Demetra
@demetra84056965.bsky.social
Just a student of Egyptology.
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Ancient authors say that Pericles always wore a helmet to cover his odd-shaped head, but I'd like to explore a new theory.
June 28, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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🧵 Beauty is all around!
Butterflies & Moth (2025) | Original pen and ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan [1]
Butterflies & Moth (2025) | Original pen and ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan [1]
May 17, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🧵 Beauty is all around!
Butterflies & Moth (2025) | Original pen and ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan [1]
Butterflies & Moth (2025) | Original pen and ink on paper drawing by Robert Bohan [1]
Masterpiece 😂🔝👏
May 15, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Masterpiece 😂🔝👏
Aww🥹🤪
A few weeks ago we posted a pic of our little lead model of a man....
Someone only went and KNITTED HIM! And he's absolutely the most adorbs thing we've ever seen! 😍😍😍
@marialaliccymru.bsky.social - you're amazing! 😘
Someone only went and KNITTED HIM! And he's absolutely the most adorbs thing we've ever seen! 😍😍😍
@marialaliccymru.bsky.social - you're amazing! 😘
May 15, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Aww🥹🤪
Stunning 😍
The Trondheim Sun Chariot is dated to the Early Bronze Age, approximately 1400 BC. The spiral decorations on its golden sun disc indicates its Nordic origin. The Sun Chariot represents the sun's eternal journey, drawn by a divine horse. The sun and horse....🧵1/2
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🏺 #archaeology
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
May 1, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Stunning 😍
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Archaeological mission advances research in the “Bench of the Pharaoh”
#Egypt #Saqqara #Egyptology #archaeology
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/03/arch...
#Egypt #Saqqara #Egyptology #archaeology
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/03/arch...
Archaeological mission advances research in the “Bench of the Pharaoh”
A joint Polish-Egyptian archaeological mission has conducted further studies in the tomb of Shepseskaf, located in the Saqqara necropolis near Cairo. - HeritageDaily - Archaeology News
www.heritagedaily.com
March 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Archaeological mission advances research in the “Bench of the Pharaoh”
#Egypt #Saqqara #Egyptology #archaeology
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/03/arch...
#Egypt #Saqqara #Egyptology #archaeology
www.heritagedaily.com/2025/03/arch...
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📰 Archaeologists uncover the tomb of an unknown Egyptian pharaoh at Abydos. Their name is unknown due to damage caused by tomb-robbers.
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
3,600-year-old tomb of Egyptian pharaoh discovered — but his name is unknown
A king's tomb dating back around 3,600 years has been discovered at Abydos, Egypt.
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March 20, 2025 at 10:45 AM
📰 Archaeologists uncover the tomb of an unknown Egyptian pharaoh at Abydos. Their name is unknown due to damage caused by tomb-robbers.
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
#ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com
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A gorgeous Romano-British copper alloy horse-and-rider brooch with red, blue and white enamel inlay
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
February 21, 2025 at 6:43 AM
A gorgeous Romano-British copper alloy horse-and-rider brooch with red, blue and white enamel inlay
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
Found by Henry Durden (1807-1892) at Woodyates #Dorset and later given to the BM
© The Trustees of the British Museum 1892,0901.1600
An Iron Age deity for #FindsFriday
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At the center of the Forbidden Oreo cookie! 😮 🍪
Actually, this is a banded agate cameo depicting an unknown Ptolemaic king in a radiate crown against the giant head of Zeus Ammon (looking exactly like Herakles). Delicious! 🏺
Made in Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c. BCE.
#GettyVilla 📸 me
Actually, this is a banded agate cameo depicting an unknown Ptolemaic king in a radiate crown against the giant head of Zeus Ammon (looking exactly like Herakles). Delicious! 🏺
Made in Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c. BCE.
#GettyVilla 📸 me
February 18, 2025 at 4:26 AM
At the center of the Forbidden Oreo cookie! 😮 🍪
Actually, this is a banded agate cameo depicting an unknown Ptolemaic king in a radiate crown against the giant head of Zeus Ammon (looking exactly like Herakles). Delicious! 🏺
Made in Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c. BCE.
#GettyVilla 📸 me
Actually, this is a banded agate cameo depicting an unknown Ptolemaic king in a radiate crown against the giant head of Zeus Ammon (looking exactly like Herakles). Delicious! 🏺
Made in Alexandria, Egypt, 2nd c. BCE.
#GettyVilla 📸 me
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It’s #WorldHippoDay! 🦛 ❤️
To celebrate and spread some hippo happiness here are some Ancient Egyptian blue hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
Which is your favourite? 😍
Photos my own.
#Archaeology
To celebrate and spread some hippo happiness here are some Ancient Egyptian blue hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
Which is your favourite? 😍
Photos my own.
#Archaeology
February 15, 2025 at 11:10 AM
It’s #WorldHippoDay! 🦛 ❤️
To celebrate and spread some hippo happiness here are some Ancient Egyptian blue hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
Which is your favourite? 😍
Photos my own.
#Archaeology
To celebrate and spread some hippo happiness here are some Ancient Egyptian blue hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago!
Which is your favourite? 😍
Photos my own.
#Archaeology
So relatable 👀😝🤩
I have lived SO MANY years of my life not knowing this existed. Thank god that era has ended!! 😍
An Attic (Greece) Geometric bowl with a leg-shaped handle, dating around 850 BC.
The Geometric period lasted from ca. 900 to 700 BC. It's named after geometric patterns and motifs used to decorate pottery vessels.
On display at Altes Museum, Berlin
📷 taken by me
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The Geometric period lasted from ca. 900 to 700 BC. It's named after geometric patterns and motifs used to decorate pottery vessels.
On display at Altes Museum, Berlin
📷 taken by me
🏺 AncientBluesky
February 10, 2025 at 1:48 PM
So relatable 👀😝🤩
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Thinking about the Bronze Age, so taking an opportunity to share one of my favourite Minoan artefacts - and a major feature in my PhD thesis - the Hagia Triada sarcophagus: ca. 14th Century BC. #Minoan #Archaeology🏺
Image: Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Link - heraklionmuseum.gr/exhibit/i-sa...
Image: Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Link - heraklionmuseum.gr/exhibit/i-sa...
February 6, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Thinking about the Bronze Age, so taking an opportunity to share one of my favourite Minoan artefacts - and a major feature in my PhD thesis - the Hagia Triada sarcophagus: ca. 14th Century BC. #Minoan #Archaeology🏺
Image: Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Link - heraklionmuseum.gr/exhibit/i-sa...
Image: Heraklion Archaeological Museum. Link - heraklionmuseum.gr/exhibit/i-sa...
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Hey! We are now on Bluesky.
March 12, 2024 at 1:32 PM
Hey! We are now on Bluesky.