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Ledger doodle: Achukwa (Entry)
llustrated on antique 1925 #krinkmarkers #ink #posca #copicmarkers 8x7.5” #pantherwoman #chickasawartist #ledgerart #nativeamericanart #indigenousart #inthewater
llustrated on antique 1925 #krinkmarkers #ink #posca #copicmarkers 8x7.5” #pantherwoman #chickasawartist #ledgerart #nativeamericanart #indigenousart #inthewater
February 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Ledger doodle: Achukwa (Entry)
llustrated on antique 1925 #krinkmarkers #ink #posca #copicmarkers 8x7.5” #pantherwoman #chickasawartist #ledgerart #nativeamericanart #indigenousart #inthewater
llustrated on antique 1925 #krinkmarkers #ink #posca #copicmarkers 8x7.5” #pantherwoman #chickasawartist #ledgerart #nativeamericanart #indigenousart #inthewater
Pecos River Style anthropomorphic figures in Panther Cave. There are not hard dates from the artwork here. However, Dr. Carolyn Boyd dated 12other Pecos River Style murals and established that this style of painting begins more than 6,000 years ago.
March 28, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Pecos River Style anthropomorphic figures in Panther Cave. There are not hard dates from the artwork here. However, Dr. Carolyn Boyd dated 12other Pecos River Style murals and established that this style of painting begins more than 6,000 years ago.
Our website is designed to be a resource for all interested in #history and the #deeppast
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March 18, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Our website is designed to be a resource for all interested in #history and the #deeppast
www.ancientartarchive.org
www.ancientartarchive.org
A carving of Celtic God Cernunnos
A carving of the Celtic God Cernunnos on the Pilar of the Boatmen in Paris. Cernunnos was a hunting and warrior deity who was sometimes associated with the underworld. You can see the carving in Paris' Cluny Museum.
#archaeology #paris
#archaeology #paris
Alvarez Photography | A carving of the Celtic God Cernunnos on the Pilar of the Boatmen in the Cluny Museum Paris, France.
From Wikipedia:
Pilar of... | by Stephen Alvarez
A carving of the Celtic God Cernunnos on the Pilar of the Boatmen in the Cluny Museum Paris, France.
From Wikipedia:
Pilar of the Boatmen was dedicated to emporer Tiberius in 14AD by the association o...
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March 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A carving of Celtic God Cernunnos
A human figure drawn into the mud wall if Mud Glyph cave. The figures in the cave date from around 1250 CE placing them in the Mississippian era of Southeastern US archaeology. Of course we have no idea what these people called themselves. #archaeology #caveart #filmscan
March 13, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A human figure drawn into the mud wall if Mud Glyph cave. The figures in the cave date from around 1250 CE placing them in the Mississippian era of Southeastern US archaeology. Of course we have no idea what these people called themselves. #archaeology #caveart #filmscan
12,800 years of American History on the landscape. #americanhistory
There are 12,000 year old footprints in Utah! 12,800 really. It's a mind boggling amount of time.
#archaeology #history #americanhistory
#archaeology #history #americanhistory
Footprints in the UTTR | Alvarez Photography
Footprints in the UTTR - Alvarez Photography
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March 10, 2025 at 3:45 PM
12,800 years of American History on the landscape. #americanhistory
Ahu Tongariki, the largest collection of Easter Island statues. This site was destroyed by a tsunami and rebuilt by Chilean archaeologists.
Ahu Tongariki, Rapa Nui » Ancient Art Archive
Ahu Tongariki is the largest collection of stone statues on Rapa Nui (Easter Island). It was destroyed by a 1960 tsunami and reconstructed in the 1990's by a team from the University of Chile headed b...
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March 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Ahu Tongariki, the largest collection of Easter Island statues. This site was destroyed by a tsunami and rebuilt by Chilean archaeologists.
Here's a great Sunday trip for any Atlanta or Athens GA people. Rock Eagle might be 3,000 years old, but we don't really know!
Rock Eagle, Georgia USA » Ancient Art Archive
Rock Eagle is a large effigy mound in Putnam County, Georgia. It was constructed sometime between 1,000 and 3,000 years ago. A stone tower constructed in the 1930's allows for elevated viewing of this...
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March 9, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Here's a great Sunday trip for any Atlanta or Athens GA people. Rock Eagle might be 3,000 years old, but we don't really know!
The greatest concentration of petroglyphs in SE Alaska are on Wrangell Island at Petroglyph Beach. #RockArt #Archaeology
Petroglyph Beach, Alaska, USA » Ancient Art Archive
Petroglyph Beach in Wrangell has the highest concentration of petroglyphs in the southeast region of Alaska.
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March 7, 2025 at 9:45 PM
The greatest concentration of petroglyphs in SE Alaska are on Wrangell Island at Petroglyph Beach. #RockArt #Archaeology
The largest snake effigy on earth is in Adams County Ohio. Thought to be 1,000 years old and made by the Fort Ancient Culture. #AmericanHistory #history #archaeology
Serpent Mound, Ohio USA » Ancient Art Archive
The Great Serpent Mound is a 1,348-foot (411 m)-long, three-foot-high prehistoric effigy mound on a plateau of the Serpent Mound crater along Ohio Brush Creek in Adams County, Ohio. Serpent Mound is t...
