Alison Fisk
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Recent Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck @BirkbeckUoL Here to share my love of archaeology. No DMs
Joined January 2012
We're kicking off giving season by giving away free art! Specifically, 88,000 downloadable artworks available are free for any purpose you’d like under Creative Commons Zero (CC0). How to access:
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2.75-million-year-old stone tools may mark a turning point in human evolution https://t.co/8R9AQRSBIm via @physorg_com
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Imagine early humans meticulously crafting stone tools for nearly 300,000 years, all while contending with recurring wildfires, droughts, and dramatic environmental shifts. A study published in...
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The relief decoration and Greek inscription on the surface of the glass cup was created using the mould-blowing technique. See how it was done in the video on this link: https://t.co/lulEDGtdrS
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can’t get over the fact there are book launches at tech week. just really, really love that.
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Love this - how amazing 💙 "Be glad that you are here".
A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek: “Be glad that you are here” (EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI) Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷 📷 Corning Museum of Glass #EpigraphyTuesday
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A 2,000 year-old blue glass wine cup inscribed in Greek: “Be glad that you are here” (EYΦPAINOY EΦωПAPEI) Roman drinking cups like this were used to welcome guests at social gatherings. 1st century AD 🍷 📷 Corning Museum of Glass #EpigraphyTuesday
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Absolutely beautiful 😍
Something lovely for the weekend! Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago. Worn as amulets. Which is your favourite? Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the
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In the last days, God unleashes His final judgment on the earth by opening seven seals. The Pre-Tribulation Rapture is that every true follower of Jesus will be snatched up to heaven before the first seal is broken. In the blink of an eye, they are transformed: given perfect,
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Hi - just to reiterate for all those asking about the source, it's this book published by @NHM_London and widely available...
Britain was colonised at least 12 times, probably by at least 4 species - ?antecessor heidelbergensis neanderthalensis and sapiens. From Britain: one million years of the human story
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Egypt's Grand Museum opens, displaying Tutankhamun tomb in full for first time
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The launch of the billion-dollar site sees fresh calls for the return of antiquities held in museums overseas.
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A tiny and slender ?lion carved in mammoth ivory about 40000 years ago. From Vogelherd Cave, Germany
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Part of the Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle and Henge at Stenness on Orkney. The stone circle dates to around 2600 to 2000 BC, and forms part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Orkney #Prehistory #Archaeology
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These could sell right now...
Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration depicting animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s. Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me #FindsFriday
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Something lovely for the weekend! Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago. Worn as amulets. Which is your favourite? Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the
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Roman glass cups with colourful enamel decoration depicting animals from the Roman arena. AD 200s. Found in richly-furnished graves in Denmark. National Museum of Denmark, Copenhagen. 📷 by me #FindsFriday
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Beautiful objects! Amber, the Baltic gold as I've seen it called is quite exquisite when light shines through it. We Swedes call it bärnsten, from the low German burn. In Old Norse, Rav, Danes still call it that.
Something lovely for the weekend! Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago. Worn as amulets. Which is your favourite? Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the
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The necks of some of the amber figurines have faint grooves, probably made by rubbing of a cord, others have suspension holes, suggesting they were worn as pendants. The museum describes them as amulets as some have incised patterns also seen on antler axes, bone knives, rods and
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Something lovely for the weekend! Magical amber animals from the Mesolithic. Carved between 10,000-7,000 years ago. Worn as amulets. Which is your favourite? Amber can generate static electricity⚡️ For their ancient owners, these small animals could give off sparks in the
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As the world prepares to salute #Tutankhamun's new home at the #GrandEgyptianMuseum, this much more modest image of him(?) from a limestone stela @McrMuseum seems apt to share. 📸 @Tetisheri13 More here: https://t.co/DA8skEJ8dC
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Costume suggestions for #FrescoFriday #Halloween from a #fresco from the #domus of the #Farnesina, 30-20 BCE: this odd pair of women in long chitons, one in front with a shield on her head topped with branches, and another taller woman behind, holding a menacing little saw.
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