Ticia Verveer
@ticiaverveer.bsky.social
Archaeologist, author.
Collector of stories, old and new.
Middle East, N- Africa.
Religion, Conflict & Peace 🏛️ Maternal Health Ambassador Global Fund for Women (2012-22)🏺WW II, historisch journalist, cultuur & erfgoed.
www.ticiaverveer.com
Collector of stories, old and new.
Middle East, N- Africa.
Religion, Conflict & Peace 🏛️ Maternal Health Ambassador Global Fund for Women (2012-22)🏺WW II, historisch journalist, cultuur & erfgoed.
www.ticiaverveer.com
Drie avonden met inzicht, inspiratie, mooie discussies en ook heel veel gelachen. Dank aan Jimmy Smet LOKAAL Rotterdam Martin van Loon! Naoufal Akhatab (DENK) was onze gastspreker gisteravond. Heel erg bedankt Naoufal om al onze vragen te beantwoorden!
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Drie avonden met inzicht, inspiratie, mooie discussies en ook heel veel gelachen. Dank aan Jimmy Smet LOKAAL Rotterdam Martin van Loon! Naoufal Akhatab (DENK) was onze gastspreker gisteravond. Heel erg bedankt Naoufal om al onze vragen te beantwoorden!
De afgelopen drie weken mocht ik met een geweldige groep mededeelnemers, waaronder Robert Jr. Collignon Julia Ruskauff Levi Tas (dit keer online) en Miriam Weekers de Rotterdamse politiek verkennen. Ontzettende leuk dat het certificaat ondertekend is door onze burgemeester Carola Schouten.
November 25, 2025 at 9:16 AM
De afgelopen drie weken mocht ik met een geweldige groep mededeelnemers, waaronder Robert Jr. Collignon Julia Ruskauff Levi Tas (dit keer online) en Miriam Weekers de Rotterdamse politiek verkennen. Ontzettende leuk dat het certificaat ondertekend is door onze burgemeester Carola Schouten.
A lovely 3rd century mosaic with the personification of a lake wearing crab claw hairclips has been unearthed in the city of Iznik, Türkiye.
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
November 24, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A lovely 3rd century mosaic with the personification of a lake wearing crab claw hairclips has been unearthed in the city of Iznik, Türkiye.
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
Yusuf Kahveci “We can read the name Askania beside the central figure. This was the Roman-era name of Lake Iznik".
www.dailysabah.com/life/history...
Op dinsdag 25 november houden Harry Groenewegen en Jacques Moerman voor de Historische Vereniging Oud-Schipluiden een lezing over de Kastelen en adellijke huizen in het Westland en Midden-Delfland.
November 23, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Op dinsdag 25 november houden Harry Groenewegen en Jacques Moerman voor de Historische Vereniging Oud-Schipluiden een lezing over de Kastelen en adellijke huizen in het Westland en Midden-Delfland.
Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft
For possibly as much as 2,100 years, and certainly for the last 1,700, Bama in the Laura region, as elsewhere, were adept fibrecraft workers
phys.org/news/2025-11...
📷 Cheeryll Fhariza
For possibly as much as 2,100 years, and certainly for the last 1,700, Bama in the Laura region, as elsewhere, were adept fibrecraft workers
phys.org/news/2025-11...
📷 Cheeryll Fhariza
November 21, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Perfectly preserved rock art site reveals 1,700 years of Aboriginal string craft
For possibly as much as 2,100 years, and certainly for the last 1,700, Bama in the Laura region, as elsewhere, were adept fibrecraft workers
phys.org/news/2025-11...
📷 Cheeryll Fhariza
For possibly as much as 2,100 years, and certainly for the last 1,700, Bama in the Laura region, as elsewhere, were adept fibrecraft workers
phys.org/news/2025-11...
