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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3h

Archaeologists uncovered a 300-meter (984-foot) section of Jerusalem’s ancient Lower Aqueduct near Kibbutz Ramat Rachel. First constructed during the Hasmonean dynasty in the Second Temple period, it transported water to the Temple Mount and remarkably remained in use for nearly 2,000 years.

Photo credit: Emil Aladjem/Israel Antiquities Authority.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 4h

The Louvre could eventually have to shut its doors to the public unless France’s next government backs a sweeping transformation of the world’s most-visited museum, its director has warned. www.euronews.com/2026/10/14/l...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

Underwater excavations off the coast of Kekova, Antalya, have uncovered amphorae dating back 4,400 to 4,700 years. Researchers believe these artifacts belong to an Early Bronze Age merchant ship carrying goods across the Mediterranean. Photo credit Hakan Öniz, Türkiye. www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 14/10/2026

An iron window grill has been unearthed at the ancient Roman site of Augusta Raurica six miles east of Basel, Switzerland. Two of the original nails used to install it in the window opening survive. Facebook 📷 Augusta Raurica www.facebook.com/share/p/1Vkm...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 12/10/2026

The "Tondo of the Two Brothers" is traveling abroad for the first time following its restoration. It’s heading to Rome as part of a landmark exhibition bringing Fayum portraits straight from Egyptian museums abroad. 📷Amr Nabil/AP apnews.com/article/mumm...

The portraits will be featured in an exhibition in Rome from November to May 2027.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

📷 S. Radchenko et al., npj Herit. Sci (2026). www.nature.com/articles/s40...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Internal structure of Mammoth ivory inspired the design of Mizyn (Ukraine) Upper Palaeolithic figurines 📷 S. Radchenko et al., npj Herit. Sci (2026). www.nature.com/articles/s40...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

An analysis of 18 Venus figurines found at the Mizyn campsite in Northern Ukraine shows that Ice Age craftspeople carefully observed and mimicked the natural lines of the ivory, using them to structure their artistic engravings. 📷University of York www.uis.no/en/museum-of...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

The wood has decomposed, all that remains is a dark stain in the soil, leaving archaeologists to determine whether an actual boat was used or if the grave was sculpted into this shape. Photo credit Archeologia i starożytności Chodlika / Facebook. arkeonews.net/rare-early-m...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Sandwiched between two graves, one a burial mound and another featuring a house-shaped monument, this dugout canoe-shaped feature measures about 1.2 meters wide and contains cremated human remains alongside silver jewelry. Photo credit Archeologia i starożytności Chodlika / Facebook.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 11/10/2026

Archaeologists in Chodlik, eastern Poland, have uncovered a rare early medieval boat burial at a Slavic cemetery dating back to the 8th–10th century. Photo credit Archeologia i starożytności Chodlika / Facebook.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

A gang of thieves has carried out what is being described as the biggest wine theft in Italian history, taking around 30,000 bottles worth an estimated €5 million from the Marchesi Antinori cellar in Cortona, in the province of Arezzo.

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30,000 bottles of wine worth €5 million stolen in record heist in Italy

Thieves have stolen 30,000 bottles worth €5 million from the Marchesi Antinori cellar in what is described as the biggest wine theft in Italian history.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

For #WorldOctopusDay a scene of the so-called 'Fish Mosaic' discovered in the 'House of the Faun' in Pompeii, Italy. It dates back to the 2nd century BC and depicts a combat between an octopus and a lobster in astonishing detail. Photo credit Marie-Lan Nguyen

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Two coins depicting the Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Alexandrian mint, 2nd century AD. Photo credit by Ginolerhino. www.worldhistory.org/image/5419/a...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Seal ring with lighthouse discovered in Alexandria's harbour. Underwater archaeologists exploring the submerged royal island of Antirhodos found a unique bronze seal ring featuring the very 1st known depiction of the Lighthouse of Alexandria on personal jewelry. 📷Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

During an excavation in Quedgeley on the edge of Gloucester, archaeologists discovered a rare Bronze Age child burial, preserved ancient insects, pieces of wood bearing axe marks inside a local waterhole, and evidence of wood-splitting. 📷Cotswold Archaeology www.bbc.com/news/article...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Omroep Flevoland zendt deze maand de driedelige documentaireserie Batavia uit. In de reeks vertelt journalist Arend Dubbelboer het verhaal van het beroemde VOC-schip, van de bouw in de zeventiende eeuw tot de reconstructie op de Bataviawerf in Lelystad.

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Omroep Flevoland brengt verhaal van de Batavia in driedelige documentaireserie

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Previously, traces of buildings from this era in central Germany were only known through soil discolorations. This rare preservation could change what we know about hunter-gatherer structures, predating the first farming longhouses by 3,000 years. www.lda-lsa.de/presse-und-o...

Photo: Juraj Lipták, State Office for Heritage Management and Archaeology of Saxony-Anhalt.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Researchers in Lake Arendsee have recovered 10,500-year-old worked wood, including a 5.2-foot (1.6-meter) post with felling marks and 4.3-foot (1.3-meter) split boards, dating back to the Mesolithic period. www.lda-lsa.de/presse-und-o...

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Roblake1959 @roblake1959.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Exciting and horrifying at the same time.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

In an update from Secrets of the Ice, researchers reveal that this year alone, 48 prehistoric arrows have been discovered and recovered from melting ice in Jotunheimen. While these finds offer insights into ancient hunting,they also signal an urgent & sobering reality: the oldest ice is now melting

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Year of the Arrows - Now the Stone Age Is Melting Out - Secrets of the Ice

48 prehistoric arrows emerge from melting ice in Jotunheimen in Norway as increasingly ancient artefacts are revealed.

