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Behind the wall of a city reservoir, a Roman lavatory has been found, with long benches pierced with holes for the relief of nature facing one another across the room

Stone ruins of an ancient quarter in open country, with a concrete information stand and plaque in the foreground.

NB! · Archaeology · Architecture

Excavation of an 11th-century quarter with a tavern, church and burnt-down estate

A signpost describes an eleventh-century quarter. A tavern, a church and a town house burnt to the ground: the excavations turned up a layer of ash knee-deep. The fire presumably started in a store of olive oil

Stone ruins with remains of masonry and a high wall of limestone blocks, with modern houses and wire poles in the background.

NB! · Archaeology

Ancient reservoir found during the digging of a gunpowder cellar in the 19th century

The first digging here began when a powder magazine was being excavated in the 19th century. That was when this was discovered. At first it was taken for a public building. In 1958 it was established that it was a reservoir

A rectangular pit with limestone block walls on the site of an ancient reservoir, with a city and bay in the distance.

NB! · Archaeology

Excavation of a rubbish fill on a reservoir site sheds light on Chersonesos in the 9th to 11th centuries

Here, until the 9th century, there was a city reservoir. Later it was filled in with rubbish. And it was precisely the excavation of this heap of refuse that shed light on the supposedly dark centuries of Chersonesos in the 9th to 11th centuries: the city, it turns out, was

Stone remains of a foundation with three graves, the middle one filled with dark soil, surrounded by rubble and sparse grass.

NB! · Archaeology · Faith

Necropolis of three graves under the foundation of an 11th-century church, one holding the remains of 120 people

You are looking at a necropolis of three graves beneath the foundations of an 11th-century church. In the middle grave, with its dark fill, the remains of 120 people were found. The neighbouring ones held a single person each. Why this should be so is a mystery

Dry golden grass on the shore, with a dark blue sea beyond it and a pale blue sky with white clouds.

NB! · Archaeology · Observations · Humour

Sandrik reports from an excavation by the sea on a find of glass beads

Gone off to an excavation, but so far I have found only glass beads and am occupied with nothing but the sea. I promise to tell you the most interesting parts and to lay my hands on something more valuable. With archaeological greetings, Sandrik

NB! · Architecture · Museums · Observations

Now that is what I call integrating technology into the museum space

Now that is what I call integrating technology into the museum space. Château de Chambord, France

NB! · Archaeology · Archive · The East · Geography

1926: Workmen Carrying Out the Contents of Tutankhamun's Tomb

NB! · Education · Pop Culture · Humour

The Right Look for a Humanities University

NB! · Archaeology · Museums

A Thousand-Year-Old Elephant Figurine from Southern Africa

NB! · Archaeology

Beneath the Mask, the Mummy's Face Is Covered

NB! · Archaeology · The East · Art

Behind the wall of a city reservoir, a Roman lavatory has been found, with long benches pierced with holes for the relief of nature facing one another across the room

Excavation of an 11th-century quarter with a tavern, church and burnt-down estate

Ancient reservoir found during the digging of a gunpowder cellar in the 19th century

Excavation of a rubbish fill on a reservoir site sheds light on Chersonesos in the 9th to 11th centuries

Necropolis of three graves under the foundation of an 11th-century church, one holding the remains of 120 people

Sandrik reports from an excavation by the sea on a find of glass beads

Now that is what I call integrating technology into the museum space

1926: Workmen Carrying Out the Contents of Tutankhamun's Tomb

The Right Look for a Humanities University

A Thousand-Year-Old Elephant Figurine from Southern Africa

Beneath the Mask, the Mummy's Face Is Covered

The Great Ramesses as a Child under the Protection of the God Horus