#Sudan, ancient #Nubia, is home to many unique natural & #archaeological treasures. This land of the #Black#pharaohs has even has more #pyramids than its famous neighbour, Egypt – yet there are no visitors, no tourists & no foreign travellers. #CutOff from the rest of the world, Sudan, a former safe haven for international #terrorists, is one of the most #unstable countries on the planet.
Visited the Bronze Age exhibition in Bern yesterday: One of the most amazing objects is this hand made of bronze and gold. It has been interpreted as the earliest proshetic hand for a casualty of conflict, a symbol for the status of the .bearer. However, the solar symbols on the cuff suggest that it had also a cosmological significance.
Found in a grave at Prêles, Switzerland, dating 1450 BC.
#ArtAdventCalendar Day 3. I am fascinated by #paperArt. #Paper is one of the most versatile materials. It can be cut, shaped, coloured, embossed, and even altered to resemble fabric, embroidered and felted. In a special mixture with plaster of Paris, it becomes a modelling clay. So I can live out my love of #archaeological finds. Inspired by #neolithic#goddesses. Paperclay with hand-grinded ochre and ultramarine
This article analyses #taphonomic bias in the #archaeological record of #symbolic artefacts to check if there really was a big increase around 45,000 years. They find there was. But they also acknowledge the jump of habitual #ochre use in ritual c.160,000 yrs. That's the launching of the symbolic revolution, in our view
Technologies play an increasingly important role in archaeological fieldwork. If you are enthusiastic about archaeology and have talent in engineering or coding, please consider joining us!
“El Calón” is an extraordinary #archaeological site in the State of #Sinaloa, #Mexico. It is a one-of-a-kind pyramidal structure built by the Totorame people around 750 CE. in the middle of marshes, lagoons and bogs, using approximately 300 million seashells and conchs (not a single stone in sight). The “ #pyramid ” resembles nowadays a coastal hill covered with vegetation and is in an inaccesible location. #archaeology
The Oldenburger Burgwall in #Oldenburg is one of the most important #archaeological#monuments in #Schleswig-Holstein. The rampart was built at the end of the 7th century CE, making it one of the oldest #Slavic#castle ramparts in #Germany. Old even for the Slavs - in the 11th century it was referred to in their own language as Starigard "old castle". This term was translated into German as "Aldinburg" (Oldenburg), giving the city its present name. More: https://www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?sid=58781