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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

The ruins of Whitby Abbey in North Yorkshire, England, completed by drone lighting.

More ruins/unfinished buildings completed this way: cutt.ly/UM57zfq

📷 DRIFT/Cyberdrone.

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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

Detroit’s Mark Twain Library, which was closed in 1996 for renovations and never reopened.

📷© Vintage American Photographs

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archaeohistories, 19 days ago to history

A loaf of bread with a stamped imprint found in Herculaneum and dated back to 1st Century AD, bears the name of its baker. Unearthed in 1930, this sourdough loaf was baked on the morning of August 24th, 79 AD. Turned to carbon and preserved by the oven it was baked in, the loaf endured the eruption of Mount Vesuvius, remaining intact through the ages.

National Archaeological Museum, Naples

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archaeohistories, 24 days ago to history

This is a photo from 1974 when the first extensive collection of Terracotta warriors was first discovered in Xi"an, Shaanxi, China…

The photo is remarkable because it reveals the original bright colours that were painted onto these life-size clay warriors more than 2,000 years ago by skilled artisans.

Unfortunately, when they were exposed to air and sunlight during the excavation, the colours began to curl up almost immediately and disappeared within minutes.

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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

"It took me years to realize that Inca and pre-Columbian architecture is directly related to the structure of the corn kernels. In a western model of thought, one might judge the shapes as irregular, but in a universal thought, everything is a correlation between the cosmos, science, art and humanity."

As you can see, the organic growth forms are represented in a logarithmic way, and the fact that these pentagonal, hexagonal and heptagonal blocks coincide with the corn forms.

• Juan Casco

archaeohistories, 4 months ago to history

A replica of "Argo", the mythical ship that bore Jason and the Argonauts on their heroic quest for Golden Fleece, sails in Corinth canal in Korinthos, some 80kms west of Athens on July 2, 2008.

Volunteers have been training for a year and a half to relive mythical voyage of Jason and Argonauts from ancient Greek legend.

The 50-oar ship carries a crew from all 27 European Union member-states and will sail a total distance of 1200 nautical miles from Volos to Venice.

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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

Cover Design of the 1946, Edition of Edward Gibbon's "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" Volumes.

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archaeohistories, 8 months ago to random

Shambles, an old street in York, England; and one of best-preserved Medieval Shopping Streets in Europe. With its cobbled streets and overhanging timber-framed buildings, some dating back as far as 14th Century AD.

Today, beautiful old buildings have been restored and now house cheerful cafés, quirky boutiques and even a coin & stamp dealer and smells are rather more pleasant with aromas from chocolate, fudge and sweet shops, clothes, accessories and gift shops.

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archaeohistories, 8 months ago to random

More than 4,000 years ago, a dog left his (or her) front paw marks on this clay brick while it was lying out to dry.

Brick was used in construction of the Great Ziggurat of the moon god Nanna at the ancient Sumerian city of Ur.

British Museum

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archaeohistories, 4 months ago to random

Diver touching 'Two Continents', between North America and Europe, Silfra, Iceland.

Silfra a fissure between North American and Eurasian tectonic plates in Thingvellir National Park. Rift was formed in 1789 AD by earthquakes accompanying divergent movement of two tectonic plates.

Diving and snorkeling site at Silfra is right where two continents meet and drift apart about 2cm per year. Silfra, only place in the world where you can dive or snorkel directly in a crack between two tectonic plates

archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

Eschif in Périgueux, France was a lookout for a toll bridge. It's an oak timber frame building with wattle & daub infill built in 1347 CE. Built that long ago and still standing and survived both world wars.

A lookout post that made it possible to guard Tournepiche bridge in Middle Ages. In middle ages, taxes on buildings were levied on soil surface occupied by a building. This explain why lot of buildings were narrow based like this one for example with broader upper levels.

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archaeohistories, 4 months ago to random

In 2014, archeologists unearth 2200 year-old mosaics in an ancient Greek city named Zeugma in Gaziantep Province, Türkiye.

Three new mosaics have been discovered, dated 2nd Century BC, but incredibly well-preserved and look as beautiful and stunning as the first day. These mosaics depict scenes from Greek and Greco-Roman mythologies. All mosaics are constructed of colored glass and served as floors of a building that archaeologists have dubbed House of Muses.

