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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 13h

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks
From lectures by Stephen Hawking to letters of British politician Neil Kinnock,it's a race against ⏳️ to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks

A digital dark age? The people rescuing forgotten knowledge trapped on old floppy disks

From lectures by Stephen Hawking to the letters of British politician Neil Kinnock – it's a race against time to save the historical treasures locked away on old floppy disks.

www.bbc.com

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Gerrit Dusseldorp 🟥 @dussel.bsky.social · 19h

Metal-detecting deteriorates into grave-robbing.

Visited exhibition on identification of victims from the Battle of Arnhem to encounter this case-study. Illegal metal-detectorist robbing a grave caught red-handed.

If not caught the grave would have disappeared unseen.

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Maaike Dirkx (ex-X-Rembrandtsroom) @maaiked.bsky.social · 19h

Simon Frisius was an engraver and etcher, painter, draughtsman, calligrapher and businessman. He was born in Harlingen; 1598-9 in Paris; from 1614 based in The Hague, where he died. Only one drawing by him is known; this old man (St Jerome?).

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 19h

The mystery of how a 2,000-year-old Roman headstone wound up in a New Orleans backyard is solved

Granddaughter of WWII veteran says she had no idea of its history when she used it to decorate her backyard garden — but questions still remain

The mystery of how a 2,000-year-old Roman headstone wound up in a New Orleans backyard is solved | Preservation Resource Center of New Orleans

Erin Scott O’Brien wasn’t expecting the call that came in Thursday morning while driving her daughter to school. It was …

prcno.org

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

Charred Byzantine bread loaves, stamped with Christian imagery, have been discovered at the ancient site of Eirenopolis, modern-day Topraktepe, Türkiye. The carbonized loaves are dated to the 7th-8th century AD.

Photo credit Karaman Valiliği
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/c...

the image of Christ as the sower who plants wheat for harvest.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 1d

Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image

Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery

Historian uses AI to help identify Nazi in notorious Holocaust murder image

Jürgen Matthäus has for years been investigating the killer – and is confident he has finally solved the mystery

www.theguardian.com

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Historische Vereniging Noordoost-Friesland @hvnf1986.bsky.social · 3d

Historisch Kollumer zilver uit Fries Museum tijdelijk terug in Kollum www.hvnf.nl/2025/10/hist...

Historisch Kollumer zilver uit Fries Museum tijdelijk terug in Kollum - Historische Vereniging Noordoost-Friesland

De door Dokkumer zilversmid Thomas Sybrands Higt (1652-1721), echtgenoot van vroedvrouw Catharina Schrader, gemaakte chatelaine die oa via de uit Kollum

www.hvnf.nl

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Britain’s War Memorials @britwarmemorial.bsky.social · 1d

Stanford in the Vale roll of honour. St. Denys Church, Stanford in the Vale, Oxfordshire. First World War. #LestWeForget

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De Archeoloog @dearcheoloog.bsky.social · 1d

Van 13 tot 17 oktober herstelt de gemeente #Ermelo met hulp van een archeoloog een aantal #grafheuvels uit de #bronstijd en de #ijzertijd op de Ermelose Heide. De grafheuvels worden hierbij opgevuld en verhoogd. Daarna worden ze opnieuw ingezaaid met #heide.
www.ermelosweekblad.nl/lokaal/natuu...

Gemeente herstelt monumentale grafheuvels op Ermelose Heide

[ERMELO] In de gemeente liggen zo’n 160 grafheuvels uit de bronstijd en de ijzertijd (2800-600 voor Christus). Ook op de Ermelose Heide zijn er een aantal. Deze grafheuvels zijn rijksmonumenten. Dat b...

www.ermelosweekblad.nl

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 1d

The Nunalleq Digital Museum is a museum of Yup’ik archaeology in Alaska. Placing sovereignty in the hands of the descendent communities, it makes the #archaeology accessible whilst ensuring it is relevant to the community today #IndigenousPeoplesDay

Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

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The digital museum home screen; an illustration of a coastal area with a village during four seasons.

