For #FindsFriday an elaborate Greek gold hairnet with garnet inlays, dating from the 3rd century BC, an older medallion of Medusa was reused in the centre.
From Taras (Tarento, Italy).
The Most Lavish Mesopotamian Tomb Ever Found Belongs to a Woman - And her clothing tells an important story, says archeologist Rita Wright, by Sarah Durn February 10, 2022
"...Archeologist and textile expert Rita Wright, professor emerita of anthropology at New York University, is the first to ever study Pu-abi’s garments based on the only surviving image of her. Her findings have just been published in the new book Art/ifacts and ArtWorks in the Ancient World. Atlas Obscura spoke to Wright about the role of women in ancient Ur, what we know of Queen Pu-abi’s life, and why textiles are so often overlooked in archeology.."
Textiles are overlooked because they are "women's" handiwork, of course. The modern science of archaeology began in the days where the only things considered to be of value were gold and jewels, or weaponry. Anything women did was considered uninteresting, not important, or presumed to be part of a "fertility cult."
An Archaeologist demonstrates a pre-historic music 'Lithophone' :
Lithophone, originally a pre-historic musical instrument consisting of a rock or pieces of rock, granite, fossilized coral, petrified wood and other melodious stones, that are played by striking them. Sounding stones made of basalt, granite, marble and other minerals were used in many ancient cultures for ceremonial and religious purposes.
New discovery: Carpenter’s tools found in a room in the Villa of Civita Giuliana at Pompeii.
The room contains a bed, as well as work tools e.g. baskets, a long rope, pieces of wood, and a saw
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#SeaHenge: "consisting of an upturned tree-stump surrounded by 55 closely fitted oak posts, was originally built on the saltmarsh away from the sea and specialists estimate it to have been built of timbers dating from the spring of 2049 BC.
…positioned in an area protected from the sea by sand dunes and mud flats…this swampy area created a layer of peat which slowly covered the timbers, protecting them from decay." #Archaeology https://phys.org/news/2024-05-seahenge-ritual-summer-climate.html
The gold-band pyxis is an amazing example of Roman luxury glassware. It combines canes of brightly colored glass with strips of gold leaf encased between layers of colorless glass.
It was used to hold cosmetics.
Dating 1st c. AD.
On display at Altes Museum Berlin
Unique Roman lead coffin found to contain human child’s remains
Archaeologists excavating in the metropolitan district of Leeds, West Yorkshire, have uncovered a significant find dating back over 1,600 years. The discovery centers around a lead coffin from Roman times...
Ancient Roman monument discovered atop much older Neolithic sacred spring
Archaeologists have unearthed ancient Roman-era ruins in the village of Chamborêt, near Limoges, France.
Over an area of 8800 square meters, researchers uncovered evidence of both ancient agropastoral practices and a remarkable monument dating to the third century CE...
Archaeologists uncover lost villa believed to belong to first Roman emperor
Archaeologists from the University of Tokyo have unearthed what they believe could be traces of the Villa of Augustus, the first Roman Emperor at Somma Vesuviana in southern Italy...
Reconstruction; wooden parts, pegs and string are modern; lapis lazuli, shell and red limestone mosaic decoration, set in bitumen. The head (but not the horns) of the bull are ancient; the bull's is covered with gold; the eyes are lapis lazuli and shell and the hair and beard are lapis lazuli. Eleven gold-headed pegs for the strings.
(via British Museum) #archaeology#archeology
“Sheffield Castle keeps revealing its secrets. As well as uncovering the impressive gatehouse and drawbridge pier, we have uncovered parts of the castle’s walls that were previously unknown."
Traces of Kraków Fortress uncovered during construction of the bypass
Archaeologists working on the construction site of the S52 express road, have uncovered remnants of the Austrian Kraków Fortress, dating back to the 19th and early 20th centuries. This fortress, established after 1848 and expanded until 1914, was a crucial element in the defensive network of the Austro-Hungarian Empire...