Zeugma House of Museums

archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

Trinity College Library serves Trinity College and the University of Dublin, and is largest library in Ireland, containing more than 6.2 million volumes and an extensive collection of early manuscripts, including internationally famous Book of Kells. It was established in 1592 CE, by Queen Elizabeth I and is famous for graduates such as Wilde and Beckett. It is considered as one of most beautiful and impressive libraries and architectural spaces in the world.

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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

Diver touching 'Two Continents', between North America and Europe, Silfra, Iceland.

Silfra a fissure between North American and Eurasian tectonic plates in Thingvellir National Park. Rift was formed in 1789 AD, by earthquakes accompanying divergent movement of two tectonic plates.

Diving and snorkeling site at Silfra is right where two continents meet and drift apart about 2cm per year. Silfra, only place in the world where you can dive or snorkel directly in crack between two tectonic plates.

archaeohistories, 6 months ago to random

The highly celebrated 'Blue Vase' (1st Century AD) from Pompeii now in National Archaeological Museum of Naples, Italy.

This precious find worked in astonishing cameo glass technique, with scenes of cupids harvesting grapes in white on a blue background.

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archaeohistories, 6 months ago to random

A 4500 year old Egyptian dress that was painstakingly reassembled from 7000 beads which were found in an undisturbed tomb (G7442, Shaft Z), at Giza and not put together for more than 60 years after it was discovered in 1927.

Dress is thought to have belonged to a female contemporary of King Khufu (2589–2566 BC). Original strings had disintegrated over years but beads were still in their original position, which allowed for an accurate reconstruction.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston

archaeohistories, 4 months ago to history

A 1400 year old Ginkgo Biloba tree shows every November an autumn display, shedding his golden leaves, that attracts thousands of people from all over the country. The ancient tree grows behind a Buddhist Temple next to Gu Guanyin in the Zhongnan Mountain Region of China.

Species is believed to have appeared several hundred million years ago (fossilized remains have been found) and thought to be extinct, until a specimen was discovered by a German naturalist in late 1600s.

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archaeohistories, 6 months ago to history

A megalithic monument in Spain that's older than the Pyramids was recently uncovered from its watery hiding place by a drought.

The "Spanish Stonehenge" is about 7,000 years old, some 2,000 years older than Stonehenge itself.

© Earthly Mission

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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

First image shows an 'Ancient Greek Pelike' (4th Century BC), depicting a woman acrobat shooting an arrow with her feet. (MET Museum)

Second image shows an acrobatic archer at the 2016, World Nomad Games held in Kyrgyzstan.

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archaeohistories, 3 months ago to history

First image shows an 'Ancient Greek Pelike' (4th Century BC), depicting a woman acrobat shooting an arrow with her feet. (MET Museum)

Second image shows an acrobatic archer at 2016, World Nomad Games held in Kyrgyzstan.

There are some historical examples of this technique and/or type of bow being used in the past. Some historical examples of usage of footbow technique come to us from various areas worldwide and throughout history.

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archaeohistories, 2 months ago to history

A 3500 year old Minoan Road, the oldest road in Europe.

This incredibly ancient road stretches for 50km (31 miles) from Knossos in Crete, Greece, through the mountains to Gortyn and Lebena.

The road had side drains, a 200mm thick pavement of sandstone blocks bound with clay-gypsum mortar, covered by a layer of basaltic flagstones and had separate shoulders.

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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

Hala Fruit : The fruit that looks like an exploding planet.

Traditional Hawaiian Cultures (since 300 CE), use Hala Tree for medicine, dye, and food. They apply and consume the roots to treat illnesses, and braid the leaves into a variety of household items.

Hala fruit grows from Pandanus tectorius, a towering tree related to Southeast Asia's fragrant pandan leaf, that is native to Malesia, eastern Australia, and Pacific Islands. It grows in coastal lowlands typically near edge of ocean.

archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

A man browses for books in old Public library of Cincinnati, Ohio, US. Built in 1874 CE, old library was hailed as “The Most Magnificent Public Library in the Country”. It had five levels of cast iron shelving, a fabulous foyer, checkerboard marble floors, and an atrium lit by a skylight ceiling.

But building was demolished in 1955 CE, when library opened a more sizeable and contemporary building just few blocks down street.

Today, an office building and parking lot stand where it used to be.

archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

Some Things Never Change 😀

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archaeohistories, 7 months ago to random

When you accidentally find your doppelganger on a painting made over 100 years ago. 😀

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