📷 Cheeryll Fhariza
Ik had bij Genootschap Oud-Westland en Historische Vereniging Oud-Schipluiden een cadeautje voor mezelf besteld. De post kwam het boek Kastelen en adellijke huizen in Westland en Midden-Delfland net brengen, ik ben een tijdje zoet😊
November 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Ik had bij Genootschap Oud-Westland en Historische Vereniging Oud-Schipluiden een cadeautje voor mezelf besteld. De post kwam het boek Kastelen en adellijke huizen in Westland en Midden-Delfland net brengen, ik ben een tijdje zoet😊
Four early medieval spearheads have been recovered from the bed of Lake Lednica in Poland.
Photo credit Marcin Trzciński & Mateusz Popek.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Photo credit Marcin Trzciński & Mateusz Popek.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
November 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Four early medieval spearheads have been recovered from the bed of Lake Lednica in Poland.
Photo credit Marcin Trzciński & Mateusz Popek.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Photo credit Marcin Trzciński & Mateusz Popek.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Carved from the trunk of an oak tree, the coffin contained the remains of a man, buried with a finely crafted miniature battle-axe, still with its wooden handle in place.
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
November 17, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Carved from the trunk of an oak tree, the coffin contained the remains of a man, buried with a finely crafted miniature battle-axe, still with its wooden handle in place.
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
The 4,000 year-old Bronze Age log coffin discovered during work at Tetney Golf Course in East Lindsey in 2018 has been transported to its new permanent home at the Lincoln Museum.
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
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November 17, 2025 at 9:45 AM
The 4,000 year-old Bronze Age log coffin discovered during work at Tetney Golf Course in East Lindsey in 2018 has been transported to its new permanent home at the Lincoln Museum.
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Photo credit York Archaeological Trust
www.bbc.com/news/article...
A new study used digital radiography to analyse soil blocks containing the remains of hobnailed footwear from a Romano-British cemetery in Canterbury.
www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/2025/ro...
www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/2025/ro...
November 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
A new study used digital radiography to analyse soil blocks containing the remains of hobnailed footwear from a Romano-British cemetery in Canterbury.
www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/2025/ro...
www.canterbury.ac.uk/news/2025/ro...
An absolutely stunning large situla, finely decorated with hunting scenes, has been discovered in the thermopolium of Regio V in Pompeii.
📷 Archaelogical Park of Pompeii
pompeiisites.org/comunicati/u...
📷 Archaelogical Park of Pompeii
pompeiisites.org/comunicati/u...
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
An absolutely stunning large situla, finely decorated with hunting scenes, has been discovered in the thermopolium of Regio V in Pompeii.
📷 Archaelogical Park of Pompeii
pompeiisites.org/comunicati/u...
📷 Archaelogical Park of Pompeii
pompeiisites.org/comunicati/u...
Archaeologists discovered a well-preserved stretch of a 14th century wooden road during excavation works at the Paardenmarkt in Antwerpen in Belgium.
📷stad Antwerpen
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
📷stad Antwerpen
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November 9, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Archaeologists discovered a well-preserved stretch of a 14th century wooden road during excavation works at the Paardenmarkt in Antwerpen in Belgium.
📷stad Antwerpen
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
📷stad Antwerpen
www.vrt.be/vrtnws/nl/20...
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets, once used to trawl monkfish from the sea bed,
to catch Russian drones to shield civilians and soldiers.
📷Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
to catch Russian drones to shield civilians and soldiers.
📷Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
November 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Fishers from the Brittany coast are sending horse-hair nets, once used to trawl monkfish from the sea bed,
to catch Russian drones to shield civilians and soldiers.
📷Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
to catch Russian drones to shield civilians and soldiers.
📷Anatolii Stepanov/Reuters
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
A wooden cupboard with all of its contents in place has gone on display at the Antiquarium of the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum after a program of stabilization and restoration.
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
Italian
ercolano.cultura.gov.it/il-ritorno-d...
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Italian
ercolano.cultura.gov.it/il-ritorno-d...
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
A wooden cupboard with all of its contents in place has gone on display at the Antiquarium of the Archaeological Park of Herculaneum after a program of stabilization and restoration.
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
Italian
ercolano.cultura.gov.it/il-ritorno-d...
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
Italian
ercolano.cultura.gov.it/il-ritorno-d...
The site was identified in 2022 as the location of illegal treasure hunting. With the permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, official excavation and preservation work began
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
The site was identified in 2022 as the location of illegal treasure hunting. With the permission of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, official excavation and preservation work began
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
Special protection measures are being applied to 3,000-year-old Urartian wall paintings located inside a tunnel-like underground complex near Garibin Tepe (Hill) in eastern Türkiye.
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
November 5, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Special protection measures are being applied to 3,000-year-old Urartian wall paintings located inside a tunnel-like underground complex near Garibin Tepe (Hill) in eastern Türkiye.
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
📷AA photo
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/arch...
A complete😍 marble statue of a sleeping Cupid has been unearthed in Pula, Croatia.
It was found inside a room of an ancient domus and dates to the 2nd century AD.
Photo credit: Arheološki muzej Istre/ Leana Buršić Križić
www.croatiaweek.com/2000-year-ol...
It was found inside a room of an ancient domus and dates to the 2nd century AD.
Photo credit: Arheološki muzej Istre/ Leana Buršić Križić
www.croatiaweek.com/2000-year-ol...
November 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
A complete😍 marble statue of a sleeping Cupid has been unearthed in Pula, Croatia.
It was found inside a room of an ancient domus and dates to the 2nd century AD.
Photo credit: Arheološki muzej Istre/ Leana Buršić Križić
www.croatiaweek.com/2000-year-ol...
It was found inside a room of an ancient domus and dates to the 2nd century AD.
Photo credit: Arheološki muzej Istre/ Leana Buršić Križić
www.croatiaweek.com/2000-year-ol...
Excavations at the Kani Shaie archaeological site in northern Iraq have revealed traces of a monumental building thought to be at least 5,000 years old.
Photo credit: University of Coimbra.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Photo credit: University of Coimbra.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
November 2, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Excavations at the Kani Shaie archaeological site in northern Iraq have revealed traces of a monumental building thought to be at least 5,000 years old.
Photo credit: University of Coimbra.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Photo credit: University of Coimbra.
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Happy #Halloween!
This Roman miniature skeleton with flexible joints, jumps and dances when shaken.
The Romans called these skeletons larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost, and were handed out to guests at dinner parties to remind them to have fun while they were alive.
This Roman miniature skeleton with flexible joints, jumps and dances when shaken.
The Romans called these skeletons larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost, and were handed out to guests at dinner parties to remind them to have fun while they were alive.
October 31, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Happy #Halloween!
This Roman miniature skeleton with flexible joints, jumps and dances when shaken.
The Romans called these skeletons larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost, and were handed out to guests at dinner parties to remind them to have fun while they were alive.
This Roman miniature skeleton with flexible joints, jumps and dances when shaken.
The Romans called these skeletons larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost, and were handed out to guests at dinner parties to remind them to have fun while they were alive.
A Roman necropolis, 1st through the 3rd centuries AD, has been unearthed in Hyères in the Var department of southeastern France. The burial ground is located outside the walls of ancient Olbia along a Roman coastal road.
Photo credit Sylvie Duchesne, Inrap.
www.inrap.fr/pratiques-fu...
Photo credit Sylvie Duchesne, Inrap.
www.inrap.fr/pratiques-fu...
October 31, 2025 at 12:50 PM
A Roman necropolis, 1st through the 3rd centuries AD, has been unearthed in Hyères in the Var department of southeastern France. The burial ground is located outside the walls of ancient Olbia along a Roman coastal road.
Photo credit Sylvie Duchesne, Inrap.
www.inrap.fr/pratiques-fu...
Photo credit Sylvie Duchesne, Inrap.
www.inrap.fr/pratiques-fu...
