Sorry for the newb question #archaeology fam but can anyone clarify what a double pediment is? Is it just when a building has 2 pediments (1 on each short end), or is it something else?

My photo collage shows four hippo statuettes made of Egytian blue faience, a ceramic material made of ground quartz. Their bright-blue shiny bodies are decorated in black with depictions of Nile river plants such as water weed and lotus flowers. This decoration depicts their marsh habitat as well as having various layers of symbolism associated with regeneration. For example lotus flowers open in the morning and close at night, symbolising rebirth. Blue faience hippos have been found in Middle Kingdom tombs of high ranking officials. It’s thought they were placed in the tombs to aid the rebirth of the deceased. Hippo top left - Walking hippo shown in profile facing right. Height 11.5 cm, Length 21 cm. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. Top right - Roaring hippo (looks like the hippo is smiling), seated, with head at left and turned inwards to front. Height 7.5 cm, length 12.5 cm. Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek, Copenhagen. Bottom left - Standing hippo in profile facing right. This hippo is part of the Met Museum’s collections and is popularly known as ‘William’. Height 11.2 cm, Length 20 cm Bottom Right - Reclining hippo with head on the right, facing front, and tilted down. Egyptian Museum, Cairo

Happy Sunday! 🦛 💙

Adorable ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!

📷 by me

#Archaeology

Powars II archaeology: Why it matters - Guernsey Gazette HARTVILLE – With the increased interest in the Powars II PaleoIndian Archaeology Site, and a few years of a variety of research, lead archaeologist George Zeimens spoke to a crowd of local …

SUNRISE, WYOMING—Powars II, and ancient red ochre (hematite) quarry is likely the only one of its kind in North America—it reveals early mining, wide-ranging social networks, and ceremonial lifeways dating back ~13,000 years.

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Local culture and ecology on display at UWF’s new Heritage Roots Garden The University of West Florida's newest native plants garden recently opened at the UWF Archaeology Institute.

The University of West Florida is celebrating local culture and ecology with its newest native plants garden. The new Heritage Roots Garden at the UWF Archaeology Institute opened to the public on Tuesday.

✍️: Sandra Averhart

Had a grand time this afternoon chatting to students in Orlando, Florida about the advantages and limitations of tech in #archaeology. Give ‘em a few years and I’m sure one of them will crack my request for a portable C14 robot…
Enthusiastic kids & doesn’t take too much of your time… get involved! 🏺

saw Angela Davis & Ta-Nehisi Coates in conversation tonight. too much staggering insight to recap here but. one small thing i’m taking away is that if Angela Davis has hope in our present moment, i certainly can too.

And there it is

Well-managed solar farms can boost wildlife - Cambridge study Findings by the RSPB and Cambridge University find solar farms can contribute to and aid biodiversity.

Some good news for a change

Scientists found solar farms had a greater number of species & individual birds per hectare than surrounding arable land

Solar did not pose a threat to national food security, esp when built on low or moderate grade agricultural land

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I’m genuinely enjoying everybody’s historical analogues. Third Reich? Vichy? SDF? Let’s hear it. Nobody loves the rhyme of crisis more than me.

But I’m still not convinced the model isn’t just America’s good ole Jacksonian era apartheid-based spoils system.

Oh yes, Homer’s famous “Tes Thdpssssps.”

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Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire joins the Linked Open Data cloud In a significant enhancement to the study of Roman imperial coinage, nearly 5,000 coin hoards from the Oxford Coin Hoards of the Roman Empir...

Thanks to an export from @gordien3a.bsky.social, almost 5000 coin hoards of the Roman Empire have been linked to about 14000 coin types in OCRE, greatly expanding geographic visualization, from Hadrian's Wall to India. numishare.blogspot.com/2025/02/coin... #lawdi #LODLAM #classicsbluesky

Minoan vases with octopuses are always a delight, but relatively common. This rare vase shows a different type of marine animal: an argonaut. It's an octopus-like animal that lives on the seabed in a shell. The Minoans were masters of depicting aquatic creatures.

