Archaeo - Histories
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History is an unending dialogue between present and the past, that's why few pages of history give more insight than all the metaphysical volumes. (99)
In 1940s, British diplomat Alec Kirkbride spotted Khatt Shebib from air, a 93-mile-long stone wall stretching through Jordan’s desert. Standing under a meter high, it puzzles researchers, many of whom question a defensive role due to its low height. Its purpose, builders and age remain unknown.
December 9, 2025 at 6:04 AM
In 1940s, British diplomat Alec Kirkbride spotted Khatt Shebib from air, a 93-mile-long stone wall stretching through Jordan’s desert. Standing under a meter high, it puzzles researchers, many of whom question a defensive role due to its low height. Its purpose, builders and age remain unknown.
December 9, 2025 at 6:02 AM
The Fifth Column...
The term means having sympathisers, spies, or other people loyal to you inside an enemy nation or political party and it comes from the Spanish Civil War.
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The term means having sympathisers, spies, or other people loyal to you inside an enemy nation or political party and it comes from the Spanish Civil War.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The Fifth Column...
The term means having sympathisers, spies, or other people loyal to you inside an enemy nation or political party and it comes from the Spanish Civil War.
#archaeohistories
The term means having sympathisers, spies, or other people loyal to you inside an enemy nation or political party and it comes from the Spanish Civil War.
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The Codex Mendoza, created in the early 1500s, records how Aztec children were disciplined...
Today, this would be called abuse. In Aztec society, it was considered correction.
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Today, this would be called abuse. In Aztec society, it was considered correction.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:56 AM
The Codex Mendoza, created in the early 1500s, records how Aztec children were disciplined...
Today, this would be called abuse. In Aztec society, it was considered correction.
#archaeohistories
Today, this would be called abuse. In Aztec society, it was considered correction.
#archaeohistories
Then vs Now :
Roman Theatre of Mérida (Teatro Romano de Mérida) an ancient Roman monument located in Mérida, Spain 🇪🇸, former capital of Roman province of Lusitania. It was built around 16–15 BC under patronage of Vipsanius Agrippa.
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Roman Theatre of Mérida (Teatro Romano de Mérida) an ancient Roman monument located in Mérida, Spain 🇪🇸, former capital of Roman province of Lusitania. It was built around 16–15 BC under patronage of Vipsanius Agrippa.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Then vs Now :
Roman Theatre of Mérida (Teatro Romano de Mérida) an ancient Roman monument located in Mérida, Spain 🇪🇸, former capital of Roman province of Lusitania. It was built around 16–15 BC under patronage of Vipsanius Agrippa.
#archaeohistories
Roman Theatre of Mérida (Teatro Romano de Mérida) an ancient Roman monument located in Mérida, Spain 🇪🇸, former capital of Roman province of Lusitania. It was built around 16–15 BC under patronage of Vipsanius Agrippa.
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People finding themselves in museums 😳🤔
It's said that there are seven people in the world who look like you. Seven "strange twins" with identical faces, but no family connection, roam the earth.
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It's said that there are seven people in the world who look like you. Seven "strange twins" with identical faces, but no family connection, roam the earth.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:39 AM
People finding themselves in museums 😳🤔
It's said that there are seven people in the world who look like you. Seven "strange twins" with identical faces, but no family connection, roam the earth.
#archaeohistories
It's said that there are seven people in the world who look like you. Seven "strange twins" with identical faces, but no family connection, roam the earth.
#archaeohistories
It was common for Ancient Greek text to be written bi-directionally (one line written from left to right and following line, from right to left).
📷 : Boustrophedon inscription, Gortyn code (5th Century BC) - Crete 🇬🇷
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📷 : Boustrophedon inscription, Gortyn code (5th Century BC) - Crete 🇬🇷
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December 9, 2025 at 5:36 AM
It was common for Ancient Greek text to be written bi-directionally (one line written from left to right and following line, from right to left).
📷 : Boustrophedon inscription, Gortyn code (5th Century BC) - Crete 🇬🇷
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📷 : Boustrophedon inscription, Gortyn code (5th Century BC) - Crete 🇬🇷
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Neo-Elamite Ceramic Vessel Fragment in the form of a Nude Female (8th-7th Century BC) - from south-western Iran 🇮🇷
(13 cm)
Metrpolitan Museum of Art, NY
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(13 cm)
Metrpolitan Museum of Art, NY
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December 9, 2025 at 5:33 AM
Neo-Elamite Ceramic Vessel Fragment in the form of a Nude Female (8th-7th Century BC) - from south-western Iran 🇮🇷
(13 cm)
Metrpolitan Museum of Art, NY
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(13 cm)
Metrpolitan Museum of Art, NY
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A hoard of Roman nails found at Inchtuthil, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 87 AD. After the Roman army abandoned their forward fortification on the site they buried 875,400 iron nails on the site to prevent the enemy Caledonian tribes reforging the iron for weapons.
