The new paving around the Colosseum, doubling as benches and indicating the lost piers of the collapsed arches. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancienthistory
The new paving around the Colosseum, doubling as benches and indicating the lost piers of the collapsed arches. #rome #archaeology #ancientrome #romanhistory #ancienthistory
Discovery Reveals the World’s Oldest Sewing, Dating Back 12,000 Years.
Archaeologists have identified what may be the world’s oldest known examples of sewing: approximately 12,000-year-old fragments of elk hide discovered in caves in Oregon, USA.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/discovery-reveals-the-worlds-oldest-sewing-dating-back-12000-years/
#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Discovery #IceAge #IndigenousHistory #Prehistory #TextileHistory #ScienceNews #Oregon #HumanOrigins
Discovery Reveals the World’s Oldest Sewing, Dating Back 12,000 Years.
Archaeologists have identified what may be the world’s oldest known examples of sewing: approximately 12,000-year-old fragments of elk hide discovered in caves in Oregon, USA.
Read more: https://omniletters.com/discovery-reveals-the-worlds-oldest-sewing-dating-back-12000-years/
#Archaeology #AncientHistory #Discovery #IceAge #IndigenousHistory #Prehistory #TextileHistory #ScienceNews #Oregon #HumanOrigins
Ancient bone may prove legendary war elephant crossing of Alps
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdr2xl1e41eo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss
Books about Hannibal at PG:
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subjects/search/?query=hannibal
Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. The other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.
In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must have transformed the dark sanctuary into a dramatic stage.
Dating 2nd/3rd cantury AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
The ancient monumental fountain built from the reign of Roman emperor Alexander Severus in #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
Archaeologists in central Romania have uncovered a rare 7,500-year-old clay figurine depicting a female figure with arms raised in invocation. Discovered during preventive excavations, the small Neolithic artifact illuminates the symbolic and spiritual world of Europe’s earliest farming communities.
https://wildhunt.org/2026/02/arms-raised-in-prayer-neolithic-figurine-found-in-romania.html
Archaeologists in central Romania have uncovered a rare 7,500-year-old clay figurine depicting a female figure with arms raised in invocation. Discovered during preventive excavations, the small Neolithic artifact illuminates the symbolic and spiritual world of Europe’s earliest farming communities.
https://wildhunt.org/2026/02/arms-raised-in-prayer-neolithic-figurine-found-in-romania.html
The ancient monumental fountain built from the reign of Roman emperor Alexander Severus in #rome. #archaeology #ancienthistory #romanhistory #ancientrome
Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. The other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.
In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must have transformed the dark sanctuary into a dramatic stage.
Dating 2nd/3rd cantury AD.
📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg
IOSACal 0.7 is here. Nothing fancy but lots of maintenance work that keeps the project going, improved documentation and - if I can keep it up - a renewed development wave.
https://pypi.org/project/iosacal/0.7.0/
Newsletter post is here https://buttondown.com/iosacal/archive/iosacal-07/
This is a marvelous example of whimsy and craftsmanship! A rare Greek askos, made in the shape of a lobster claw. Dating back to approximately 450 BC, the vessel was used to hold perfumed oil. 🦞
📷 Antikensammlung Kassel #archaeology
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This is a marvelous example of whimsy and craftsmanship! A rare Greek askos, made in the shape of a lobster claw. Dating back to approximately 450 BC, the vessel was used to hold perfumed oil. 🦞
📷 Antikensammlung Kassel #archaeology
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