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The timeless beauty of ancient glass. A c. 2,250 year-old glass bowl made from colourless glass with opaque yellow and translucent dark violet ‘reticella’ threads. Looks so modern! Eastern Mediterranean. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany. 📷 my own #Archaeology

A stunning pair of Germanic fibulae, found in a woman's burial at Untersiebenbrunn, Austria. Luxurious fibulae such as this pair were worn by eastern Germanic women of high social status. They were used to gather the garment on each shoulder. 1/2 #Archaeology

We are looking forward to seeing you at Belfast Hour tonight! Win a cool £50 Gift voucher for featured business CRAFT NI Gallery! Just use #BelfastHour #CraftNIGallery in your tweets to join the conversation, network, and enter from 9pm!

Since it’s #MothersDay , a reminder Mother is one of the oldest words in the world… it would have been understood by those at the tail end of the ice age 💜

Fascinating thread about Grant Wood's American Gothic, look out for the b &w photo of the original sitters beside the painting.

If you're coming to Ireland, the message is simple: stay in Derry and plan out your itinerary from there.

In a 4,500 year-old tomb in Giza, Egypt, excavated in 1927, archaeologists found about 7,000 separate beads stored in 30 small round boxes. After a seemingly impossible but meticulous re-assembly, they were revealed to constitute this bead-net dress messynessychic.com/2019/09/09/13-…

Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷: The Met metmuseum.org/art/collection…

Sinead O'Connor and Terry Hall recorded the greatest cover version of all time. RIP both x

A small jewel-coloured glass cup from Pompeii, perhaps used as a wine cup 2,000 years ago. Made of ‘ribbon’ mosaic glass, this lovely object beautifully showcases the skill of ancient glassworkers. Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli. My photo 2023. #Archaeology

Wow, a 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box containing its original pigments! (Looks similar to a modern-day set!) The preserved cake pigments are red (red ochre), blue (Egyptian blue), green (a mixture of Egyptian blue, yellow ochre, and orpiment) and two of black (carbon

Gold oak wreath, Hellenistic period, c. 350-300 BC. A little bee and two cicadas nestle amongst the delicate gold foliage. Said to come from the Dardanelles, Turkey. 📷 my own. More: britishmuseum.org/collection/obj… #Archaeology

Gorgeous glass gaming pieces from Iron Age Britain! 🤩 This unique set of 24 coloured glass domes with flattened base and spiral decoration, was perhaps used for a game similar to ludo some 2,000 years ago. Found in 1965, when gas works disturbed a richly-furnished cremation

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

Something lovely to start the week! Beautiful blue glass beads from the late Bronze Age. Ploughed up by a farmer in Denmark in 1885, recent analysis shows the beads were made in Mesopotamia, pointing to long-distance trade in luxury goods some 3,000 years ago. 📷 National

It's hot out there, but water temperatures remain dangerously cold. If you’re heading to the coast, remember to #FloatToLive if you get into trouble in the water. In an emergency, call 999 or 112 and ask for the coastguard. #Heatwave

Looking forward to August Craft month. This photo was taken at the recent craft fair in Antrim Castle Gardens, there'll be lots more great events like this over the coming weeks!

No to racism. No to the haters in Belfast today. Thinking of the late, great John Hume today, on his anniversary. #Belfast