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I'm standing in a bush beside a rocky hiking trail, leaning on a small trail sign reading 'Doctor's Cove'. It's sunny in the woods, and I'm wearing a forest green toque, green button up hiking shirt from lululemon, and dark green climbing pants with black knee patches.

I'm standing beside a 10 foot tall tripod made of 2x4s, with a blue chain hoist under it, hauling up a thick limestone gravestone. I'm wearing a khaki hat, blue long-sleeved shirt, and olive green pants. The graveyard is in a lush valley, and the ocean is in the background over the rocks.

Hello everyone, I thought I'd reintroduce myself! 💁‍♀️
I'm Dr. Robyn Lacy, & I'm a historical + mortuary archaeologist in NL, Canada. I'm an adjunct professor of archaeology, gravestone conservator, & museum educator. I study burials, protective symbols, & colonial spaces! 🏺 #archaeology #heritage

Buckle up, gang. We're headed back in time. 🏺
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Classical building with many pillars lining its walls, with the text 'European Archaeology, Antiquity' overlaid.

Don't forget, our collection of European #Archaeology is completely free for the rest of September!
Explore the latest research on megalithic monuments, Ancient Greek chronology, medieval infection and more:
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The southern stone of the Devil's Arrows 👿 - the 2nd tallest standing stone in the British Isles.

Nobody knows how old it is, but it probably dates to the Neolithic, so time time between 4000 and 2500 BC...

#archaeology #prehistory #ancient #Yorkshire🏺

Archaeologists stunned by what they uncovered in an English graveyard A quiet corner of rural Lincolnshire has yielded a discovery that feels intimate and epoch-shaping at once. Here, a richly furnished Anglo-Saxon grave and a constellation ... Continue Reading →

Stone circles are mesmerizing, but the real story is often in the dirt around them. 🏺 Just like archaeologists in England recently uncovered a richly furnished Anglo-Saxon grave — a 1,400-year-old snapshot of life, love, and belief 👉 glassalmanac.com/archaeologis...

The Oxyrhynchus Papyri: From ancient trash to historical treasure | The Past What can the famous papyrus corpus tell us about the ordinary people of late-ancient Egypt? Richard J Britton investigates.

Shopping lists, letters, contracts… 1,500 years later, Oxyrhynchus papyri show us what life was like in Ptolemaic & Roman Egypt. Trash becomes treasure in archaeology! 🏺📝

#Oxyrhynchus #Archaeology #AncientEgypt #History #Papyri

Ever wonder why the universe exists, which countries have no mosquitoes, or where Boudicca is buried? Over at @livescience.com we’ve got a newsletter that answers them all! 🧪🏺

A brown oval stone with orange-yellow highlights reveals an incredibly detailed bust of a woman in profile with somewhat disarrayed and loosely braided hair. She wears a see-through tunic that’s falling off her shoulder. Difficult to see is the spear that is standing upright in front of her. She could be Diana or Venus, and may or may not be a member of the imperial family (although these intaglios and similar cameos were frequently portraits of the Julio-Claudians and Augustus’ inner circle). Thought to be by the imperial engraver, Solon. British Museum (1954,1106.1)

A ghostly image of a woman with ‘Botticelli’ hair and a rather revealing outfit appears from the depths of this Roman sardonyx intaglio. She may be Livia, wife of Augustus, or the emperor’s sister, Octavia, perhaps posed as the goddess Venus or Diana. 🏺

30 BCE-20 CE. #BritishMuseum
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🏺 This thread is cute but also so useful to remember what Ötzi teaches us about dynamic temporal lives of prehistoric people: he died on an epic journey, carrying a huge range of kit with tools part-way through being made, and with embers and medicine in anticipation of his next fire, & his future.

How would your TTRPG wizards learn spells if they lived in a society that didn't usually write things down?

I said I'd answer this question on Monday, but then Chronic Illness Happened & here we are.

If you played a wizard in a TTRPG set in late 7th century Pictland, what would your spellbook be?

Two researchers lying amongst papers on the floor, discussing the diagrams drawn on them, with the text 'World Archaeology, Antiquity'.

Where in the world are you researching? Wherever it is, we want to hear from you! We publish #archaeology from all over the world, so find out how you can get your research in front of a global audience 🏺🌏

🔗 antiquity.ac.uk/submit

Beyond the Wall: The Story of the Picts For centuries, the story of the Picts has been told through the eyes of their most famous enemy, the Roman Empire. Depicted as painted barbarians at...

