Tablet with calculation and addition of the areas of five fields clay 3200-2900 BCE proto Sumerian culture Jemdet Nasr, Ancient Mesopotamia present day Iraq #handmade #ancient #ancientculture #ancientwriting #cuneiform #tablet #clay #mesopotamia #sumerianculture #jemdetnasr #iraq #mathematics #art

"The report states that the discovery provides important evidence about an obscure line of rulers, known as the 'Abydos Dynasty,' that ruled Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period between 1700 and 1600 B.C." archaeology.org/news/2025/03...

Stunning Iberian sculpture of a wolf head from El Pajarillo, Jaén, Andalucía, early 4th BCE. The ears pinned back and wrinkled muzzle suggest a threatening posture. It forms part of a large sculpture telling story of a hero who frees a youth from the wild animal. Museo de Jaén.

Here’s an ancient amber bear to wish you a happy weekend! Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen 📷 by me

Why, helloooooo! This happy whoever is the star of the Pictish Glenfoot quadrocephalus, photographed today in lovely Perth Museum. #FindsFriday #StoneHeadSunday

Haven’t been able to sleep, so instead I’m looking at cool archaeological guys online. 🏺 Like this Predynastic tusk figurine from Egypt, now held at the Met Museum. 📜 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

Empires come and empires go, leaving signs of former power. The winged lion of St Mark can be seen in many places about the Mediterranean, telling of the once dominant trading & military power that was Venice. One day, the spouting vanity of today’s tyrants will be but dust, and history their judge.

Autumn somewhere

Autumn somewhere

Autumn somewhere

Autumn somewhere

The Italian state has spent €15 million to buy the François Tomb, a celebrated Etruscan masterpiece, which will go on permanent display at Villa Giulia in Rome next month.

Musical #FindsFriday 🏺 Large #bronze #Roman Pan pipes, decorated w temples. Found 1899 in ?metal workshops of Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus nr Pompeii's Vesuvian gate. Use connected to satyr plays + myths, but instruments also part of ceremonies eg processions of Isis. in MANN Naples

This Roman gameboard and checkers, used to play a game called Ludus Latrunculorum, was discovered at Bearsden Roman fort in Glasgow. Although we don't fully understand the rules, the name means 'the game of robbers'. You can see it now in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University. #FindsFriday

Goodnight. 1st-century Gallo-Roman bronze statuette of the fertility god Priapus, found in Rivery, France. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priapus...

#scape #cityscape #WeekUforUniform #Alphabetchallenge #BWFRI

"Café-Confiserie", created in 1974 by the Hungarian artist Béla Czene (1911–1999).

This dragonesque brooch is typically Romano-British. While they only started appearing after the Roman invasion in 43AD, they use British motifs & reflect local tastes. These brooches were also used as fasteners for cloaks (the pin is sadly now missing). 🕰️C1-2AD 🏛️📷BM #FindsFriday

#Poetry #Painting #Summer It is morning, and again I am the lucky person to be in it Mary Oliver 🎨 Kaoru Yamada

Coffee Audrey. #art #digitalart #illustration #procreate

Autumn somewhere

Autumn somewhere

Autumn somewhere

These type of clouds often precede a hailstorm. It did hail south of where I was sitting. Was ready to get to cover yet the storm was rather mesmerizing.

Autumn somewhere

Autumn somewhere

Autumn Somewhere

Autumn somewhere

Autumn somewhere

Step aside for the Devils' Carnival !

It was a glorious golden sunrise this morning in Glastonbury. Have a fabulous Thursday everyone.

I still can’t believe this Great Blue Heron let me witness this tonight. Those wild feathers are breeding plumes, and seeing them lit softly in the evening shadows felt almost unreal.

This relief is from the Tomb of the Haterii in Rome, built for Quintus Haterius & Hateria his wife. They seem to have made their fortune in construction. Here we see a crane powered by slaves in a wheel putting the finishing touches to a temple-like sepulchre. 🏛️📷 Vatican Museums #ReliefWednesday

A 1,800 year-old Roman glass flask shaped like a mouse! 🐭❤️ The Met 📷 by me #Archaeology

Avala Tower, a prominent telecommunications tower located on Mount Avala near Belgrade, Serbia. TT: @brutalismappreciation

Roman altar from Balkerne Hill in Colchester. It was set up by Similis (from Kent) and dedicated to the Mother Goddess for answering his prayers. Part of the collections at Colchester Castle. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Colchester

Another photo of the stunning European Bee-eater from a few weeks ago. Here you can see it is totally focused on its next meal. They are like giant colourful flycatchers in their behaviour. #birds #birdsseenin2026 #birdoftheday #birdphotography #birding

To bring a smile to your face A 2,000 year-old figurine of two ‘Dancing Dogs’ 🐾❤️ Blackware ceramic, Colima, West Mexico, 200 BC - 200 AD. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum #Archaeology

Pont du Gard, France 🇫🇷 The world's highest Roman aquaduct, built in 40-60 CE. The Pont du Gard has remained largely intact, due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. It is to this day one of the best preserved Roman aqueducts in the world. 📷📸 Motorbike roadtrip, 2017

“1/x Chateau d’Eau” — Chateau d’Eau (water tower) at the end of the Roman aquaduct at Place du Peyrou, Montpellier, France. On our first full day in Montpellier, France we… continues in thread and gdanmitchell.com/2025/05/10/c... #france #montpellier #europe #architecture #travel #photography

Remains of Roman aquaduct at Mérida

The incredible Roman aquaduct of Segovia, Spain #travel #spain #segovia #travelogue

The Roman Aquaduct at Caesarea has captivated our students. #classical #archaeology

Roman Aquaduct, Segovia, Spain #engineeringmarvel, #bridge, #stonework

Thought about the Roman Empire a lot today.

#pictureoftheday #photooftheday #roman #aquaduct #ancient #history #rome #italy #photography

Today's love from the Roman world, and a proper Indiana Jones moment (except I didn't pinch anything!)...the beginning of the Aqua Augusta Bay of Naples aquaduct ringmain, Sorrento Peninsula! @dariusarya.bsky.social @davidebb.bsky.social @thehistoryguy.bsky.social @mikenevell.bsky.social

This is from a #hike we did. This #aquaduct is #roman and located near #tarragona #catalonia #espana #spain #travel #photography

This rare Roman pottery lamp, shaped like a foot wearing a sandal, was made between 50-60 CE, and was found at Borough High Street in Southwark. Archaeologists discovered the lamp in a rubbish pit, close to buildings that had been burnt down during the Boudican rebellion in 60-61 CE. #FindsFriday