The Iron Crown of Lombardy was made in the Middle Ages. Legend maintains its central band was beaten from a nail of the True Cross. It was used in the coronation of the first Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne on Christmas day 800 and was worn again in 1805 by Napoleon.
When I graduated from Army Airborne school I called my father, a former master sergeant in the national guard. "Dad!" I said. "I got my wings!" My dad replied, "Son, only two things fall out of the sky. Birds..t and fools." Thanks, Dad.
Woah! I spent a week every year at Lake Atitlán as a kid in the 80s. Who’d of thunk there was a lost city a mere 60’ below the surface?!
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The 4,500 year-old Royal Game of Ur from Mesopotamia is the world’s oldest playable board game.
Discovered during excavations at the Royal Cemetery of Ur in the 1920s. Find out how to play here: https://t.co/8ZimesD01J
📷 British Museum
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Various #Roman vessels made of beautiful cobalt blue glass - their glassmaking really was a wonder, I love discovering them in museums - there are always new pieces to discover (& these blue ones are particularly lovely to me) #Archaeology#RomanArchaeology#AncientGlass
#RomanFortThursday
Horse armour from the Roman garrison at Dura-Europos (Syria), c. 165-256 AD.
One of only two surviving complete sets. Both recovered during excavations of Tower 19 in the 1930s. Iron scales sewn onto linen.
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It's the #FestivalOfArchaeology & the start of school holidays! 🎉
Everyone needs at least one Bronze/Iron Age roundhouse 🛖 in their life, so why not make this one? ✂️
And you could always post a picture of your completed house below... 👏 👇. Enjoy!
#ArchaeoArtChallenge
A beautiful #Roman glass bottle, in blue & green glass with gold band decoration. It was made about 2000 years ago, & was probably used by its lucky original owner to store perfume or cosmetics #Archaeology#AncientGlass
'When Adam delved and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman?'
John Ball, Colchester-born rebel priest and one of the leaders of the Peasants Revolt, was hung, drawn and quartered #OTD 1381 at St Albans in the presence of the King. He's become a symbol of resistance to injustice and oppression.
A restored wall painting at Broughton, Cambridgeshire originally painted a few decades after Ball's death.