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4. ... by two catchwater ditches (dashed blue) which run along the edge of the fen (measured from the highest level of the pre-17thC-drainage winter floods) at +/- 12 ft above sea level. They’re artificial too: they run *along* the contour, not across it from high to lower ground
The v interesting @RichesRural (M/T) project on #Merovingian N Gaul, https://t.co/NzONs6Zmh5.
1st map = research area, incl. bishops’ seats, vici, remaining Roman fortresses, & major Roman rds.
2nd map = archaeological sites so far added to their database, https://t.co/CnpfeGpRPc
A #prehistoric bird & ibex pause for a long moment to consider their next steps - stunningly combined c1000BC by an Iranian master potter inadvertently revealing elements of his own familiar #landscape (https://t.co/wLVK68zyFh) #happysigh
Yet much of the burial followed long-standing insular tradition, including cooking utensils, feasting equipment, weapons & horse gear, as well as items underscoring his status & authority. (pp. 309-14, https://t.co/OBsGZ6JPXO)
THREAD. The gold foil crosses found at Prittlewell appear to have been placed over the eyes of the person buried there, and are accepted by @MOLArchaeology as a signal of his Christianity.
In 801-2 the Caliph of Baghdad sent an elephant to #Charlemagne in Aachen, who so loved it that he wept when it died. And perhaps it was a favourite story of his grandson, Charles the Bald, as there’s a drawing of an elephant in the latter’s bible (https://t.co/ENDrTg268C)
#Impliedlandscapes: An angel & a ram stand by a palm tree in Syrian countryside c500AD - from an ivory pyxis @britishmuseum (https://t.co/d5HsR8MVmm)
Enjoying the thoughtfulness with which this expressive predynastic Egyptian bowl is reviewing its past seasonal excesses and considering its #newyear's #resolutions c3900-3650BC 😝 https://t.co/6WKfNFuOeo
