Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️ Ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

Hippos! ❤️

Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️ Ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

#FindsFriday The pectoral cross from the #Viking #Galloway #Hoard found in 2014 and dated to AD900. This Christian cross is possibly #Pictish. It is silver with inlaid gold in the #Cornish Trewhiddle style. The animals represent 3 of the 4 Evangelists. 📸 mine

This stunning bronze statue head represents the syncretic goddess, Sulis Minerva. It was found in Bath (1727). Aquae Sulis was a focus of religious practice for Romans and Britons. Bathing, health, divine redress for grievances, were also available. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #FindsFriday 📸 my own

Timeline cleanse! A marvellous baby feeding bottle in the shape of a mouse. 🐀🐭 Campanian, 4th century BC. From the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe (currently closed) 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

Such a little beauty! 🐴

Here’s a better view of the lovely naturalistic detail of the horses face, with garnet inlaid eye and darker stained muzzle. It also shows the small opening between the forelegs where lightweight strands would have been attached to the handle. Museum record: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Happy #WorldTheatreDay! This vibrant, small-scale mosaic glass inlay from Ptolemaic-Roman Egypt captures half of a theatre mask, likely that of a pornoboskos (brothel-keeper), a recurring character from the Greek New Comedy. Although only a few centimetres wide, each ...🧵1/2

Following up on yesterday's post about the #Roman shipwreck cargo discovered in Lake Neuchâtel: what a stunning photo of the pottery vessels on the lake bottom! 🤩 📷 octopusfoundation.org/en/project/e...

Wonderful ancient artistry! Some 3,400 years ago, an Egyptian artisan captured a sense of speed and elegance in this beautifully carved whip handle in the shape of a horse! New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

At potted-history.co.uk we have 100s of reference books that we use to create our replicas and today I'm using these two. But I suddenly realised that I bought my first copies of both from the Museum of Antiquities, in Newcastle, when I was a child! They started my career #Archaeology 🏺

Ok, you must see this lil egyptian horse. Look at this little guy!! 💙

Wonderful ancient artistry! Some 3,400 years ago, an Egyptian artisan captured a sense of speed and elegance in this beautifully carved whip handle in the shape of a horse! New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

Arbeia was a Roman fort in South Shields, Tyne & Wear, England, now partially reconstructed. It was first excavated in the 1870s. All modern buildings on the site were cleared in the 1970s. The fort was built in AD 129 and from 198 it was altered in plan. It was abandoned c. 400. #RomanFortThursday

Tombstones of two #Roman auxilliary cavalrymen who both died in Britain during the 1st century AD Dannicus (from Switzerland) and Genialis (from the Netherlands) Illuminated in colour, to show how they may have originally looked, in the Corinium Museum #Cirencester 📷 Aug 2022 #RomanFortThursday

The remains and outline of the granary at Arbeia Roman Fort in South Shields on South Tyneside. The fort was probably built in around AD 128 to guard the mouth of the River Tyne. 📸 My own. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #Arbeia #RomanBritain #SouthShields

A remarkable archaeological discovery beneath the waters of Lake Neuchâtel! In November 2024, the remains of a Roman cargo ship, dating 1st c. AD, was discovered. The wreck contained hundreds of pottery vessels, Spanish olive oil amphorae, tools and weapons, including the #sword shown here. 🧵1/2 🏺

It's fascinating to me how much ancient craftwork looks so fresh and modern.

Stunning 4,600 year-old silver bracelets with inlaid semi-precious stones in the shape of butterflies! 🦋🦋🦋🦋 They belonged to Egyptian Queen Hetepheres. From her tomb at Giza. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, c. 2613-2494 BC. Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #Archaeology

Khufu's mum's bracelets.

Stunning 4,600 year-old silver bracelets with inlaid semi-precious stones in the shape of butterflies! 🦋🦋🦋🦋 They belonged to Egyptian Queen Hetepheres. From her tomb at Giza. Old Kingdom, 4th Dynasty, c. 2613-2494 BC. Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #Archaeology

A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads! 🦆❤️ It belonged to a lady called Merit. Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so it would have been a precious possession. From Merit’s beauty case, Theban tomb TT8. 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin. #Archaeology

Fishing about 3,500 years ago 🎣 Bronze Age copper-alloy fishing hooks, from the pile dwelling settlement at Meersburg-Haltnau/Lake Constance. #Fish was a staple diet for pile dwellers - caught with hooks and lines, nets, harpoons, and fish traps. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺 #archaeology

A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads! 🦆❤️ It belonged to a lady called Merit. Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so it would have been a precious possession. From Merit’s beauty case, Theban tomb TT8. 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin. #Archaeology

