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Ticia Verveer

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Archaeologist, author. Collector of stories, old and new. Middle East, N- Africa. Religion, Conflict & Peace 🏛️ Maternal Health Ambassador Global Fund for Women (2012-22)🏺WW II, historisch journalist, cultuur & erfgoed. www.ticiaverveer.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · Aug 13

Fearful that the Nazi forces in Prague would confiscate her lifetime's worth of artwork, Gertrud Kauders decided to hide 700 paintings and sketches. Nearly 80 years later, the artworks were rediscovered by a demolition team tearing down an old building.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 2h

Researchers replicated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe from Bulgaria.
The ingredients include a handful of ants. The resulting yogurt tastes surprisingly normal, with a “slightly tangy taste with mild herbaceousness and pronounced flavors of grass-fed fat”

Scientists Team Up With Michelin Chefs to Recreate Ancient Yogurt—With Ants

According to an old Bulgarian tradition, some ants are the perfect, all-natural yogurt-making machines.

gizmodo.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 2h

Researchers analysed the chemical signatures in teeth from 71 people, spanning the entire Neolithic period from 11,600 to 7,500 years ago. The teeth were found at five archaeological sites in what is now modern Syria.

Ancient teeth provide new insight into the lives of the world’s first farming villagers  - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

A sandal, woven from grass and twigs, dated somewhere between 727- 771 years old was found in a vulture nest in southern Spain.

The agobia (sandal) was found along more than 200 other human artifacts, including some from the middle ages.

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

The Bearded Vulture as an accumulator of historical remains: Insights for future ecological and biocultural studies

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

A Possible Case of Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis from Middle Byzantine Aphrodisias, Türkiye

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A Possible Case of Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis from Middle Byzantine Aphrodisias, Türkiye

This study presents a possible case of infantile cortical hyperostosis (ICH) in a 2.5–3.5-year-old individual from a twelth century Middle Byzantine burial context from Aphrodisias, Türkiye. ICH, a...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled.

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 2d

Archaeologists discovered about 500 gold & silver coins, 80 pieces of cut gold, bronze & gold jewelry dating from the 6th through the 1st century BC in the northern Pilsen region of the Czech Republic
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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

The Colosseum Archaeological Park is opening a hidden underground passageway, dubbed the Tunnel of Commodus, to the public for the first time following a major restoration.

Photo Simona Murrone - Parco archeologico del Colosseo www.wantedinrome.com/news/colosse...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

A new study aims to trace the networks and agents involved in the trade of ivory to the Southern Levant over a period of a thousand years.

A thousand years of Nubian supply of sub-Saharan ivory to the Southern Levant, ca. 1600–600 BCE
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

The pendant was found at Cranmer House, Canterbury, Kent, England

Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

This circular gold pendant, decorated with cross motif, filigree wires and garnet cloisonné, was created around the 620s AD.
The so-called Canterbury pendant is made from gold sheet. It is worked into cells set with polished garnets backed with a gold foil.
portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/edu...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 4d

A c. 12,000 year old T-shaped pillar, carved with a face on its upper section, has been discovered at the Neolithic site of Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye.

Photo credit Ministry of Culture and Tourism www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/1200...

A pillar, which bears deep-set eyes and a broad, flattened nose.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5d

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

New Orleans couple discovers ancient Roman grave marker in their yard

Discovery of 1,900-year-old headstone dedicated to Roman sailor sets off effort to repatriate item to Italy

www.theguardian.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 7d

What may be the largest recorded Neo-Assyrian lamassu (winged bull) has been unearthed in the ancient city of Nineveh, Mosul, Iraq. It was found in the remains of the throne room built by King Esarhaddon (681-669 B.C.) and is six meters (20 feet) high.
www.aina.org/news/2025092...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 7d

Pope Leo XIV Blesses 20,000-Year-Old Greenland Ice in Rome

Olafur Eliasson brought the block of ice to Rome’s Raising Hope conference, where Pope Leo XIV blessed it in a symbolic act ahead of COP30.

www.artnews.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 7d

Egypt opens one of the Valley of the Kings' largest tombs

The tomb of Amenhotep III has been opened to the public after undergoing 20 years of renovation with support from the Japanese government and UNESCO.

Egypt opens one of the Valley of the Kings' largest tombs – DW – 10/04/2025

The tomb of Amenhotep III has been opened to the public after undergoing 20 years of renovation with support from the Japanese government and UNESCO.

www.dw.com

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Brent E. Huffman @brenthuffman.bsky.social · 14d

"Far from Home" is now an Oscar-qualified short #documentary!
Please join me in supporting this beautiful and moving award-winning film chronicling the situation for #Afghan refugees in #India!

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 7d

An engraved marble panel found in a Roman-era bathhouse at the ancient site of Sagalassos in southwestern Türkiye depicts the sphinx god Tutu on the lintel of a doorway.

Egyptian Tutu figure found at Sagalassos carved into Afyon marble - Türkiye Today

Egyptian god Tutu figure found at Sagalassos ancient city carved into Afyon marble slabs, unveiling a unique example of Egyptian influence in Anatolia

www.turkiyetoday.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 8d

Divers discovered 847 Roman coins, dating back around 1,800 years, on a shipwreck in the Rhône River in Arles, France. The hoard was found near the river port of the ancient Arelate, a colony of veterans from the Legio VI Ferrata, and a vital hub for supplying the Gauls.

More than 800 Roman coins found in a shipwreck in the Rhône River from 1,800 years ago

The murky and treacherous waters of the Rhône as it passes through the Trinquetaille district have kept a secret for almost two millennia, a secret that the archaeological mission of the Musée Départe...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 8d

Archaeologists discovered medieval pottery and rare, well-preserved wooden posts, with woven fencing, in Glasgow city centre.

Photo credit Guard Archaeology
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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 9d

A c. 4,500 year-old gold brooch, a piece of jade, and a bronze pin have been unearthed in the ancient city of Troy in northwestern Turkey.

Photo credit Turkish Ministry of Culture and Tourism www.hurriyetdailynews.com/gold-brooch-...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 10d

A rare 13th century gravoir, used for styling hair, has been acquired by National Museums Scotland after being discovered during archaeological excavations at Eilean Donan castle in the Highlands.

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The utterly beautiful gravoir was carved from local red deer antler and shaped into a human figure wearing a hood and holding a book.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 12d

The ring was carved in Aquileia, north west Italy, from a single chunk of amber, which probably originated in the Baltic regions.