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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 4m

I totally agree! The real treasures

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3h

#FindsFriday! A Roman brush found in Bregenz.

Roman brush fragments are sometimes difficult to interpret; in this case, their function may relate to textile production, as suggested for similar finds in Eschenz.The bristled surface is suitable for carding or teasing wool fibers. 🧵1/2

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A photo of a well-preserved fragment of a Roman brush in a show case. The object consists of a rectangular base with rounded and scalloped edges, formed from wood into which hundreds of stiff rushes have been densely embedded.

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 20h

#Colloque. « Le fait religieux à l’épreuve de l’archéologie ».
#Archéologie #Religion
➡️ www.museedelhomme.fr/fr/conferenc...

Temple de Neptune, Paestum, Campanie, Italie.

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 20h

L’Odéon d’Hérode Atticus, au pied de l’Acropole à Athènes, ferme ses portes pour trois ans de restauration.
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L’Odéon d’Hérode Atticus, au pied de l’Acropole à Athènes, ferme ses portes pour trois ans de restauration - RTBF Actus

L’Odéon d’Hérode Atticus, un des théâtres antiques les plus célèbres de Grèce situé au pied de l’Acropole à...

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Duncan Mackay @theduncanmackay.bsky.social · 1h

A little researching and writing about Roman York today, so have a bit of 3rd/4th century Multangular tower Playmobil action.
#PlaymobilInfestation

A group of Playmobil Roman legionaries standing in front of a Roman tower in York.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 8h

A 7th century Pictish symbol stone discovered in 1936 during excavations at the Knowe of Burrian - a broch at Netherbrough in the Orkney Isles. Now part of the collections at Orkney Museum in Kirkwall. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Picts #Orkney

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2h

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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 3h

Breaking news: María Corina Machado has been awarded the prize for ‘keeping the flame of democracy burning amidst a growing darkness’ . The win dashes the hopes of US President Donald Trump. on.ft.com/4ocHAKY

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3h

The thickness and coarse texture suggest its role was to disentangle, clean, and align raw wool prior to spinning.
However, it may also have been used as a tool for cleaning tasks.

On display at Vorarlberg Museum Bregenz. Dating 1st century AD. 🧵2/2

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3h

#FindsFriday! A Roman brush found in Bregenz.

Roman brush fragments are sometimes difficult to interpret; in this case, their function may relate to textile production, as suggested for similar finds in Eschenz.The bristled surface is suitable for carding or teasing wool fibers. 🧵1/2

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museumsfernsehen @museumsfernsehen.de · 7h

Mehr Influencer geht im Marketing wohl nicht #LandesmuseumWiesbaden #Ophelia #TaylorSwift www.hessenschau.de/kultur/taylo...

Taylor Swift erweckt "Ophelia" aus dem Wiesbadener Landesmuseum zum Leben

In ihrem neuen Musikvideo hat Weltstar Taylor Swift nicht nur Shakespeares Ophelia wachgeküsst, sondern das Landesmuseum Wiesbaden gleich mit. Dort herrscht Ausnahmezustand. Eine Sonderveranstaltung s...

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Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg @almbawue.bsky.social · 1d

Heute findet die Herbsttagung der Fachgruppe Archäologische Museen des Deutschen Museumsbundes im Landesmuseum Württemberg statt. Das Thema ist für alle relevant: Drittmittel, Sponsoring und Fundraising.
Wir freuen uns sehr auf den Austausch mit Kolleginnen und Kollegen aus ganz Deutschland.

Ein Blick in den Innenhof des Alten Schlosses (Landesmuseum Württemberg) in Stuttgart

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 18h

Divine Punishment or Human Theft? 4,000-Year-Old Relief Missing from Egypt’s ‘Cursed’ Tomb - Arkeonews
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Divine Punishment or Human Theft? 4,000-Year-Old Relief Missing from Egypt’s ‘Cursed’ Tomb - Arkeonews

The relief, once adorning the walls of the mastaba tomb of Khentika, has disappeared under circumstances that Egypt’s Ministry of Tourism and

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line.
The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes.
Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland.

On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld

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The picture shows a fishhook made of wild boar tusk. Only the curved, pointed end and the upper part are visible. The rest is wrapped in fishing line. The fishing line is made of twisted bast.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 20h

It was made of twisted bast

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 1d

The Royal Game of Ur is the world’s oldest playable boardgame!

Played by Sumerians in ancient Mesopotamia about 4,500 years ago!

