Lexi

Archaeological Science BSc and MSc, zooarchaeologist, Native American Studies PGCert, photographer, traveler.

[Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 @FlintDibble]

Be careful this Halloween! Antiquities dealers smuggling artifacts disguised as candy. Check your goodies before someone breaks a tooth

Delicious Stone Age amber bear discovered in peat near Słupsk, Poland #DailyArchaeology

Pic: G. Solecki/A. Piętak https://t.co/zpHGKR3s88

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Copper anthropomorphic figure with head of wild boar (Varaha according to Hindu culture) with one horned rhino and Brahmi characters etched on it. c. 2000 BC, Found at Kheri gujjar, Haryana, India.

[Juan Jorge Poveda @jjorgepoveda]

descubren que las sandalias más antiguas del sur de europa son las halladas en una cueva de granada https://t.co/KfsM6OhUze @marqalicante @arqueoubu @MasArqueologia @redhistoria @cgfminion @botimaz

[María Martín Seijo @mmartinseijo]

You can read in #ScienceAdvances our paper about the earliest basketry in southern Europe, summarising the first results of the #MUTERMUR project: https://t.co/nkuQKyLS2t

[🅰ntiquity Journal @AntiquityJ]

📰 #Archaeology news via @haaretzcom

Earliest basketry in Europe discovered in a Spanish cave.

The 10,000-year-old baskets were preserved due to extremely arid conditions in the cave and look almost new! 1/2

🔗 https://t.co/hGJ5XX5yO5
📷 MUTERMUR project

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

#Neolithic textile production: a charred skein of linen thread, dating around 3200 BC, from the pile dwelling settlement of Nußdorf-Maurach, Überlingen, Lake Constance. The damp environment has preserved it in good condition.

On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg.

[Antonio Rodríguez-Hidalgo @WhiteRabbit36]

#Atapuerca2023 #GranDolina #TD7

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

The Shigir Idol (Yekaterinbug, Russia) is the world's oldest known wood carving, about 11,600 BC.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Beautifully decorated woolly mammoth tusk tip from the last glacial at Dolní Věstonice, Czech Republic (25,000-30,000 years ago)

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Picture of Brünnhilde the cat taken in 1936 by Adolph E. Weidhaas. Credit & Collection: Library of Congress.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Mythical Beasts of the British and Irish Isles - by NeilParkinsonMakes.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Excavation of the Royal tombs of Ur. This photograph gives some idea of the depth in which some of the tombs were buried.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Anatomical Manikin with removable organs. Photo: National Library of Medicine, Dream Anatomy. Date: c. 1500-1700.

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Head of a Cat. Place of origin: Egypt. Period: Late Period. Date: c. 712-332 B.C. Medium: Bronze. Collection: Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

[Nina Willburger @DrNWillburger]

#Neolithic textile production: a charred ball (is this the correct term, as the shape isn't that of a ball?) of linen thread, dating around 3200 BC, from the pile dwelling settlement of Nußdorf-Maurach, Überlingen, Lake Constance.

On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg.

[Adventures of An Archaeologist @archeologistgg]

A Stone Age Mace we found during recent excavations that I was processing post ex. #neolithic #stoneage #archaeology #stoneagebritain #artefact #AncientHistory

[Adam Bulley Photography @abulleyphoto]

Incredible to think it’s 2 years since I posted this shot of @edinburghcastle, ‘Castle in the Clouds’. It had a fantastic response on Social Media and national press. Thank you! For a chance to win a 12x16 print simply retweet, I’ll select a winner in a few days! @VisitScotland

[Archaeology & Art @archaeologyart]

Chinese bronze sword with turquoise studded, gold inlaid rock crystal hilt. Date: Warring States Period, c. 4th-2nd century BC from. Collection & Credit: Cardale Auctioneers

[Mary Cahill @au_ireland]

Hard to resist using again this brilliant image from @NASA setting it side by side with one of the most expertly made #prehistoricgold lunulae found near Mangerton, Co. Kerry in the sw of Ireland. Do I think lunulae are ultimately derived from observing solar events? Yes I do.