Here to share my love of archaeology.
Comala, Late Formative Period. Colima, West Mexico. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Comala, Late Formative Period. Colima, West Mexico. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Comala, Late Formative Period. Colima, West Mexico. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
A Roman bottle of wine found in a grave in Speyer, dating to the 4th century AD.
Proof that wine lovers have always been a timeless bunch!
📷 museum.speyer.de/ausstellunge...
A Roman bottle of wine found in a grave in Speyer, dating to the 4th century AD.
Proof that wine lovers have always been a timeless bunch!
📷 museum.speyer.de/ausstellunge...
Comala, Late Formative Period. Colima, West Mexico. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
Comala, Late Formative Period. Colima, West Mexico. 📷 Princeton University Art Museum artmuseum.princeton.edu/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
After excavation in the 1930s this hangar was built to protect it, paid for by local man Walter Grant, who owned the whiskey distillery in Kirkwall!
📍Midhowe Cairn, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland
#TombTuesday
📸 Me
#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
After excavation in the 1930s this hangar was built to protect it, paid for by local man Walter Grant, who owned the whiskey distillery in Kirkwall!
📍Midhowe Cairn, Rousay, Orkney, Scotland
#TombTuesday
📸 Me
#archaeology #photooftheday 🏺
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
The earthworks conform to neither Norman nor Plantagenet standards, so may have been a holdover from the ancient defences.
(£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
📷 Chensiyuan / CC BY-SA 4.0
The earthworks conform to neither Norman nor Plantagenet standards, so may have been a holdover from the ancient defences.
(£) doi.org/10.1017/S000...
📷 Chensiyuan / CC BY-SA 4.0
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
It is the tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.
📷 me
#Archaeology
Now you can explore the ogham stone at Kilmalkedar Church in high-resolution 3D via The Discovery Programme.
sketchfab.com/3d-models/ki...
Now you can explore the ogham stone at Kilmalkedar Church in high-resolution 3D via The Discovery Programme.
sketchfab.com/3d-models/ki...
archaeology.org/news/2026/02/11/oldest-egyptian-metal-drill-identified/
archaeology.org/news/2026/02/11/oldest-egyptian-metal-drill-identified/
To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
#Roman mosaic with hippopotamus
on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. This is one of the Nile mosaics found in the House of the Faun in the ancient ruined Roman city of #Pompeii. #art
#AncientBlueSky
#Roman mosaic with hippopotamus
on display in Naples Archaeological Museum. This is one of the Nile mosaics found in the House of the Faun in the ancient ruined Roman city of #Pompeii. #art
#AncientBlueSky
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me 🏺
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.
Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.
On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek
📷 me 🏺
To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology
To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!
📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...
#Archaeology