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ninawillburger, 4 days ago to random

2,000-year-old rock art discovered along the Orinoco River. Some of the engravings are up to 40m long, the world's largest monumental engravings.

https://www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft/venezuela-und-kolumbien-forscher-stossen-auf-bis-zu-2000-jahre-alte-felsgravuren-a-73be4a29-5100-40b8-b7d6-3b64c7a8ebbe?sara_ref=re-so-app-sh

ninawillburger, 5 days ago to philosophy

For #AncientSiteSunday
the so-called temple of Bacchus at
#Baalbek. The impressive building is one of the best preserved and largest #Roman temple ruins and part of a temple complex located in the Bekaa Valley, #Lebanon, an UNESCO World Heritage site since 1984.

📷 taken by me

#archaeology

ninawillburger, 5 days ago (edited 3 days ago) to random

An aerial view of the pyramid of Gaius Cestius in Rome, a tomb built in the late 1st century BC. It was incorporated into the Aurelian Walls in the late 3rd century AD. According to an inscription the tomb was completed in 330 days!

Photo: Valentino Ligori

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology

ninawillburger, 6 days ago to random

Lovely evening

#LakeConstance #Bodensee #Konstanz

ninawillburger, 6 days ago to Archaeology

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).

On display at Altes Museum, Berlin.

📷 taken by me

#Archaeology