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Nina Willburger
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Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Nov 9
Hello new followers and welcome! My focus is on #archaeology, you can expect posts from me covering a wide range of topics, e.g. objects, exhibitions, and latest discoveries, primarily from the European Paleolithic to the early medieval period.
I may also share posts about nature and Star Trek.

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New discovery: prestigious Early Bronze Age burial found in Écouché-les-Vallées, Orne. The grave contained an exceptional set of grave goods such as 31 flint barbed and tanged arrowheads.

www.myscience.fr/fr/news/wire...
February 16, 2026 at 9:27 PM
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I can relate to that 🙄
Meme depicting Winnie the Pooh standing in front of a mirror, looking at his round belly while wearing a red shirt. A text reads ‘Me checking if that salad I ate last week has worked its magic yet’.
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. the other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.

In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2
Close-up of a stone altar featuring the bust of Luna with a serene facial expression, and draped cloak. Perforated crescent moon above her head. Close-up of a stone altar featuring the bust of Sol with long curly hair, serene expression, and draped cloak. Perforated radiant above his head. The upper part of the altar is missing.
February 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
drnwillburger.bsky.social
I can relate to that 🙄
Meme depicting Winnie the Pooh standing in front of a mirror, looking at his round belly while wearing a red shirt. A text reads ‘Me checking if that salad I ate last week has worked its magic yet’.
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 PM
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16 February 1911 | A Polish woman, Zofia Adamczyk, was born in Gołonóg.

In #Auschwitz from 22 January 1943.
No. 30704
She perished in the camp on 7 April 1943.
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Women at Auschwitz:
📖 Lesson: https://lekcja.auschwitz.org/2022_kobiety_en/
🎧 Podcast: https://youtu.be/ijTxtbNlJO8
A mugshot registration photograph from Auschwitz. A woman wearing a striped uniform photographed in three positions (profile and front with a bare head and a photo with a slightly turned head with a headscarf on). The prisoner number is visible on a marking board on the left.
February 16, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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6th century mosaic of a child playing chariot racing from the Great Palace at Constantinople. Pushing wheels on sticks represents the chariot and four horses. Part of the collections at the Great Palace Mosaic Museum in Istanbul. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday
February 16, 2026 at 7:07 AM
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Scent analysis reveals the composition of ancient Egyptian embalming materials. #Archaeology #Egypt
phys.org/news/2026-02...
Scent analysis reveals the composition of ancient Egyptian embalming materials
In a recent study published in the Journal of Archaeological Science, Wanyue Zhao and her colleagues used volatile organic compounds (VOCs) to analyze the composition of scents given off by mummies an...
phys.org
February 15, 2026 at 9:11 AM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Detail of an opus signinum (pink tile and mortar) #Roman floor with black and white tesserae roundels and crosslets

Simple but effective 😍

From a 2nd century AD townhouse at Watling Court #London dug in 1978 and in the collection of London Museum (opening later this year 🤞)

📷 2021 #MosaicMonday
Roundel of black and white tesserae with four crosses outside set in a pink mortar floor
February 16, 2026 at 6:35 AM
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Mosaic of an angel's head (detail)
#Venice, 12th century

Originally Santa Maria Assunta, #Torcello #Italy

In @museelouvre.bsky.social #Paris

#MosaicMonday
#MedievalMonday
A face created out of black, white & “golden” tesserae.
February 16, 2026 at 8:14 AM
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📣 Wir suchen Verstärkung!

👉 Wissenschaftliches Volontariat
📅 Start: 01.09.2026
📍 Standort: Konstanz

Wir suchen für unseren Hauptsitz in Konstanz zum 1. September 2026 ein*e wissenschaftliche*r Volontär*in!

Weitere Infos:
www.alm-konstanz.de/stellenangeb...

Wir freuen uns auf viele Bewerbungen!
Wissenschaftliches Volontariat (m/w/d) in Vollzeit (39,5 h/W) - ALM BW - Hauptseite
www.alm-konstanz.de
February 16, 2026 at 2:42 PM
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Bis vor einigen Jahren waren die beiden von hinten beleuchtbaren Altäre für Sol und Luna aus dem Mithräum von #Mundelsheim wunderschön, das #Mithras- Relief von #Fellbach flankierend, präsentiert
- im römischen Lapidarium im NeuenSchloss #Stuttgart, das inzwischen leider geschlossen ist. #Römer
February 16, 2026 at 12:40 PM
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Two perforated altar reliefs from the Mithraeum at Mundelsheim. One depicts Sol, the sun god, with the radiant. the other shows Luna, the goddess of the moon, with the crescent.

In Roman times, they were illuminated from behind, creating a striking play of light and shadow that must ...🧵1/2
Close-up of a stone altar featuring the bust of Luna with a serene facial expression, and draped cloak. Perforated crescent moon above her head. Close-up of a stone altar featuring the bust of Sol with long curly hair, serene expression, and draped cloak. Perforated radiant above his head. The upper part of the altar is missing.
February 16, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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musermeku.bsky.social
Wir würden gern über #Kultur berichten, ohne uns und unser Publikum Algorithmen-basierten Datensammel-Plattformen auszusetzen.

