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This is an excellent documentary about the prehistoric desert kites of Arabia if you haven't seen it. I do like presenter-less formats when the archaeologists and archaeology get to do most of the talking:

That hadn't really occurred to me, but you are so right, Sue. (Sorry presenters out there 😅)

Hello from the revolving Corleck head exhibit at Cavan County Museum 🥰

So excited to have found this on BBCiplayer. Watching now....fascinating! The Mystery of the Desert Kites: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… via @bbciplayer

Cleveland Museum photo showing an ancient Egyptian paint box carved from boxwood with five oval wells containing original paint pigments. From top to bottom the preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon black, from charcoal). Dimensions 2.2 cm x 21 cm x 3.6 cm. On the front of the box there’s an inscription inlaid in Egyptian blue with the name Amenemope who was Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II, Dynasty 18. It translates as ‘The overseer of the city and vizier Amenemope. Master of secrets of the west bank [of Thebes]’. A red inscription on the back reads ‘Amen-Ra, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands’. Dated c. 1427-1401 BC.

Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains original pigments!

Looks similar to a modern-day set!

An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II.

📷 Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680

#Archaeology

Two wooden whisks, each with a central handle and multiple short, evenly spaced prongs radiating outward from one end. The prongs appear to be natural offshoots of the wood.

There are so many amazing finds from prehistoric pile dwellings settlements: 3,500-year-old wooden whisks found in settlements at the Lake Carera/Italy.
By rotating the shaft, it’s possible to whip cream until it turns into butter. Larger whisks were presumably used for.... 🧵 1/2

#archaeology 🏺

Miss the old Twitter days. Hope baby is behaving! More small wonders here... www.instagram.com/burbankgalax... Should be enough there to bore you to sleep 😅

Some macro images, recent and from last year. A slow start this year...

Surveyed dormice on the location of proposed holiday house in Mendips, Somerset. 2/2

This is outrageous. There is Mendip 'Champion species' Hazel Dormouse population literally on this spot! Tubes and boxes are surveyed right there! No joke 😡 1/2

What is going on!!😡 Watch this⬇️
@somersetcouncil.bsky.social

Oakham, Rutland
Buttercross on Market place.

Squeeze the peg to make the Dipper bird dip! The spring in the peg returns it to its upright position.
https://buff.ly/4gpSecQ
#clothespin #clothespeg #automata #dipper #bird #maker #fromTheArchives

Moon selected as historical preservation site to protect lunar heritage "The inclusion of the moon underscores the universal need for proactive and cooperative strategies to protect heritage — whether on Earth or beyond — that reflect and safeguard our collective narrativ...

A new step forward in protecting lunar heritage. The nomination was made by the ICOMOS International Scientific Committee on Aerospace Heritage. 🧪🏺🔭 #PlanetSci

Change in Paris air quality between 2007 and 2023 using visuals

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.

Good trade.

'I hired Banksy for £50 then painted over his mural' The world-famous street artist taught art lessons with local children in the 1990s.

BBC News - 'I hired Banksy for £50 then painted over his mural'
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

These days, they seem to go to extraordinary effort to include detectorists in the story, but lucky if Treasure Act is mentioned. Even less likely to mention PAS. Could be really sold to history enthusiasts, as the way they can positively contribute to local & national picture. Really disappointing!

Tracing Ancient Diet in Britain through Preserved Molecules in Pottery Speaker: Dr Lucy Cramp, University of Bristol Organic residue analysis involves extraction of preserved biomolecules absorbed into the fabric of pots, ...

BRISTOL FREE talk - 7.45pm 27 Jan 2025 "Lifting the lid on ancient diet: organic residue analysis of lipids from pottery" by Dr Lucy Cramp, Dept of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Bristol bgas.org.uk/events/event...

Ancient Egyptian ivory sculpture of a leaping dog. The ivory is now biscuit coloured. Dimensions: 18.2 cm (L) × 6.1 cm (H) × 3.6 cm (W) A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth. The inside of the mouth is red. The eyes are outlined in black. Dated Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC.

Something lovely for the weekend! A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping hunting dog opens and closes its mouth, as if barking, by using a lever below its chest. 📷 by me

#Archaeology

Digging for Britain all episodes on iplayer. I have to binge watch - can't help myself. Digging for Britain, Series 12: 1. Saxon Gold and Buried Coins: bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… via @bbciplayer

‘The darker angels of our nature’: Early Bronze Age butchered human remains from Charterhouse Warren, Somerset, UK | Antiquity | Cambridge Core ‘The darker angels of our nature’: Early Bronze Age butchered human remains from Charterhouse Warren, Somerset, UK

Bronze age butchered human remains from Charterhouse Warren Mendip, Somerset.

Original article behind todays headlines.....

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Pony on Mendip, Somerset
Blackdown, Beacon Batch
#Monochrome #blackandwhite #blackandwhitephotography
#Reflection #Moorland

Screenshot of the Crowd finder apeal to 'Save the Worcestershire Conquest Hoard'

Text from the crowd funder with 'saved', 'lost forever' etc hilighted

This annoys me - hoard shouldn't need to be 'saved', no reason it should be 'lost forever'...

...only reason this (& so many other 'treasure' finds) is in precarious position is because we - the public & museum - have to find £100k to pay finder!!

Talk about being held to ransom...

#Archaeology

Thank you, Nerys. Such a beautiful Cathedral.

Wells Cathedral one cold winter night 🌙 #Somerset

Efforts to control the microbial & fungal growths in the caves are ongoing. Conservation issues of the caves have led to reproductions & replica depictions of the caves being necessary.

There are three physical reproductions, Lascaux II - IV & also detailed VR simulations. 4/4

The cave art is estimated to be from 15,000 to 17,000 BCE according to the analysis of reindeer antlers spearheads & represents the flora & fauna of the Upper Paleolithic, painted in mineral pigments. 3/4

Discovered in 1940, the cave complex was opened to the public in 1948. By 1955 there were ~1,200 visitors per day, resulting in visible damage & deterioration of cave paintings, ultimately leading to closure in 1963 & restricted access. 2/4

The Caves of Lascaux are a UNESCO listed network of caves in the Dordogne region of Southwestern France. Described as the “Prehistoric Sistine Chapel”, the walls of the caves are covered in cave paintings, depicting many drawings of animals, human figures & abstract signs 1/4 🧵

YouTube video by The Jungle Diaries First Ever Video of Silkhenge Spider Birth

Whoa! Two worlds collide - my macro and archaeo worlds in one. Watch this....CRAZY. Silk henge youtu.be/Unc-g9AHl2Y?fe…

If you like visiting & exploring churches here is a Starter Pack to help link with other #ChurchCrawlers

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