things i like

[ancientartarcheology]

Mosaic showing a river god found at  Aspendos in southern Anatolia.

https://archaeology.org/news/2026/06/19/mosaic-depicting-a-river-god-uncovered-in-turkey/

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Herculaneum, casa del salone nero

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Egyptian coffin from the 12th Dynasty, around 1950 BC, Egyptian Museum, Cairo. It belongs to the local governor Amenemhat,

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Egyptian scarabs of "treasurers", Senebsumai and Har.

https://www.antiquities.co.uk/shop/ancient-jewellery/scarabs/egyptian-steatite-scarab-for-the-official-senebsumai-2/

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Paintings from an Egyptian tomb, found in 2025. At Dahshur, about 4500 years old.

https://edition.cnn.com/2024/03/25/style/colorful-paintings-egyptian-tomb-scli-intl-scn

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Ancient Greek Coin From Troy Discovered in Berlin

https://greekreporter.com/2026/04/16/ancient-greek-coin-troy-discovered-berlin/

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Remains of a huge sacred lake found at Pelusium, North Sinai (Egypt), Pelusium was in Greek-Roman times an important port and city.

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/565678.aspx

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Newly found stela with image of the Roman Emperor Tiberius,

The Egyptian-French mission has completed the restoration of the gateway of Ramesses III’s enclosure wall north of Karnak (2022–2025). The project also uncovered a stone stela from the reign of Emperor Tiberius, offering new insight into the site’s development

https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/564381.aspx.

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Gold appliques from a Persian-period tomb at Sardis (modern Turkey)

https://sardisexpedition.org/en/images?page=18

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January 2026: A little faience face was found on Bahrain belonging to the Dilmun culture, about 1200 BC.

https://www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/bahrain-authority-unveils-rare-3300-year-old-faience-mask-from-dilmun-3212784?s=1

[ancientartarcheology]

Recent excavations at Biahmu, Fayum (Egypt). There are two huge statues of Amenemhat III, only badly preserved. The new excavations found one of his noses!

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Imagine uncovering a whole ancient cemetery beneath a modern road. That’s exactly what happened along the A66 Northern Trans-Pennine upgrade in Cumbria.

Archaeologists from Oxford Cotswold Archaeology have spent months carefully excavating one of the most substantial Roman cemeteries found in Britain in recent years and the results are extraordinary. 

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pseudo Etruscan painting. It is often reproduced on the web, but actually it is fake AI and not ancient

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Oldest known rock art found in Indonesian cave – a handprint predating even human entry into Europe

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/oldest-cave-art-indonesia-rock-handprint-b2905269.html

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Early Christian painting found at Iznik, Turkey. They show Jesus and belong to the earliest depictions of him. 3rd to 4th century.

https://orthochristian.com/174476.html

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jewellery from Ancient Egyptian royal tomb at Abydos of the First Dynasty, around 3000 BC. Now on display in the Grand Egyptian Museum

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Well preserved statue of sleeping cupid (Roman) found at Pula in Croatia.

https://arkeonews.net/sleeping-cupid-unearthed-in-pula-a-rare-masterpiece-of-ancient-roman-art/