). Link – themuseumhotelantakya.com/muze/

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

An amazing resource! Explore 4881 mosaics from 181 countries around the globe 🤩 The world of mosaics right here at your fingertips! Enjoy!! www.mosatlas.com/atlas.aspx

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Sapinuwa @sapinuwa.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Some #Neolithic tools of comfort & ornaments. Maybe living in Stone Age was harder, but they had pleasure too. I particularly like the 8000 year old bone belt buckles in 3rd photo. Photos 1-3 Anatolian Civilizations Museum, photo 4 Konya Museum.🏺

Two necklaces and a bracelet of stone and bone beads

A few bone rings, two stone bracelets, a bone collar with linear patterns on it, a wooden box with shell beads in it, a "blush box" made of a seashell, and a two piece bone belt buckle consisting of a hook and a ring

Two belt buckles consisting of a ring and a hook

Two clay rectangular prisms, one has nine tiny holes in short side, the other has a bigger hole

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

An ancient and magical amber bear. Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. ✨Merry Christmas everyone✨ National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me #Archaeology

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 24/12/2024

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a … ’ Hold that thought! Here’s a Roman bronze figurine of a little mouse nibbling on bread! Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️ Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart. 📷 by me #Archaeology🏺

Bronze figurine of a mouse sitting on its haunches, nibbling on a piece of bread held between its front paws

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

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: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky... 📷 me 🏺

A photo of a museum display with the Nebra sky disk. The green coloured bronze disk features a gold sun, moon and star decoration.

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Gail Boyle FMA FSA @boyleg.bsky.social · 21/12/2024

Happy Winter Solstice! This Bronze Age gold bulla is one of the most amazing objects I have had the privilege to handle as a member of the Treasure Valuation Committee. It is most frequently called the Shropshire Sun Pendant since the engraving looks like a sunrise/set. finds.org.uk/database/art...

CC License: CC BY 2.0 - Rights holder Birmingham Museums Trust. A semicircular pendant with fine engraved lines that look like a sunburst.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 22/12/2024

A charming #Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog, made of faience, dating ca 1900 BC, from Thebes, #Egypt. The Egyptians associated hedgehogs with rebirth. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 taken by me 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

Close-up of a hedgehog figurine. It is glazed in a bright blue, its eyes are black. The glaze is chipped in many places but remains mostly intact.

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