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John Boeren, LLM, MSc, QG 🇳🇱 @antecedentia.com · 7d

Today I could spend some time again on the biography of Jacob van Braam. A deed drawn up by his heirs after his death includes the signatures of, among others, my ancestors: Coenraad Cornelis Hornman and Cornelia van Braam. It is because of them that I got involved in this project. #genealogy

The image shows two signatures. The first one is the initials and surname of C.K. Hornman. The second one is that of C. Hornman, born Van Braam.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers replicated a nearly forgotten yogurt recipe from Bulgaria.
The ingredients include a handful of ants. The resulting yogurt tastes surprisingly normal, with a “slightly tangy taste with mild herbaceousness and pronounced flavors of grass-fed fat”

Scientists Team Up With Michelin Chefs to Recreate Ancient Yogurt—With Ants

According to an old Bulgarian tradition, some ants are the perfect, all-natural yogurt-making machines.

gizmodo.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 2d

Researchers analysed the chemical signatures in teeth from 71 people, spanning the entire Neolithic period from 11,600 to 7,500 years ago. The teeth were found at five archaeological sites in what is now modern Syria.

Ancient teeth provide new insight into the lives of the world’s first farming villagers  - Durham University

www.durham.ac.uk

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Steve from Ohio 🇺🇦 @bluevoter4ever99.bsky.social · 3d

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

A sandal, woven from grass and twigs, dated somewhere between 727- 771 years old was found in a vulture nest in southern Spain.

The agobia (sandal) was found along more than 200 other human artifacts, including some from the middle ages.

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

The Bearded Vulture as an accumulator of historical remains: Insights for future ecological and biocultural studies

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

A sandal, woven from grass and twigs, dated somewhere between 727- 771 years old was found in a vulture nest in southern Spain.

The agobia (sandal) was found along more than 200 other human artifacts, including some from the middle ages.

Found: 650-year-old shoe, in vulture nest

Many unexpected human artifacts have been preserved, for centuries, in vulture nests.

www.nationalgeographic.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

A Possible Case of Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis from Middle Byzantine Aphrodisias, Türkiye

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

A Possible Case of Infantile Cortical Hyperostosis from Middle Byzantine Aphrodisias, Türkiye

This study presents a possible case of infantile cortical hyperostosis (ICH) in a 2.5–3.5-year-old individual from a twelth century Middle Byzantine burial context from Aphrodisias, Türkiye. ICH, a...

www.tandfonline.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 3d

The number of wild bee species in Europe at risk of extinction has more than doubled over the past decade, while the number of endangered butterfly species has almost doubled.

Number of wild bee species at risk of extinction in Europe doubles in 10 years

Number of endangered butterfly species also surging amid habitat destruction and global heating, finds study

www.theguardian.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 4d

Archaeologists discovered about 500 gold & silver coins, 80 pieces of cut gold, bronze & gold jewelry dating from the 6th through the 1st century BC in the northern Pilsen region of the Czech Republic
plzensky.denik.cz/zpravy_regio...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5d

The Colosseum Archaeological Park is opening a hidden underground passageway, dubbed the Tunnel of Commodus, to the public for the first time following a major restoration.

Photo Simona Murrone - Parco archeologico del Colosseo www.wantedinrome.com/news/colosse...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5d

A new study aims to trace the networks and agents involved in the trade of ivory to the Southern Levant over a period of a thousand years.

A thousand years of Nubian supply of sub-Saharan ivory to the Southern Levant, ca. 1600–600 BCE
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5d

The pendant was found at Cranmer House, Canterbury, Kent, England

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5d

This circular gold pendant, decorated with cross motif, filigree wires and garnet cloisonné, was created around the 620s AD.
The so-called Canterbury pendant is made from gold sheet. It is worked into cells set with polished garnets backed with a gold foil.
portal.sds.ox.ac.uk/articles/edu...

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5d

Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri - Scientific Reports

Scientific Reports - Pulsed thermographic analysis of Herculaneum papyri

www.nature.com

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 6d

A c. 12,000 year old T-shaped pillar, carved with a face on its upper section, has been discovered at the Neolithic site of Karahantepe in southeastern Türkiye.

Photo credit Ministry of Culture and Tourism www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/1200...

A pillar, which bears deep-set eyes and a broad, flattened nose.

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