Off to lecture at the @archaeologyeaa conference in Belfast. #EAA2023 I'm on my way!
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Happy #Pride from the Spandau Zitadelle. πΊπ₯°π³οΈββ§οΈπ³οΈβπ
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Another day at the office...ππΊ
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This is work πΊπΊππ₯°π³οΈββ§οΈ
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Sea shell with plants and geometric patterns engraved.
8th century BCE, Iraq.
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Glass jug decorated with gold and enamel.
14th century AD, Iran.
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A drawing on a pottery fragment of two men having sex.
12th century BCE, Egypt.
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Guided a semi-private tour this morning for @ronimore at the Pergamon Museum.
All are welcome. ππΊ
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A ring gem with the earliest glyph depicting the moment when Eve (right) picks the forbidden fruit.
Diameter, 1 cm.
3rd century AD, Italy.
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Two caressing bodies found in Pompeii, we're revealed after DNA tests, to be male. Apparently these were actually two #gay lovers caught in the volcanic onslaught of 79 CE. πΊπ³οΈβπ
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Stone molds for making bronze tool. Axe and spearheads in the case. Bronze ingots in the background.
16th century BCE, Sardinia.
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Gold & Carnelian brooches, used to clasp clothes on the shoulder.
Migration period, 7th century CE, Hungary. (Displayed at the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest).
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A relief of two men playing with each others penis on the wall of one of the Khajuraho Temples.
9th century BCE, India.
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10,000 words written, by the style just isn't there...lots of work to do. ππ³οΈββ§οΈ
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Whitby Abbey, built in the 7th c. CE inspired Bram Stoker's Dracula.
He found the name Dracula in the Whitby library & the arrival of Dracula in England happens at Whitby & is based on a shipwreck of a Russian ship called Dmitry which in the novel was called Demeter.
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Sappho was a Greek poet, she was known as one of the most prolific poets of her time, 7th - 6th century BCE, writing about women's lives and their relationships.
Her name is the origin of the term Sapphic and the term Lesbian derives from her homeland, the Greek island of Lesbos.
Here she is depicted sitting on a Red on Black painted 5th century BCE hydria (a water jug).
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The Warren Cup.
A cup made of silver depicting a gay sex scene. 11 cm. high & 9 cm. In diameter.
Dated, 1st century BCE.
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A statue depiciting two Egyptian women in the manner in which married couples were presented.
Dated, 15th century BCE.
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The Pyramid of Cestius.
Built as a tomb, it is covered in white marble and its stands 37 m. high with a base of 29.6 msq.
It was later incorporated into the city walls of Rome and thus remains preserved to this day.
1st c. BCE.
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An excavation in the 1960's at the site of a Roman Fort exposed the Isny hoard, buried in a wooden box. It included coins and assorted jewellery. Notable is the necklace made of glass, coral, jet and gold.
4th c. CE, Germany.
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