Wow, a gorgeous 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian glass kohl tube with cosmetic applicator stick!

For that signature black eye-liner look, still fashionable today!

Discovered in 1906 inside the intact Theban tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8) 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin…

So v v chuffed #Treasures has been selected as a TV series of the year 🎉- this time featuring #Georgia #Estonia #Bulgaria #Albania #Caucasus #SilkRoad #Greece #Turkiye Thank you Wanderlust magazine ! Details here 👇👇SandStone Global Productions …next Ep Saturday Channel 4 X

This extraordinary chalcedony portrait bust depicts a sullen Agrippina the Younger, sister of Claudia, wife to her uncle, the emperor Claudius, and mother to Nero. It’s fragmentary, but powerful. The hair! 😍 1/

37-39 CE
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Happy #FindsFriday !

We found this funny little artefact on our dig at Earth Trust. We found it on a Roman part of the site, and it's made of metal. But what is it for?

Serious suggestions, silly guesses, and wild speculations, are all welcome!

Alison Fisk We were lucky enough to handle this kohl tube along with Merit's matching perfume pot and the rest of her #cosmetics set - see 8 minutes 20 seconds into youtube.com/watch?v=ejKNwa… (image is ours) 🤩 #ancientegypt rocks!

For #FindsFriday this charming and colourful #Roman enamelled fibula (pin for fastening garments) in the shape of a rooster, dating 2nd century AD. Found in Lauw, #Belgium .
Photo: Gallo-Romeins Museum Tongeren, No. GRM 10435

#Roman Archaeology

Wow, a gorgeous 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian glass kohl tube with cosmetic applicator stick!

For that signature black eye-liner look, still fashionable today!

Discovered in 1906 inside the intact Theban tomb of Kha and Merit (TT8) 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin…

It's #WorldHeritageDay ! In 2017, caves from the #IceAge on the Swabian Jura became UNESCO World Heritage Site. Humanity's earliest portable art was found in those caves. The tiny (3.7 cm) but amazing figure of a woolly mammoth carved in mammoth ivory.... 1/2

You need to watch this! Four hours might sound like a long time, but every single minute is worth watching! Archaeology vs. Pseudoarchaeology. Thank you, Flint Dibble 🍖🏺.

The Anglo-Saxon silver pectoral cross from the Galloway Hoard. The hoard was buried at the beginning of the 10th century, and discovered by a metal-detectorist in 2014 at Balmaghie in Kirkcudbrightshire. The Hoard is now under the care of National Museums Scotland #FindsFriday 📸 My own.

#FindsFriday So - did the Romans invade Ynys Môn/Anglesey because of Druids 🧙 or....

..the immense copper wealth of Parys Mountain? 🤔 Probably both..

Hefty Roman copper ingot from coastal Aberffraw, on display in the excellent Oriel Ynys Môn.

📷 My own, last week

A Late Iron Age copper alloy hinged neck ring inlaid with coloured glass

Found in 1889 on the Isle of Portland #Dorset

Although its original context is unknown, it remains an exceptional piece of Durotrigian bling 🤩

© Trustees of the British Museum: 1889,0715.1

#FindsFriday

Still listening to this 'debate' between an archaeologist and a pseudoarchaeologist (- it's a long listen). It involves the presentation of how science works & the importance of big data, on the one hand - vs personal conviction, ideology and cherry-picked cases, with a complete…

I am, quite literally, trembling with excitement at the latest frescoes to be uncovered at Pompeii. They're some of the finest I've seen. A wonderful piece in today's Times with helpful maps and Radio 4's bit this morning (on iPlayer) worth replaying thetimes.co.uk/article/pompei…

I've 54,000 #followers - are there 1000 of you who will sign and share this? That'd be great!

Major cuts planned at the Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt.
Archaeology really matters! By learning from the past, we can apply the lessons to the present!

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Welcome to the black room in #Pompeii - it’s just been unearthed after being hidden for 2000 years - just one of the amazing new finds coming to light here. We’re live here this morning on BBC Breakfast BBC Radio 4 Today with Gabriel Zuchtriegel & Dr Sophie Hay 📷 Tony Jolliffe

An elegant Roman drinking cup. Translucent cobalt blue glass with contrasting coloured decoration. One of a pair made about 2,000 years ago.

The Met. Photo my own. metmuseum.org/art/collection…

#Archaeology

The skill of this illustrator is marvellous.

Castle Hill, the iron age fort at WittenhamClumps, later surrounded by a Roman settlement. #HillfortsWednesday
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