Neue numismatische Publikation:

Franziska Schmidt-Dick, Typenatlas der römischen Reichsprägung von Augustus bis Aemilianus, Band 3: Tiere und Fabeltiere, Pflanzen, Gegenstände, Wien: Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, 2024.

👉 verlag.oeaw.ac.at/produkt/typena…

Some 1,500 years ago, a child was buried with a set of game pieces made of animal bones. Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.

Photo: Landesmuseum Württemberg

For all my dog-loving followers:

A stunning #Greek rhyton (drinking cup) in the shape of a #dog 's head. Dating ca. 475 BC.

Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia

#DontShootYourDogInAGravelPit

RT’d for #MammalMonday Brown Hare

Medieval church building-boom took place in the 12th century, study finds.
medievalists.net/2024/04/mediev…

I’ve just started reading ‘Kindred: Neanderthal Life, Love, Death and Art’ by Rebecca Wragg Sykes Dr. Rebecca Wragg Sykes ahead of the forthcoming Netflix documentary #SecretsoftheNeanderthals

#MosaicMonday ; from Museo Archeologico Regionale Pietro Griffo in #Agrigento ; a gazelle drinking from a stream. Dated to the 2nd century CE, found in the Hellenistic Quarter of Agrigentum:

roamintheempire.com/index.php/2018…

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Sicily #Italy

Harpoons made from reindeer antlers were invented in the Paleolithic period and were used to hunt fish. The harpoons were not attached firmly to a wooden shaft. After a successful throw/thrust, they separated from the shaft, but remained linked to the hunter by an attached line

Bereits in der Altsteinzeit wurden Fische mit Harpunen aus Rentiergeweih gejagt. Sie waren nicht fest an einem Stab fixiert, sondern lösten sich nach einem erfolgreichen Wurf/Stoß und blieben über eine Leine mit dem Jäger verbunden. Dank der Widerhaken konnten...1/2

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Tag der offenen Tür 2024 im #Naturkundemuseum #Stuttgart 🦜🪲🌱🦕🎉

Some 1,500 years ago, a child was buried with a set of game pieces made of animal bones. Single game pieces are frequently found in early medieval graves in south-west Germany, but complete sets are rare.
Found in Herbolzheim, 500-550 AD.

Photo: Landesmuseum Württemberg

4th century AD mosaic depicting the ‘Mask of Phobos’ (Fear). Originally from Halicarnassus in Turkey, the late Roman mosaic is now part of the collections British Museum #MosaicMonday 📸 My own.

A masterpiece of Minoan art.

This small rock crystal vessel is a work of technical and artistic perfection created by a skilled artisan some 3,500 years ago!

Zakros Sanctuary, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📷 2022

#Archaeology

Adoro questa porta di #Trastevere …

#Roma 🤍
#Rome

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Die spinnen, die Ritter.

A very nice article/review about the 'After 1177 BC' sequel is in Slate today; gotta love the title/subtitle in the picture below....
slate.com/news-and-polit…

Nina Willburger I had a meet-cute with this one today

I wish I could stay in Inverness, Scotland forever. 😭

‘In this episode of The Ancients, we're on location in the Natural History Museum in London as Tristan covers a huge topic; the history of human evolution! Today's guest, Professor Chris Stringer, joins us as we delve into the origins of modern humans’