Willow Schafer

#Writer, #artist, #traveler, #fragrance reviewer. M.S. in medical science, writer of The Wandering Antiquarian blog.

[Willow Schafer @SchaferWillow]

If you enjoy what I do, please support me on Ko-fi! https://t.co/8SvGBYLmQ1 ❤️#writer #youtube #artist

[Journal of Art in Society @artinsociety]

I never noticed the shape of the woman’s shadow in this poster for Alfred Hitchcock’s film The Birds (Laurent Durieux) https://t.co/v681MLK8Ep

[Willow Schafer @SchaferWillow]

If you want to explore the hidden gems of Key West, Florida, check out the new videos on my Youtube channel, Shining Times, link in bio! #keywest #florida #travel

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman purple glass bottle, probably used for perfume.

📷 Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins

#Archaeology

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Trying that 60s French turtleneck style #vintage #vintagestyle #vintagefashion

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My current obsession, despite not being one of the boys #lonesomedove #westerns #BooksWorthReading

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Bronze head of the Roman emperor Augustus. Known as the Meroë Head. Eyes inlaid with glass and stone, 27-25 BC.

Penny for your thoughts Augustus?

This head once belonged to an over-life-sized statue of Augustus set up in Egypt. It was removed by Kushite soldiers who took it as a trophy and buried it under the front steps of their temple at Meroë (Sudan) where it was trodden on daily by temple visitors in a sign of disrespect to Rome. An ironic twist of fate which preserved it.

The Meroë Head is usually displayed in an upright position. It is displayed here as if buried, a symbol of resistance to Rome, at the British Museum’s 2018 temporary exhibition called ‘I object’. Photo my own.

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[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Marvellous Minoan pots with octopus decoration from Bronze Age Crete 🐙❤️

Ancient artists inspired by the marine world of the Mediterranean Sea some 3,500 years ago.

Heraklion Archaeological Museum, Crete. 📷 2022

#Archaeology

[Willow Schafer @SchaferWillow]

If you enjoy #gardening, #camping, and #nature, don't forget to check out my new YouTube channel, Shining Times! https://t.co/HGpuj02VqQ 🍃🍁🌲

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

#FindsFriday A pair of leather shoes from Vindolanda Roman fort.

Worn by a man living at the fort about 1,900 years ago!

Excavations at Vindolanda have recovered thousands of individual shoes but very few pairs, making this a rare find.

Chesterholm Museum 📷 2023

#Archaeology

[Mark @markiplier]

Iron Lung. Coming soon to theaters.

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

#FindsFriday

WOW, c. 9,500 year-old woven baskets from a Spanish bat cave! 🤯

Look like they were made yesterday rather than by hunter-gatherers during the Mesolithic period!

Recent analysis of the esparto grass used to make the baskets shows they’re about 2,000 years older than previously thought.

Discovered in the 19th-century at a burial site inside the Cueva de Los Murciélagos (Cave of Bats), southern Spain. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. 📷 2021

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Here's a big sale on all my handmade (and digital) #artwork! https://t.co/SuaRMCLqV3 via @Etsy. It'll only last until the last day of October, so don't miss out! 🍁🍂🍃🎃

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I will NEVER wear these fragrances again (here's why) https://t.co/4c5nOS2zVp #perfume #fragrances

[Archaeo - Histories @archeohistories]

Ceremonial Dagger of Princess Ita. Princess Ita was an ancient Egyptian Pharaoh's daughter who lived in 12th Dynasty (1914-1879 BC).

Pommel is in shape of a light crescent of lapis lazuli. Hilt is beaten gold and is inlaid with disks of lapis lazuli and green feldspar. Disks are inlaid with diagonal crosses of thin gold and between disks are curvilinear squares inlaid with light brown carnelian. Elegant bronze blade is mounted in solid gold shoulder and attached by three gold rivets. Tongue of bronze blade and shoulder strap fit exactly into the hilt. Lapis lazuli pommel is shaped like a crescent moon while the grip is formed by a gold tube decorated with inlays of carnelian, lapis lazuli, and amazonite and is fixed to bronze blade by three small gold nails.

Form of blade is Phoenician in origin, and patterns on handle were common in Crete. It has been suggested that dagger was imported from Byblos in Phoenicia or from Crete, or was manufactured in Egypt by a foreign craftsman at royal court.

Egyptian Museum, Cairo

#archaeohistories

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Roman gladiator’s shield. From the gladiatorial barracks at Pompeii. Laurel wreaths encircle the head of Medusa. Bronze, copper and silver, 1st century AD.

A beautiful object from an ugly sport.

Museo archeologico nazionale di Napoli. 📷 my own

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[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Gold arm rings from the Nordic Bronze Age decorated with spiral motifs, 1700-1100 BC.

National Museum of Denmark 📷 November 2021

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[Willow Schafer @SchaferWillow]

What are the best plants to grow at home? I explore them here! https://t.co/DB2H2yqoWE #gardening

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Never thought I'd be doing this, but I've made a #TikTok account! As per usual, it'll be focusing mainly on #fragrances, but maybe I'll throw in some other topics! https://t.co/9uhqPeFmwG

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Have you ever been curious about vintage stockings or vintage lingerie in general? I discuss it here! https://t.co/PxndzemwEP #vintagestyle 👠

[Alison Fisk @AlisonFisk]

Beautiful ancient glass. A 2000 year-old Roman mosaic glass bowl, something lovely to start the week.

On display V&A Museum. 📷 January 2022

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