Nina Willburger

A green stone bust of a woman displayed in a museum. The sculpture features an elaborate hairdo and a solemn expression. The bust is mounted on a clear stand, with a blurred background showcasing other artifacts in the exhibition.

An amazing miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms.

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On display at British Museum

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Archéologie : découverte en Allemagne d'un rare pigment bleu vieux de plus de 13 000 ans qui bouleverse notre connaissance de l'art paléolithique En Allemagne, sur le site de Mühlheim-Dietesheim, la plus ancienne trace de pigment bleu jamais répertoriée en Europe a été identifiée par une équipe de chercheurs. Cette découverte change notre perce...

#Archéologie : découverte en Allemagne d’un rare pigment bleu vieux de plus de 13 000 ans qui bouleverse notre connaissance de l’art paléolithique.
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Les archives institutionnelles de la BnF accessibles dans Gallica À la suite de plusieurs campagnes de numérisation menées ces dernières années, la mission pour la Gestion de la production documentaire et des archives de la Bibliothèque nationale de France a mis en ...

Les archives institutionnelles de la BnF accessibles dans Gallica.
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A gothic corner building with turret, many windows & terracotta details.

Doulton’s headquarters & factory building, #Lambeth #London
Architect - R. Stark Wilkinson - 1878

High #Victorian #Gothic architecture, with decorative details of Doulton’s terracotta.

#Exeter born, Stark Wilkinson designed the Digby Hospital, #Devon in 1886.

#WallsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday

Remains of the Mary Rose - Henry VIII’s warship that sunk in July 1545 at the Battle of the Solent. Raised in 1982, the ship is located and preserved at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard site. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #MaryRose #Portsmouth

A green stone bust of a woman displayed in a museum. The sculpture features an elaborate hairdo and a solemn expression. The bust is mounted on a clear stand, with a blurred background showcasing other artifacts in the exhibition.

An amazing miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms.

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On display at British Museum

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A detailed bronze sculpture of a face with wide eyes and flowing, wavy hair radiating outward resembling snakes, displayed in a glass case under museum lighting.

A stunning head of Medusa, the mythical creature whose sight turns everyone to stone. Medusa’s head was a popular motif used to ward off any evil.
The #Roman bronze fitting was found in Xanten, dating 1st century AD

On display at Römermuseum Xanten.

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🏺#archaeology

Caption “Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry” exhibition - “In the spring of 1382, Jean de Berry obtained permission from the Duke of Girona, his relative, to send three craftsmen from the Valencia region to Spain to work, under the leadership of Jean de Valence, on the construction sites of his fabulous castle of Mehun-sur-Yivre, as well as on those of the palaces of Bourges and Poitiers. The innovative program consisted of decorating the state rooms and apartments with armorial floors made of earthenware tiles produced locally, thanks to the temporary importation of this expertise, then unknown in France”.

“Bear with a banner” medieval tile -
14th Century

In 1382, Jean de Berry employed Spanish craftsmen to decorate his residences with armorial floor tiles at Mehun-sur-Yivre, Bourges & Poitiers. A skill then unknown in France.

#TilesOnTuesday

Rust in peace Tombs, and rusted crosses and railings

Tombs warming in the morning light

Rusted cross adorned with red leaves

Some of the mausolea of the cemetery, blue sky

Cimetière de la Chartreuse, early this morning 🍁

The remains of Cairn Holy II - one of two Neolithic chambered cairns which overlook Wigtown Bay in Dumfries & Galloway. The Clyde-type chambered cairn was traditionally thought to be the tomb of Caldus, the mythical Scottish King. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #CairnHoly

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

#archaeobirds 🪶

Bronze age gold stolen from display case at St Fagans National Museum of History - Museums + Heritage Two suspects forced entry into the main building in the early hours of Monday morning, with staff on duty overnight uninjured.

News | Bronze age gold stolen from display case at St Fagans National Museum of History

A detailed bronze sculpture of a face with wide eyes and flowing, wavy hair radiating outward resembling snakes, displayed in a glass case under museum lighting.

A stunning head of Medusa, the mythical creature whose sight turns everyone to stone. Medusa’s head was a popular motif used to ward off any evil.
The #Roman bronze fitting was found in Xanten, dating 1st century AD

On display at Römermuseum Xanten.

📷 me

🏺#archaeology

Cartoon titled "Earth’s first science fair" showing three cavemen presenting inventions: a “pointy stik,” “fire,” and a “weel.” A judge gives third place to the stick, second to fire, and first place to the wheel, while the cavemen stand proudly behind their creations.

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A pile of small glass mosaic cubes in shades of blue, green, and yellow, on a white surface.

