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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 · 17h

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 · 23h

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 · 1d

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

Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 1d

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 · 3d

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

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 4d

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.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 4d

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 · 11d

"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 · 5d

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

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5d

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 · 5d

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 · 6d

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 · 7d

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.

media.nms.ac.uk/news/evidenc...

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 · 9d

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

Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 9d

A beautiful amber finger-ring, depicting the head of Minerva, the Roman goddess of wisdom and righteous warfare, found in a 3rd-century deposit at the Roman city of Luguvalium Carvettiorum, present-day Carlisle, England.
tullie.org.uk/collection/

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Dr Izzy Wisher @izzywisher.bsky.social · 11d

Time to update your Palaeolithic palettes... 🔵

Very proud to share our new research on the OLDEST use of blue pigment! We identified traces of azurite - a vibrant blue mineral - on a stone object around 14-13,000 years old. Why is this so exciting? 👇🏺

doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

Close-up image of a sand coloured stone, with a diagonal crack. The sand rock has a textured surface, and small spots of blue can be seen towards the centre of the stone. The background is grey.

Microscopic photo of the blue spots, that are irregular in shape and size and positioned diagonally across the image. The rest of the photo shows the rough sand coloured texture of the stone.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 10d

A new study identifies traces of azurite on a concave stone artefact from the Final Palaeolithic site of Mühlheim-Dietesheim, Germany. This represents the earliest use of blue pigment in Europe.
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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 10d

An exceptionally well-preserved Roman shipwreck has been excavated from the seabed of Barbir Bay, Croatia.
The boat dates to the 1st-2nd century and is about 12.5 meters (40 feet) long.
📷R. Scholz/ International Centre for Underwater Archaeology in Zadar)
www.croatiaweek.com/extraordinar...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 10d

Archaeologists have completed a painstaking preservation of an ancient wooden canoe discovered by a resident of Fort Myers during the cleanup from Hurricane Ian in 2022.
The find is likely from the 16th century
📷Florida Division of Historical Resources
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Corien Glaudemans @corienglaudemans.bsky.social · 12d

28 september 1882, in de Scheveningse Bosjes in Den Haag was de onthulling van de Verhuellbank ter nagedachtenis aan gemeenteraadslid jhr. Henri VerHuell (1820-1881). Op zijn initiatief waren bij de Scheveningse Bosjes 10.000den bomen geplant en is de waterpartij is aangelegd. 1)

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 12d

An extensive waster dump (an area of waste associated with ceramic kilns), dated to the 5th century BC, confirms the existence of large-scale Punic pottery production workshops, operating in parallel to the ancient city of Malaka, modern-day Málaga in Spain.

Punic workshops uncovered in Málaga produced amphorae used to export fish preserves to Corinth

The fourth archaeological excavation campaign of the University of Málaga (UMA) at the Cerro del Villar site has yielded first-rate discoveries that reshape the understanding of the productive past of...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 12d

A Roman mosaic floor emerged by chance while laying fiberoptic cables near the church of Sant’Andrea in Tivoli, north of Rome. The mosaic features black and white tiles arranged in geometric patterns.

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