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December 9, 2025 at 5:32 AM
A hoard of Roman nails found at Inchtuthil, Perth and Kinross, Scotland, 87 AD. After the Roman army abandoned their forward fortification on the site they buried 875,400 iron nails on the site to prevent the enemy Caledonian tribes reforging the iron for weapons.
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A 17th Century CE, sculpture titled "The Metamorphosis of Daphne", depicts nymph Daphne transforming into a laurel tree to escape the god Apollo, a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Private Collection
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Private Collection
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December 3, 2025 at 8:13 PM
A 17th Century CE, sculpture titled "The Metamorphosis of Daphne", depicts nymph Daphne transforming into a laurel tree to escape the god Apollo, a story from Ovid's Metamorphoses.
Private Collection
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Private Collection
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Roman terracotta mug showing a deer galloping (3rd Century AD). It is decorated with a barbotine technique, which involves applying a thick clay slip to the vessel surface to create a raised relief design.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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December 3, 2025 at 8:09 PM
Roman terracotta mug showing a deer galloping (3rd Century AD). It is decorated with a barbotine technique, which involves applying a thick clay slip to the vessel surface to create a raised relief design.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Modern recreation of the ancient motifs from Tepe Bakun in Fars Province 🇮🇷. These striking designs were found on pottery and artifacts dating back over 5000 years, to 5th Millennium BC, a glimpse into the earliest visual language of Iran.
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December 3, 2025 at 8:05 PM
Modern recreation of the ancient motifs from Tepe Bakun in Fars Province 🇮🇷. These striking designs were found on pottery and artifacts dating back over 5000 years, to 5th Millennium BC, a glimpse into the earliest visual language of Iran.
#archaeohistories
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Khotan Terracotta Woman with Long Hair (2nd to 3rd Century AD), from Yotkan, capital of kingdom of Khotan, modern Xingjian province, China 🇨🇳
The oasis state of Khotan with its capital at Yotkan, south of Taklamakan desert, was a prosperous and powerful kingdom.
British Museum
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The oasis state of Khotan with its capital at Yotkan, south of Taklamakan desert, was a prosperous and powerful kingdom.
British Museum
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December 3, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Khotan Terracotta Woman with Long Hair (2nd to 3rd Century AD), from Yotkan, capital of kingdom of Khotan, modern Xingjian province, China 🇨🇳
The oasis state of Khotan with its capital at Yotkan, south of Taklamakan desert, was a prosperous and powerful kingdom.
British Museum
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The oasis state of Khotan with its capital at Yotkan, south of Taklamakan desert, was a prosperous and powerful kingdom.
British Museum
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Crushed skull and its surrounding elaborate headdress was excavated (en bloc) from Great Death-Pit at one of the royal cemeteries of Ur, Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq 🇮🇶
This is a head of one of queen/princess Pu'Abi's female attendants. It dates to early dynastic period, 2600 BC.
British Museum
This is a head of one of queen/princess Pu'Abi's female attendants. It dates to early dynastic period, 2600 BC.
British Museum
December 3, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Crushed skull and its surrounding elaborate headdress was excavated (en bloc) from Great Death-Pit at one of the royal cemeteries of Ur, Mesopotamia in modern-day Iraq 🇮🇶
This is a head of one of queen/princess Pu'Abi's female attendants. It dates to early dynastic period, 2600 BC.
British Museum
This is a head of one of queen/princess Pu'Abi's female attendants. It dates to early dynastic period, 2600 BC.
British Museum
Paris Jackson, the daughter of Michael Jackson, has faced criticism for identifying as Black because of her appearance. In a 2017 interview, she revealed that her father encouraged her to embrace her heritage, often telling her, “You’re Black. Be proud of your roots.”
© Reddit
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December 2, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Paris Jackson, the daughter of Michael Jackson, has faced criticism for identifying as Black because of her appearance. In a 2017 interview, she revealed that her father encouraged her to embrace her heritage, often telling her, “You’re Black. Be proud of your roots.”
© Reddit
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Reliquary Arm of St. Valentine (1380-1400 CE), is made of silver with partial gilt. It was designed to hold a relic, specifically an arm bone of Saint Valentine, which would have been visible through windows once covered with crystal.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Reliquary Arm of St. Valentine (1380-1400 CE), is made of silver with partial gilt. It was designed to hold a relic, specifically an arm bone of Saint Valentine, which would have been visible through windows once covered with crystal.
