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Dumped in the toilet – the story of Saciro’s vessels and poor Latin skills: Archaeological finds tell stories from different areas of life. In 2000, a set of Samian ware vessels was found in a latrine at the settlement …1/3

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2021-01-28

Reconstructing the menu of a pub in ancient Eat like a first-century using recent archaeological discoveries as your guide. https://t.co/o2ZlPGTFdO

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2021-01-28

Archaeological illustrator, work in pen and ink as well as digital. DM me for any questions :)

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2021-01-26

A delight to hear about Marble Hill archaeology with last night. Next Monday we talk to Judith Dobie about being ’s archaeological illustrator. Free zoom lecture booking here 👉 https://t.co/fSrwkfCVIh. Talks made possible by

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2021-01-20

a-c) Manzano & d) Sandia points from Manzano Cave in New Mexico (Hibben 1941, Plate 14.1). The Manzano type is not very prevalent in the literature, possibly due to the suspicious claims by Hibben about Sandia Cave & other archaeological finds.

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2021-01-01

so this is the first one i had no idea what it looked like so i made one up. i think my brain took the letter "z" (mysterious letter) and then connected "ark" to "ark of the covenant" and now it's this thing that looks like an ancient archaeological chest
https://t.co/6icnI9yS5w

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2020-12-17

I read "What Language Was Spoken by the People of the Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex?" by Alexander Lubotsky and got inspired lol. It's open access!!!! https://t.co/M2AcxJHlQ0

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2020-12-12

Lights, camera, archaeology! 🎬

1️⃣4️⃣ In May, revealed their major role in a new archaeologically accurate animated film telling the tale of a disabled boy in Orkney over 4,000 years ago and his quest to unite his people: https://t.co/tS34a1bFHq

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2020-12-12

4 years ago we finished the 3-days recovery of Lancaster NN775 near Glabbeek. Research was done by local historians in cooperation with BAHAAT and Plane Hunters Recovery Team Belgium. I was asked by to lead the archaeological excavation.

https://t.co/ZUPSJR35Xg

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2020-11-13

The rooms and halls of the palace were transformed into a system of underground tunnels, in which German researchers and prospectors found rare archaeological treasures, and a hall measuring 55 meters in length.

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2020-11-02

Illustrations of excavated Roman pottery in London 1786 (published in 1787 "Combe and Jackson").

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2020-10-28

Thesis Submitted!📥📥📥📥
"Fire in prehistory. An archaeo-experimental approach to the pyroarchaeological record based on microarchaeology" 🔥💀🌱🍃🐑🔬

🖌️Cover drawing: 🔝🔝

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2020-10-26

It's that day of the week again, it's - so here's an ithyphallic Satyr from the sanctuary of Zeus at Dodona, ca. 540-530 BC. Sashay away!

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Athens (KAP 22)

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2020-10-15

Greek Bronze Age wall paintings from Mycenae. Over 3,000 years old. On display at the National Archaeological Museum in Athens .


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2020-10-08

DAY 6: ENFIELD
"The Enfield is a mythological chimera from Ireland. The Journal of the Kilkenny and South-east of Ireland Archaeological Society describes it as having the head of a fox, the body and forelegs of an eagle and the hind and rear legs of a wolf"

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2020-10-07

Client was complaining to me about how many archaeological site reports focus on artifacts & processes, and not on the people whose lives were recorded in the strata.

He said that instead of presenting a site as a human story, we tend more often to spew out technical verbiage.

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2020-09-23

I ADORE her!

A glorious amethyst with Artemis (Diana) dressed as befits the huntress goddess. She leans on a column, seemingly extinguishing a torch on a rock. Signed ΑΠΟΛΛΟΝΙΟΥ, suggesting an engraver active under Augustus.

Image: Naples Archaeological Museum (26070)

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2020-09-17

This week for the letter is S. S is for Society, as our library was started By over 235 years ago! We hold the Society Archives and they contain lots of important Archaeological information (and lots of interesting images too!)

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2020-09-14

Mantegna’s work fascinates due to his constant attempt to place biblical events within an archaeologically accurate context - representative of Renaissance learning. His Madonnas are, however, some of the most beautiful examples of Maternal love

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2020-09-13