ancientstuff - Tumblr blog

ancientstuff · 5 days

Text

People ask me all the time if there's anything left to find. Yes, there is. So much.

#archaeology #roman britain #ancient britain #hobbyist archaeologists

26 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 5 days

Text

I had no idea we didn't have his sarcophagus. And that's all I'll say about Ramesses II.

#archaeology #ancient egypt #Ramesses II #Dynasty 19

15 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 5 days

Text

How interesting - the idea of survivors of Pompeii is one that hasn't ever occurred to me, but of course, there were some.

#archaeology #ancient rome #Pompeii #pompeii survivors

13 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 5 days

Text

Heartbreaking, the notion of human sacrifice. ANY living sacrifice, really.

#archaeology #ancient britain #human sacrifice #iron age britain

4 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 5 days

Text

Fascinating look at evidence for PTSD in Mesopotamian soldiers (and Greek soldiers).

#archaeology #ancient greece #ancient mesopotamia #PTSD #ancient war

19 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 12 days

Text

Fantastic!!

#archaeology #ancient egypt #pyramids #Nile branch

24 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 17 days

Text

Well, you never know. Could be something like a quarried area that was filled in?

#archaeology #ancient egypt #Giza #L-shaped structure

11 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 18 days

Text

This is absolutely the right thing, the ethical thing, to do.

#archaeology #Ness of Brodgar #Orkney #Neolithic #backfilling

11 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 22 days

Text

The deserts around Egypt are the most amazing places. They seem so barren and yet have been used for millennia. Wonderful.

#archaeology #ancient egypt #rock art #Atbai desert

11 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 22 days

Text

Stunning cartonnage. So beautifully decorated.

#archaeology #ancient egypt #cartonnage #Aswan

0 notes

ancientstuff · 22 days

Text

Wonderful reconstruction.

#archaeology #ancient egypt #roman egypt #facial reconstruction

5 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 24 days

Text

Ogham is such an interesting script. I'd love to learn it and the language that uses it.

#archaeology #ancient scripts #Ogham #ancient Ireland #ancient Britain

20 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 24 days

Text

Nice find. The way it was lined is interesting. I've not seen anything like it before (although my experience is very limited, so there's that).

#archaeology #ancient britain #wooden well #bronze age Britain

14 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 27 days

Text

Truly the fun part of doing ancient languages.

#archaeology #Mesopotamia #ancient Iraq #SArgon

18 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 28 days

Text

The work of reading those scrolls from Herculaneum and Pompeii goes on with some fantastic results.

#archaeology #ancient rome #Pompeii #Herculaneum #scrolls #ancient italy

101 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 28 days

Text

Fascinating article about the science used in investigating ancient remains of all kinds.

#archaeology #ancient rome #ancient egypt #ancient greece #ancient turkey #roman britain #ancient britain #ancient italy #529 AD

14 notes · View notes

ancientstuff · 1 month

Text

https://www.archaeology.org/news/12356-240430-germany-snake-deity

I'm just going to take their word for it that this represents a snake deity. I'm sure they're right, but it just looks like a monkey to me.

#archaeology #ancient rome #Roman Germany #Roman fort #snake deity

8 notes · View notes