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Group from Cartoceto di Pergola. Date: 50—30 B.C. Medium: Gilded bronze. Provenance: Ancona, National Archaeological Museum of Marche (Museo archeologico nazionale delle Marche).

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2019-04-12

"Past, present and future" by Kempster & Evans, 1954.
Archaeological

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2019-04-01

Oi, Freddo! Hands OFF sensitive archaeological sites!

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2019-03-18

Oi, Freddo! Hands (or paws) off sensitive archaeological sites!

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2019-03-18

That would hearken back to the great-great-great-grandparents of the Princesses. Apparently, they were on a quest to find candy mountain. Archaeological evidence is scarce, but it does mention something about a kidney.

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2019-02-26

https://t.co/OMf2YZ170C - homoarchaeologicus:

Zapotec jade and shells mask, ca. 200 BC - 100 AD, Monte Alban, Mexico. Photography © Jorge Pérez de Lara.

Even though many scholars maintain that this is a bat mask, many of its features point towards its identification as a fel…

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2019-02-07

Europa riding the bull. Fresco from Pompeii (House of Fatal Love, IX, 5, 18). 1st century AD. (Naples, National Archaeological Museum)

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2019-01-29

with the scene in the Circus. Medium: Marble, limestone and glass paste. Date: A.D. 3rd century Provenance: National Archaeological Museum.

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2019-01-25

Dido, queen of Carthage seated on a throne, attended by handmaiden, looking at the personnification of Asia? (right) and Africa? (left). Aeneas' ship feature in the background. 1st century AD. (National Archaeological Museum, Naples)

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2019-01-25

The Ruins of Ancient Rome by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1720–1778). "His etchings of the remains of a great civilization couple his archaeological interest in detail with his flair for dramatic effect...the ruins suggest romance, mystery, melancholy, awesome possibility & loss."

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2019-01-23

Head of Athena with Corinthian helmet, 1st century AD, Archaeological Museum Ostia, Read More: https://t.co/5doS5I8Iud

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2018-12-23

Archaeological of the cena, or main meal with nine diners in the triclinium... the dining room. Nine was the socially acceptable number of diners. More was boastful and less showed a stingy host of meager means [credits CookitGallery].

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2018-11-20

Prompt for Nov 2018:
"The Tiefling and the T-Rex" -

The group stumbled upon an archaeological dig site in the middle of the desert that was being attacked by a Sand T-Rex, the druid of the group, a reddish tiefling Netheros successfully cast Animal Friendship... (pt. 1)

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2018-10-20

Frahm, E., & Tryon, C. A. (2018). Origins of Epipalaeolithic obsidian artifacts from Garrod's excavations at Zarzi cave in the Zagros foothills of Iraq. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, 21, 472-485.

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2018-09-01

One archaeological site, two different styles of reconstruction. longhouse, Northern Germany

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2018-07-03

Illustrations of two beautiful fibulae from the tangible good from the collection in the Museum for Pre- and Early History.

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2018-07-02

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Please find attached our application for the Residency (https://t.co/0rOc16SYeU), as advertised through .

We look forward to spending the at this stunning site & drooling over the finds.

Sincerely,

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2018-06-08

Archaeological of the cena, or main meal with nine diners in the triclinium... the dining room. Nine was the socially acceptable number of diners. More was boastful and less showed a stingy host of meager means [credits CookitGallery].

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2018-05-21

Currently on until April 28th is a special exhibition by artist Peter Froste showcasing his work, and collaborations with the archaeological trust, recreating a Colchester of centuries past. Fascinating stuff!

More info here: https://t.co/HjstBRcusw

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2018-04-18