It is a two-player race game, the rules of which have been deciphered from a cuneiform tablet.

Game from the Royal Cemetery of Ur. 📷 British Museum

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British Museum photo showing a two-player board game with gaming counters known as the Royal Game of Ur. Dated c. 2,500 BC.

The game board is composed of a hollow box made of wood adorned with shell plaques. There is a drawer at one end for storing game pieces and dice. The top of the board is covered with twenty square-shaped off-white shell plaques, each bordered with dark-blue lapis lazuli. The shell squares are intricately decorated with blue inlaid patterns including dots inside circles and eye-shapes. Five squares are inlaid with flower-shaped rosettes with red limestone and blue lapis lazuli petals.

The game board is roughly rectangular in shape. Viewed from above in the photo, on the left side of the board is a block of 12 squares made up of 4 across by 3 down. On the right side of the board is a block of 6 squares made up of 2 across by 3 down. The two blocks are joined by two squares extending between the second square down on the end row of the left block and the second square down on the first row of the second block.

Dimensions H: 2.40 cm, L: 30.10 cm, W: 11 cm, (W 5.70 cm at narrowest part)

Beneath the board are 14 disc-shaped gaming counters. On the left are 7 white pieces, inlaid with 5 spots of blue lapis lazuli. On the right are 7 black pieces inlaid with five white spots.

Between the game pieces are three tetrahedron-shaped dice. L to R: Dark blue, brown, cream.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d

Fishing some 5,300 years ago: a Neolithic fishhook made of wild boar tusk, wrapped with a fishing line.
The size of the fishhook is 6.5 cm. It was used to catch pikes.
Found in the lake-dwelling settlement of Arbon Bleiche 3, Switzerland.

On display at Archäologisches Museum Frauenfeld

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d

An amazing miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms.

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A green stone bust of a woman displayed in a museum. The sculpture features an elaborate hairdo and a solemn expression. The bust is mounted on a clear stand, with a blurred background showcasing other artifacts in the exhibition.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 4d

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Cartoon titled "Earth’s first science fair" showing three cavemen presenting inventions: a “pointy stik,” “fire,” and a “weel.” A judge gives third place to the stick, second to fire, and first place to the wheel, while the cavemen stand proudly behind their creations.

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 2d

#Archéologie : découverte en Allemagne d’un rare pigment bleu vieux de plus de 13 000 ans qui bouleverse notre connaissance de l’art paléolithique.
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Archéologie : découverte en Allemagne d'un rare pigment bleu vieux de plus de 13 000 ans qui bouleverse notre connaissance de l'art paléolithique

En Allemagne, sur le site de Mühlheim-Dietesheim, la plus ancienne trace de pigment bleu jamais répertoriée en Europe a été identifiée par une équipe de chercheurs. Cette découverte change notre perce...

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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 2d

Les archives institutionnelles de la BnF accessibles dans Gallica.
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Les archives institutionnelles de la BnF accessibles dans Gallica

À la suite de plusieurs campagnes de numérisation menées ces dernières années, la mission pour la Gestion de la production documentaire et des archives de la Bibliothèque nationale de France a mis en ...

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 2d

Doulton’s headquarters & factory building, #Lambeth #London
Architect - R. Stark Wilkinson - 1878

High #Victorian #Gothic architecture, with decorative details of Doulton’s terracotta.

#Exeter born, Stark Wilkinson designed the Digby Hospital, #Devon in 1886.

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A gothic corner building with turret, many windows & terracotta details.

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 2d

Remains of the Mary Rose - Henry VIII’s warship that sunk in July 1545 at the Battle of the Solent. Raised in 1982, the ship is located and preserved at the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard site. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #MaryRose #Portsmouth

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d

An amazing miniature portrait of the #Roman empress Agrippina Minor (15-59 AD), made from chalcedony. Agrippina was the mother of Nero, and married to her uncle, emperor Claudius. It was rumoured that she poisoned her husband with a dish of mushrooms.

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On display at British Museum

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3d

A stunning head of Medusa, the mythical creature whose sight turns everyone to stone. Medusa’s head was a popular motif used to ward off any evil.
The #Roman bronze fitting was found in Xanten, dating 1st century AD

On display at Römermuseum Xanten.

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A detailed bronze sculpture of a face with wide eyes and flowing, wavy hair radiating outward resembling snakes, displayed in a glass case under museum lighting.

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