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Swiss Roman battle site reveals hidden secrets of historic clash. Over the past two years, thousands of Roman military artefacts littering a hillside in southeast Switzerland were unearthed. The first Roman battle site ever discovered in the country.
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la France archéologique comme on ne l'a jamais vue !
" les marchands italiens transportent le vin dans des bateaux sur les voies navigables [...] et cela pour un prix incroyable: pour une jarre de vin, ils reçoivent un esclave" (Diodore)
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The site featured in this week’s #OAat50 needs no introduction as one of the most dramatic discoveries made in Britain in recent years: around 50 skeletons in a disused roman quarry pit on Ridgeway Hill, Weymouth.
Die rund 40.000 Jahre alte Figur eines Höhlenlöwen ist zurzeit in unserer Sonderpräsentation "Meisterwerke der Eiszeit" ausgestellt. Trotz des fragmentierten Zustands erkennt man eine Großkatze, die sich in geduckter Haltung an die Beute anschleicht.
These Greek bronze roundels, crafted around 2300 years ago, likely adorned a horse harness. They depict faces of two satyrs and a man with an oriental headdress. Originally they had a silver surface, traces of which still remain, their..(1/2)
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#WyrdWednesday Three "mouras" (magical ladies) live in a dolmen in Monterroso (#Galicia). They are said to hold the capstone with their heads as they nurse each child and churn each pot of butter. It is also said that they gave #gifts to the boys, like coins and pieces of cloth.
Harpole Burial update!
Last year we announced the discovery of an extraordinary burial which included an astounding gold, gemstone and glass necklace and a large, unique cross.
Now, after months of painstaking work, we can share what we’ve found so far!
Sunrise at Newgrange Monday 11th December. This is the perfect Solstice morning☀️. Fingers crossed for the Livestream for a sky like this🤞 Countdown to #NewgrangeWinterSolstice2023. Thanks to Nichola for capturing the wonderful sunrise.
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🏛️ Conjunto dolménico de El Pozuelo (Zalamea la Real, Huelva), con 7000 años de historia, puede ser el más antiguo, junto alguno portugués, de la P.I. Datan del Neolítico Reciente y su ubicación está muy relacionada con el control territorial y la familia clánica. Un espectáculo!
"MYREDAH MEH WO..."
'Muiredach me made'
Thrilled to see the Alnmouth Cross in the Great North Museum from c. 800 AD, with its inscription that's written in Old English – yet contains the Old Irish name Muiredach, named as its maker.
Newly photographed for my Spanish and Portuguese followers, a wonderful Roman silver denarius struck by Hadrian in celebration of his home province Hispania, personified as a reclining woman holding an olive tree with a rabbit at her feet..