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Balkerne Gate, a 1st Century AD, Roman gateway in Camulodunum (Colchester, Great Britain). It was the main (west) gate into the walled Roman town and one of the six gates built into the wall.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Balkerne Gate, a 1st Century AD, Roman gateway in Camulodunum (Colchester, Great Britain). It was the main (west) gate into the walled Roman town and one of the six gates built into the wall.
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A Black-Figure Breast-shaped Mastos (Cup) attributed to Palax, and made in Attica (Greek), 525-500 BC.
Now, in collections of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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Now, in collections of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:13 PM
A Black-Figure Breast-shaped Mastos (Cup) attributed to Palax, and made in Attica (Greek), 525-500 BC.
Now, in collections of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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Now, in collections of the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University, Bloomington.
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Balzi Rossi goddess figurines, she is 6.1cm high, made of green steatite and dated 22,000-17,000 BC, Upper Paleolithic period, Gravettian culture. Depicted with large breasts, round pregnant belly, pubic triangle… ready to bring the new life to this world.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Balzi Rossi goddess figurines, she is 6.1cm high, made of green steatite and dated 22,000-17,000 BC, Upper Paleolithic period, Gravettian culture. Depicted with large breasts, round pregnant belly, pubic triangle… ready to bring the new life to this world.
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A 15th Century AD, map of Isle of Thanet in Kent 🇬🇧
Cartography wasn't quite what it is now but you can clearly see Wantsum Channel which has long been silted up and reclaimed for farming. All that remains of this important waterway once used by Romans, Saxons and Vikings is a tidal river.
Cartography wasn't quite what it is now but you can clearly see Wantsum Channel which has long been silted up and reclaimed for farming. All that remains of this important waterway once used by Romans, Saxons and Vikings is a tidal river.
December 2, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A 15th Century AD, map of Isle of Thanet in Kent 🇬🇧
Cartography wasn't quite what it is now but you can clearly see Wantsum Channel which has long been silted up and reclaimed for farming. All that remains of this important waterway once used by Romans, Saxons and Vikings is a tidal river.
Cartography wasn't quite what it is now but you can clearly see Wantsum Channel which has long been silted up and reclaimed for farming. All that remains of this important waterway once used by Romans, Saxons and Vikings is a tidal river.
Chilkat coat or robe, a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples of Northwest Coast.
Chilkat robes are highly intricate textile art, typically woven from mountain goat wool and cedar bark.
Portland Art Museum
Chilkat robes are highly intricate textile art, typically woven from mountain goat wool and cedar bark.
Portland Art Museum
December 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Chilkat coat or robe, a traditional form of weaving practiced by Tlingit, Haida, and Tsimshian peoples of Northwest Coast.
Chilkat robes are highly intricate textile art, typically woven from mountain goat wool and cedar bark.
Portland Art Museum
Chilkat robes are highly intricate textile art, typically woven from mountain goat wool and cedar bark.
Portland Art Museum
Basilica Cistern an underground water cistern in Istanbul 🇹🇷 commissioned by Roman Emperor Justinian I in 6th Century AD. Located near Hagia Sophia, the cistern was built to meet the city's water needs.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Basilica Cistern an underground water cistern in Istanbul 🇹🇷 commissioned by Roman Emperor Justinian I in 6th Century AD. Located near Hagia Sophia, the cistern was built to meet the city's water needs.
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The iconic oval-window Beetle being assembled at Volkswagen's Wolfsburg factory, circa 1954. Note the overhead conveyors lowering the freshly painted car bodies onto the assembly lines below.
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December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
The iconic oval-window Beetle being assembled at Volkswagen's Wolfsburg factory, circa 1954. Note the overhead conveyors lowering the freshly painted car bodies onto the assembly lines below.
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A picture of Mars that was taken today. 225 million miles away from us
This image was captured by one of NASA’s robotic explorers currently operating on surface of Mars.
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This image was captured by one of NASA’s robotic explorers currently operating on surface of Mars.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
A picture of Mars that was taken today. 225 million miles away from us
This image was captured by one of NASA’s robotic explorers currently operating on surface of Mars.
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This image was captured by one of NASA’s robotic explorers currently operating on surface of Mars.
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At Sayburç 🇹🇷 new sculpture was discovered, depicted with face that has sealed mouth and presumably is evoking stillness of death. This 12000-years old sculpture considered a unique insight into early Neolithic mortuary symbolism.
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December 1, 2025 at 11:46 AM
At Sayburç 🇹🇷 new sculpture was discovered, depicted with face that has sealed mouth and presumably is evoking stillness of death. This 12000-years old sculpture considered a unique insight into early Neolithic mortuary symbolism.
#archaeohistories
#archaeohistories