Wenn ihr mehr Social-Media-Detox wollt, abonniert unseren #Newsletter 👉 steady.page/de/musermeku...
Text: Es hat uns wirklich geschadet, dass wir vor Jahren unsere Accounts bei Facebook und Twitter stillgelegt haben. Wenn wir Instagram beenden würden, hätten wir ein echtes Problem - obwohl die Plattform für uns tot ist. Abonniere jetzt den musermeku Newsletter.
February 15, 2026 at 12:32 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
Apparently it's #WorldHippoDay! 🦛🦛
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.

Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.

On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

📷 me 🏺
Carving of a hippopotamus figurine made from calcite, featuring a stocky body, prominent bulging eyes, short legs, and textured surface, displayed on a glass shelf.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
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This is a marvelous example of whimsy and craftsmanship! A rare Greek askos, made in the shape of a lobster claw. 🦞
Dating back to approximately 450 BC, the vessel was used to hold perfumed oil.

📷 Antikensammlung Kassel

#archaeology 🏺
Red-figure pottery vessel shaped like a lobster claw. It features a handle arching from the broad claw base, with reserved orange-red figures and palmette-floral motifs against a glossy black-glazed background. Minor chips visible on the edges.
February 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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And in honour of #WorldHippoDay (and your wonderful carving, Nina!) I feel compelled to post one of my favourite poems from when I were a lass.

(I’ve tried to correct the worst tyops in the ALT text.)

((Split across multiple posts)):
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PATRICK BARRINGTON 11th Viscount Barrington of Ardglass] (1908-1990 / Great Britain I Had A Hippopotamus
February 15, 2026 at 1:18 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*

There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you

If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor finds Iron Age coin hoard near Bury St Edmunds
Tom Licence says he feels a personal connection to the coins, which are to be auctioned.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:43 AM
drnwillburger.bsky.social
Apparently it's #WorldHippoDay! 🦛🦛
Let's celebrate with this #Egyptian carving of a Hippo, made 5.000 years ago from calcite.

Hippopotami were associated with life, regeneration, and rebirth.

On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek

📷 me 🏺
Carving of a hippopotamus figurine made from calcite, featuring a stocky body, prominent bulging eyes, short legs, and textured surface, displayed on a glass shelf.
February 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Reposted by Nina Willburger
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Happy #WorldHippoDay! 🦛❤️

To celebrate here’s a lovely naturalistic painting of a hippo on a small flake of limestone. Painted by an Egyptian artist some 3,500 years ago!

📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
Photo of an Ancient Egyptian artists’s small, naturalistic painting of a standing hippopotamus on a flake of white limestone, dated c. 1479–1425. The hippo is painted in profile with head lowered and to the right. The body is outlined with black paint and painted brown. The belly, eyes, and ears are painted red. Although the ancient Egyptians were well aware of the danger and destructive power of hippos, this painted hippo has rather a friendly face! Dimensions: H. 10.8 cm (4 1/4 in); W. 12 cm (4 3/4 in); Th. 1.7 cm (11/16 in) Egyptian artists made practice sketches on flakes of limestone, sometimes for use as templates when transferring an image to the wall of a tomb or a temple. Limestone flakes were readily available because of the constant construction of temples and rock-cut tombs. A number of such sketches were recovered at Deir el-Bahri during the 1922-23 MMA excavations. This painting was acquired by the museum in the division of finds.
February 15, 2026 at 11:30 AM
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prehistoryrmo.bsky.social
Beautiful Bouquetin (ibex) dating to the Middle Magdalenian 14.400-13.300BP. Galleria Inferior de la Garma. Omoño Ribamontán al Monte, Cantabria. 📷 At Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria in Santander. #FindsFriday
February 13, 2026 at 9:29 PM
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Les #graffitis de #Pompéi mis en lumière par la science. #Archéologie #Italie
ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/222...
Les graffitis de Pompéi mis en lumière par la science
Une innovation technologique permet de saisir jusqu'au moindre relief de ces traces qui témoignent de la vie quotidienne dans la cité détruite en 79.
ici.radio-canada.ca
February 15, 2026 at 10:16 AM
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Some of the remaining stones of Mitchell’s Fold Stone Circle in southwest Shropshire, near the village of White Grit. Dating to the Bronze Age, there were possibly 30 stones at one time; only 15 are now visible. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Shropshire
February 15, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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Danish Memorial Window - 2002
Artist - Mike Davies

The window has coats of arms of Newcastle & 3 Danish ports. It contains glass from Denmark & the North East.

Denmark was invaded by the Nazis in 1940. After which thousands of Danish sailors made Newcastle their home port.

#StainedGlassSunday
A window mainly of white glass, but with anchors, crosses & coats of arms.
February 15, 2026 at 8:04 AM
drnwillburger.bsky.social
This is a marvelous example of whimsy and craftsmanship! A rare Greek askos, made in the shape of a lobster claw. 🦞
Dating back to approximately 450 BC, the vessel was used to hold perfumed oil.

📷 Antikensammlung Kassel

#archaeology 🏺
Red-figure pottery vessel shaped like a lobster claw. It features a handle arching from the broad claw base, with reserved orange-red figures and palmette-floral motifs against a glossy black-glazed background. Minor chips visible on the edges.
February 15, 2026 at 8:57 AM
Reposted by Nina Willburger
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Please read @tessmachling.bsky.social ‘s thread, share and, if you are able to, do ate so that it can be kept in the public realm

www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-...

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February 13, 2026 at 6:13 PM