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…

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Major cuts planned at the Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt.
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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…

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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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The chapter house ceiling of Elgin Cathedral in Moray. The ceiling was remodelled by the Bishop of Moray, Andrew Stewart, in the late 1400s. #MedievalMonday 📸 My own.

Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old bead was found in the pile-dwelling settlement of Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy.

In the middle of the Must Farm settlement a well-preserved central walkway was discovered. This hurdle panel, made from hazel using an under-over weave with a more complicated plait in its centre, spanned gaps between structures allowing people to move around the settlement.

These are footprints and hoofprints from Must Farm. Captured in silt they’ve survived for almost 3,000 years. Made when people and animals walked around the muddy areas surrounding the site, they’re a fantastic reminder of the people that lived at the settlement.

The deposition of material at the Must Farm settlement gave us a glimpse into what a Bronze Age home contained. The distribution suggests that there may have been a “tool set” for each home with a ribbed axe, a smaller facetted axe, a gouge or chisel and a sickle.

🦔 Ancient Cycladic hedgehog! This little guy is from Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. He dates to the Early Cycladic II period (2800-2300 BCE). National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 My own.

The Verne – the story of a lost (and largely forgotten) Iron Age #hillfort in #Dorset , southern England

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Goethe University Frankfurt: Significant cuts planned at the Institute of #Archaeological Science

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Owl of Athena! 🦉❤️

Rare Athenian silver decadrachm (coin), c. 467 BC.

Münzkabinett der Staatlichen Museum, Berlin ikmk.smb.museum/object?lang=en… Photo ArchaiOptix

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This painted #ancientglass beaker depicts two pairs of gladiators fighting; some Greek letters may be a victor’s name. These types of vessels may have been made as souvenirs for fans of the games and of particular gladiators.

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From a T-shaped panel (therefore flooring a triclinium, with the three couches fitted around this shape) showing millet and grapes. You would see this as you entered the room, evoking the food and wine you were about to enjoy. From Oudna, now in The Bardo, Tunis.
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Mummy mask of a woman, wearing a wreath of pink flower petals and a necklace. Painted plaster, eyes inlaid with glass. From Middle #Egypt . #Roman Period, late 1st - early 2nd century AD. On display at Museum August Kestner, Hannover.