The Nation’s chief says there's big plans for all the art & #artifacts once the Nation #repatriates all of their #cultural pieces from #RoyalBCMuseum & other #museums from around the world that have Snuneymuxw artifacts.
Sono super felice di esser stato intervistato dal mio amico Lorenzo Ancona su #Artifacts per parlare del peccato originale di #Internet e di come io ritenga sia importante leggere il #Web e il suo mutamento in chiave socio-economica.
Ci siamo divertiti, quindi sicuramente lo rifaremo!
(Condivido la mia missione: riuscirò a portare Lorenzo sul #Fediverso, altrimenti tutto ciò è vano!)
Artifacts made of stone, bone and other hard materials are somewhat easy to identify. But scientists have to get creative when it comes to discovering the clothes early humans wore. Live Science explores the question of when people started wearing clothes: https://flip.it/SSdstG #Science#Artifacts#Clothes
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Metal Blade Records Museum Now Open Every Day; Features Artifacts From SLAYER, METALLICA, DEEP PURPLE, ALICE COOPER, AEROSMITH, THIN LIZZY And More
Snippet: “A 2,000-year-old knife with a runic inscription has been found near Odense on the island of Funen. The five engraved runes on the knife are the oldest ever discovered in Denmark…...
'We discovered that Microsoft Word will now automatically generate Alt Text (alternative text) descriptions of the images you insert into your documents after it described an Ethiopic scroll as a roll of toilet paper. Clearly the robots have some training to do on cultural heritage materials.'
Most ancient civilizations believed in the practice of magic to heal diseases and ward off the evil eye, and there were sorcerers one could contact and ask for assistance with problems that needed to be solved.
Beothuk Lake was the last refuge for Newfoundland's #Indigenous group. They struggled with European diseases, violent encounters, and losing crucial migration routes to colonization. Shawnadithit, widely recognized as the last Beothuk, died in 1829.
11.7" (29.72 cm) tall, the bottle was made using either a semi-automatic (post-1889) or automatic (post-1906) bottle machine. It was made in a 5-piece mold, with the closure mold offset from the body mold. The kick-up base (a) appears to have a valve mark (b). #archaeology#artifacts
My mother found it in a hardwood bottom-land while squirrel hunting about 50 years ago.
In all my years of archaeology & artifact analysis, I have never run across this color (blue-green) glass unless it was art glass, stained glass or telephone insulator. #archaeology#artifacts
Ever want to participate in a real #archaeology dig?
Join our incredible Archaeology Dept. this Oct. for our #publicarchaeology pgrm!
While digging through Madison-era deposits, you will experience the excitement of uncovering #artifacts & features that have been buried for 2+ centuries!
This is a perfect program for #families to experience together.
A portion of the Analytical Engine of the incomplete mechanical computer at time of inventor Charles Babbage's passing in October 1871.
Held at Science Museum of London (its photo--CC). Contained a store for numbers (or memory) and a mill (which corresponds to what we think of as the CPU). It was 15 ft tall & weighed what a small locomotive does.
2,000-Year-Old Knife With Denmark’s Oldest Runes Found On Funen (www.ancientpages.com)
Snippet: “A 2,000-year-old knife with a runic inscription has been found near Odense on the island of Funen. The five engraved runes on the knife are the oldest ever discovered in Denmark…...
Ancient Artifacts Used In Magical Rituals To Ward Off The Evil Eye Found Next To The Pilgrimage Road - Ancient Pages (www.ancientpages.com)
Most ancient civilizations believed in the practice of magic to heal diseases and ward off the evil eye, and there were sorcerers one could contact and ask for assistance with problems that needed to be solved.
An arrowhead made of meteoritic iron from the late Bronze Age settlement of Mörigen, Switzerland and its possible source (www.sciencedirect.com)
The use of meteorite derived metals fascinates me— very interesting to see how this one may have moved through trade networks