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Archaeology · Mores · Ethnography

This is what a tin can looked like in Ancient Rome

This clay amphora of AD 70-100, for instance, states that it contains young tuna, aged for two years. It is known that the amphora was prepared in the south of Spain. What sort of fish is aged for two years? No, this is neither a pickle nor something gone

Archaeology · Art · Museums · Observations · Paris

If you hurried through the Egyptian hall of the Louvre to get to the tiny Mona Lisa sooner, I advise you to correct the mistake and make the acquaintance, at the very least, of the figure of the Seated Scribe Kay

If you hurried through the Egyptian hall of the Louvre to get to the tiny Mona Lisa sooner, I advise you to correct the mistake and make the acquaintance, at the very least, of the figure of the Seated Scribe Kay. He is undeservedly neglected, although many historians and art

NB! · Archaeology · Faith · Museums

The Etruscan deity of the rising sun, Cavatha, depicted on a bronze chariot plaque

The Etruscan deity of the rising sun, Cavatha, depicted on a bronze chariot plaque. One of the most powerful figures in the Etruscan pantheon, to whom 80 sacrifices were offered each year

Archaeology · Art · Museums · Rome

In the spring of 1885, a magnificent bronze sculpture of a resting boxer was found during excavations on the Quirinal Hill in Rome

In the spring of 1885, a magnificent bronze sculpture of a resting boxer was found during excavations on the Quirinal Hill in Rome. The most interesting thing is that, unlike many finds from antiquity, this sculpture was originally hidden on purpose. Its excellent state of preservation is explained precisely by

Archaeology · Faith · Books

A hymn in praise of the supreme deity of Ancient Egypt, Ra, contains the following words:

“You shall come to the heavens, you shall traverse the sky, you shall be joined to the star gods. Praises shall be raised to you in your barque, and all the gods shall rejoice when they see you, king of the heavens.”

Archaeology · Art · Museums · Paris

In 1896 the Louvre bought the tiara of the Scythian king Saitaphernes for 220,000 francs

In 1896 the Louvre bought the tiara of the Scythian king Saitaphernes for 220,000 francs. Eight of the foremost specialists in antiquity and the history of art pronounced it a masterpiece and assured everyone that it would become the pride of the Louvre. The Imperial Museum in Vienna had

Archaeology · Faith · The East · Monarchies

The Roman Emperor Trajan as a pharaoh making offerings to the gods

Dendera, Egypt

Archaeology · Moscow · Museums

Specialists complete restoration and scholarly study of a hoard of sixteenth-century copper coins

Specialists have completed the restoration and scholarly study of a hoard of sixteenth-century copper coins. It was found by the capital's archaeologists on Bolshaya Tatarskaya Street. Archaeological investigations were carried out here at several excavation sites at once in 2023–2024. An important part of the find

Archaeology · Architecture · The East · Heritage

Underground reservoir of the 10th to 11th centuries to open to visitors in Derbent

Derbent, with a history of more than 2,000 years, is one of the oldest cities in Russia

Archaeology · The East · Geography

On the spread of international trade in antiquity: during excavations of the Etruscan city of Lattara in the south of France, fragments of woollen goods were found, dated to the 5th-6th centuries BC and made, quite definitely, from the wool still famous t

On the spread of international trade in antiquity: during excavations of the Etruscan city of Lattara in the south of France, fragments of woollen goods were found, dated to the 5th-6th centuries BC and made, quite definitely, from the wool still famous today, produced in Kashmir. Wool from the

Archaeology · Archive · The East · Art · Moscow · Museums · Observations

The Museum of the East has lent unique materials from the excavations of the Khorezm Archaeological and Ethnographic Expedition for the exhibition "Neither Together Nor Apart" at GES-2, on the link between archaeology and modernism and on how art can make

The Khorezm Expedition worked from 1937 to 1991 and was tied to the Soviet programme of irrigating the deserts of Central Asia. The exhibition shows, on the one hand, the contribution of Russian scholars to the development of the Central Asian region and, on the other, advances the perennial theme

Archaeology · Observations · Heritage · Rome · Humour

A 20 kg Fridge Magnet Turns Out to Be the Base of an Ancient Column

The Rome police have detained a tourist who was carrying off an ancient chunk of marble from one of the city's archaeological sites. I am not sure what in this news item provokes greater distaste: the hapless collector of antiquities or the hired scooter. The story is, on