Eman
@emanracing95.bsky.social
Archaeologist. I'm just me. Hobbies include music, reading, writing, watching movies/anime, staring at delicious art, VRChat, gaming, hiking, and cruising. If anyone wants to talk, I'm here.
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Eman
@emanracing95.bsky.social
· Jan 15
"'Ex nihilo omne ens qua ens fit.'
Every Being, so far as it is a Being, is made out of Nothing."
- Martin Heidegger
My archaeology story so far:
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Every Being, so far as it is a Being, is made out of Nothing."
- Martin Heidegger
My archaeology story so far:
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This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This terracotta die comes from the ancient city of Mohenjo-Daro, one of the first urban centres in human history 🎲⠀
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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Gaming with dice has been a popular pastime in India for millennia, with this object dating back to 2500–1900 BCE.
🎲 Terracotta Die, 2500–1900 BCE. 2 x 2 x 2 cm. EAMd.25
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#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 43 BC the Lex Titia established the Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar, and Marcus Lepidus. The three men enjoyed a set of powers unprecedented under the Republic. #History 🏺
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:46 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in 43 BC the Lex Titia established the Triumvirate of Mark Antony, Octavian Caesar, and Marcus Lepidus. The three men enjoyed a set of powers unprecedented under the Republic. #History 🏺
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
Image: RRC 492/1; British Museum (R.9137). Link - numismatics.org/crro/id/rrc-...
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#OnThisDay - 27 November - in AD 450 Galla Placidia died. As half-sister of Honorius, as well as mother and regent of Valentinian III, she was a key figure of the early 5th Century. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 27, 2025 at 8:48 AM
#OnThisDay - 27 November - in AD 450 Galla Placidia died. As half-sister of Honorius, as well as mother and regent of Valentinian III, she was a key figure of the early 5th Century. #History 🏺
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC X Valentinian III 2012; Münzkabinett Berlin (18200423). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
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Whenever people claim archaeology isn't inherently political, some questions to ask them:
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
🏺 Again and again - our discipline has been crucial to genocide. Pretending otherwise is complicity.
Israel, which has obliterated most of Palestine’s archeological and heritage sites, including ancient churches, mosques, and temples, has suddenly discovered an urge to protect one from Palestinian ‘neglect’. It just so happens to be in the West Bank.
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
www.timesofisrael.com/israel-begin...
November 25, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Whenever people claim archaeology isn't inherently political, some questions to ask them:
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
Who "owns" heritage?
What gets protected and why?
What stories are being told/preserved?
Whom do those stories serve?
Who gets to tell those stories?
Who controls access to the belongings and stories and why?
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📰 Following the devastating effects of Typhoon Halong on the Yup'ik archaeology of the Nunalleq site at Quinhagak, Alaska, funds are being raised to support the preservation of artefacts exposed by erosion.
#ArchaeologyNews via Alaska's News Source
#ArchaeologyNews via Alaska's News Source
Money being raised to support artifact preservation after Former Typhoon Halong erodes archaeological site
As rebuilding efforts are underway in western Alaska after Halong, a project to help protect the region’s history is also underway by archeologist Rick Knecht.
www.alaskasnewssource.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📰 Following the devastating effects of Typhoon Halong on the Yup'ik archaeology of the Nunalleq site at Quinhagak, Alaska, funds are being raised to support the preservation of artefacts exposed by erosion.
#ArchaeologyNews via Alaska's News Source
#ArchaeologyNews via Alaska's News Source
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Ancient wolves found on a remote Baltic island show signs of human provisioning, injury care, and isolation. Their presence hints at overlooked forms of wolf management long before true domestication. #Archaeology #Paleogenomics #Wolves #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/the-wolves...
The Wolves Who Crossed the Water
How two ancient canids marooned on a Baltic island reveal a forgotten chapter in the long, uneasy relationship between humans and wolves.
www.anthropology.net
November 25, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Ancient wolves found on a remote Baltic island show signs of human provisioning, injury care, and isolation. Their presence hints at overlooked forms of wolf management long before true domestication. #Archaeology #Paleogenomics #Wolves #HumanEvolution www.anthropology.net/p/the-wolves...
