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Nina Willburger<p>Given what's going on in the world, this is perfect for today's <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/findsfriday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>findsfriday</span></a>. Those who are responsible for the current state of affairs may feel addressed.</p><p>Hand of a gilded bronze statue of an Roman emperor.<br>From Kempten, 1st to 3rd c. AD<br>On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung<br>📷 me<br><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>This charming red marble hippo was part of a fountain that stood in a <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> garden. The water was led from the front left leg to the mouth<br>From Rome, dating 2nd century AD.</p><p>On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek.&nbsp;</p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> #<a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>Roman 'voodoo doll' from Eining: Hand-modeled clay figurines with puncture holes are commonly referred to as 'voodoo dolls'. Archaeological and epigraphic evidence indicates that these figurines were pierced with nails or needles by individuals attempting to influence or harm a person.</p><p>Dating 2nd/3rd century AD.</p><p>On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München </p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>Eye inlays from an Egyptian coffin. The frame is made of bronze, the eye of calcite and obsidian. Dating ca 1500-1200 BC.<br>On display at Staatliches Museum für Ägyptische Kunst.</p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>A late Neolithic dagger found in&nbsp;the pile dwelling site of the Roseninsel, Bavaria.The blade is made of flint from the Monti Lessini, upper Italy.<br>Dating 3500 - 2700&nbsp;BC.</p><p>On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München</p><p>📷 me</p><p> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Bob Tregilus<p>What it may have looked like some long forgotten autumn evening 800 years ago.</p><p>(Note: I carefully placed glow sticks in the windows so as to not disturb the ruin. No fire was used for the effect.)</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/AstroPhotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AstroPhotography</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Canyon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Canyon</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Desert</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Photography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Photography</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Darktable" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Darktable</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>A <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> bronze figurine of a dormouse holding a nut (height 2.7 cm).<br>The edible dormouse was a delicacy in Roman times. It was considered a delicious dish of the rich and a symbol of prosperity.</p><p>From Oberstimm, Bavaria, ca. 100 AD. <br>On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München.<br>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>A toxic toy? A <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> lead figure of a <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/camel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>camel</span></a>, presumably a kid's toy (height 5.08cm, length 7.62cm).<br>Dating probably 1st century AD,&nbsp; from Lower <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a>. </p><p>On display at the British Museum</p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>This rare bronze purse was found with six <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/gold" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>gold</span></a> coins still inside in the <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Celtic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Celtic</span></a> oppidum (settlement) at Manching. It was originally sealed with an organic material, presumably a leather strap. The purse is rather small: 4.3x3.3 cm. The diameter of the smallest coin is 6.5mm.</p><p>Dating ca. 200 BC.<br>On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung München.</p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>A terracotta antefix with the head of Medusa, the snake-haired creature whose sight turns everyone to stone. Medusa’s head was a popular motif and used to ward off any evil. <br>Antifixes were used to conceal the ends of the tiles that ran along the edge of roofs. Ca. 480 BC</p><p> 📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>The early medieval burial from Gammertingen, 6th c. AD. The high-ranking warrior died in his early 30s and was buried with a Byzantine helmet (a so-called Spangenhelm), his weapons, and his mail armour – which consisted of about 45,000 iron rings!</p><p>📷Landesmuseum Württemberg</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>A Bronze Age fibula in the shape of a caterpillar found in Mörigen/Switzerland, where 4 fibulae of this type have been found. They originally came from Italy - it seems that Italy was already influencing fashion around 3,000 years ago 😉</p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>This uniquely preserved Late Neolithic flint dagger (2900 BCE) was found in Allensbach at the Lake Constance, southwest <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Germany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Germany</span></a>. The blade was made of flint from Monte Baldo, northern <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Italy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italy</span></a>. It was fastened with birch tar in a handle made of elderwood.</p><p>📷 Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg<br> <br><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>This bronze pin with amber and glass beads was found on the edge of the Uechter Moor, a bog in Lower Saxony.<br>In the Iron Age, elaborate jewellery was often deposited in lakes or bogs as an offering to the gods.</p><p>The pin dates to the 6th-4th c. BC.</p><p>On display at Landesmuseum Hannover</p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>Exceptional new discovery in<br><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Pompeii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pompeii</span></a>: large frescoed banquet hall with stunning wall paintings emerged </p><p><a href="https://www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeology/pompeii-a-large-frescoed-banquet-hall-with-megalography-dedicated-to-the-procession-of-dionysus-emerged" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">finestresullarte.info/en/archa</span><span class="invisible">eology/pompeii-a-large-frescoed-banquet-hall-with-megalography-dedicated-to-the-procession-of-dionysus-emerged</span></a></p><p> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Jens Notroff<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> reporting, file under "Look, it's Stonehenge!" 🙄</p><p>Late Neolithic / early Bronze Age <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimberCircle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimberCircle</span></a> in North Jutland, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Denmark" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Denmark</span></a> (already the 2nd in the region) - pretty amazing even without tying it to the Great British Monument. </p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/stonehenge-circle-unearthed-denmark-woodhenge" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2025/feb</span><span class="invisible">/26/stonehenge-circle-unearthed-denmark-woodhenge</span></a> via <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@TheGuardian" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>TheGuardian</span></a></span></p>
Nina Willburger<p>An <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/arrowhead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>arrowhead</span></a> made of <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/meteorite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>meteorite</span></a> iron: around 1,500 BC, a meteorite struck <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Estonia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Estonia</span></a>. A fragment of it arrived - presumably in the baggage of an amber trader - at what is now Lake Biel, <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Switzerland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Switzerland</span></a>. An arrowhead was then made there from the cosmic iron.</p><p>From Mörigen, 900-800 BC.</p><p>📷 me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>For <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/epigraphytuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epigraphytuesday</span></a> a <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> military belt mount with openwork decoration depicting the Latin word SPES - hope. Found in Biriciana, present-day Weißenburg, Bavaria, dating 2nd/3rd century AD. </p><p>On display at Römermuseum Weißenburg </p><p>📷 by me</p><p><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>For <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/MosaicMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MosaicMonday</span></a> a <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> mosaic with a mesmerizing 3D effect. Domus Romana, near Rabat and Mdina, <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Malta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Malta</span></a> , dating 100 BC. </p><p>📷 <br><a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
Nina Willburger<p>The <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Italian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Italian</span></a> town of <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Lucca" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lucca</span></a> with its Piazza dell' Anfiteatro. It's elliptical because it was built on the remains of a <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/Roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Roman</span></a> amphitheatre. </p><p>📷 <a href="https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160282910342249&amp;id=141391897248" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">facebook.com/story.php?story_f</span><span class="invisible">bid=10160282910342249&amp;id=141391897248</span></a></p><p>#<a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/RomanArchaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanArchaeology</span></a> <a href="https://social.anoxinon.de/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a></p>
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