Historical Archaeology

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historical-nonfiction:The ruined city of Arg-e-Bam is made entirely of mud bricks, clay, straw and t

BBC’s Egypt: The Search for TutankamunCan you see anything?Yes, wonderful things.

Colonne de Pompée by Henry CammasFrench, 1850-1860 (negative) and c. 1862 (print)albumenized salted

Crown featuring flowering trees. 1st century CE, Afghanistan. Belonged to a nomadic woman; could be

Medinet-Habu by John Beasley Greene. 1854. Salted paper print from paper negative. Metropolitan Muse

Jeanette helped me do a presentation for my historical archaeology class on gender and class sociali

“Excavation of Persepolis (Iran): Throne Hall, Southern Wall, West Jamb of Western Doorway: View of

historical-nonfiction:The town of Zeugma, now in Turkey, was to be lost permanently to an artificial

Temple at Edfou, in Upper Egypt, view of a pylon by Wilhelm HammerschmidtGerman, 1860salbumen silver

CRFS Panel, UT. A mix of petroglyphs, pictographs, historical graffiti, and not-so-historical graffi

This week’s feature comes from excavations near the Mines of Spain in Dubuque County. This Spa

historicaltimes:The 3245 year old seal on Tutankhamen’s tomb before it was broken, 1922. via reddit

• The brooches • Part 1/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE ✨

The bronze tort

The woman at Spurkeland, early 900s CE Some years ago, a friend of mine found a tortoise brooch on

• Linen underdress • Part 3/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE Findings of t

• The shawl and trefoil fibula • Part 5/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE T

• The drop spindle • Part 6/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE Among the oth

The shoulder straps/loops on apron dresses seem to have usually been made of linen, also when the re

Details… One of the two blue/brown six-strand braids running down along the back of the apron dress

• The blue aprondress • Part 4/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE The second

• The beads • Part 2/6 of “The woman at Spurkeland”, early 900s CE Two dozen beads were

worldhistoryfacts:A worker hands the iconic “Priest-King” statuette to archaeologist John Marshall d

Remains of the House of Cleopatra in Delos, Greece. Two statues of the owners of the house greet the

records-of-fortune:View of the ruins of the Greek Forum. Pompeii, Italy. J.M. Booth. c. 1930’s

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