Mortui Vivos Docent

Archaeology, forensic anthropology, classics, mushrooms, memes of all sorts, and personal ramblings all fair game. 27/F/Canada.

[palaeopathological]

New archaeological layer discovered at L’Anse aux Meadows

The story of the only undisputed Norse site in the Americas just got more complicated.

Vikings in North America!!!!

[palaeopathological]

The cake video finally went viral.  Thank you, internet.

[palaeopathological]

This is the funniest thing I’ve ever seen with my own two eyes

(video via @p00rphem on Instagram)

[palaeopathological]

Had a fire on a beach tonight and did a little beach combing. Got some nice little desk ornaments! Not sure what most of them are... Other than one looks like an oyster shell and probably a seagull scapula (L) . I'm not looking for an ID but I do think they're super cool!

[palaeopathological]

Duo knows what's up

[mapsontheweb]

In about 250 million years a new supercontinent, Pangaea Proxima, will form.

[goddesshexerei]

Hey Tumblr, if you are still mad about the Library of Alexandria, Stop! You can SAVE one ancient library right now. The Villa of the Papyri in Herculaneum was buried when Mount Vesuvius erupted in AD 79, Some nearly 2000 carbonized scrolls were discovered along with the villa in the 1700s. Over the past couple centuries the scrolls have been a major source of study and today we are finally reaching ways of reading their contents without destroying the scrolls in the process. Here’s the big news, just over a week ago a whole lost work of Seneca the elder, became unlost! Article here: http://www.romeandart.eu/en/art-news-historia-seneca.html  The villa itself is largely underground and was explored via tunneling and as such it’s full extent still hasn’t been made clear, and it has long been suspected that additional libraries could exist within the site, not to mention other as of yet undiscovered villas. However, Italy as with many European countries simply has so many archaeological sites and new things being found all the time and not enough money to go around. Additionally the Villa of the Papyri is threatened with constant flooding issues. Library aside Sites like Herculaneum and Pompeii and all Archaeological sites around the world tell us so much about ancient peoples and cultures where we don’t have their literature to call on.  So how can you save the last ancient library? Donate to various archaeological and conservation/preservation groups, or even volunteer! Here a just a couple links to get started:

World Monuments Fund: https://www.wmf.org/get-involved

Archaeological Institute of America: https://www.archaeological.org/giving

Friends of Herculaneum Society: http://www.herculaneum.ox.ac.uk/

Pompeii Sustainable Preservation Project: http://www.pompeii-sustainable-preservation-project.org/  

[thefingerfuckingfemalefury]

Booooost!

[palaeopathological]

Smug bastards

[palaeopathological]

I WON HQ

IWONIWONIWONIWON

[walzerjahrhundert]

Victorian High Top Roller Skates

[teethmilks-deactivated20220802]

For the witch on the go

[sweetsappho]

Now THIS is my aesthetic

[orangecatboymom-deactivated2021]

god the two most dangerous kinds of footware combined into one

[flaroh]

Some studies of column orders because all I can draw is classical stuff ig

Merch available: creme / slate / rose

[the-real-ted-cruz]

[joy-the-vamp]

Too soon

[notactivehere01-deactivated2026]

It’s been 1,937 years

[archaeologicalnews]

Skulls show women moved across medieval Europe, not just men

The newcomers who arrived in the little farming villages of medieval Germany would have stood out: They had dark hair and tawny skin, spoke a strange language and had remarkably tall heads.

Now scientists who investigated the unusually shaped skulls say they provide evidence that women also migrated long distances across medieval Europe, not just men. A genetic analysis showed the women traveled from what is now Romania, Bulgaria and northern Greece at a time when the continent was being reshaped by the collapse of the Roman Empire.

In a study published Monday by the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers say the women’s elongated heads—a result of binding done after birth—suggest they might have been high-class individuals.

“These women looked extremely different to the local women, very exotic if you will,” said one of the researchers, Joachim Burger, a population geneticist at the University of Mainz, Germany. Read more.

[theolduvaigorge]

“Perimortem projectile wound to the lateral right scapula, 10 year old child. Late Neolithic Baikal.“

(Source: @AngelaLieverse on Twitter)

[2seeitall]

Ancient roman amphoras, Pompeii, Italy

[linguisten]

[palaeopathological]

Watched my first Eurovision tonight and I can totally see why this is such a huge phenomenon. Europe, you've got a cool thing. I'm jealous!