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Any ancient game recommendations the #GameandPuzzleWeek? 🎲
Someone in the Early Modern prison of Noto Antica, Sicily clearly loved the classics, carving a gameboard for Nine Men's Morris onto their cell wall!
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Someone in the Early Modern prison of Noto Antica, Sicily clearly loved the classics, carving a gameboard for Nine Men's Morris onto their cell wall!
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 23, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Any ancient game recommendations the #GameandPuzzleWeek? 🎲
Someone in the Early Modern prison of Noto Antica, Sicily clearly loved the classics, carving a gameboard for Nine Men's Morris onto their cell wall!
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
Someone in the Early Modern prison of Noto Antica, Sicily clearly loved the classics, carving a gameboard for Nine Men's Morris onto their cell wall!
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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For this week's offering for #StandingStoneSunday comes from SS Mary and Barlok in Norbury and a cross shaft thought to date to the 10th century.
#Derbyshire #Archaeology
#Derbyshire #Archaeology
November 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
For this week's offering for #StandingStoneSunday comes from SS Mary and Barlok in Norbury and a cross shaft thought to date to the 10th century.
#Derbyshire #Archaeology
#Derbyshire #Archaeology
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November 23, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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#StandingStoneSunday
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
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#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
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Archaeologists have analyzed 16 pieces of ocher unearthed at Neanderthal sites in Crimea and Ukraine. One piece was scraped into a crayon-like shape, and its tip had been resharpened—possibly a tool for drawing.
archaeology.org/news/2025/11/03/neanderthals-may-have-crafted-implements-for-drawing/
archaeology.org/news/2025/11/03/neanderthals-may-have-crafted-implements-for-drawing/
November 23, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Archaeologists have analyzed 16 pieces of ocher unearthed at Neanderthal sites in Crimea and Ukraine. One piece was scraped into a crayon-like shape, and its tip had been resharpened—possibly a tool for drawing.
archaeology.org/news/2025/11/03/neanderthals-may-have-crafted-implements-for-drawing/
archaeology.org/news/2025/11/03/neanderthals-may-have-crafted-implements-for-drawing/
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I think anime might actually look better at 272p
November 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I think anime might actually look better at 272p
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#RomanSiteSaturday - The Fullonica of Stephanus, one of the laundries in Pompeii, with large masonry tanks to rinse fabrics. The textiles were washed in basins by trampling them after soaking in urine-containing liquid. Rooms featured frescoes with red panels and architectural motifs.
November 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday - The Fullonica of Stephanus, one of the laundries in Pompeii, with large masonry tanks to rinse fabrics. The textiles were washed in basins by trampling them after soaking in urine-containing liquid. Rooms featured frescoes with red panels and architectural motifs.
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Raise your hand if you're sick of the internet being filled with
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
November 22, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Raise your hand if you're sick of the internet being filled with
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
1) liars and grifters
2) fake AI slop
3) bogus conspiracy theories
Resist it by engaging and boosting truthful, fact-based content. We have to act deliberately to retrain the algorithmic gremlins
Your thoughts?
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This sentiment sums up the world: funny and scary at the same time
Great video.
Funny and scary at the same time.
Funny and scary at the same time.