Hi Alison! Do you think it’s the same type of fish as this one? (Fitzwilliam Made in Egypt exhibition)

Ancient Egyptian cosmetic vessel in the shape of a Nile fish. This luxury glass bottle was likely used to store precious oils and perfumes some 3,400 years ago. 18th Dynasty. From Saqqara. Grand Egyptian Museum. 📷 by me #Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian cosmetic vessel in the shape of a Nile fish. This luxury glass bottle was likely used to store precious oils and perfumes some 3,400 years ago. 18th Dynasty. From Saqqara. Grand Egyptian Museum. 📷 by me #Archaeology

In rich graves of southwest Germany's early #medieval period, rock crystal objects such as belt buckles are frequently discovered. Rock crystal was believed to possess healing and protective properties, and was also used for magical purposes.🧵 1/2 📷 me 🏺#archaeology

Jar lid decorated with a little bird just hatched from one of the eggs. Egyptian alabaster, wood, and ivory. Found in 1922 in the tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th Dynasty, c. 1336-1327 BC. Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

This is a mind-bogglingly ancient bird!!! How gorgeous 😮😍

Jar lid decorated with a little bird just hatched from one of the eggs. Egyptian alabaster, wood, and ivory. Found in 1922 in the tomb of Tutankhamun, 18th Dynasty, c. 1336-1327 BC. Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

A helmet made of the tusks of wild boars. From Mycenae, 16th century BC. Hunting wild boars was dangerous, but popular with the Mycenaean elite. The helmet served as trophy and testified to bravery. 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

The Wandsworth Shield - an Iron Age shield dating to the 2nd century BC. It was found while dredging the River Thames at Wandsworth in South London during the first half of the 19th century. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #IronAge

A lovely little hedgehog in a basket carved by an Egyptian artisan some 4,300 years ago! 🦔❤️ Detail from a wall relief in the Tomb of Mereruka at Saqqara. 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

Delightful Egyptian #hedgehog. 🥰🦔🥰

A lovely little hedgehog in a basket carved by an Egyptian artisan some 4,300 years ago! 🦔❤️ Detail from a wall relief in the Tomb of Mereruka at Saqqara. 📷 by me #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

For #ReliefWednesday the so called Gemma Claudia, made of five-layered onyx. Emperor Claudius and his forth wife Agrippina minor are depicted on the left, opposite her parents Germanicus - brother of Claudius - and Agrippina maior. The cameo was presumably made on...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

I will always boost an ancient octopus. 🐙

A charming little octopus from a #Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD 🐙❤️ Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

I do have the best job in the world! Our “Mammutle” (little mammoth) is heading to a special exhibition at @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social - what an incredible opportunity to take a closer look at this Ice Age masterpiece. Crafted around 40,000 years ago from mammoth ivory,it's one of the...🧵1/2

#mosaicmonday - the frankly rather incredible shrine of Minerva at Chester. The mosaic is part of an art project close to the shrine and shows the goddess with her owl. Thought to be 2nd Century. A most evocative ancient carving. #minerva #roman #Chester

The Roman mosaic in Nennig, Germany, is one of the largest of Roman mosaic art of the 2nd and 3rd century. North of the Alps, this mosaic is one of the very few that remained at their original site. A local farmer discovered it in 1852 by accident. The mosaic was in a Roman villa. #MosaicMonday

A charming little octopus from a #Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD 🐙❤️ Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

The site of Athribis/Upper Egypt has revealed more than 43,000 ostraca (pot sherds used for writing and drawings), offering remarkable insights into a thousand years of daily life in Egypt. My favourite: a drawing of a shrew, the sacred animal of the god Haroeris. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

On this #MosaicMonday, these marine animals from Bath seem happy enough, especially the grinning dolphin, but they are all missing their tails. Did the disembodied tail at upper left once belong to the nearby sea horse? 1/2 #AncientBlueSky 🏺

Second century AD floral mosaic fragment from Roman Winchester (Venta Belgarum). Discovered in the ‘Brooks’ area of the city, the mosaic is now part of the collections at Winchester City Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Winchester

For #MosaicMonday, a fragment of late #Roman mosaic depicting a dove (or a rather startled pigeon) 🐦🕊 Discovered @bignorvilla.bsky.social West #Sussex in 1812 Originally part of the floor to a heated winter dining room, this cheeky little bird can now be found in the villa's on site museum

Today, a visit to the Step Pyramid at Saqqara. Egypt’s first pyramid. Built around 2,630 BC, by the architect Imhotep as a royal tomb for King Djoser of the Third Dynasty (Old Kingdom). #Archaeology

Tiny terracotta aryballos (oil flask) in the form of a hedgehog. East Greek from Naucratis, Egypt, 550 BC. British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology