ancientart: Nike (Victory) Adjusting Her Sandal, Ancient Greek,...
ancientart: Nike (Victory) Adjusting Her Sandal, Ancient Greek, Fragment of the relief decoration from the parapet (now destroyed), Temple of Athena Nike, Acropolis, Athens. Marble, last quarter of the...
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ancientpeoples: A Bronze Hand Ancient Yemen, 100-300 CE An inscribed bronze hand, given as an offering to the god Ta’lab Riyam in a temple in Ancient Yemen, pre-dating the arrival of Islam in the...
View ArticleThe astonishing 2,500 year old tattoos of a Siberian princess
The astonishing 2,500 year old tattoos of a Siberian princess: jackshoegazer: The intricate patterns of 2,500-year-old tattoos - some from the body of a Siberian ‘princess’ preserved in the permafrost...
View Articlehuffingtonpost: A team of archaeologists has uncovered the...
huffingtonpost: A team of archaeologists has uncovered the remains of ‘hundreds’ of ancient warriors at a Danish bog known as Alken Enge. The skeletons, thought to date back about 2,000 years, appear...
View Articlearchaeologistsdontdigdinosaurs: Dot and comb redware fragment,...
archaeologistsdontdigdinosaurs: Dot and comb redware fragment, excavated on Smuttynose Island, Maine, 2012.
View ArticleArchaeological News: Pigs and squatters threaten Peru's Nazca lines
Archaeological News: Pigs and squatters threaten Peru's Nazca lines: archaeologicalnews: (Reuters) - Squatters have started raising pigs on the site of Peru’s Nazca lines - the giant designs best seen...
View ArticleDrought Reveals Famous Sunken Ship
Drought Reveals Famous Sunken Ship: archaeologicalnews: BRIDGETON, Mo. (CNN/KTVI) - The wooden steamboat Montana has resurfaced on the Missouri River, thanks to the severe drought. Pieces of the sunken...
View Articlecenturiespast: Nose pipe in the form of a kneeling...
centuriespast: Nose pipe in the form of a kneeling human1400–1000 B.C.E.Early Preclassic Xochipala This humanoid vessel was most likely used to snuff tobacco or some other psychotropic substance. The...
View Articleancientpeoples: Ivory statuette of a woman. Found in Bahrain...
ancientpeoples: Ivory statuette of a woman. Found in Bahrain (Dilmun culture). About 2000-1500 BCE. Dilmun was a state based on the islands of Bahrain, Tarut and Failaka, and the neighbouring region of...
View Articleancientart: The Two Dancers. In this Etruscan masterpiece from...
ancientart: The Two Dancers. In this Etruscan masterpiece from the Tomb of the Triclinium at Tarquinia, a couple dressed in their finest costume dance into the hereafter.
View Articlehumanrightswatch: A Syrian government fighter jet bombed a...
A residential area in Azaz, hit by at least two bombs from a Syrian fighter jet on August 15, 2012. © 2012 Rachel Beth Anderson for Human Rights Watch A local resident holding up a piece of one of the...
View Articlerichiedcruz: Cool stuff: An Imax version of “Raiders of The...
richiedcruz: Cool stuff: An Imax version of “Raiders of The Lost Ark” is coming out next month.
View Articlethesherd: Excavation provides new insight into Roman frontier...
thesherd: Excavation provides new insight into Roman frontier life in northern England. Some impressive find include carved Roman stone work and an inscription recording T. Attius Tutor. (via Maryport...
View Articleopenaccessarchaeology: New Open Access Article- ARCHAEOLOGICAL...
openaccessarchaeology: New Open Access Article- ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS FROM THE HILL FORT AT KEAVA http://www.kirj.ee/20853/?lang=
View ArticleArchaeological News: Syrian Conflict Imperils Historical Treasures
Archaeological News: Syrian Conflict Imperils Historical Treasures: archaeologicalnews: Security personnel holding the Syrian flag in front of the Citadel, a centuries-old structure in the Old City in...
View ArticleFighting in Aleppo, Syria’s commercial capital, threatens to damage...
Fighting in Aleppo, Syria’s commercial capital, threatens to damage irreparably the stunning architectural and cultural legacy left by 5,000 years of civilizations.
View Articlecenturiespast: Rattle in the form of fertility goddess...
centuriespast: Rattle in the form of fertility goddess Cihuacoatl 15th century CEPost-classic, Aztec Now Located at the Princeton University Art Museum
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