Roman snail dye found in UK for first time. A rare dye made from snails for the robes of the #Roman elite almost 2,000 years ago has been unearthed at a cricket club in Carlisle.

👉bbc.com/news/articles/…

# #Roman Archaeology

For #FindsFriday , an adorable #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian. Because of their numerous offspring, #frog s were considered a symbol of fertility. From Qau el-Kabir, Old kingdom (c. 2700 BC – c. 2200 BC), now at the Manchester Museum.

Photo: egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/tag/frogs/

For the ancient Maya, cracked mirrors were a path to the world beyond. phys.org/news/2024-05-a…

Un navire romain révèle un type inédit d’amphore du Ve siècle. #Archéologie science-et-vie.com/science-et-cul…

Im antiken Rom wurde Purpurfarbstoff aus Schnecken hergestellt: jetzt ist eine Schneckenfarben- Fabrik in England entdeckt worden

The 14th century Galata Tower, Beyoglu, Istanbul. It was originally a Genoese watchtower but has also been used as a prison and a lookout point for fires. Read more about the Galata Tower here: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galata_To… Photo taken yesterday.

Roman snail dye found in UK for first time. A rare dye made from snails for the robes of the #Roman elite almost 2,000 years ago has been unearthed at a cricket club in Carlisle.

👉bbc.com/news/articles/…

# #Roman Archaeology

#FontsOnFriday
Returned recently w visitors to St James Piccadilly, and again bewitched by the incredibly lovely Grinling Gibbons 1686 marble font.
Tree of life w Adam + Eve forms base. Baptism of Christ + 2 more scenes on bowl.
William Blake baptised in the font 1757.

#FrescoFriday
Aula Isiaca (30 BC) with the Loggia Mattei (16th century).
This part of Augustus' residence on the Palatine features original frescoes with references to Egypt and Renaissance additions from the Villa of the Stati family.
Parco Archeo Colosseo.
📸 my own.

#FrescoFriday ; from the atrium of the House of the Vettii at #Pompeii , a small panel with a scene of Cupid riding a crab; one of many daring and industrious Cupids depicted in the house.

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Italy

When and why did Neanderthals go extinct? Explaining the loss of humanity's ancient siblings
historyextra.com/period/prehist…

Wow, this almost complete ancient Egyptian net bag is an exceptionally rare survival! Made from linen string, it was used to suspend the pottery vessel from a wooden carrying pole some 3,600 years ago!

Excavated from a burial at Qurna near Thebes by Flinders Petrie in 1908.…

A cuddlepuddle of four ancient Roman #puppies , rendered in marble. 😍

From the House of the Faun, #Pompeii . #dogs

1st century BCE
MANN (National Archaeological Museum, Naples)

📸 me

This is actually a #FontsOnFriday from Salisbury cathedral and not a sneaky extra #tracerytuesday - the font there is very modern and the water in it very still, to reflect the ceiling - I really liked it

Painted wall plaster from Roman Winchester (Venta Belgarum). Dating to the 2nd century AD, the fragment is part of the collections at Winchester City Museum. #FrescoFriday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

For #FindsFriday , an adorable #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of carnelian. Because of their numerous offspring, #frog s were considered a symbol of fertility. From Qau el-Kabir, Old kingdom (c. 2700 BC – c. 2200 BC), now at the Manchester Museum.

Photo: egyptmanchester.wordpress.com/tag/frogs/

A gorgeous blue glass bead from a Late Iron Age farmstead at Winterborne Kingston #Dorset

Photographed as freshly excavated in 2016

We don't get many fashion accessories from the Durotriges but when we do they are utterly stunning 😍

#FindsFriday

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This millefiori bead is the product of a Mediterranean workshop. It was found in a woman's grave in Güttingen, dating around 600 AD.
It's one of the many pieces of evidence of north-south trade in the early Middle Ages.

Photo: Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

#archaeology #medievaltwitter

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