Patty
@pluperfectpatty.bsky.social
📤 40
📥 26
📝 7
Writer. Archaeologist. Cat trainer.
https://pattyhamrick.com/
pinned post!
This Thursday in NYC! Come learn about the actual history behind pointy hats and bogus accusations of modern witch hunts
brooklynbrainery.com/courses/haun...
loading . . .
Haunted History: The Age of the Witch Hunts
With Halloween just around the corner, this talk will focus on one of humanity’s oldest fears: witches. But this time, it’s the witches who have a reason to be afraid.Between 1450 and 1750...
https://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/haunted-history-the-age-of-the-witch-hunts
13 days ago
0
4
2
Love a 'horrible disease' study
www.npr.org/sections/sho...
loading . . .
What killed Napoleon's army? Scientists find clues in DNA from fallen soldiers' teeth
In 1812, hundreds of thousands of men in Napoleon's army perished during their retreat from Russia. Researchers now believe a couple of unexpected pathogens may have helped hasten the soldiers' demise...
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/24/nx-s1-5582719/napoleon-war-russia-pathogens-disease-1812
5 days ago
0
3
1
I'm not convinced, personally, but an interesting article on the myth of the minotaur and the possible role of psychoactive rituals on Crete:
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/t...
loading . . .
The Minotaur of Crete May Have Been a Ritual Hallucination in the Labyrinthine Environment of the Palace of Knossos
For millennia, the story of the Minotaur—a hybrid creature of man and bull confined in a labyrinth beneath the Palace of Knossos—has been a cornerstone of Greek mythology. Now, new research by indepen...
https://www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/the-minotaur-of-crete-may-have-been-a-ritual-hallucination-in-the-labyrinthine-environment-of-the-palace-of-knossos/?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email
7 days ago
0
0
0
Not a bog body, but some other Iron Age human sacrifices!
add a skeleton here at some point
11 days ago
0
1
0
Great article about how Ancient Egyptian beliefs about the afterlife may not be what we think they are. (And hey, the day before Halloween is an excellent time to read about the Book of the Dead!)
anetoday.org/european-egy...
loading . . .
The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife - The Ancient Near East Today
We often imagine the ancient Egyptians as obsessed with death and the afterlife. But what if the familiar story of judgment and salvation owes more to modern ideas than ancient ones?
https://anetoday.org/european-egyptian-afterlife/
11 days ago
0
1
0
reposted by
Patty
Antiquity Journal
12 days ago
Bog bodies are a millennia-long tradition in Northern Europe, starting ~5000 years ago in Scandinavia and continuing into early modern times. Analysis of over 1000 individuals found most met violent ends. 🔗 from 2023 🆓
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺
#Archaeology
2
66
20
This Thursday in NYC! Come learn about the actual history behind pointy hats and bogus accusations of modern witch hunts
brooklynbrainery.com/courses/haun...
loading . . .
Haunted History: The Age of the Witch Hunts
With Halloween just around the corner, this talk will focus on one of humanity’s oldest fears: witches. But this time, it’s the witches who have a reason to be afraid.Between 1450 and 1750...
https://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/haunted-history-the-age-of-the-witch-hunts
13 days ago
0
4
2
reposted by
Patty
Steph Halmhofer, Big Archaeology
13 days ago
🙄🙄🙄
add a skeleton here at some point
3
40
20
reposted by
Patty
Antiquity Journal
18 days ago
Happy birthday, Earth! According to Ussher's Biblical chronology, our planet was created
#OnThisDay
in 4004 BC. Key
#archaeological
discoveries would challenge this short timeline, as discussed in Antiquity 🏺 🔗 from 2009 (£)
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
1
26
9
reposted by
Patty
Antiquity Journal
18 days ago
Tattoo from the preserved body of a Siberian ice mummy, from the Iron Age Pazyryk culture of the Altai Mountains. Depicting two tigers and a leopard attacking two deer, it shows the sophisticated methods of Pazyryk tattooers
#InternationalSnowLeopardDay
🆓
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺
#Archaeology
0
39
11
Speaking of the White House destruction... great talk on Zoom this evening on NYC and historic preservation laws! (Not a talk by me, but hey: still worth going to!)
pci.jotform.com/form/2527350...
loading . . .
Lost Landmarks and Saved Skylines: 60 Years of NYC Preservation
Please click the link to complete this form.
https://pci.jotform.com/form/252735053293154
18 days ago
0
2
2
reposted by
Patty
Hannah Cohen
about 1 month ago
starting to think bog bodies had the right idea all along. why am I checking emails in a tiny cubicle when I could just walk outside and let the earth envelop me in her peaty embrace
4
40
8
I've got a class coming up tomorrow night in NYC! My first in-person class since before Covid – it'll be good to be off Zoom for once!
brooklynbrainery.com/courses/haun...
loading . . .
Haunted History: Bog Bodies of Iron Age Europe
“Bog bodies”: the eerily well-preserved remains of hundreds of people – men, women, and children – found in the swamps and peaty wetlands of northern Europe. Many times po...
https://brooklynbrainery.com/courses/haunted-history-bog-bodies-of-iron-age-europe
20 days ago
0
3
2
reposted by
Patty
Rupert Ferguson
21 days ago
Fourth-century AD bear mosaic from the co-rule of Marcus Aurelius and Lucius Verus (AD 161–169), Bulla Regia, Africa Proconsularis, Tunisia; courtesy of Carole Raddato.
#RomanArchaeology
#Archaeology
#MosaicMonday
3
108
19
you reached the end!!
feeds!
log in
