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A beautiful sandstone wrist guard of the Bell Beaker Culture (2500-2050 BCE), discovered in 2010 in the grave of a man in Kleinpaschleben, Anhalt-Bitterfeld district, Central Germany. Photo © LDA Sachsen-Anhalt, J. Lipták.

Before there was Moo Deng, there was William. @metmuseum.org's blue faience hippo dates back to ancient Egypt’s Middle Kingdom. He’s been charming museumgoers for over a century. Take a closer look at William: bit.ly/3FeIt4h 📷 : Hippopotamus (William), ca. 1961–1878 B.C.

Top bit of research this 👇. Did we mention that we're in it? No? Sorry - must've forgotten to do that.

📢The School of Archaeology proudly presents: the #radiocarbon dating process - 🎞️⭐: Dr Rachel Wood, Jamie Cameron, Gary Lai, Shutong Jin, Silvia Tardaguila Giacomozzi & Nikta Sarie. #archaeologicalscience #womeninstem #lablife @ox.ac.uk @socsci.ox.ac.uk @graduate.ox.ac.uk youtu.be/xQka8ohWLFo?...

#Roman helmets with face masks found at various sites in southwestern Germany. They were worn by cavalry soldiers during parades and tournaments. 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

Bison licking its shoulder, from La Madeleine, carved in reindeer antler Photo: Don Hitchcock 2008

The Caergwrle Bowl which was found in 1823 in a field near Caergwrle Castle in Flintshire. Made of gold, tin and shale, the bowl provides a representation of a Bronze Age ship. Part of the collections at the National Museum of Wales. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Wales

#MosaicMonday - The eponymous panel of the stunning 'Pegasus Mosaic' from Antakya. The winged horse is shown on Mount Helicon, where its hooves created the Hippocrene spring: ca. 2nd Century AD. #Myth #AncientBluesky 🏺 Image:📸 Dosseman (CC BY-SA 4.0). Link – themuseumhotelantakya.com/muze/

An amazing resource! Explore 4881 mosaics from 181 countries around the globe 🤩 The world of mosaics right here at your fingertips! Enjoy!! www.mosatlas.com/atlas.aspx

Some #Neolithic tools of comfort & ornaments. Maybe living in Stone Age was harder, but they had pleasure too. I particularly like the 8000 year old bone belt buckles in 3rd photo. Photos 1-3 Anatolian Civilizations Museum, photo 4 Konya Museum.🏺

An ancient and magical amber bear. 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. ✨Merry Christmas everyone✨ National Museum of Denmark 📷 by me #Archaeology

‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, not even a … ’ Hold that thought! Here’s a Roman bronze figurine of a little mouse nibbling on bread! Squeak squeak! 🐭❤️ Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart. 📷 by me #Archaeology🏺

Happy #Solstice! The Nebra Sky Disc is considered to be the oldest known material representation of cosmic phenomena in the world, dating around 1600 BC. On display at Landesmuseum für Vorgeschichte in Halle. Further information: www.landesmuseum-vorgeschichte.de/en/nebra-sky... 📷 me 🏺

Happy Winter Solstice! This Bronze Age gold bulla is one of the most amazing objects I have had the privilege to handle as a member of the Treasure Valuation Committee. It is most frequently called the Shropshire Sun Pendant since the engraving looks like a sunrise/set. finds.org.uk/database/art...

A charming #Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog, made of faience, dating ca 1900 BC, from Thebes, #Egypt. The Egyptians associated hedgehogs with rebirth. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 taken by me 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky