Ticia Verveer
@ticiaverveer.bsky.social
Archaeologist🏺📜Writer Collector of stories, old and new 🏛️ From ancient ruins to historic homes 🗝️🌳 Where history lives. Historisch journalist | WWII Ambassador Global Fund for Women (2012-22) www.ticiaverveer.com
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Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 5h agoArchaeologists identified a library at the Roman villa of Fuente Álamo near Córdoba in Spain. The 4th century facility is the oldest known in the Iberian Peninsula and the westernmost in the entire Empire. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/07/t...
Archaeologists identified a library at the Roman villa of Fuente Álamo near Córdoba in Spain. The 4th century facility is the oldest known in the Iberian Peninsula and the westernmost in the entire Empire. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/07/t...
A funerary complex, in use between the Late Period and the end of the Roman Period, has been uncovered in the eastern Nile Delta at Tell El-Deir, Damietta, Egypt. 📷SCA Egypt english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...
Three Latin translations of Psalm 1 together with an Anglo-Norman and Old English translation plus an interlinear and marginal gloss. Tripartitum Psalterium Eadwini ('The Eadwine Psalter'); MS R.17.1; c.1150; f.6r @trincolllibcam.bsky.social
Researchers documented around 120 Latin inscriptions on the walls and ceiling of Cova Dones, an underground cave in southeastern Spain. The cave is thought to have been a Roman cult sanctuary used primarily by women for ritual practices. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/07/a...
Archaeologists discovered a Roman military camp from the final battle of the indigenous Iberian Ceretani revolt at Collet de Jovell in the eastern Pyrenees Mountains of Catalonia. The artifacts found link it to the final suppression of the Ceretani in 39 BC 📷AUB www.uab.cat/web/newsroom...
Woolly mammoths butchered by humans were mostly female Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally and those associated with humans, offering hints about how our ancestors hunted
Woolly mammoths butchered by humans were mostly female | New Scientist
Genetic tests of mammoth remains have found a stark contrast in the sex ratio between sites where the animals died naturally and those associated with humans, offering hints about how our ancestors hu...
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Archeologists have uncovered two breathtaking, intricately carved mammoth ivory bird figurines from the Hohle Fels Cave in Germany. The newly discovered tiny Ice Age birds, one resting, one with wings outstretched, date back 40,000 years and weigh under 2 grams each.
A newly accessible Etruscan treasure: The François Tomb at Villa Giulia. Photo credit Agnes Crawford understandingrome.substack.com/p/a-newly-ac...
The remains of what is believed to be a Roman port have been dug up on land behind a woman's home in Brough, East Yorkshire.
Remains of Roman port found behind woman's home in East Yorkshire
The remains have been discovered beneath a paddock close to the Humber estuary in Brough.
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A new exhibition at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh, entitled Scotland’s First Warriors, draws on archaeological evidence from Scotland to explore the nature of early conflict and violence from the Neolithic to the Roman Iron Age.
Scotland’s first warriors: Interpreting evidence of conflict from the Neolithic to the coming of the Romans
Interpersonal violence has been a fact of human existence for much of our long history – but how far is this reflected in the archaeological record? With a major new exhibition now open at the Nationa...
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A group of 5 silver denarii from the Roman Republic has been discovered in Halle, central Germany, the first documented hoard of Republic-era coins ever found in Saxony-Anhalt 📷Landesamt für Denkmalpflege und Archäologie Sachsen-Anhalt, O.S.C.A.R. www.lda-lsa.de/presse-und-o...
The 5th-century BC gold torc of the Lady of Vix has been stolen from the Musée du Pays Châtillonnais. Thieves successfully breached the museum at 10:30 AM on Friday, July 24, 2026. A major police search is underway. 📸Maxppp - JC Tardivon www.ici.fr/bourgogne-fr...
Archaeologists in the ancient city of Pompeii have unveiled a partially reconstructed frescoed ceiling vault, which is believed to have belonged to a banquet hall on the upper floor of a house with an adjoining bakery. 📷Parco Archeologico di Pompei via AP www.euronews.com/culture/2026...
More than a decade after its discovery on the seabed off Croatia, archaeologists reveal that a 7th or 8th-century Byzantine shipwreck was carrying gold jewellery and coins. The artefacts recovered from the site indicate the vessel transported a high-ranking official and his entourage 📷Antonio Bronic
Yesterday gave a talk on Doggerland and the Mesolithic in the lecture series of the Shamanin exhibition in @landesmuseumhalle.bsky.social The exhibition is on display until February and absolutely worth a visit! idw-online.de/de/news56706... www.lda-lsa.de/vortraege
Archaeological excavations by the University of Reading at Cookham Abbey in Berkshire have revealed an 8th-to-9th-century cemetery where individuals suffering from terminal illnesses, cancer, and severe injuries received end-of-life care.
Cookham dig to reveal monastic care for early Englands sick - University of Reading
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A gold votive plaque bearing a Greek inscription to Jupiter Dolichenus is the first votive to the god ever discovered at the Roman Apsaros fort on the eastern coast of the Black Sea in Georgia. pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2026/06/2...
#Archeologen denken dat ze in #Leiden onder de Breestraat de oudste #bewoningssporen van de stad hebben gevonden. Het gaat om bijna 40 houten palen, waarvan een flink deel uit de periode 650 - 900 n. Chr. komt. www.omroepwest.nl/cultuur/5128...
Oudste resten van vroegmiddeleeuwse stad gevonden bij opgraving
Archeologen hebben naar eigen zeggen in de grond onder de Breestraat de oudste resten van Leiden gevonden. Het zijn bijna veertig houten palen, waarvan een flink deel uit de periode tussen 650 en 900 ...
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Archaeologists unearthed a large Late Assyrian stele near the Sun Gate of Nineveh in Mosul, Iraq. It dates to the 7th century BC and lists building projects ordered by Ashurbanipal, 668 to 627 BC. 📷Iraq’s General Authority for Antiquities and Heritage greekreporter.com/2026/06/26/a...
More than 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) of water-management features have been identified at the site of the Urartian city of Argishtikhinili in Armenia.
Polish archaeologists discover complex ancient water distribution system in Armenia
Archaeologists have identified more than 1,000 kilometres of ancient and modern water-management features near the former Urartian city of Argishtikhinili in Armenia, uncovering evidence of a vast irr...
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A hobbyist with a metal detector stumbled on a big find in a forest in northern Poland. He discovered a well-preserved Bronze Age sword. It had apparently been standing upright in the ground for nearly 2,700 years. Experts said it dated to between 900 -700 BC. notesfrompoland.com/2026/06/19/d...
A fascinating hoard of Roman artifacts, including two enamelled mounts, a bone die, and a rare, ornate bronze rattle, will be on display at the Discover Bucks Museum. Discovered in the Chilterns #RomanBritain #Buckinghamshire 📷Discover Bucks Museum www.bbc.com/news/article...
Shipwrecks of Shackleton and Scott recreated in 3D digital form after deep sea expedition www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
A carved sandstone figure hidden for more than 1,600 years has been discovered near Hadrian’s Wall. The protective spirit found by archaeologists at the Fort of Vindolanda, near Hexham, Northumberland, is depicted on a well-preserved 3rd-century Roman relief. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/07...
A possible Iron Age farming settlement has been found above Royal Wootton Bassett, in Wiltshire.
Possible Iron Age settlement found above Royal Wootton Bassett
Experts have "rewritten the history" of the area following the discovery.
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The initial-word panel at the beginning of Torah portion Devarim (דְּבָרִים) in the 'Coburg Pentateuch' is inhabited by fierce hybrids. #ParashahPictures BL Add 19776; the 'Coburg Pentateuch'; 1390 CE-1396 CE; Germany, Central (Coburg); f.96v @blmedieval.bsky.social
Found in the Ljubljana Marshes in Slovenia, this incredible artifact dates back over 5,100 years. The wheel itself is made of ash wood, paired with a 124-centimeter oak axle. Photo credit Matevž Paternoster / MGML. mgml.si/en/city-muse...
Funding secured for Basilica of Vitruvius.
New Details Emerge About the Basilica of Vitruvius: Initial Investigations in Fano Have Been Completed
The first phase of the archaeological excavations in Piazza Andrea Costa in Fano has come to a close, but the project to restore the Basilica of Vitruvius is entering a new phase. New funding and disc...
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