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Or the liberals? I agree 100%

We can learn a lot from Troy’s trash The excavation of Troy’s rubbish is yielding arhceological treasure: how ordinary people lived several millenia ago.

We can learn a lot from Troy’s trash.
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Just wow 😮

A view into the tomb, showing various pottery vessels

A view into the tomb, in the background archaeologists at work

New discovery: Archaeologists have uncovered a rare, intact Etruscan chamber tomb – a discovery hailed as one of the most significant finds in recent decades for understanding the ancient pre-Roman civilization. 

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Still thrilling to see this face emerging after so many years! Feared lost but @durotrigesdig.bsky.social and his colleagues proved otherwise. What else survives... 🤔😍
#MosaicMonday

Roman mosaic depicting the story of Aeneas and Dido from Virgil’s Aeneid. Dates to c.350 CE and comes from Low Ham Villa in Somerset. Displayed (beautifully) at Taunton museum of Somerset.
#Romanobritain

I feel the same 😂🥰

Bronze Age log boat at Taunton museum. Every time I visit this museum I take another picture of it. I think it’s stunning.
#bronzeagebritain

Burnt wheat and barley grains, black due to carbonisation.

For example, at the Hittite capital of Hattusha, the burnt remains of a grain silo allowed researchers to uncover the largest archaeobotanical assemblage in the world, shedding light on everyday life and taxation in the Hittite Empire 2/2

🔗 from 2020 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

'Fire in Rome' by Hubert Robert (1785). The painting depicting the centre of 1st -century-AD Rome. Past the Pantheon, a fire consumes the Colosseum. Public Domain.

The Great Fire of Rome began #OnThisDay (or maybe the day after) in AD 64, destroying almost 3/4 of the city.

Whilst a disaster for the #Romans, burning events are very useful for archaeologists, as they preserve organic remains, such as grain, which rarely survive normally. 1/2

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A large necklace made of polished amber beads in various shades from deep brown to golden yellow, strung in a gradient from small to large and back. The central beads are the largest and most vibrant, featuring natural inclusions and striations. The necklace hangs against a warm brown background, creating a striking contrast.

Amber bead necklace, dating 6th c. BC, from Saal a.d.Saale-Waltershausen.
It appears that amber served a dual purpose, enhancing the appearance and protecting the women who wore it during the Hallstatt period. The intriguing material, sourced from the Baltic region, underwent...🧵1/2

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Right going to post this again - since I'm not great at Bluesky yet! If you're interested in #Archaeology in Gloucestershire do consider coming along or watching from the comfort of your home. Some great speakers!

The slab was found in 1868 in Bridgeness, now part of Bo'ness, West Lothian and donated to the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by the landowner on condition that they erect a replica on site. Photo (c) National Museums of Scotland

#ReliefWednesday

The Bridgeness Distance Slab, carved in the AD140s, marked the eastern end of the Antonine Wall, Rome's most northerly frontier.

A dedicatory inscription is flanked by two reliefs which juxtapose military carnage and peaceful piety. (1/3)

Steve Coogan reads the names of over 15,000 children killed in Gaza at vigil 'Those names are not just statistics.'

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One of my favourite sites and I’m so glad that this has been revealed by the archaeological record #durotriges25

The vaults underneath Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Suspension Bridge in Bristol. The hard hat tour is the best way to spend an hour.
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Roman relief depicting Roman Victory goddess found The relief, a symbolic find marking the end of an ancient war, was uncovered at Roman Vindolanda on Hadrian’s Wall.

Roman relief depicting Roman Victory goddess found
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A snippet of Roman houses at Ephesus. This was truly magnificent.

London Roman amphitheater

#WorldTheatreDay 🎭 The Greek Theatre of Epidaurus in Greece is considered the most beautiful and best-preserved of its kind. Praised for its acoustics, symmetry, and beauty, it hosted music, singing, and dramatic performances that were included in Asklepios's worship.

A dark bronze sestertius from the reign of the Roman emperor Titus (79-81 CE), aka Titus Caesar Vespasianus, son of the emperor Vespasian. The coin depicts the Colosseum (Flavian Amphitheatre) in great detail - you can see the four arched stories, statues within the arches, and a two story portico (perhaps a connection between the Colosseum and Titus' baths) on the right side. It even depicts the alternating clypea, the huge circular bronze shields once placed on the cornice of the fourth floor, and in the center - facing us - the gilded quadriga sculpture over the north-east entry. On the left is the large conical monumental fountain - the Meta Sudans - which stood outside the Colosseum until 1936, when Mussolini had it destroyed to create a traffic circle for his fascist parades.

This is one of the earliest depictions of the Colosseum, a bronze sestertius issued by the emperor Titus to commemorate the amphitheater's completion. Only ten are known to exist. You can see the spectators, the statues in the arches, even the quadriga over the entrance. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 1/

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Lost Walls And North Gate Of Selinunte, Sicily’s Ancient Greek Polis, Rediscovered Unveiled on March 25 at Baglio Florio in Selinunte, these finds underscore the city’s storied past.

Lost Walls And North Gate Of Selinunte, Sicily’s Ancient Greek Polis, Rediscovered
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Brilliant!

A clay figurine of a man in front of a brazier. The figure has a reddish-brown hue and a short hairstyle an a beard. He is hunched forward, extending his hands toward a small rectangular brazier with a raised grill-like structure. A flat object, possibly a fan or a piece of fabric, rests in his hands, suggesting he is stoking the fire.

A glimpse of everyday life in ancient #Greece: a terracotta figurine depicting a man in front of a brazier.
From Boeotia, Greece, dating 500-475 BC.

On display at Altes Museum Berlin

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They are dog bones, all found in assemblages from bear baiting arenas and kennels at Bankside, Southwark. Fighting dogs were expensive, and pains were taken to ensure the animals' survival, hence the healed wounds.

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Wow 😮

Photo of a Bronze Age socketed axe head with a zoomed in thumbnail of a finger print on one of the faces towards the blade edge. The axe is dark green with oxidation and the surface of the blade edge has been lost.

There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead:

A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹
#FindsFriday

Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...

Several large, partly ruined stone walls in a field, with a wooden fence and trees beyond.

The remains of the Roman bath house at #Ravenglass, #Cumberland. Standing outside the north-east corner of the fort (possibly known as 'Itunocelum'), they among the tallest surviving Roman structures in Britain. Ste for scale. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain
Pic by @autumngrrrl.bsky.social.

The ruins of an underground chamber, now roofless, with a paved stone floor.

The ruins of an underground chamber, now roofless, with a paved stone floor and a flight of stone steps running down into it.

This is the strongroom in the headquarters building of the Roman fort at Corbridge, just south of Hadrian's Wall. Corbridge was a base for the Second Legion Augusta and the money to pay the troops who garrisoned the Wall would have been stored down in this underground chamber #RomanFortThursday