🕰️c1500 BC
🏛️📷Heraklion Museum

With debate rife about Matt Damon’s armour in the Odyssey photoshoot, a reminder of what Odysseus may have worn. This Mycenaean ivory plaque shows an elite warrior in a boar tusk helmet, carrying a long spear & huge ‘figure of 8’ shield. He seems to wear greaves too.

🏛️📷 Delos Archaeological Museum

After publishing this story, which features a picture of the protest at Children's National in DC, I have been informed that moments ago, Childrens National in DC has resumed transgender care.

The hospital protests worked! Keep doing them!

JUST IN: ICE van reportedly set on fire in Philadelphia

Archaeology of the African Diaspora
Christopher C. Fennell
doi.org/10.1093/acre...
Published online: 19 February 2025
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Anthropology, edited by Mark Aldenderfer. New York: Oxford University Press
#HistoricalArchaeology #AfricanDiasporaArchaeology #AfricanHeritage

The Itinerary of a Lead Repair, or: How to Do an Archaeology of Slavery in Ancient Greece How can unfree labor be rendered visible in the archaeological record? How can we do an archaeology of slavery in contexts that offer no unambiguou...

The Itinerary of a Lead Repair, or: How to Do an Archaeology of Slavery in Ancient Greece
Sara Eriksson, UC Berkeley & University of Bonn
Today! Wed Feb 19 at 12:10 p.m. Pacific
Online Only; Register here
bit.ly/ARFtalks-2425

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Ancient Egyptian ivory sculpture of a leaping dog. The ivory is now biscuit coloured. Dimensions: 18.2 cm (L) × 6.1 cm (H) × 3.6 cm (W) A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth. The inside of the mouth is red. The eyes are outlined in black. Dated Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC.

Something lovely for the weekend! A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍

An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping hunting dog opens and closes its mouth, as if barking, by using a lever below its chest. 📷 by me

#Archaeology

Advocating for Archaeology’s New Purpose Archaeologists can help communities retake what colonialism and racism tried to erase through a new goal of “archaeological reclamation.”

This link was shared www.sapiens.org/archaeology/...

Currently studying for exams. Studied yesterday: the appearance of narrative scenes and the evolution of Geometric period pottery🩷 possibly my favorite era

Paul Cornoyer - Christmas in Madison Square Park (1864-1923)

Christmas During the English Civil War: Shropshire’s Festive Resilience Have you ever wondered how Christmas survived during the English Civil War? Discover how Shropshire’s resilient residents kept festive…

Christmas During the English Civil War: Shropshire’s Festive Resilience
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#Resilience #Traditions #CivilWar #Shropshire #Christmas

My photo shows a set of twenty-four Iron Age glass gaming pieces. There are six each of white, yellow, blue, and translucent green glass. Each piece is decorated with five inset spiral motifs in contrasting colour. Nearly all pieces are uniform in shape, domed with a slightly pointed apex and a flattened base.

From the British Iron Age some 2,000 years ago, a unique set of 24 coloured glass gaming pieces with spiral motif 🌀

Discovered in 1965 when gas works disturbed a richly-furnished late Iron Age cremation burial in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire. British Museum. 📷 by me

#FindsFriday
#Archaeology

Trying tuna noodle casserole for the first time tonight

Archaeology has never been and never will be apolitical, and we as archaeologists need to be able to be honest in how our actions are part of this. Are we doing as much as we can to minimise harm, to shift power & give agency to others? Or are we perpetuating the same sort of harm done historically?

Strange ancient bowls trace rise and fall of one of world’s earliest governments Bowls likely used to provide communal meals millennia ago

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

Archaeologists uncover opulent Roman artifacts in Reims, France Archaeologists unearthed a 2nd-century Roman domus near ancient Durocortorum (modern Reims), revealing bronze statuettes and fresco fragments

INRAP excavated a #Roman domus of c. 2nd century CE on the outskirts of Durocortorum, #Roman Gaul, modern day Reims (France). Bronze statuettes and fragments of frescoes were found, showcasing the wealth of local elites and cultural connections between the provincial capital and the metropolis. 🏺

Book proposal submitted! 🤘🏻