Black and white portrait of a woman sitting at a table. Some papers lie on the paper,k behind them a vase of flowers can be seen. Them woman wears a high-necked dress and gazes intently into the camera.

Today is International Day for #WomenInScience. Did you know that women were active in #archaeology more than 100 years ago? Johanna Mestorf was not only one of the most renowned archaeologists of her time but also the first female museum director in what was then the German Empire. 🧵 1/x
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Fly on, little wing..💗🪽🎶🎵🎶🎸

Lord Renfrew of Kaimsthorn obituary Archaeologist who embraced new ideas and technologies and challenged long-held assumptions about the rise of early civilisation

Anatolian Hypothesis and Demic Diffusion
Colin Renfrew 🙏🏻

www.theguardian.com/science/2024...

Replica of Laetoli Footprints 👣👣
(Chicago Field Museum)
#archaeology #prehistory #pliocene #australopithecusafarensis

An owl cup from Turkey 😍🦉🏺

A mosaic featuring an Eros figure fishing on horse, from Greek Mythology, has been found in Yumurtalık district in Türkiye.

The half fish-half horse Eros, which is called Hippocampus in Greek mythology, is claimed to be the one and only such mosaic in the world.

#archaeohistories

Chasing the dawn! 🌅💙🩵

Soul reflections! 🤗🪽💙🩵

Free as a bird! 🪽💙🩵

If you are so high, you don’t care about red signs!🔴💙🩵🫠

Clouds whispering my name.. 🌫️💙🩵🩶

Fly me to the moon..😅💙🩵

All thin lines come together on the horizon…💙🩵✈️

Blue sky of last summer.💙🩵