Roman-era crystal jar from the Galloway Hoard in Scotland, ~10th century AD
Least alcoholic Churchill moment
Oil painting of Red Square in the late 1600s
Barricades in Paris during the 1848 February Revolution
Researchers succeed for first time in accurately dating a 7,000-year-old prehistoric settlement using cosmic rays (phys.org)
Ancient Egyptians Tried to Surgically Treat Cancer, Study Finds (gizmodo.com)
Ancient Roman aqueduct, southeast of the city of Rome
Damn, Egypt doesn't seem very Egyptian
High Medieval Byzantine soldiers
Selection of Roman coins and gems, found in Italy, 2nd-1st century BCE
H-4 Spruce Goose Flying Boat, 1947 (colorized)
Hobbyist archaeologists identify thousands of ancient sites in England (www.theguardian.com)
Cutaway diagram of Roman insulae (apartments)
Face of a wooden sarcophagus, Egypt, ~2250 BCE
British Museum gems for sale on eBay - how a theft was exposed (www.bbc.co.uk)
Chief Thomas K. Yallup visits his son, training on an M48 Patton tank, Yakima Firing Center, 1954
[History] Paris Explained (www.youtube.com)
Michelangelo's statue of David encased in bricks to prevent bomb damage, WWII (lemmy.world)
Edit: Someone sent this to me, but I found a source discussing it....
Inside Roman Emperors’ Outrageously Lavish Dinner Parties (www.atlasobscura.com)
Archaeologists Found an ‘Anomaly’ Near the Pyramids That May Reveal an Ancient Portal (www.popularmechanics.com)
Wisconsin Historical Society Announces Cache of Ancient Canoes Discovered in Madison Lake (www.wisconsinhistory.org)
MADISON, Wis. – The Wisconsin Historical Society, in partnership with Native Nations in Wisconsin, is excited to share new details from the active archaeological site where two submerged dugout canoes, approximately 1,200 and 3,000 years old, were previously identified. The site drew international attention after divers...
Taguatagua 3: A new late Pleistocene settlement in a highly suitable lacustrine habitat in central Chile (34°S) (dx.doi.org)
We present the results of the excavations and analyses of the diverse and exceptional archaeological assemblage of Taguatagua 3, a new late Pleistocene site located in the ancient Tagua Tagua lake in Central Chile (34°S). The anthropogenic context is constrained in a coherently dated stratigraphic deposit which adds new...
"Yes! We're all the sole and unique successor to the Empire of old!"
Bronze lantern from the tomb of Macedonian King Philip II, 336 BCE
American aircrew goofing off, WW2, 1944
