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Archaeoethnologica (Marcial Tenreiro)
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Archaeologist, historian, sometimes ethnographer .. eventually History & Art Hist. prof. Defintivelly, construtive skeptict, dyslexical & systematical Eclectic

https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/

https://uned.academia.edu/MTenreiroBermudez
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Archaeoethnologica: Warrior women, Goddess, and Dangerous Wives / Guerreiras, Deusas e Mulheres Perigossas

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#Archaeology #mythology #folklore #ethnography #miticalwomen #gender #indoeuropeans #iberianfolklore #comparativemythology
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Here’s Bellerophon in all his heroism!

This #MosaicMonday we recognise the glorious artistry of this second century CE mosaic that depicts Bellerophon riding Pegasus while killing the Chimera.
November 10, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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#MedievalMonday A Late Anglo-Saxon carving on an archway inside St Bene't's Church, #Cambridge, 1000-1050 AD

It possibly shows a lion or maybe mythological creature

#archaeology #history #photooftheday
November 10, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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An absolutely stunning large situla, finely decorated with hunting scenes, has been discovered in the thermopolium of Regio V in Pompeii.

📷 Archaelogical Park of Pompeii
pompeiisites.org/comunicati/u...
November 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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In today's edition of our free #MonumentMonday newsletter, we take a trip to visit an enigmatically decorated stone in County Roscommon.

#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Roscommon #Archaeology 🏺
November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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Every museum object is important but these are the cultural soul of Amgueddfa Cymru / National Museum of Wales. A representation of the beating heart of a nation.

Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News share.google/9qJAUhEXkXo6...
Search continues for Bronze Age artefacts stolen from St Fagans - BBC News
Two men have been charged with burglary, but "invaluable" items are still missing from St Fagans collection.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
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'2,000-Year-Old Durotriges Tribe Discovery in Dorset Unveils Possible Human Sacrifice Ritual'

#ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky 🏺
2,000-Year-Old Durotriges Tribe Discovery in Dorset Unveils Possible Human Sacrifice Ritual
Archaeologists from Bournemouth University have uncovered the remains of a teenage girl buried face down in a pit in Dorset,...
arkeonews.net
November 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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#ReliefWednesday

This magnificent stucco relief of a cherub riding a Triton decorated one of the panels in the vault of the frigidarium, at the Suburban Baths at the Marine Gate in #Pompeii
(We all would if we could 👀)
#Archaeology #History #Art #Myth
November 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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White ground, Attic, c. 460, Cylix of Apollo, who pours a libation.

#Greece #ancient #Art #pottery #myth
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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Cut from the House of the Vestals, Pompeii (VI.1.7) #OnThisDay - 6 November - in 1789: a fine example of a sacro-idyllic landscape fresco, though that Billy-Goat rather seems to be lining up the gent on the bridge! #Pompeii 🏺

Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9488)
November 6, 2025 at 10:23 AM
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Indigenous navigators conquered vast oceans, but none sailed below 50°S before Europeans. A new study reveals why: the Southern Ocean’s deadly logic made restraint the wisest form of mastery. #Archaeology #MaritimeHistory #Anthropology #Polynesia www.anthropology.net/p/the-edge-o...
The Edge of the Known Sea: Why Indigenous Voyagers Stopped at 50° South
New research reevaluates humanity’s southernmost limits, exploring why Indigenous seafarers never crossed into the perilous waters below the 50th parallel—and what that decision reveals about adaptati
www.anthropology.net
November 6, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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...and in great news - this is what £250,000 can buy you in a museum.

We could get FOURTEEN of these for one £3.5 million payout to a detectorist & landowner for their lucky Tudor Heart locket find... 🤔

#Archaeology 🏺

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peterborough Museum gets £250k for Bronze Age project
The two-year initiative will explore the discoveries made at Must Farm in Whittlesey.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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The Sogdians were the masters of the Silk Road in their heyday. In independent city-states such as Panjakent, in modern Tajikistan, they lavished palaces with fabulous murals of banquets, hunts, and battles against demons!

archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2020/features/a-silk-road-renaissance/
November 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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#FindsFriday
It’s no great surprise to find #Roman remains if you dig in your garden at Great Casterton. The crossing point of the River Gwash was the location of a fort and the next significant town north of Durobrivae on Ermine Street.(1/4)
#AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #History👇🧵
November 7, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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#FrescoFriday from the tablinum of the House of Marcus Lucretius Fronto (V-4-A) #Pompeii. This #painting from the centre of the north wall portrays Mars and Venus on the left, Eros in the centre and groups of serving girls.

#Archaeology #Art #History #Myth
November 7, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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Restored painted walls from Lullingstone Roman Villa in Kent. Dating from the 4th century AD, the figures have been interpreted as priests at prayer. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #Lullingstone #RomanBritain
November 7, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Archaeoethnologica: Clan & Palace in Ancient Levanta - Book / Clã e Paço no Levante Antigo - Livro

+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/10/cla-...

#Archaeology #Antiquity #BronzeAge #IronAge #NearEast #kinship #tribe #State #politicalorganization #socialchange #books #AncientBlueSky
November 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Archaeoethnologica: Clan & Palace in Ancient Levanta - Book / Clã e Paço no Levante Antigo - Livro

+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/10/cla-...

#Archaeology #Antiquity #BronzeAge #IronAge #NearEast #kinship #tribe #State #politicalorganization #socialchange #books
November 7, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Archaeoethnologica: Clan & Palace in Ancient Levanta - Book / Clã e Paço no Levante Antigo - Livro

+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/10/cla-...

#Archaeology #Antiquity #BronzeAge #IronAge #NearEast #kinship #tribe #State #politicalorganization #socialchange #books
November 7, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Archaeoethnologica: Clan & Palace in Ancient Levanta - Book / Clã e Paço no Levante Antigo - Livro

+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/10/cla-...

#Archaeology #Antiquity #BronzeAge #IronAge #NearEast #kinship #tribe #State #politicalorganization #socialchange #books
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Archaeoethnologica: Clan & Palace in Ancient Levanta - Book / Clã e Paço no Levante Antigo - Livro

+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/10/cla-...

#Archaeology #Antiquity #BronzeAge #IronAge #NearEast #kinship #tribe #State #politicalorganization #socialchange #books
October 28, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Archaeoethnologica: The Levant & the Mediterranean - Techne Nº 59 / O Levante e o Mediterrâneo - Techne Nº 59

+INFO in: archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2025/10/o-le...

#Archaeology #BronzeAge #IronAge #NearEast #Levant #Mediterranean #materialculture #epigraphy #economy #journal #openaccess
October 28, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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OUT NOW!

- From Ros to Prut (volume 1)
- From Ros to Prut (volume 2)
Transformations of Trypillia settlements
📚 Read online for free or purchase your own volume at
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#STPAS #prehistoric #geophysics
October 22, 2025 at 10:02 AM
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