Excavation at Ḥorvat Tevet uncovered a rare Iron IIC cremation burial with luxury goods and wide-ranging imports, contrasting with the modest settlement remains. The find sheds new light on elite funerary practice.
#BiblicalArchaeology #IronAge #NeoAssyrian
A unique Iron IIC cremation burial at Horvat Tevet contained luxury goods and rare pottery that point to wide Mediterranean and Mesopotamian trade and a high status community. #Archaeology #IronAge #Levant #HorvatTevet #JezreelValley #NeoAssyrian #Excavation #History
If artefacts can be animated, what they might do? The Neo-assyrian statue of Nabu's servant might look around and nod at visitors. #3dmodeling #animation #thebritishmuseum #statue #neoassyrian #artifacts
📸 by me at the Smithsonian Museum of Asian Art.
#assyrian #Assyria #mesopotamia #neoassyrian #smithsonianasianart #Smithsonian #smithsonianmuseum
LOOK AT THE COMBINATION OF CULTURES!!, LOOK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SIBLINGHOOD OF HUMANITYYTY #ancientegypt #ancientgreece #neoassyrian #ancientpersia #ptolemaicegypt #hellenokemetic #thegreatgreen
Time to try this new thing out: A September visit to the BIAA, a beaded purse, and how much we owe to Ulrica "Hydie" Lloyd and other unsung illustrators on excavations:
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#sultantepe #archaeology #neoassyrian #theBIAAnkara
#Turkey's #Urfa region never falls short of exciting discoveries, but this one here, of an #IronAge underground chamber with (unfinished) depictions of #NeoAssyrian deities in #Başbük, comes with a movie script kind of...
