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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

Facing cultural differences and hardships. After having a daughter, challenges intensified, straining their marriage. Ultimately, she returned to Switzerland, documenting her experiences in bestselling memoir The White Masai, reflecting on love and cultural divides.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

In 1986, Corinne Hofmann, a Swiss woman, met Lketinga, a Samburu warrior, while vacationing in Kenya. Captivated by his culture, she abandoned her life in Switzerland, sold her business, and married him. They settled in a remote Kenyan village, embracing a traditional lifestyle.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

Tā moko is a sacred practice for Māori, carrying deep meaning tied to ancestry and life experience. Barriball's approval marked a significant moment for cultural recognition within the New Zealand Defence Force.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

After 20 years of service, Barriball applied for and received permission under Navy policy to have the traditional Māori tattoo. The moko, applied by his brother, symbolizes his cultural identity, military achievements, and personal journey.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

In 2017, Rawiri Barriball, a Māori Chief Petty Officer in the Royal New Zealand Navy, became the first active-duty sailor officially allowed to wear a full facial tā moko while in uniform.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

The collar is a rare artifact that provides insight into the harsh realities of slavery in ancient Rome, where slaves were considered valuable property.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

The collar was used to identify a person as a slave and to deter them from escaping. The inscription on tag reads, "I have fled, seize me and return me to Zoninus for 1 gold coin".

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

Roman Slave Collar with an inscribed tag, 4th-6th Century AD...

Museo Nazionale Romano–Terme di Diocleziano in Rome 🇮🇹

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

A miniature bone carving of a monkey from Erlitou culture of ancient China.

The carving is 3600 years old. It measures just 2.2cm tall. The artifact was discovered in a child's burial site. It is believed to have served as protective charm or a cherished symbol for the afterlife.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

The map shows how Africa, South America, North America, Europe, Asia, Australia, and Antarctica were once connected — before drifting to their modern positions.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

225 million years ago, all the continents we know today were joined together as one supercontinent — Pangaea. It was surrounded by a single vast ocean called Panthalassa. Over millions of years, tectonic forces slowly broke it apart, giving rise to the continents and coastlines we recognize today.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 16h

This is legendary California photographer Ansel Adams atop his circa 1947-48 Pontiac Streamliner - a customized woodie wagon. He is using a large format camera to capture a photograph, likely in Yosemite National Park, which was a frequent subject of his work.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 2d

The structure is about 18m tall and was built entirely from sun-dried mudbricks. Kerma is considered first expression of Kushite culture and one of earliest known urban settlements in Nile Valley south of Egypt.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 2d

The Western Deffufa, a large mud-brick structure located in Kerma, Sudan 🇸🇩

The Western Deffufa is a unique structure that served as a temple and religious center for the ancient city of Kerma. It dates back to the Kingdom of Kerma, between 2500-1500 BC.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 2d

Macedonian warrior's helmet and burial mask, 520 BC, were discovered in Tomb 115 in Sindos, currently housed in Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum.

This remarkable artifact consists of gold sheet that was carefully placed over warrior's face, preserving imprint of his features.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 2d

Gorgona Medusa and her son Chrysaor flanked by two lionesses or panthers. Dated 580 BC, the pediment is from the temple of Artemis on the island of Corfu. I’m curios whether her other son, the winged horse Pegasus, was also depicted originally.

Archaeological Museum of Corfu 🇬🇷

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 2d

A stunning hand-crafted steel gate adorns a Manhattan brownstone on the city’s Lower West Side — its design inspired by Georges Méliès’s visionary 1902 film A Trip to the Moon, itself a cinematic tribute to Jules Verne’s 19th Century classic From the Earth to the Moon.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 2d

The castle was opened as a museum in 1975 and also features a restaurant and a chapel. It is located between the cities of Zwickau and Reichenbach.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 2d

Schönfels Castle (Burg Schönfels), a hilltop castle located in the community of Lichtentanne in Saxony, Germany 🇩🇪

The castle was built in 12th Century and has an oval floor plan with a two-court complex. It has been well-maintained and was extensively restored after 1945.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 3d

Damnn... It really hurts 😆

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 3d

One in a diamond cluster forming thorax, four-stone abdomen with diamond accents in between, demantoid garnet eyes, scrolling antennae with diamond set terminals, mounted in gold and platinum.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 3d

Butterfly brooch features unusual green, demantoid garnets and diamonds 'en tremblant' (1900)

Tremblant wings with pierced diamond set 'veining' and two lines of small circular cut demantoid garnets, body set with line of darker oval cut demantoid garnets.

Sold on S.J. Philips

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 3d

The 21st Century version of a 'Message in a Bottle' 😄

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 3d

The object, known as a gravoir, is the first of its kind ever found in Scotland and one of just three known in the whole of the United Kingdom.

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Archaeo - Histories @archaeohistories.bsky.social · 3d

A rare 13th Century hair-styling implement has been unearthed at Eilean Donan Castle in the Scottish Highlands and is housed in the National Museums Scotland collection.

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