Alison Fisk
@AlisonFisk
MA in Archaeological Practice @BirkbeckUoL Volunteer @PCAarchaeology and @HamHouseNT Here to share my ❤️ of archaeology
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09-01-2012 09:59:41
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Major cuts planned at the Institute of Archaeology in Frankfurt.
Archaeology really matters! By learning from the past, we can apply the lessons to the present!
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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…
#Archaeology
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.
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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
More: coinweek.com/the-dekadrachm…
#Archaeology
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.
#MetMuseum (22.2.36, 37)
#polychromy
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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.
#MosaicMonday