#MosaicMonday: colourful #Roman glass tesserae found in Geneva/Switzerland, dating 3rd/4th c. AD. 

Mosaic cubes were made of stone, pottery, tile, or glass. Glass tesserae were rather fragile. They were used rather rarely in floor mosaics to provide colours that...🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺

A mournful personification of Winter, tightly wrapped in a cloak, depicted on a Roman mosaic floor

The powerful face of Winter on a mosaic discovered by George Tupper in 1811 @bignorvilla.bsky.social in West #Sussex

Wrapped in a hooded cloak, this mid 4th century portrait is the only one of the 4 Seasons on the summer dining room floor to survive

📷 Nov 2023

#MosaicMonday #Roman #WinterIsComing

A colourful modern circular mosaic made of pebbles with rectangular stones forming the outer border. The mosaic shows the head of a goat facing left, with dramatic horns sweeping backwards, risring from a coronet.

For this #MosaicMonday, a mosaic I've enjoyed seeing recently: not ancient, but a superb goat by the late Maggy Howarth at Levens Hall showing an accomplished continuation of this ancient art form. Note the wonderful choice of pebble for the eye! 1/3
#AncientBlueSky 🏺(though this isn't!)

My photo shows a polychrome mosaic depicting Mediterranean marine life using earthy-coloured tesserae (mosaic tiles) against a black tessarae background. At the centre of the mosaic is a pale-coloured octopus composed of off-white and light brown tesserae with some of its writhing tentacles wrapped around the body of a lobster composed of light red, and pinky-brown tesserae. The octopus has an egg shaped body/head and it stares at the viewer with large eyes made of brown and pink circles with black centres. The octopus and lobster are surrounded by various species of large and small Mediterranean fish and a mollusc, including an eel and a flat fish. On the left hand side of the scene there is a small kingfisher bird on top of a rock. Some of the fish appear to be watching the fight between the octopus and the lobster This mosaic comes from the House of the Geometric Mosaics in Pompeii. Now on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.

Spectacular googly-eyed octopus does battle with a lobster in this 2,000 year-old Roman mosaic from Pompeii! 🐙 🦞

Fantastic fishy onlookers too! 👀

From the House of the Geometric Mosaics. Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
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#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology

YouTube video by Conversations with Vania Rewriting Human Origins: What the 1-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals | Chris Stringer

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Mosaic fragment from Roman Cirencester (Corinium). The fragment was discovered at Victoria Road in 1947, and would have been part of a larger mosaic pavement. Now on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Cirencester

...could not be found in natural stone, but they were used frequently in wall and vault mosaics.

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A pile of small glass mosaic cubes in shades of blue, green, and yellow, on a white surface.

#MosaicMonday: colourful #Roman glass tesserae found in Geneva/Switzerland, dating 3rd/4th c. AD. 

Mosaic cubes were made of stone, pottery, tile, or glass. Glass tesserae were rather fragile. They were used rather rarely in floor mosaics to provide colours that...🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺

A small frog-shaped amulet carved from dark reddish-brown porphyry, patterned with irregular white spots, shown in a crouching position against a plain light background.

A marvellous #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of porphyry (height 1.2 cm).
Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.

Dating ca. 1295–1185 BC, New Kingdom.

📷Metropolitan Museum

🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

Cartoon titled "Earth’s first science fair" showing three cavemen presenting inventions: a “pointy stik,” “fire,” and a “weel.” A judge gives third place to the stick, second to fire, and first place to the wheel, while the cavemen stand proudly behind their creations.

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A view of the restored nave at Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, #Paris Clean white stonework, clerestory & nave windows.

Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Paris, #Paris

#alwayslookup #CeilingsOnSunday #SundayStonework

Ich meine, ich habe den kleinen Kollegen gestern am Strand in 🇩🇰 getroffen.

Flat slabs of limestone lying in a grassy field lit by sharp evening sun

#StandingStoneSunday One of my favourite monuments which made a lasting impact on me after visiting..🥰

Stormy sunset over Arbor Low Neolithic henge, Peak District, with all its stones now recumbent. An incredible place

📷 My own, 2020

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Several tall upright stones in front of the grassy mound of the long barrow. Behind the sun is setting so the sky is turning pink. On the right, in the background the unmistakable shape of Silbury Hill is visible.

The huge sarsen stones guarding the entrance to West Kennet Long Barrow, with a glimpse of Silbury Hill beyond. Pic from a couple of years ago. #StandingStoneSunday

A small frog-shaped amulet carved from dark reddish-brown porphyry, patterned with irregular white spots, shown in a crouching position against a plain light background.

A marvellous #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of porphyry (height 1.2 cm).
Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.

Dating ca. 1295–1185 BC, New Kingdom.

📷Metropolitan Museum

🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky