Knossos Palace Puzzles

04/08/2024

Fulfilled a long-held ambition of getting a look around KV34, the beautiful tomb of King Tuthmose IV today - and again had it all to myself for half an hour!

04/08/2024

British archaeologist Leonard Woolley and his wife Catherine at the moment of the discovery of pottery pipes that were used as a sewage and rainwater network in what is considered the first water drainage system in history before about 4000 BC. Ur (Mesopotamia) in 1930.

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04/08/2024

A well-preserved late Neolithic flint dagger found in Allensbach at the Lake Constance, southwest Germany, dating 2900-2800 BCE. The blade was made of flint from Monte Baldo in northern Italy. It was fastened with birch tar in a handle made of elderwood

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04/07/2024

First proof of beer production comes from period of Sumerians around 4000 BC. During an archeological excavation in Mesopotamia, a tablet was discovered that showed villagers drinking a beverage from a bowl with straws.

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04/07/2024

Cartonnage Mummy Mask

Gilded cartonnage mummy mask of Mareis, obsidian and limestone eyes cased in bronze (lost on left side). Greek text on forehead, painted funerary scenes on front and back.

Mummy masks of the Ptolemaic and Roman periods often had gilded faces that reflected the association of the deceased with the gods. Mummy masks are shaped like a face wearing the tripartite long wig which extends onto the chest. They were fitted over the mummy’s head, with the shoulders remaining bare.

Roman Period, ca. 20-40 AD. From Hawara, Faiyum. Now in the British Museum. EA21807

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04/07/2024

04/06/2024

Love and beauty in Luxor Temple 🇪🇬

04/06/2024

Roman Blue Glass Pitchers (3rd-4th Century AD), from Cologne, Germany.

Blue colored glass has been made since the very beginning of glass making. Most blue glass is given its color either from cobalt oxide or from copper oxide finely ground and added to the molten glass. Copper is a more delicate colorant than cobalt. It only requires a small amount of cobalt oxide to produce a deep rich blue.

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04/05/2024

Amber, yellow-brown, carved and polished in the form of a skull, containing several small inclusions, from La Pimienta Mine, near Simojovel, Chiapas, Southern Mexico. Date: (?)

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04/04/2024

Ivory painter’s palette with pigment and inscribed with the throne name of king Amenhotep III
New Kingdom, 18th Dynasty, c. 1390–1352 B.C.
From Thebes, Egypt. Now in the Met Museum, NYC. 26.7.1294

04/04/2024

Tomb of the Warrior king!
✨ Ramesses III ✨

- " KV11 " Valley of the King"s
- Luxor

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04/03/2024

The Crypta Neapolitana, an Ancient Roman Road Tunnel, originally built over 2000 years ago. It remained in use until its partial destruction during WW2.