Nina Willburger
@drnwillburger.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2
Isn't lovely how little has changed?! Notice in the bottom right corner the makeup "compact" with six pigments and a protective lid! Above it the funny thing like a thumb is the pestle of a mortar for grinding fine powders. BM 1861,0523.2
Most Pompeiians lived in multi-story dwellings without kitchens and got their food at thermopolia, essentially taverns with ready-made food and wine. There is a fine fresco and colored plaster lararium - shrine - above the counter at the thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus.🏺 1/ 📸 me
Roman Villa Featured Oldest Known Library in Iberia. #Archaeology archaeology.org/news/2026/08...
News - Roman Villa Featured Oldest Known Library in Iberia - Archaeology Magazine
GRANADA, SPAIN––La Brújula Verde reports that University of Granada researchers identified the oldest known library […]
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Byzantine Shipwreck with Gold Treasures Discovered off the Croatian Coast. #Archaeology www.medievalists.net/2026/08/byza...
Byzantine Shipwreck with Gold Treasures Discovered off the Croatian Coast - Medievalists.net
A Byzantine shipwreck off Croatia has revealed gold belt sets, imperial coins and a rare ring linked to the empire’s highest-ranking officials.
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Souvenirs de l'exposition Torlonia au Louvre avec cette sculpture du Ier siècle représentant Ulysse caché sous un bélier s'échappant de la grotte du cyclope Polyphème, d'après une oeuvre originale du IIe siècle av. J.-C. #Odyssée
Pottery lamp from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) with a lion motif. The lamp is on display at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain
An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2
🔎 Can you guess the 'Bigger Picture'? Even if you don't know, admire the exquisite 💙 blue colour, gold lettering, fabric folds and marble effect. You can find the answer here: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/the-art-of... 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #art
New discovery: A monumental 2,500-year-old marble statue has been unearthed at Sardis in Türkiye. The 2.2-meter-high statue, the sculpture depicts a young man and is dated to 470–450 BC. During the Roman period, the statue was reused as paving material and laid face down,...🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology
Meet Tigernos, one of Britain’s earliest named sailors! ⚓️ A Briton and Roman fleet veteran, his story is recorded on the bronze Lanchester Diploma issued by Antoninus Pius in AD 150. It grants him honourable discharge from the Classis Germanica and Roman citizenship. #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology
And don't forget to check out the first research published on the Melsonby Hoards too! doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Vehicles of change: two exceptional deposits of destroyed chariots or wagons from Late Iron Age Britain | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Vehicles of change: two exceptional deposits of destroyed chariots or wagons from Late Iron Age Britain - Volume 100 Issue 411
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Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 3d ago‘Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard’ Fantastic Yorkshire Museum exhibition showcasing some of the 800+ artefacts from the UK’s largest Iron Age metalwork hoard! So many beautifully crafted bronze objects decorated with coral, glass, and enamel! Do visit! 📷 me #Archaeology
#MosaicMonday 🏺 Giant fishes could be a tricky catch for 3-4 C #Roman period boatmen in this lively scene from Utica, Tunisia. British missionary Nathan Davis excavated on behalf of British Museum at Carthage + Utica, also retrieving Greek, Latin + Phoenician finds that arrived at Museum 1857-1860.
#TombTuesday a summit cairn for the Bronze Age dead at Moel y Llyn, Ceredigion, high above Cardigan Bay. Not a bad spot for the ancestors to rest.. 📷 My own, April 2022
An exterior view of the Great East Window of York Minster with its beautiful early 15th century tracery. 📸 My own. #TraceryTuesday #YorkMinster
Some sarcophagi from Roman York (Eboracum) which can be found by the Multangular Tower in the Yorkshire Museum Gardens. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #RomanBritain #York
New discovery: A monumental 2,500-year-old marble statue has been unearthed at Sardis in Türkiye. The 2.2-meter-high statue, the sculpture depicts a young man and is dated to 470–450 BC. During the Roman period, the statue was reused as paving material and laid face down,...🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology
For this week's #MosaicMonday, here is a mosaic from Trier depicting the philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610–c. 546 BC), who is credited with inventing the sundial. The mosaic dates to the 3rd century AD. 📷 Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
Interested in how commerce worked in the past this #CommerceDay? Our Trade and Connections collection contains #archaeology research on everything from the Bronze Age tin trade to ancient Southeast Asian coin-based economies! Check it out: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 🏺
Mosaic floor 1st Century CE From the Roman villa at Echternach. One of 7 mosaic floors found in the villa. Now displayed Nationalmusée um Feschmaart, Luxembourg. #MosaicMonday
The World’s First Newspapers May Have Appeared in Medieval China. www.medievalists.net/2026/05/the-...
The World’s First Newspapers May Have Appeared in Medieval China - Medievalists.net
Long before newspapers appeared in Europe, medieval China had printed publications reporting on politics, government decisions, scandals, and military affairs during the Song Dynasty.
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For this #MosaicMonday, the ever-gorgeous Bignor Venus. Her semicircular diadem resembles the shape of a pelta. Some see this as deliberate but is it just the shape - albeit immediately recognisable - formed by the two curls of hair in front? Thoughts welcome! 1/3 #AncientBlueSky 🏺
A tiger from the Barton Farm Orpheus Mosaic which was discovered in 1825. Now part of the collections at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Cirencester #CoriniumMuseum
A little Roman octopus to wish you a happy week! 🐙❤️ From a Roman villa mosaic at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, AD 100-200. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology
Let yourself float on the gentle tides of the Mediterranean (even if only in your imagination in this moment). Feel the calm waters and the little fish brush past your fingertips. Wave to the passing squid with the long and short tentacles. #MosaicMonday #AncientBluesky🏺
For this week's #MosaicMonday, here is a mosaic from Trier depicting the philosopher Anaximander of Miletus (c. 610–c. 546 BC), who is credited with inventing the sundial. The mosaic dates to the 3rd century AD. 📷 Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
For #AncientSiteSunday let's go to my favourite #Roman site: the temple complex of #Baalbek, located in the Bekaa Valley, #Lebanon. The breathtaking site contains some of the largest Roman temples ever built. The so-called Bacchus temple is one of...🧵1/2 📷 Rami Rizk 🏺 #archaeology
‘Chariots, Treasure and Power: Secrets of the Melsonby Hoard’ Fantastic Yorkshire Museum exhibition showcasing some of the 800+ artefacts from the UK’s largest Iron Age metalwork hoard! So many beautifully crafted bronze objects decorated with coral, glass, and enamel! Do visit! 📷 me #Archaeology
