Somewhere in a Roman brickyard, around 1800 years ago, a fresh tile was drying peacefully ahead of firing - until a dog trotted straight across it. Centuries later, the tile has made it into a museum: not because of an emperor, but thanks to one dog who accidentally walked his way into history. 📷️me

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The waterlogged, anaerobic environment at the site provided ideal conditions for the preservation of organic materials such as wood or fabrics. 📷 Laténium 🏺 🧵2/2

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The condition of fabrics from #prehistoric pile dwelling and wetland settlements is amazing. This charred ball of thread was found at the site of Marin-Epagnier/Préfargier. It was made of hemp or lime fibres, and dates about 3900 to 3300 BC. The thread measures a total of about 10 m in length.🧵1/2

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Kanamori and American seismologist Thomas C. Hanks developed the moment magnitude scale, the now most widely used scale to measure the strength of an earthquake www.iris.edu/hq/inclass/a...

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