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Osman Hamdi Bey (1842-1910) was a man of amazing ability and talent. He was an Ottoman statesman, intellectual, painter and archaeologist. Here is a photo of the great man at an archaeological dig in Nemrut Dağ and one of his most famous paintings, 'The Tortoise Trainer'.
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 #comics #egypt
Photo from a British newspaper (THE ILLUSTRATED LONDON NEWS)
From 1852 it illustrates the transport of winged bulls from archaeological sites in Nineveh, northern Iraq, to British Museum’s.
#IraqMsptmia
#IRAQesque
The archaeological record of Flores shows that Homo floresiensis must have been a highly competent stone tool maker and user. The tools left by this #hominin show that large brains and humanlike wrists are not essential to technology #paleoanthropology #FossilFriday
A colourised reconstruction of the stone is on display at Xanten Archaeological Park, near to where the stone was found.
Photo: Jona Lendering via Livius
Aya, using her archaeological knowledge, is able to discover a hidden passage behind one of the stone murals. What secrets lie down there?
#webcomic #webcomics #art #manga #digitalart #digitalwork #DigitalArtist #drawing #fantasy
This week’s #FindsFriday is a Finnish convex round brooch (KM41330:1) dating from the Viking Age, a metal-detecting find from Hämeenlinna, Finland. Archaeological Collections of FHA/@Museovirasto - @NatMuseum_FI. 📷: Rohiola/FHA. #LöytöPerjantai #arkeologia
my great grandparents when they met on an archaeological expedition in 1926
Lions of the Palace of Boukoleon
They are now at Istanbul Archaeological Museums
This #sketch of Samarie (a #fairy created by me more than 20 years ago) is part of a #project that will see the light next year. At least so I hope. This #illustration dates back to at least 10/15 years ago, a true archaeological find 😂
#fairytail #comics #comicbooks #oldstuff
@OpenAcademics Hey! I’m Jess, an MSc student in Archaeological Science focusing on zooarchaeology and 3D modelling. Outside of my studies I’m a digital artist, who mostly paints animals
Here’s one of my most recent paintings
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We often think that Roman #women spent most of their lives inside their own houses. Archaeological evidences & literally sources instead tell us that they frequently enter business, working but also running corporations & even owning factories
#WomensHistoryMonth #FrescoFriday
Beautiful Bronze Age pyxis from Mycenae, Grave Circle A, 16th century BC. This ancient wooden box is decorated with gold plates with repousse relief depicting lions chasing a deer and antelope.
Image: National Archaeological Museum Athens.
#ReliefWednesday
Recent archaeological work has uncovered the aesthetic cultures of #Neandertals, who sometimes decorated themselves with colors, shells, talons, and feathers, marked and engraved cave walls, and had an ear for language. #Neanderthalthinking
Housing several Prehistoric rock paintings, the Bhimbetka rock shelters give the visitor a glimpse into the history of life that flourished in the area through different historical ages.
A #DrawnFromNature feature of an archaeological wonder!
Post design by Shivani Shenoy
1989-90 Take Pride in America bookmark issued by the Archaeological Assistance Division of the NPS to SHPOs, who then stamped their contact info & supplied them to the public via libraries, mailings & speaking events during Archaeology Week. Knoll (1990) says 36 SHPOs responded.
Long held in a private collection (!) the tooth of a c. 9-yr-old child marks the Neandertal’s southernmost known range. The associated archaeological assemblage suggests Neands used Nubian Levallois, previously thought to be restricted to H. sapiens. https://t.co/ulVJnQmrd8
Archaeological adventures: The Monkley Idol, Shark Eater, Bermuda Conspiracy
https://t.co/CVUV6xzbjw
A last #FrescoFriday for the morning, with this awesome panel of Dido from the House of Meleager, Pompeii (VI.9.2). Dido is seated on her throne, with an attendant personification of Africa, as Aeneas' ship departs. #Dido
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8898)
#MosaicMonday In the city of #Sousse in #Tunisia, there is the #Archaeological #Museum, which has a really impressive collection of #Roman #mosaic. The beautifully preserved mosaic depicting #Neptune travelling on his sea #chariot is especially impressive.
#Archaeology #History