archaeologicalnews:

Hidden for over two thousand years beneath the surface, remains of the ancient Greek colony known as Apollonia Pontica are being excavated by a team of archaeologists, students and volunteers on an island near the Black Sea coast in Bulgaria.

Located on St. Kirik Island near the coastal town…

mediumaevum:

How Science Found the Loch Ness Monster

Walter of Bingham (d. c. 1197) was a minor cleric from Nottinghamshire who, unable to fulfill his vow to go on the Third Crusade, made a pilgrimage to the holy sites of Scotland.

Walter’s encounter with Nessie came one summer evening, as he approached the banks of the River Ness…But what is perhaps more remarkable is the drawing of Nessie, now severely faded and barely visible with the naked eye. 

Using a pioneering technique known as Re-Zoom Spectroscopy (RZS), scientists took multiple photographs of the page in question, which were overlaid and processed using a “Guggenheim manipulator”. The resulting image demonstrates that Walter of Bingham made a careful depiction of Nessie, and can now be revealed as the earliest known picture of the Loch Ness Monster.

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archaeologicalnews:

Michelangelo’s portrait of Cleopatra holding an asp to her breast has been celebrated as an ideal Renaissance composition of an idealized woman. With pearls, braided hair and a slender neck, the last pharaoh of ancient Egypt faces her death by snakebite with a detached, elegant gaze.

Curators…

I’ᴍ ᴡᴀᴋɪɴɢ ᴜᴘ, I ғᴇᴇʟ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴍʏ ʙᴏɴᴇs

Eɴᴏᴜɢʜ ᴛᴏ ᴍᴀᴋᴇ ᴍʏ sʏsᴛᴇᴍ ʙʟᴏᴡ.

Wᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴀɢᴇ,

ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴀɢᴇ

Wᴇʟᴄᴏᴍᴇ ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴀɢᴇ,

ᴛᴏ ᴛʜᴇ ɴᴇᴡ ᴀɢᴇ

I’ᴍ Rᴀᴅɪᴏᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ

Rᴀᴅɪᴏᴀᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ

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alliissherlocked:

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yougotmesherlocked:

holy shit his collerbones

sternbergzookie:

Right up there with the cheekbones. What kind of skeleton does that man have?

a very beautiful one

One day archaeologists are going to find his skeleton and just “HOT DAMN! THIS GUY HAD TO BE SOME KIND OF GREEK GOD”

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lovearchmag:

A Vahallaian dining experience.

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