#FindsFriday

The bronze head of the goddess Sulis Minerva which was discovered in 1727 during the construction of sewer under Stall Street in Bath. Now part of the museum collections at The Roman Baths in Bath. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #RomanBritain #Bath

Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used small flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/col…. #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Wonderful ancient artistry! About 40,000 years ago, this small, graceful horse figurine was carved from mammoth ivory! Imagine the #IceAge artist at work, sitting by the warmth of a fire, creating what is the world’s oldest known figure of a horse! 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

The famous Hindsgavl Dagger, found by a young boy out walking with his mum on the Danish island of Fænø! A masterpiece of flint knapping from Late Neolithic Denmark, c. 1900-1700 BC. 📷 National Museum of Denmark #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Beautiful Bouquetin (ibex) dating to the Middle Magdalenian 14.400-13.300BP. Galleria Inferior de la Garma. Omoño Ribamontán al Monte, Cantabria. 📷 At Museum of Prehistory and Archaeology of Cantabria in Santander. #FindsFriday

Petroglyph depicting camels and riders from northern Tajikistan, late Bronze Age. Now in the National Museum of Antiquities, Dushanbe. 🐪 🐪 📸 intrepid daughter, Aug 26 #FindsFriday

A little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago 🐻❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso suggesting it was threaded on a cord, perhaps worn or carried as a protective charm. Found in a peat bog near Słupsk, Poland, in 1887. 📷 National Museum in Szczecin #FindsFriday #Archaeology

This rare Roman pottery lamp, shaped like a foot wearing a sandal, was made between 50-60 CE, and was found at Borough High Street in Southwark. Archaeologists discovered the lamp in a rubbish pit, close to buildings that had been burnt down during the Boudican rebellion in 60-61 CE. #FindsFriday

Marvellous 3,500 year-old Minoan clay flask decorated with a wide-eyed octopus 🐙😍 Excavated in 1903 from a Bronze Age settlement site at Palaikastro on the eastern coast of the island of Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

There’s something extraordinary about this otherwise pretty standard Late Bronze Age axehead: A human fingerprint. A real, visible and tangible connection to someone from 3000 years ago. If that doesn’t give you goosebumps, idk what will. 🥹 #FindsFriday Link to record: finds.org.uk/database/art...

In 1836 some labourers found these 2,600 year-old wooden figures whilst cleaning a ditch at Roos Carr, near Withernsea, East Yorkshire. One of the men is said to have given one of the ancient ‘dolls’ to his daughter to play with! 😱 Hull and East Riding Museum 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

This dragonesque brooch is typically Romano-British. While they only started appearing after the Roman invasion in 43AD, they use British motifs & reflect local tastes. These brooches were also used as fasteners for cloaks (the pin is sadly now missing). 🕰️C1-2AD 🏛️📷BM #FindsFriday