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Ġgantija, a neolithic temple complex in Malta.
Said by locals to be built by a giantess once.

Residents and travelers knew about the existence of the temple;before any excavations were carried out, someone drew a plan based on that knowledge, which has been found to be accurate

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2021-12-16

And another St Wystan's, Repton (Derbys.) example owing to its interesting findspot. Here's a cross-shaft frag found upside-down in excavations to E of crypt in 1979, in a feature that turned out to be an 11th or early 12th c pit.

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2021-10-21

Wonderful. What a great way of bringing the past into the present. I loved visiting Vindolanda many years ago and bought a cook book of recipes they'd deduced from their excavations. Their version of baked egg custard is something I make frequently.

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2021-10-08

What if…

Horus was found by British excavations in the 19th century instead of Egyptian authorities in 1983, had his blood weaponised and became a soldier in WW2?

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2021-09-16

Happy Birthday to the wonderful Dr Sophie Hay 🥳
aka Sophe from created by based on Dr Hay’s excavations at Pompeii, and lovingly drawn by me ❤️

Have a lovely day matey!

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2021-09-15

Only a week and a bit until and head out to support the first of two new excavations! Be sure to stay tuned to find out what is going on 😁👍

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2021-08-31

Mastodonsaurus and Tanystropheus. Animals that we can find in Trassic layers in Poland. During excavations led by i found teeth of M. and cervical vertebra of T. 30 cm long. The angle of Tanystropheus neck is quite bold, it probably couldnt bend it too much.

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2021-07-12

[Metal Slug 2/X - Monument of Depression ]

The second mission of Metal Slug 2/X where you fight against cursed mummies and face the boss Aeshi Nero, a big digger machine that resembles a huge snake devouring a giant pillar inside abandoned tombs excavations of ancient Egypt.

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2021-07-08

… then whose Bar of Amarantus excavations have inspired something like 60 illustrations in the upcoming project!

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2021-06-11

St. Columba (597)

Abbott and Missionary, with his 12 disciples he erected monasteries on the island of Iona. He is credited with the main role in the conversion of Scotland. Excavations in 1958 and 1959 revealed Columba’s living cell and the outline of the original monastery.

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2021-06-09

The royal palace at Deir el-Ballas, north of Luxor, Egypt. It was the seat of Theban kings and is a reconstruction based on the ongoing archaeological excavations at the site. Features in my graphic novel AHMOSE which is on Kickstarter now! https://t.co/nOV6Vvsc3R

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2021-04-18

New excavations in the MNK Skull site, and the last appearance of the Oldowan and Homo habilis at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania https://t.co/f1wXnwPhJz

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2021-04-11

Dazzling ancient colours of Pompeii's beautiful household shrines (lararia) - by the brilliant Luigi Bazzani who spent 35 years from 1880-1915 documenting the ongoing excavations of Pompeii with masterful watercolor paintings.

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2021-03-25

The old and the new meet in excavations beside financial zone: archaeologists have unearthed ramparts and city walls of capital of the 12th-century Jin Dynasty.

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2021-03-20

The ongoing excavations in the industrial area have unveiled new treasures, announced today by . In one room attached to the stable found in 2018, at the end of 2020 another room was found. This space contained a wooden ceiling perfectly preserved and recovered

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2021-02-27

Free online talk:
'#Roman transformed: A quarter century of excavations by '

4 March 2021
19:30 – 21:30 GMT

Tickets can be booked up to 5.30pm GMT on the day of the talk. To book your ticket visit the link below.

https://t.co/nwMilH1nmD

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2021-02-25

Ali Suefi was a skilled archaeologist from Lahun. Ali oversaw Egyptian workforces working on excavations across Egypt from 1891 to 1924. Flinders Petrie considered Ali as a colleague, yet still called him ‘my best lad’ and his name rarely appears in official reports.

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2021-02-12

The Harris' history collection includes everything from the skeleton of an Ice Age elk to human skulls found during the excavations for Preston Dock. 💀 You can explore some of the collections here 👉 https://t.co/6U3sYW2Yme

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2021-01-04

With opening of the new Penn Station I can't help but think of Ashcan School artist George Bellows, who in the early 20th century captured the massive excavations for the first iteration of that venue in two paintings, one & the other

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2020-12-31

Like many of the best finds from that era of the Agora Excavations, this statuette of Apollo was recorded in beautiful by the master illustrator Piet de Jong.

Without high quality color photos, this was the best way to accurately depict artifacts in color!

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2020-12-30