Beyond the Wall: The Story of the Picts www.historyhit.com/beyond-the-w...

We light the lanterns,
Chase off gathering shadows,
Watch the leaves turn gold.

#haikuchallenge lantern

But a tree isn't limited to how it is useful to humans. Every tree is a home for wildlife, a warrior against climate change, a healer of the earth, a survivor of epochs, a story protector, a kind aunt and uncle, and a food bank for dozens of species in difficult times.

Oblong stone with a hole bored in its top. It is made from local limestone, indicating the individual's local ties (credit: Lilian Ladle).

A limestone anchor, found being used as a headrest in a burial at the post-Roman cemetery of Worth Matravers, Dorset #TombTuesday
An extremely rare find, it suggests the individual had connections to the sea, perhaps through fishing or trade.

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Making Archaeology Accessible to Everyone via App
Designing digital archaeological trails together with the local population: This is the goal of an international team led by the University of Würzburg....
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"The Body Is Slowly And Continuously Heated": 14,000-Year-Old Smoked Mummies Are World’s Oldest 14,000-year-old smoked mummies discovered in Southeast Asia, predating Egyptian mummification by 9,5...

14,000-year-old smoked mummies discovered in Southeast Asia, predating Egyptian mummification by 9,500 years. Researchers link practice to descendants of early Homo sapiens. #Archaeology #News

It’s #DyddOwainGlyndŵr and we’re marking the anniversary of his proclamation as the last native Prince of Wales in 1400 by exploring the history and archaeology of two fascinating sites connected with him. zurl.co/BlonS
#SycharthCastle and #ParliamentHouse #Machynlleth

A long underground passageway of a tomb with irregular upright stones on the sides and large flat stones above

#TombTuesday Inside the famous West Kennet Long barrow in Wiltshire, southern England

This tomb was built around 3650BC and was used for about 1000 years!

In that time the bodies of at least 46 people were laid to rest here

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#archaeology #ancientbluesky #photooftheday 🏺

Scotland's Archaeology: Travels and Stories Scotland's Archaeology Scotland's past is always present; in honor of Scottish Archaeology Month, a look at our stories featuring Scotland's archaeology

It's 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scottish #archaeology month: Ideas to help you explore at @perceptivetravel.bsky.social #travel #Scotland #history @archscot.bsky.social @digitscotland.bsky.social perceptivetravel.com/blog/2018/09...

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Picture this: it's 1991, and a couple, Ingrid and Ebbe Hedqvist, are out for a walk on the island of Öland in Sweden. They're not looking for ancient artifacts, just enjoying the scenery. But as they pass by a farm, they notice something unusual sticking out of the ground.

Curious, they investig...

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I visited the Museum of Liverpool l to check out their new exhibition which features the largest collection of archaeological treasures in the North West! I explore what these objects can tell us about the past...

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The site that served as a bridge for human migration from Africa to Europe discovered near ancient Assos A team of Turkish archaeologists has discovered on the Aegean coast one of the most important Paleolithic sites ever documented in the region. It is called Biber Deresi, located near the ancient city ...

#BiberDeresi #Turkiye #archaeology
The site that served as a bridge for human migration from Africa to Europe discovered near ancient Assos
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Contorting cat

Licking his asssss

Medieval cats are not polite #medievalsky #medievalart #medieval #bestiary #bestiario #cat #cats #gato #gatos #marginalia

Artist's reconstruction of a Trypillia house from Maidenetske, Ukraine. The interior is constructed on a raised platform. By Susanne Beyer.

The c. 4200-3600 BC Trypillia settlements of Europe were so-called 'mega-sites', having populations of up to 10,000 people.

Evenly-sized houses suggest that they were egalitarian, meaning large populations did not necessarily cause higher inequality.

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A tall round jar filled with a pale yellow fluid, slightly murky, containing a human arm from just below the elbow. The hand is at the top of the jar, fingers slightly curled.

This arm was amputated from Antonio Alessandrini in the mid-19thC. He was Professor of Comparative Anatomy in Bologna, and the amputation was a result of an injury during a dissection. The arm was then preserved and displayed in Alessandrini’s own museum. You can see it in the Palazzo Poggi

How lovely is this church? Another from my Pocketable Churches series… All Saints’, Billesley in Warwickshire. Once at the heart of a medieval village, now standing solitary in a copse.