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Turtle pendant made of sperm whale tooth, from Hawaiʻi.

While the exact origins of the artifact aren’t clear, it is believed to have been collected during Captain James Cook’s third voyage, and is currently housed at the British Museum.

#history #archaeology #polynesia #hawaii

Recent excavations at the site of ancient Nineveh have revealed sections of a monumental relief that were part of the throne room of Assyrian king Ashurbanipal's North Palace. buff.ly/InzsLdb

Relief of a hunter from the Sogdian city of Varasha, 8th century AD.

Varasha or Varakhsha, located near Bukhara in present-day Uzbekistan, was founded in the 1st century BC and ruled by a local dynasty known as the Bukhara Khudahs.

#history #archaelogy

Aryballos flasks were the ancient world's go-to accessory for carrying perfume or scented oils.

This is a hedgehog shaped Greco-Egyptian aryballos from 6th century BC.

Reconstruction of a man from the Upper Paleolithic Gravettian culture that existed across Eurasia 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
The Gravettian men are among the tallest in history. The average height for males was between 179 cm and 188 cm.
Have you heard of the Gravettians?
#history #archaeology

Hemispherical mosaic glass bowl viewed from above. It measures 13.2 cm in diameter and 7.5 cm in height. The glass is composed of sections of star patterned cane in blue, purple (looks black in my photo), and green, which appear as a floral pattern. The bowl has a black and white spiral rim. Made in the eastern Mediterranean about 200-100 BC. The bowl has been reconstructed and blue glass fragments which do not belong to this vessel have been used to fill missing areas.

This lovely Hellenistic mosaic glass bowl looks so modern, yet it was made over 2,000 years ago!

Ancient glassmakers created the tiny flower pattern using a technique now known as ‘millefiori’ (thousand flowers). A timeless design still made by glassmakers today!

British Museum 📷 me

#Archaeology

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This year, I promise to read more and actually finish books before picking up new ones.

Here are four books that I plan on reading in 2025.

Are you a serial book-jumper like me? What's on your list?

Would love to hear your recommendations. #books #history #archaeology #nature

Gold tiger artifact, Xiongnu metalwork dated 2nd century BC #steppeempires #civilizations #history

The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere (1917), by William R. Leigh.

Replica of a mammoth bone hut, based on finds at Mezhyrich, Ukraine.

In 1965, a farmer digging to expand his cellar in Mezhyrich unearthed a mammoth jawbone.

This unexpected find led to the discovery of four prehistoric huts constructed from mammoth bones, dating back 15,000 years ago.

A close-up of clasped hands in a museum display, both are broken off at the wrist. Made of a yellow-brown stone.

Simply beautiful: clasped hands from group statue of Akhenaton and Nefertiti.
Made of quartzite, 18th dynasty, ca. 1350 BC, from Amarna, #Egypt

On display at Neues Museum, Berlin

📸 taken by me

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Reconstruction of a man from the Upper Paleolithic Gravettian culture, which existed across Eurasia 33,000 to 21,000 years ago.
The Gravettian men are among the tallest in history. The average height for males was between 179 cm and 188 cm (5’10” to 6’2”).

Prateek Dasgupta on Substack Did you know Neanderthals may have been the first fossil collectors in history? Learn more about their collection and other fascinating discoveries in the last edition of the round up of the monthly...

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[NEW VIDEO] Another one of history's mysteries. What language was spoken in the Indus Valley Civilization? People have strong opinions about it, but the jury is still out. Find out more here=> https://youtu.be/teMP5m0Aubo #ancientindia

Swan love
#Mainau #LakeConstance #Bodensee #swan #swans

#Neolithic textile production: a charred skein of linen thread, dating around 3200 BC, from the pile dwelling settlement of Nußdorf-Maurach, Überlingen, Lake Constance. The damp environment has preserved it in good condition

#archaeology

Ottawa 1931.

For information on the Göktürks:
https://medium.com/teatime-history/centuries-before-the-ottomans-turks-built-the-worlds-largest-empire-bb18ed64714e

The Silver Deer of Bilge Khagan, a 7th-8th century artifact found in the tomb of Bilge Khagan, in the Orkhon River valley, Mongolia.

Bilge Khagan was the fourth ruler of the Second Turkic Khaganate, founded by the Ashina clan of Göktürks.

Serbian coal miners uncover Roman ship Archaeologists in Serbia are painstakingly brushing sand and soil off the ancient woodwork of a Roman ship discovered by miners in a vast opencast coal quarry.

New discovery: Serbian coal miners uncover #Roman ship at the  Roman settlement Viminacium 

👉https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/serbian-coal-miners-uncover-roman-ship-2023-08-03/

Mask of the Bat God

Zapotec civilization's Mask of the Bat God, made of jade, dates between 100 BC and 200 AD. The mask was discovered in the ruins of the ancient city of Monte Alban, in the Oaxaca region of Mexico.

Latest Historical Discoveries: July 2023 Portal to the underworld beneath a church and other top finds of the month

A roundup of the top historical discoveries of July including a portal to the underworld beneath a church, and more.

Mongol invasions

Challenging the popular claim that the Mongol invasions lowered emissions and set off a "Little Ice Age", causing the planet to cool down.
https://medium.com/frame-of-reference/did-the-mongol-invasions-trigger-a-little-ice-age-ed25aa6ed682

Reminds me of my master's thesis where I studied Iron-Nickel meteorites. Tutankhamun's dagger was made of the same material and it was common among people of Greenland to use it for making tools till recent times( specifically the Cape York meteorite).

Muscle armor

Muscle cuirass and helmet from the Hallstatt culture of Austria, 6th-7th centuries BC.

These armors are older than the earliest known Greek depiction of a cuirass, from the 5th century.

This has the old Twitter feel, definitely an alternative.

Cuman warrior mask

Reconstruction of a Cuman/Kipchak/Polovtsy warrior mask. The Cumans were influential Turkic people who played a key role in the politics of several kingdoms during the Middle Ages stretching from the Kievan Rus and Hungary to the Delhi Sultanate and Song China.

Switched the blue sky?