Archaeology News Online Magazine

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21 October 2026 06:17

Roman Egypt’s scribes used diagrams to guide and check math problems, study finds A scribe in Roman Egypt needs the area of a field. He picks up his reed pen and sketches a triangle on papyrus. Then he writes numbers along the sides. A new study... More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/10/roma...

Kevin Wilbraham

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21 October 2026 06:17

A small Roman altar dedicated by Maximus to the god Vitiris - a native hunter/ warrior god. Now part of the collections at Durham University’s Museum of Archaeology. 📸 My own #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain

🪬🌙🐈‍⬛Pythia Uidliua🐦‍⬛⭐️🧿GNOTHI SEAUTON ♐️⚕️🍷

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21 October 2026 06:17

Musician playing a lute-like musical instrument a barbat or an early qanbus from an ornamental dish in the British Museum. Originated in Tabaristan, Iran in the 7th or 8th century A.D.

Antiquity Journal

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21 October 2026 06:17

📰 Faience workshop discovered at an ancient Nubian temple shows how Kushite rulers used the production of prestige goods to display their power. 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2026/10/anci...

Anthony Majanlahti

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21 October 2026 06:16

For #MosaicMonday, this framed Nilotic scene is actually a surviving fragment of the famous Asàrotos òikos (Unswept Floor) from the Aventine. It formed the high-art centrepiece of the dining room, admired by guests looking past the trompe-l'œil food debris at their feet. #AncientBluesky 🏺