Nina Willburger
@DrNWillburger
Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director @ALM_BaWue | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart |
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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
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