Fascinating world of ancient #glass: Colourful glass bracelets found in #Egypt, #Roman period, dating 1st century BC to 1st century AD.

On display at Museum der Universität Tübingen.

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Fire Hound' by stained glass artist Tamsin Abbott, who is inspired by folklore and nature #WomensArt

The Venetian 13th and 14th century merchant and explorer Marco Polo is a familiar name to many. What you might not know is that he wrote about Zanzibar in his famous work, “Il milione” (or “The Travels of Marco Polo” in English). He never actually visited Zanzibar, though…

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Stunning 2,000 year-old #Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.

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Have you ever wondered how Swahili people built their stone houses? They used fossilized coral, a limestone that occurs naturally on the East African coast. In combination with lime mortar, also made from coral stone, durable stone houses were built that have lasted hundreds of years!

Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2

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It's almost the end of #AdoorableThursday, but I had to share these two lovely doors from the Gede ruins in Kenya! This town was occupied between the 12th and 16th centuries CE, and can boast some amazing coral stone architecture that is still visible today.
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The MAEASaM & MAHSA teams announce two new articles:

“The Perils of Endangerment” – exploring threats to Africa’s heritage sites (Lane, Merlo & team)

“#HashtaggingHeritage” – on South Asian heritage and social media (Khan, Sarmah, Vidyarthi, Roberts & Petrie).

Read here 👉 doi.org/10.32028/978...

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Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

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Small colourful glass beads like these ones turn up in archaeological excavations all over the East African coast. Most of them arrived on ships coming from various Indian Ocean ports, and many were probably produced in south Asia.