Alison Fisk
@AlisonFisk
MA in Archaeological Practice @BirkbeckUoL Volunteer @PCAarchaeology and @HamHouseNT Here to share my ❤️ of archaeology
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The first recorded strike in history took place 3,178 years ago!
The ‘Strike Papyrus’ records that tomb workers of Ramesses III at Deir el-Medina in Egypt, downed their tools over pay and conditions in 1155 BC.
📷 Museo Egizio, Turin collezionepapiri.museoegizio.it/en-GB/document…
#Archaeology
For more #ancientegypt in the North, enter the #ValleyoftheKings in #Bolton ! Our virtual tour of the burial chamber of #pharaoh Tuthmosis III - the only replica royal tomb outside #Egypt - is now at my.matterport.com/show/?m=AJk3xW… thanks to the magicians FrontRowLive & Graham Walker
🚨 New Liverpool Egyptology Seminar at Archaeology, Classics & Egyptology at Liv Uni!
‘For your eyes only – Middle Kingdom Coffins from Beni Hassan’ by Lubica Hudáková (U. Vienna) and Uta Siffert (Egyptian Museum, Bonn)
🗓️ Thursday 2 May, 5pm (UK time)
📍Rendall SR4 or on Zoom
📝 forms.office.com/e/pqV8VRTz3p
Ancient Greek gold hair net with relief bust of the goddess Athena. Late 3rd-2nd century BC.
Benaki Museum, Athens. 📷 my own. More: e.issuu.com/issuu-reader3-…
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
Pharaoh Horemheb (standing), with the god Amun. Some argue that the pharaoh represented originally was Tutankhamun ~1300 BCE Museo Egizio Torino
#ReliefWednesday ; from the National Archaeological Museum in #Athens , a gold naiskos with garnet and emerald decoration with an image of drunken Dionysus being assisted by a Satyr inside. Dated to the 2nd century BCE.
#Archaeology #Greece
The ‘Severan Tondo’ depicting Septimius Severus, his wife Julia Domna, and their sons Caracalla & Geta (face scratched out). Painted on wood, the imperial portrait dates to around 200 AD, and originated from Egypt. On display at the Altes Museum in Berlin. #Woodensday 📸 My own
Our Human Story. Drawing on this new information...Louise Humphrey and Chris Stringer explain in clear and accessible language what each of the key fossil species represents, and how it contributes to our knowledge of human evolution Natural History Museum NHM Anthropology
Ancient Greek gold hair net with relief bust of the goddess Athena. Late 3rd-2nd century BC.
Benaki Museum, Athens. 📷 my own. More: e.issuu.com/issuu-reader3-…
#ReliefWednesday
#Archaeology
Happy #HillfortsWednesday 🍻🎉
Putting the houses back at Pendinas hillfort yesterday 😉✏️
Recent Archaeoleg Dyfed Archaeology excavations suggest parts of the hillfort were akin to a crowded hill village, with tightly-grouped houses cut into the rocky slope 🛖
#Sketching #DigPendinas
It's #HillfortsWednesday !
Here's the gloriously sinuous, contour-hugging ramparty goodness of Beacon Hill, a stunning 3.8ha Iron Age hillfort in #Hampshire
✈️ 📷 looking NW © Ginny Pringle for Hampshire Cultural Trust 2015
For more see: hampshirearchaeology.wordpress.com/2015/11/23/bur…
