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Today is NYC Museums for #MuseumsUnlocked. Some selections from @metmuseum. A bronze statue of Artemis and a deer; a tombstone of Publius Sextilius Fortunatus; a polychrome funerary stele w/ two

#CLST6 #Project2 It is the year 2100 and we do not know a lot about American society that collapsed in the 21st century. Archeologists thankfully are able to extract a

How did funerary reliefs and other ancient artifacts from Palmyra make their way around the world? And what, if anything, should be done about it today?A thread for #MuseumsUnlocked Left:

1/ Thread about the funerary symbols of the ancient Iberians. From Lusitania to Euskal Herria.Sorry beforehand for the quality of some pictures. Some of these are really difficult to find,

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#InternationalDanceDay is it? Here are 2 images from the #tomb of Gaius Vestorius Priscus in #Pompeii. Supposedly these women are engaged in a #Bacchic ritual, but I can't help but

During Muhammad’s Night journey, he meets Mikai’l who greets him fondly, but is sorrowful. When Muhammad asks Jibrai’il about Mikai’l, his guide responds that Mikai’l has not smiled since hell

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I think chandraprakAsha dvivedin was as erudite a serial maker as we have had for this genre (caveat I've only watched these till 1990s). Only educated people might have gotten

There are twelve deities of Yewdar, immortal and powerful beings who maintain and protect the world. They each embody a set of specific qualities, much like your ancient Greek deities.This

A thread on Classical antiquities I've recently found: Limestone funerary stele with antithetical sphinxes. Pairs of opposing sphinxes were used as guardians on funerary monuments & shrines. ca. 475–450 B.C.

High level psychopathy: An Introdumaction You can think of psychopathy as "absence of a certain noise". Mammals evolved 'empathy' as a way of improving cooperation: empathy is an inconscious sub-routine

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Day 20 of #MuseumsUnlocked is Yorkshire! Back in January I spent the day at @YorkshireMuseum researching some of the tombstones I’m writing about in my thesis - here’s a thread

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[The Role of Imagery in Christianity] To start, we need to understand the role of religious imagery initially from the Medieval Europe era. Elite Christians wanted to make scriptures easily

#CLST6 #CYO2 #ArchSci Today I listened to an Arch&Anth podcast about the duties of a human remains collections manager. In this episode, bioarcheology and its ethical ramifications are discussed along

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Chadwick Boseman has died.When I wrote about the speculative brilliance of Black Panther, I knew I was striving to tell the truth beneath the truth: that Wakanda does not exist,

Human engagement with #death led to a variety of #mortuary practices. In #archaeology we're usually confronted with their final result, but often left with only vague ideas of underlying concepts.This

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A Saint*A Borrowed Mausoleum*Rukn ud Din Abul Fateh (Shah Rukn e Alam) is the grandson of Bahauddin Zakariya famous saint of Suharwardi clan from Multan12th century Multan was an established