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Nina Willburger
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Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Nov 9
Hello new followers and welcome! My focus is on #archaeology, you can expect posts from me covering a wide range of topics, e.g. objects, exhibitions, and latest discoveries, primarily from the European Paleolithic to the early medieval period.
I may also share posts about nature and Star Trek.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3h
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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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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Isabelle Marie @isabellemarie.bsky.social · 21h
#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 · 21h
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 · 33m
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.

#WallsOnWednesday
#WindowsOnWednesday
A gothic corner building with turret, many windows & terracotta details.
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 7h
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 · 3h
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.

📷me

On display at British Museum

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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 · 1d
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.

📷 me

🏺#archaeology
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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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 1d
“Bear with a banner” medieval tile -
14th Century

In 1382, Jean de Berry employed Spanish craftsmen to decorate his residences with armorial floor tiles at Mehun-sur-Yivre, Bourges & Poitiers. A skill then unknown in France.

#TilesOnTuesday
Caption “Très Riches Heures du duc de Berry” exhibition - “In the spring of 1382, Jean de Berry obtained permission from the Duke of Girona, his relative, to send three craftsmen from the Valencia region to Spain to work, under the leadership of Jean de Valence, on the construction sites of his fabulous castle of Mehun-sur-Yivre, as well as on those of the palaces of Bourges and Poitiers. The innovative program consisted of decorating the state rooms and apartments with armorial floors made of earthenware tiles produced locally, thanks to the temporary importation of this expertise, then unknown in France”.
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Isabelle Prim @horatioforever.bsky.social · 1d
Cimetière de la Chartreuse, early this morning 🍁
Rust in peace Tombs, and rusted crosses and railings Tombs warming in the morning light Rusted cross adorned with red leaves Some of the mausolea of the cemetery, blue sky
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 1d
The remains of Cairn Holy II - one of two Neolithic chambered cairns which overlook Wigtown Bay in Dumfries & Galloway. The Clyde-type chambered cairn was traditionally thought to be the tomb of Caldus, the mythical Scottish King. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #CairnHoly
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Adam Markham @adammarkham.bsky.social · 5d
#archaeobirds 🪶
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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Museums + Heritage @museumsandheritage.com · 1d
News | Bronze age gold stolen from display case at St Fagans National Museum of History
Bronze age gold stolen from display case at St Fagans National Museum of History - Museums + Heritage
Two suspects forced entry into the main building in the early hours of Monday morning, with staff on duty overnight uninjured.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 1d
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.

📷 me

🏺#archaeology
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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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d
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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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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d
#MosaicMonday: colourful #Roman glass tesserae found in Geneva/Switzerland, dating 3rd/4th c. AD. 

Mosaic cubes were made of stone, pottery, tile, or glass. Glass tesserae were rather fragile. They were used rather rarely in floor mosaics to provide colours that...🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺
A pile of small glass mosaic cubes in shades of blue, green, and yellow, on a white surface.
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 2d
The powerful face of Winter on a mosaic discovered by George Tupper in 1811 @bignorvilla.bsky.social in West #Sussex

Wrapped in a hooded cloak, this mid 4th century portrait is the only one of the 4 Seasons on the summer dining room floor to survive

📷 Nov 2023

#MosaicMonday #Roman #WinterIsComing
A mournful personification of Winter, tightly wrapped in a cloak, depicted on a Roman mosaic floor
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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 2d
For this #MosaicMonday, a mosaic I've enjoyed seeing recently: not ancient, but a superb goat by the late Maggy Howarth at Levens Hall showing an accomplished continuation of this ancient art form. Note the wonderful choice of pebble for the eye! 1/3
#AncientBlueSky 🏺(though this isn't!)
A colourful modern circular mosaic made of pebbles with rectangular stones forming the outer border. The mosaic shows the head of a goat facing left, with dramatic horns sweeping backwards, risring from a coronet.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d
Spectacular googly-eyed octopus does battle with a lobster in this 2,000 year-old Roman mosaic from Pompeii! 🐙 🦞

Fantastic fishy onlookers too! 👀

From the House of the Geometric Mosaics. Now at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
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My photo shows a polychrome mosaic depicting Mediterranean marine life using earthy-coloured tesserae (mosaic tiles) against a black tessarae background. At the centre of the mosaic is a pale-coloured octopus composed of off-white and light brown tesserae with some of its writhing tentacles wrapped around the body of a lobster composed of light red, and pinky-brown tesserae. The octopus has an egg shaped body/head and it stares at the viewer with large eyes made of brown and pink circles with black centres. The octopus and lobster are surrounded by various species of large and small Mediterranean fish and a mollusc, including an eel and a flat fish. On the left hand side of the scene there is a small kingfisher bird on top of a rock. Some of the fish appear to be watching the fight between the octopus and the lobster This mosaic comes from the House of the Geometric Mosaics in Pompeii. Now on display at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Naples.
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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · 4d
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Rewriting Human Origins: What the 1-Million-Year-Old Skull Reveals | Chris Stringer
YouTube video by Conversations with Vania
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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 2d
Mosaic fragment from Roman Cirencester (Corinium). The fragment was discovered at Victoria Road in 1947, and would have been part of a larger mosaic pavement. Now on display at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Cirencester
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d
...could not be found in natural stone, but they were used frequently in wall and vault mosaics.

📷 www.mahmah.ch/collection/o...

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d
#MosaicMonday: colourful #Roman glass tesserae found in Geneva/Switzerland, dating 3rd/4th c. AD. 

Mosaic cubes were made of stone, pottery, tile, or glass. Glass tesserae were rather fragile. They were used rather rarely in floor mosaics to provide colours that...🧵1/2

#archaeology 🏺
A pile of small glass mosaic cubes in shades of blue, green, and yellow, on a white surface.
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Wil Eelsing @wileelsing.bsky.social · 2d
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 3d
A marvellous #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of porphyry (height 1.2 cm).
Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility.

Dating ca. 1295–1185 BC, New Kingdom.

📷Metropolitan Museum

🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky
A small frog-shaped amulet carved from dark reddish-brown porphyry, patterned with irregular white spots, shown in a crouching position against a plain light background.
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 2d
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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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