Archaeologists in Hungary have unearthed the remnants of a rare iron saber, jewelry and other artifacts in the 1,300-year-old tomb of a warrior.
Photo credit: Szent István Király Múzeum
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Photo credit: Szent István Király Múzeum
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
October 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Archaeologists in Hungary have unearthed the remnants of a rare iron saber, jewelry and other artifacts in the 1,300-year-old tomb of a warrior.
Photo credit: Szent István Király Múzeum
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Photo credit: Szent István Király Múzeum
www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
In alle vrijheid vandaag kunnen stemmen. Dat is een groot goed. Het woord democratie is afgeleid van 2 Griekse woorden.
Het woord ‘dèmos’ (volk) & het werkwoord ‘kratein’ (heersen). Wat betekent dat de beslissingen bij het volk liggen. Jouw stem telt
Mijn keus Rotterdammer Vincent Karremans #4 VVD
Het woord ‘dèmos’ (volk) & het werkwoord ‘kratein’ (heersen). Wat betekent dat de beslissingen bij het volk liggen. Jouw stem telt
Mijn keus Rotterdammer Vincent Karremans #4 VVD
October 29, 2025 at 12:02 PM
In alle vrijheid vandaag kunnen stemmen. Dat is een groot goed. Het woord democratie is afgeleid van 2 Griekse woorden.
Het woord ‘dèmos’ (volk) & het werkwoord ‘kratein’ (heersen). Wat betekent dat de beslissingen bij het volk liggen. Jouw stem telt
Mijn keus Rotterdammer Vincent Karremans #4 VVD
Het woord ‘dèmos’ (volk) & het werkwoord ‘kratein’ (heersen). Wat betekent dat de beslissingen bij het volk liggen. Jouw stem telt
Mijn keus Rotterdammer Vincent Karremans #4 VVD
De gemeente Rotterdam zoekt naar de erfgenamen van Wilhelmina Meppelder, geboren op 10 september 1853, die nog altijd eigenaar blijkt te zijn van een stukje grond aan de Hilledijk. Het 'vergeten' perceel houdt nieuwbouw in de Tweebosbuurt tegen.
📷 Rijnmond
www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/20982...
📷 Rijnmond
www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/20982...
October 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
De gemeente Rotterdam zoekt naar de erfgenamen van Wilhelmina Meppelder, geboren op 10 september 1853, die nog altijd eigenaar blijkt te zijn van een stukje grond aan de Hilledijk. Het 'vergeten' perceel houdt nieuwbouw in de Tweebosbuurt tegen.
📷 Rijnmond
www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/20982...
📷 Rijnmond
www.rijnmond.nl/nieuws/20982...
A rare Bronze Age chisel with its wooden handle intact and attached has been discovered earlier this year in the Pertosa-Auletta Caves in the province of Salerno, southern Italy.
fondazionemida.com/news/ricerch...
fondazionemida.com/news/ricerch...
October 28, 2025 at 10:05 PM
A rare Bronze Age chisel with its wooden handle intact and attached has been discovered earlier this year in the Pertosa-Auletta Caves in the province of Salerno, southern Italy.
fondazionemida.com/news/ricerch...
fondazionemida.com/news/ricerch...
During the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BC, craftspeople in Elam created remarkable depictions of animals, like this smug little mountain goat (3500–2700 BC).
Present-day southwestern Iran. #archaeology height x length: 4 x 7 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
At Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Present-day southwestern Iran. #archaeology height x length: 4 x 7 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
At Boston Museum of Fine Arts
October 28, 2025 at 4:54 PM
During the late 4th to early 3rd millennium BC, craftspeople in Elam created remarkable depictions of animals, like this smug little mountain goat (3500–2700 BC).
Present-day southwestern Iran. #archaeology height x length: 4 x 7 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
At Boston Museum of Fine Arts
Present-day southwestern Iran. #archaeology height x length: 4 x 7 cm (1 9/16 x 2 3/4 in.)
At Boston Museum of Fine Arts