My #newbook The Story of Tutankhamun is OUT NOW

Who was the 'boy king'? In this lively new biography, I introduce you to Tutankhamun as a person, rather than as a distant god-king or a symbol of ancient Egypt. #Tutankhamun100 #amwriting #Egypt yalebooks
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Hello from Istanbul 💕

The Basilica Cistern with a capacity of around 80,000 cubic meters of water is the largest underground cistern of Byzantine Constantinople. Built during the reign of Justinian. 6th c. CE

#Archaeology

Minoan rhyton for pouring libations in the shape of a bull’s head. From the Palace of Knossos, Crete. Dated ca. 1550-1500 BCE. Made of black steatite, jasper, and mother-of-pearl. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. My own photo.
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Rock crystal vase found at the Minoan Palace of Zakros, Crete. Dated to 1500-1450 BCE. Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. My own photo.

With all those rocky environment, in the middle of a maze of giant granite boulders, some Iron Age round houses emerge from the woods in Os Castelos hillfort (Entrimo, #Galicia ). When you visit it, you have a strange feeling of moving inside a videogame.

#HillfortsWednesday

It's #HillfortsWednesday - huzzah!

Here's Bury Ditches #Shropshire a multivallate hillfort enclosing 3.3ha in its Iron Age glory days

A fantastic recreation © Kenning Illustration #KenningIllustration for Forestry England

For more see: kenning-illustration.co.uk

A wee 🧵

It's #HillfortsWednesday - a perfect day to find out more about hillforts we care for in #Dorset & #Wessex ! Check out the guides created as part of the #HillfortsAndHabitats project, which is shortlisted for 2 #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards
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📷John Miller

For #ReliefWednesday the oldest known relief: It was carved in mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago and depicts a figure with raised arms (and an animal tail?). The figure has been identified as a worshipper as well as a #lion man. Found in the Geißenklösterle...1/2

#IceAge

One pair of bronze lurs were found in the Revheims bog near Stavanger in Norway. Near the find is Fluberget, petroglyps carved into a wall. The real sound of the lurs can be hear in our exhibition, as they were played on 50 years to record the sounds.

Ever wondered where the Lurpak logo comes from? 😉