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March 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
The largest snake effigy on earth is in Adams County Ohio. Thought to be 1,000 years old and made by the Fort Ancient Culture. #AmericanHistory #history #archaeology
Camel pictographs in Wadi Darbat, Oman. We have no age estimation on these paintings but the Queen of Shebas palace is at the head of Wadi Darbat. #Archaeology #rockart #camel #Oman #MiddleEast
Alvarez Photography | Ancient petroglyphs on a rock wall in Kartlayt, Oman, depicting camels and human figures. | by Stephen Alvarez
Camel pictographs in Wadi Darbat, Oman.
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March 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Camel pictographs in Wadi Darbat, Oman. We have no age estimation on these paintings but the Queen of Shebas palace is at the head of Wadi Darbat. #Archaeology #rockart #camel #Oman #MiddleEast
Ever wondered the difference between petroglyphs and pictographs? We break the kinds of rock art down here.
#RockArt #Archaeology #history
#RockArt #Archaeology #history
Rock Art, what are pictographs, petroglyphs and geoglyphs
Art is humanity's first true inventions. What is rock art and whats the difference between pictographs, petroglyphs and geoglyphs?
www.ancientartarchive.org
March 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Ever wondered the difference between petroglyphs and pictographs? We break the kinds of rock art down here.
#RockArt #Archaeology #history
#RockArt #Archaeology #history
The Electric Deer petroglyph from the Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada
March 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
The Electric Deer petroglyph from the Basin and Range National Monument in Nevada
Education is the core of what we do #Education
This collaboration between my nonprofit @ancientartarchive.bsky.social and Google Arts and Culture was so rewarding. When we rolled the educational activity out to kids in Grundy County TN they responded to the art and the history. The activity is live and free to use! #education
Using Iconic Imagery to Tell Stories - Google Arts & Culture
Devilstep Hollow Education Activity
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March 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Education is the core of what we do #Education
Camel pictographs in Wadi Darbat.
Alvarez Photography | Camel Pictographs in Wadi Darbat, Oman | by Stephen Alvarez
Camel Pictographs in Wadi Darbat, Oman painted in black paint of unknown age.
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March 4, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Camel pictographs in Wadi Darbat.
Beautiful work
March 2, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Beautiful work
Our work with Ute spiritual leader Larry Cesspooch
The Rochester Creek Rock Art Panel
Rochester Creek is a large petroglyph panel in Emery County Utah that contains thousands of years of Native American images. Ute spiritual leader Larry Cesspooch…
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February 21, 2025 at 10:23 PM
Our work with Ute spiritual leader Larry Cesspooch
Art is humanity's first unique invention, but what's the difference between #peteoglyphs #pictographs and #geoglyphs ? Here is a handy guide!
Rock Art, what are pictographs, petroglyphs and geoglyphs
Art is humanity's first true inventions. What is rock art and whats the difference between pictographs, petroglyphs and geoglyphs?
www.ancientartarchive.org
February 11, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Art is humanity's first unique invention, but what's the difference between #peteoglyphs #pictographs and #geoglyphs ? Here is a handy guide!
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This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
How a Canadian scientist and a venomous lizard helped pave the way for Ozempic - National | Globalnews.ca
In 1984, Dr. Daniel Drucker, an endocrinologist from the University of Toronto, discovered a hormone that helped pave the way for popular diabetes drugs such as Ozempic.
globalnews.ca
February 9, 2025 at 9:58 PM
This is the most relevant article to NIH and research cuts I’ve seen.
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Imagine if this was today , how many people would be saying “Why are we studying Gila Monsters and their impact on diabetes ? That’s wasted money !”
globalnews.ca/news/9793403...
Here's our case for building "Digital Twins" of cultural heritage sites. #NotreDame is a perfect example.
Digital Twin of Notre Dame
A researcher created a digital model of Notre Dame that served as the blueprint for its preservation. That is what the Ancient Art Archive does with rock art sites
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February 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Here's our case for building "Digital Twins" of cultural heritage sites. #NotreDame is a perfect example.
Handprints are the universal symbol of humanity
Hand Prints: Symbol of Humanity - Google Arts & Culture
A close look at the very first 'selfies'
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February 7, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Handprints are the universal symbol of humanity
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest
Archaeologists using 3D mapping are uncovering the remains of thousands of green metropolises with composted gardens, fisheries, and forests groomed into orchards
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Lost cities of the Amazon: how science is revealing ancient garden towns hidden in the rainforest www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Agreeing with @nytimes.com reviewer "single best book I have read on Native American history." #indigenouscontinent
#pekkahamalainen
#pekkahamalainen
February 1, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Agreeing with @nytimes.com reviewer "single best book I have read on Native American history." #indigenouscontinent
#pekkahamalainen
#pekkahamalainen