November 22, 2025 at 8:39 AM
This sentiment sums up the world: funny and scary at the same time
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NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
Fall of Rome: Elon Musk’s Crazy Doomsday History
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
youtu.be
November 20, 2025 at 4:32 PM
NEW VIDEO! Investigating Elon Musk's very weird claims (based off of no evidence) about the Fall of Rome and birth rates led me down a very strange rabbit hole that shows how his catastrophic view of history informs the decisions he makes
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
youtu.be/s2fEaglzsR0
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It's that special time of year we've all been waiting for, happy #GISDay everyone! 🗺️
Here's a mini #AntiquityThread on some of the fantastic #archaeology research published in Antiquity this year that applied this now-indispensable tool 1/6 🧵
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Here's a mini #AntiquityThread on some of the fantastic #archaeology research published in Antiquity this year that applied this now-indispensable tool 1/6 🧵
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November 19, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's that special time of year we've all been waiting for, happy #GISDay everyone! 🗺️
Here's a mini #AntiquityThread on some of the fantastic #archaeology research published in Antiquity this year that applied this now-indispensable tool 1/6 🧵
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Here's a mini #AntiquityThread on some of the fantastic #archaeology research published in Antiquity this year that applied this now-indispensable tool 1/6 🧵
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According to legend, an Irish Christian queen and her followers sought refuge from attacking Norsemen on the island of Selja, praying to God to save them through death. An angel released a rockslide, crushing them.
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2024/off-the-grid/selja-island-norway/
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2024/off-the-grid/selja-island-norway/
November 19, 2025 at 6:55 PM
According to legend, an Irish Christian queen and her followers sought refuge from attacking Norsemen on the island of Selja, praying to God to save them through death. An angel released a rockslide, crushing them.
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2024/off-the-grid/selja-island-norway/
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2024/off-the-grid/selja-island-norway/
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NEW Stratigraphy from two of the 51 Aketala sites in the Tarim Basin of north-western China. The westernmost Bronze Age settlements discovered in China to date, they indicate cultural connections across Central Asia c. 4000 years ago.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
NEW Stratigraphy from two of the 51 Aketala sites in the Tarim Basin of north-western China. The westernmost Bronze Age settlements discovered in China to date, they indicate cultural connections across Central Asia c. 4000 years ago.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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I finished screening the 5 gal. of 8LI76 shell midden soil samples. Only a few more bone fragments, a few sherdlets, a large flake of imported stone & this quartzite pebble.
I was hoping it was a pottery burnishing stone, but there is no polish anywhere on it. It's a gizzard stone. #archaeology
I was hoping it was a pottery burnishing stone, but there is no polish anywhere on it. It's a gizzard stone. #archaeology
November 19, 2025 at 10:07 PM
I finished screening the 5 gal. of 8LI76 shell midden soil samples. Only a few more bone fragments, a few sherdlets, a large flake of imported stone & this quartzite pebble.
I was hoping it was a pottery burnishing stone, but there is no polish anywhere on it. It's a gizzard stone. #archaeology
I was hoping it was a pottery burnishing stone, but there is no polish anywhere on it. It's a gizzard stone. #archaeology
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Another comment worth sharing (one of many really) from my latest video. This one really emphasizes the impacts of both the doomsday aspect of fake archaeology AND the importance of revealing it to the public
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
November 19, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Another comment worth sharing (one of many really) from my latest video. This one really emphasizes the impacts of both the doomsday aspect of fake archaeology AND the importance of revealing it to the public
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
Thanks to all who have bravely spoken up and shared their journey
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Redesigning the Egyptian cat goddess.
Changed her name to Sehener💙
Changed her name to Sehener💙
November 16, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Redesigning the Egyptian cat goddess.
Changed her name to Sehener💙
Changed her name to Sehener💙
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A couple super awesome comments on my latest video to show the effort of pushing back against fake archaeology has a real impact on real people
November 17, 2025 at 2:31 PM
A couple super awesome comments on my latest video to show the effort of pushing back against fake archaeology has a real impact on real people
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Following last week's monochrome elephant, this is another common type of depiction in Roman mosaics. From the Great Pavement at Woodchester, moving around Orpheus. 1/2
#MosaicMonday
@classicalalan.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
@classicalalan.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Following last week's monochrome elephant, this is another common type of depiction in Roman mosaics. From the Great Pavement at Woodchester, moving around Orpheus. 1/2
#MosaicMonday
@classicalalan.bsky.social
#MosaicMonday
@classicalalan.bsky.social