GemsOfINDOLOGY (Modi Ka Pariwar)(@GemsOfINDOLOGY) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Artist captures ancient childbirth scene 12,000 years ago. 🎨

The Petroglyph is Unprotected and vulnerable today. 😞

Pic Credit Paramvir Singh 📸

Artist captures ancient childbirth scene 12,000 years ago. 🎨

The Petroglyph is Unprotected and vulnerable today. 😞

#Archaeology #Ratnagiri #Konkan #Iceage Pic Credit Paramvir Singh 📸
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Vivek Shrotriya(@True_Shrotriya) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Visited today a 10th century lost temples city- Ashapuri !

Ashapuri, located near Bhopal, features 26 temple ruins built between the 9th and 11th centuries under Pratihara and Paramara patronage.
Excavations initiated in 2010 by the Department of Archaeology and Museums,

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Alison Fisk(@AlisonFisk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, Spain, 2nd-3rd century AD. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. 📷 my own


A charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, Spain, 2nd-3rd century AD. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. 📷 my own

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
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GemsOfINDOLOGY (Modi Ka Pariwar)(@GemsOfINDOLOGY) 's Twitter Profile Photo

12,000 years ago: man questions his arrival.

Ratnagiri petroglyph shows figure emerging from lightning bolt, resembling ancient astronaut.

Petroglyph's survival depends on Ministry of Culture & Archaeological Survey of India.

12,000 years ago: man questions his arrival.

Ratnagiri petroglyph shows figure emerging from lightning bolt, resembling ancient astronaut.

Petroglyph's survival depends on @MinOfCultureGoI & @ASIGoI.

#Archaeology
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Disha Ahluwalia(@ahluwaliadisha) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Studying stratigraphy is one of the most difficult tasks during excavations. Understanding each layer and its context and then correlating it to the entire site, takes time and a lot of effort.
For me it's the numbering of these layers that makes my head spin.

Studying stratigraphy is one of the most difficult tasks during excavations. Understanding each layer and its context and then correlating it to the entire site, takes  time and a lot of effort. 
For me it's the numbering of these layers that makes my head spin. 

#archaeology
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RoaminTheEmpire(@roamintheempire) 's Twitter Profile Photo

, from the Archaeological Museum of Messinia in Kalamata, a mosaic depicting a chariot drawn by panthers. Inscribed above is ΕΥΗΝΙΩΝ, excellent charioteer. From Desillas, dated to the 5th century CE.

#MosaicMonday, from the Archaeological Museum of Messinia in Kalamata, a mosaic depicting a chariot drawn by panthers. Inscribed above is ΕΥΗΝΙΩΝ, excellent charioteer. From Desillas, dated to the 5th century CE.

#Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece
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Rachel Atherton-Charvat(@athertoncharvat) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This fragment of an aquatic themed mosaic is from a house in Aquae Sulis. It features mythological fish-tailed horses (hippocamps) and a dolphin. Set on a white lias background, the creatures are made of..(1/2)

C3rd-C4th AD
📷April
Britain

This fragment of an aquatic themed mosaic is from a house in Aquae Sulis. It features mythological fish-tailed horses (hippocamps) and a dolphin. Set on a white lias background, the creatures are made of..(1/2)

C3rd-C4th AD
📷April
#Roman #Archaeology #RomanBritain #MosaicMonday
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