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The Mausoleum of Hadrian, usually known as Castel Sant'Angelo and the Sant'Angelo bridge illuminated by night. #Rome, #Italy. Read Article: https://colosseumrometickets.com/castel-santangelo/

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Silver Coffin of Psusennes I (XXI. Dynasty) [2022×1348]

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Bust of Pallas.  Museo Archeologico Nazionale, Venice.

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A set of iron hipposandals (protective footwear for horses). Amazing to get the set of 4. These came from the Antonine fort ditch, circa AD 140-160 and we are delighted to have them in our collection at Vindolanda [960x960]

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Some warships used to be painted like optical illusions. The intention of ‘dazzle camouflage’ was not to conceal a ship, but rather to mislead the enemy by disrupting the ship’s outline to make its range, speed, and heading more difficult to estimate- much like the effect of patterns found on jaguars, giraffes, and zebras. Source Source 2

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Pair of Gladiator greaves,bronze, Court of the Gladiators, Pompeii, ca 100 BC [960 x 860]

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Bacchus and Vesuvius, fresco from Pompeii ( 68-79 AD ) 

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Fresco of satyr and maenad from the House of Caecilius Jucundus, Pompeii, 1st century AD

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power move: submit the res gestae as your resume

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i’ve crawled my way out of the dirt and, by god,

i will crawl my way back into the dirt

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500-Year-Old Body of Man Wearing Thigh-High Boots Found in London Sewer Construction

During the construction of London’s massive “super sewer,” archaeologists discovered something unusual in the mud: a 500-year-old skeleton of a man still wearing his thigh-high leather boots.

The Museum of London Archaeology (MOLA) announced this week that the skeleton was unearthed on the shores of the Thames, near a bend in the river downstream from the Tower of London.

“By studying the boots, we’ve been able to gain a fascinating glimpse into the daily life of a man who lived as many as 500 years ago,” said Beth Richardson, a finds specialist who analyzes artifacts at MOLA Headland, a consortium of archaeologists. “They have helped us to better understand how he may have made his living in hazardous and difficult conditions, but also how he may have died. It has been a privilege to be able to study something so rare and so personal.” Read more.

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Archaeologists Sift Through Soup of Human Remains in Waterlogged Mass Grave in Egypt

A desert tomb became a watery grave for some 50 to 60 ancient Egyptians at the ancient Nile quarry site of Gebel el-Silsila, in Upper Egypt.

Archaeologists announced the discovery of the mass grave Dec. 13. They discovered the tomb almost two years ago, but the excavation has been painstaking. The two chambers are filled with briny water from a naturally occurring spring, and the remains inside are jumbled. To excavate the tomb, archaeologists must run pumps to remove enough water so they can sit and gently hand-sift the mud for bones and artifacts.

“We’re actually sitting in this soup, so to speak, of human remains,” said John Ward, the assistant mission director of the Gebel El-Silsila survey project, which is headed by his wife, Maria Nilsson. “You can’t see in the water at all, so everything is done by touch.” Read more.

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“mysterious, gigantic, cone-shaped golden hats from the bronze age” is my new favorite category of artifact 

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In 1976, the Gilling sword was found in a river by a nine-year old boy [1280 × 949]

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Wine cup fragment with a drunk man vomiting

Greek, c. 500 BC

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Roman mosaic depicting the wedding of Dionysus and Ariadne with Silenos and satyrs in attendance, 2nd century AD.