This digitised glass plate negative shows stairway leading to the tomb at site R1 at Reqaqnah. The photo was taken in 1901-1902 by Garstang during his excavations at the site of Reqaqnah in Egypt.

JG/R/1/12

#ancientegypt #glassplatenegative #stairway #tomb #photo #excavations #museum

Excavation of Ancient Herculaneum City buried by Vesuvius hot volcanic eruption #Italy #Naples #Campania #Europe #Volcanos #Excavations #Ancient #History #Cityscapes #Landscapes #Art #Architecture #Ercolano #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay

A picture of the cover of the published article

The Continued Lifecycle of Archaeological Archives in Ireland

In this journal article, NMS Archivist, Dr Rachel Barrett, discusses provision of access to archives, and how this is being steadily achieved.

doi.org/10.11141/ia....

#archaeology #heritage #archives #excavations

Happy Weekend! Last month, the Ballyclogh 4 team on the #FoynestoLimerickRoadProject welcomed students from the University of Galway’s Department of Archaeology. Thanks for coming to visit & we look forward to seeing everyone out in the field soon! #irisharchaeology #universityofgalway #excavations

This digitised glass plate negative is from Garstang’s excavations at Abydos and shows one of the finds – a royal stela of the New Kingdom pharaoh Seti I.

#glassplatenegative #excavations #Abydos #ancientegypt #royal #newkingdom #pharaoh

This digitised photo negative from Garstang’s 1910 excavations of Meroë, shows a basalt statue. The statue was found in the Lion Temple and it depicts a ‘Royal Figure’.

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#photonegative #ancientsudan #meroë #excavations #statue #royal #lion #temple #museum

This digitised #photo was originally taken in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese settlement of #Meroë. The image shows a decorated #column discovered at site 266 (#Temple of Amun). It is part of Garstang’s glass plate negatives, now housed at the museum.
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Due to the renovation and expansion of the town hall, #excavations are taking place in the center of #Ronse in East Flanders. Archaeologists have already discovered an old #city moat, remains of houses from the 14th century, and an old well. (Photos: © Peter Malaise)

#Turkey stands on #occupied #Greek land.

Every excavation makes that visible >

A 2,000-year-old statue of the #Greek #goddess #Aphrodite #unearthed from the mud during #excavations in modern-day #Turkey.

Stone tools from the cave Dam-Dam-cesme 2. Figure: G. Markov.

📜⛰️ #EAZ-Archive
One of the earliest systematic #excavations and full stratigraphic publications of a #prehistoric cave site in West Turkmenistan.
Markov, G.E. 1966. Dam-Dam-češme 2. EAZ 7 (1): 1‐18
#StoneAge #Archaeology #EAZ #CentralAsia
doi.org/10.54799/ACO...

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian eye inlay. This is part of a set that were found during the Mond-Emery excavations in Thebes in 1924. The inlay in made of stone, while its companion piece is made of wood.

E.670a

#ancientegypt #eye #excavations #Thebes #Thursday #stone #museum

This digitised glass plate #negative is from the 1906 Garstang #excavations at Kubban. The photo shows the Kubban #fort from a distance, the River #Nile and the #Temple of Dakka can be seen in the background.

JG/K/4/1/1

Absolute bargain for the price! #irisharchaeology #earlymedieval #excavations

Looming Mt Vesuvius #Pompeii #Italy #Naples #Volcanos #Mountains #Ruins #Landscapes #LandscapePhotography #Photography #Excavations #archaeological #BlueSkies #Peace #Art #Architecture #PhotoOfTheDay

This glass plate #negative shows a wooden #canopic #chest discovered during Garstang’s #excavations at the #ancientEgyptian site of Beni Hasan. It is painted with striped edges and a line of #hieroglyphic #text runs around the centre of the sides.
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This image shows the exterior of a descent into #tomb K2 (tomb of Hen-nekht) and an adorable looking #donkey at the #ancientEgyptian site of Beit Khallaf. The #photo was originally taken by Garstang in 1900-1901 during his #excavations at the site.

JG/R/1/05

A really interesting new episode on YouTube with a treasure trove of content from around the World. Much of this was new to me. Very reliable- no “ancient alien” BS 👍
#archeology #AncientHistory #Excavations #AncientCivilzations #Museums

youtube.com/watch?v=i0W-...

This glass plate negative was taken during Garstang's excavations that took place in Abydos between 1906-1909. It shows a fragment of a stone statue.

JG/A-75

#ancientegypt #Abydos #excavations #statue #museum

View of the excavations at Henchir el Begar. Tunisia Credit: Università Ca’Foscari Venezia

Second-Largest Olive Oil Production Complex in the Roman Empire Discovered in Tunisia

www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/second-larges...

> #Excavations led by Ca’ Foscari University of […]

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Today we are sharing one of our favourite digitised glass plate negatives. The original photo was taken during Garstang’s excavations at Abydos and shows two ancient Egyptian faience hippos!

#glassplatenegative #digitisation #ancientegypt #excavations #Abydos #museum

This digitised photo negative shows a limestone slab with hieroglyphic inscriptions. The slab was found at the site R70 at Reqaqnah, during the 1901-1902 excavation season led by John Garstang.

#ancientegypt #archaeology #photonegative #hieroglyphs #excavations #museum

𝗧𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗮𝗴𝗲
𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮𝗹 𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗞𝗻𝗼𝘄𝗹𝗲𝗱𝗴𝗲
Edited by Olympia Bobou, Rubina Raja & Maria Stamatopoulou

More info: bit.ly/47eh7XO

#Archaeology #Archive #Excavations #Knowledge #Archaeologysky

Our #objectoftheday are these vividly coloured #ancientEgyptian #glass #beads. They can be dated to the #NewKingdom and come from the site of Tell el-Amarna, where #excavations have shown that there were a number of #workshops that specialised in the manufacturing of glass.
E.5031

#MakerSpace student volunteers are #3D scanning the University's #archaeology teaching collection. Currently they're #digitising part of an #ogham inscription on a fragment of sandstone that was unearthed during #archaeological #excavations of Raffin Fort, in Co. Meath.

#skybrarians
#3dprinting

Archive image from 1906 showing the Temple of Dakkah, looking though the temple axis towards the pylon.

This digitised glass plate negative photograph is from Garstang’s 1906 work in the site of Dakkah. The image depicts the Temple of Dakkah, looking though the temple axis towards the pylon.

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#ancientegypt #temple #excavations #glassplatenegative #museum

Ancient Egyptian ivory clappers

This digitised glass plate #negative shows #ancientEgyptian #clappers. They were made from #ivory and were most likely used in religious rituals. The original #photograph was taken by Garstang during his #excavations at #Abydos.

#OTD in 1936
‘WPA workers under the direction of Dr. Jenks of the University of Minnesota excavating a site near #BrownsValley (#TraverseCounty). United States, #WorksProgressAdministration. September 29, 1936.’
@livingnewdeal.bsky.social
#archaeology #excavations #WPA #Minnesota

Ancient Egyptian wooden models engaged in a combination of butchery, baking and brewing

This #digitised glass plate #negative shows #ancientEgyptian #MiddleKingdom #wooden #models engaged in a combination of #butchery, #baking and #brewing. The original #photo was taken sometime between 1902 and 1904 by Garstang during his #excavations at the #necropolis of Beni Hasan.

Steps leading up to an inscribed wall discovered at site 250 (Sun Temple) at the ncient Sudanese settlement of Meroë.

This digitised glass plate #negative shows steps leading up to an inscribed wall discovered at site 250 (#Sun #Temple). The original #photo was taken in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese settlement of #Meroë.
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