Alison Fisk

Recent Masters degree in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck @BirkbeckUoL Here to share my love of archaeology. No DMs

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Wow, the world’s oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey!
“A time capsule at the bottom of the sea” 🌊

A trade ship heading for the ancient city of Troy or Minoan Crete sank with a cargo of storage jars 🏺

Residue tests will show what they contained c. 4,700 years ago!

#Archaeology

https://t.co/Tnta19sSTW

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

No! The Late Bronze Age ‘Uluburun’ shipwreck was carrying copper and tin ingots, carved ivory containers, gold jewelry set with semi-precious stones, glass ingots, elephant tusks, ostrich eggshells, and faience beads, as well as pottery containers with foodstuff

More on this link:

https://t.co/abnXwutQaC

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Wow, the world’s oldest shipwreck found off coast of Turkey!
“A time capsule at the bottom of the sea” 🌊

A trade ship heading for the ancient city of Troy or Minoan Crete sank with a cargo of storage jars 🏺

Residue tests will show what they contained c. 4,700 years ago!

#Archaeology

https://t.co/Tnta19sSTW

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

@WalkOn700 Unfortunately the wood didn’t survive. It’s thought it was 10 metres long according to the article

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Happy weekend!

Here’s a 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus! 🐙❤️

From Palaikastro, Crete.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

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Painted by the Athenian artist Douris about 480 BC

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This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻

He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet!

The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂

Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me

#Archaeology

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@carolridinghigh 😂😂😂

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@ElviraMaddigan 👍

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

This ancient Greek figure from the 2,500 year-old Douris Cup looks uncannily like someone working on a laptop! 😲 💻

He’s actually writing with a stylus on a hinged wax writing tablet!

The technology has changed, the posture has not! 😂

Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me

#Archaeology

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

@chapps Oh god! That’s all so awful! The fact they have prepared letters!!!Instead of looking forward to my visit to the BM to see the Bayeux Tapestry I’m now filled with apprehension!

[Chapps @chapps]

I cannot even get my head around the #BritishMuseum closing and cancelling tickets people held for the Bayeux Tapestry for a damned politician’s dinner. ‘Just get another ticket’ is not the right answer, considering many have waited months and traveled far to attend. Grotesque.

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Happy weekend! 🦔 ❤️

Here’s a lovely ancient Egyptian blue faience hedgehog made some 3,800 years ago!

Neues Museum, Berlin
📷 by me

#Archaeology

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@GailSpeculates Very kind! Thank you so much Gail! 🥰

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! 💖

This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern!

British Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

@KustraDale Awww, thank you! 🥰

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! 💖

This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern!

British Museum 📷 by me

#Archaeology

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Here’s a link to the online museum record:

https://t.co/N2e8asyEGj

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A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙

It may once have held cosmetics.

From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me

#Archaeology

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Here’s the back of the shell-shaped container.

And here’s a link to the Altes Museum online record: https://t.co/CXJ4w12sYc

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

A 2,300-year-old silver container in the shape of a scallop-shell decorated with an octopus 🐙

It may once have held cosmetics.

From Paternò, Sicily. Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 by me

#Archaeology