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

This is one of the Hornelund brooches crafted by a highly skilled Danish goldsmith. It was unearthed in 1892 by a labourer ploughing fields in Hornelund. It was part of a valuable hoard that included a second gold clothing brooch & a thick gold arm ring. 🕰️c950-1000AD 🏛️📷 National Museum of Denmark

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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Ik herinner me dat deze hoax al bestond toen ik tiener was, zo'n halve eeuw geleden dus.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Hoewel de claim sindsdien herhaaldelijk is ontkracht, laait de hype nu weer op. Het is slechts een geologisch fenomeen en een slimme pr-machine, maar wetenschappelijk gezien ligt hier nog steeds geen houten boot!

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Dit blijft al tientallen jaren rondzingen, gevoed door een combinatie van wensdenken, sensatiezucht en een misinterpretatie van geologische processen. Het verhaal gaat al sinds 1959 de wereld over, toen een Turkse legerkapitein de vorm ontdekte op luchtfoto's.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Serieus @nieuws.nos.nl ? Blijven jullie dit nepnieuws dat de Ark van Noach wellicht is gevonden in een bootvormige rotsformatie in Oost-Turkije brengen? Dit is een klassiek voorbeeld van pseudo-archeologie.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Archaeologists excavating near Naousa in northern Greece recently uncovered a roughly 2,400-year-old school complex, or gymnasium. The site, which stood in the ancient Macedonian town of Mieza, may have been where Aristotle taught in the 4th century BCE ✒️Ella Spitz 📷Hellenic Ministry of Culture

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

First burials give insights into mortuary rites at Göbeklitepe, Early Neolithic Türkiye. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Researchers led by Julia Gresky of the German Archaeological Institute have discovered the first-ever intact burials at Göbekli Tepe in southeastern Türkiye, dating back to between about 8700 and 8000 BC.

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The First Human Burials Have Been Excavated At Göbekli Tepe, Challenging Old Theories About The 11,500-Year-Old Site

Until now, only scattered and smashed bones had been found at the site.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

September 29th is the Feast of St Michael and All Angels. Here is depicted the company of angels: Seraphs, Cherubs, and Thrones. BL Royal MS 6 E IX; Convenevole da Prato, Carmina regia; c1335 CE; Italy (Tuscany); f.6r @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

The roof must offer more daytime shade than sunlight, and at night, the stars should be visible through its branches and leaves. Traditionally we eat at least one meal daily in the sukkah, along with friends and relatives.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wishing all who celebrate a happy Sukkot! (Feast of the Tabernacles). This holiday's central symbol is the sukkah (depicted in this 14th century Hebrew manuscript), a temporary structure of at least three walls and a roof composed of cut branches or leaves.

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Ennius @enniusredloeb.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Sukkot 2026 begins at sundown on 25th September: here is depicted a sukkah and a man holding a lulav branch and an etrog. BL Or 5024; Pisḳe R. Yeshayah Aḥaron (Halakhic decisions of Isaiah of Trani, the younger); 1374 CE; Italy N; f.70v @blmedieval.bsky.social

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

www.inrap.fr/le-rempart-d... www.lemonde.fr/en/history/a... Photo credit Hamid Azmoun, Inrap.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Initial radiocarbon dating places the construction between 200 and 10 B.C., directly aligning with the Gallic period. Notably, the rampart shows heavy scorch marks, accompanied by burnt wood and carbonized seeds, and a Gallic spearhead was recovered directly at the base of the wall.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

an engineering method highly characteristic of late Iron Age murus gallicus fortifications. Experts estimate the structure originally stood at least 4 meters high, stabilized from behind by an artificial platform of sand and gravel. Photo credit Hamid Azmoun, Inrap.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Led jointly by Inrap and the DHAAP under the scientific control of the French Ministry of Culture (Drac Île-de-France), the excavations revealed an imposing 22-meter-long defensive fortification. The monumental wall was constructed with stone blocks bound by large wooden beams,

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Archaeologists have uncovered a significant discovery beneath the Hôtel-Dieu on the Île de la Cité, potentially providing the first material evidence of Lutetia, the Celtic settlement mentioned in Julius Caesar's account of the Gallic Wars in 52 B.C. #Paris Photo credit Hamid Azmoun, Inrap.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Archaeologists believe the hoard was deliberately buried for safekeeping during the first quarter of the 2nd century A.D. under the reign of Emperor Hadrian. www.lvr.de/bodendenkmal...

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Sensationeller römischer Münzschatz | LVR-Bodendenkmalpflege

Auf einem Acker bei Wesseling entdeckte ein Sondengänger bei einer genehmigten Suche mehrere römische Silbermünzen.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The oldest coin in the trove dates back to 148 B.C. (during the Roman Republic), though the majority originate from the Flavian dynasty (A.D. 69–96). Photo credit Marcel Zanjani/LVR-Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland) www.lvr.de/bodendenkmal...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Unearthed near Wesseling, south of Cologne along the Rhine River, it consists of 934 Roman silver denarii with a total weight of 3.1 kilograms (6.8 pounds). Photo credit Marcel Zanjani/LVR-Amt für Bodendenkmalpflege im Rheinland)

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