Great to see the awesome Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 standing up for science and truth on #Joerogan

I hear Flint even mentioned an awesome mashup of archaeology and particle physics we did a few weeks back!

Check it out!

Link: youtu.be/CziWPiaRuvY?si…

#flintdibble

So the Cass Review claims that 'for many centuries transgender people have been predominantly trans females' (Page 114).

As a someone studyiung a PhD in Transgender Archaeology I'd just like to say this is serious bullshit. No wonder she doesn't include a citation for this!

Legionary shield-C3rd AD

Remarkably, this scutum (shield) is the only surviving complete Roman legionary long shield. Discovered at Dura-Europos, on the Syrian frontier, it was preserved due to the arid climate.

Soldiers painted their..(1/6).

📷March
#Roman #Archaeology

The temple in the mountain! China #History #ancient history #History Lovers #Archaeology #archaeohistories #ancient #museum

#MosaicMonday
The remains of an impressive #Roman villa found at Supino. Here can be seen the fabulous mosaic 😍 in black and white tiles that represents the sea god Triton on a chariot with horses and other #mythological figures.
#Archaeology #Italy #artwork

Pair of Graeco-Roman Wings. Date: c. 2nd Century BC—2nd Century AD. The wings have broken off at the base, where they were attached by soldering to the upper torso of the figure. Private Collection.

“Cats in the Sun”, Greek Islands. Photographer: Hans Silvester, 1994.

A #Roman funerary inscription dedicated to a former gladiator named Lycus ('wolf' 🐺), who impressed enough to be freed after just 4 combats, evidently surviving his time in the arena. His epitaph notes that, unusually, he fought left-handed #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

#EpigraphyTuesday
Forum dedication with titles of Hadrian, from Wroxeter - 129-130AD. The town had friends in high places.

'holding tribunician power for the fourteenth time, consul three times, Father of the Fatherland, the Civitas of the Cornovii.'
#History #Archaeology

Asking for a friend: 👯‍♂️

Any academic positions open for an Indigenous Biological Anthropologist who specializes in Indigenous methodologies, microbiomes, bioethics, and SW archaeology?

#AcademicTwitter #anthropology

👀💭 Globally we see the construction practices of building & engineering ancient #megalithic #structures which has a correlation with virtually every #ancient #civilization on earth in terms of strategic placement, & incredible precision, which is not a coincidence. #Archaeology

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

Will #Stonehenge lose its #Unesco World Heritage status? bbc.in/3VOHGNX #Archaeology #Tourism

Miniature altar with cord-C1st-C2nd AD.

This terracotta incense-burner was discovered in a tomb during excavations by W. M. Flinders Petrie, in 1888 at Hawara, where many of the famous mummy portraits from Roman Egypt were found..(1/4)
📷March
#Roman #Archaeology #TombTuesday

#CULL278 The archaeology has shown that Jacobites using far more musket fire power than traditionally thought. We have recovered as many .69cal lead balls as 0.75cal & when we consider that some of latter likely to be JA this is not just a battle of broadsword against bayonet.

Walls upon walls upon cobbles upon cobbles. But it is all coming together and the manor phases are getting clearer. #medieval #archaeology

A Couple and their Child
Probably one of the earliest depiction of husband wife living together
Egypt 2500 bce
#Archaeology

#CULL278 Danger on Cumberland's left is so great that Cohorn mortars are brought into action here. Launch spherical bombs (hollow iron balls packed with gunpowder) over heads of left flank and into JA. So close could have been firendly fire. Insight here again from archaeology.