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🏛️ ¡Buenos días! En este Jueves recordamos que el patrimonio africano expuesto en museos europeos no es «arte universal»: es expolio colonial. La restitución de las obras a sus comunidades es justicia decolonial y sanación histórica. ✨🏺
#StandingStoneSunday! A late neolithic statue-menhir found at Rottenburg-Lindele, dating 3250-3000 BC. It is considered one of the oldest anthropomorphic stone sculptures from southern Germany and was reused as a cover for a grave in the 8…
I was surprised to come across this (Graeco-)Romano-Egyptian tempera mummy portrait at #LACMA recently. The portrait depicts a young man with dark curly hair, a goatee, and large brown eyes. His white tunic is edged in red and decorated wi…
Early Christian art did not emerge in a vacuum. For #SarcophagusSaturday, this piece from the Catacombs of #Praetextatus shows how C4 #Christian sarcophagi shared classical traditions and workshops with non-Christian ones. Just look at the…
I missed Augustus’ birthday! He died on the 19th of August, 14 CE, in Nola, Italy. Ironically in the month named after him (by Senate decree in 8 BCE). Here he’s portrayed in his role as Pontifex Maximus, Rome’s high priest. Piety as polit…
The passage tomb of Newgrange, Ireland, before, during, and after excavation. Genomic analysis of a skull fragment here revealed a rare case of incest, but is this enough evidence to support theories of a #Neolithic Irish 'king'? 🔗 from…
Come fly with me. For #FrescoFriday, this mid-C1 CE Pompeian #fresco captures the myth's suspense. The artist drops a still-upright Icarus into a serene coastal landscape, shocking the boatmen below while languid figures on the cliff simpl…
It’s #FindsFriday! 🏺 This lovely decorated Anglo-Saxon pot from the Ozengell Collection dates to 575–650 CE. Found in a male burial with weapons and buckles, its decoration was likely made with a metal pin. 📸 Photo by our work experien…
This decorated tomb wall from Late Kofun period (6-7th centuries AD) Japan may depict the journey of the deceased to the world of the dead #FolkloreThursday One of many decorated tombs, it helps shed light on deathways on the island of Ky…
The Yamna (Yamnaya) culture spread across Europe in the Early Bronze Age, transforming the genetic and social landscape. Excavation of Yamna burial mounds found older ritual structures underneath, indicating they appropriated earlier sacr…
Zero new archaeology grants this year. 🏺🧪🫠
These portraits were once inserted into the wrappings of the deceased’s mummy, which we rarely see. Some examples are shown and discussed below. 🏺 3/ bsky.app/profile/chap...
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