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Caral, Peru. A city over 5,000 years old. Monumental structures… built without ceramics or metal tools. Older than the pyramids of Giza. How did it all begin? #AncientMysteries #Archaeology

Hall_of_Records's tweet image. Caral, Peru.

A city over 5,000 years old.

Monumental structures…
built without ceramics or metal tools.

Older than the pyramids of Giza.

How did it all begin?

#AncientMysteries #Archaeology

Beneath Georgia's windswept peaks, archaeologists unearthed a lost civilization! 168 ancient sites, cyclopean fortresses, and ritual artifacts reveal a complex society, challenging notions of a forgotten past. The mountains are still speaking. #HiddenHistory #Archaeology


The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2025, overseen and selected by the National #CulturalHeritage Administration (NCHA), were officially announced on Wednesday. At the announcement ceremony, Chinese experts said that Chinese #archaeology is in a “golden age.”

globaltimesnews's tweet image. The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2025, overseen and selected by the National #CulturalHeritage Administration (NCHA), were officially announced on Wednesday. At the announcement ceremony, Chinese experts said that Chinese #archaeology is in a “golden age.”

In Cueva de los Murciélagos, 6,200-year-old grass sandals and older basketry reveal advanced prehistoric craftsmanship. With similar finds like Areni-1 Cave, how skilled were early humans really? #Archaeology #AncientHistory #Prehistory #Neolithic #HumanOrigins


Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a terracotta kitchen mold of an anthropomorphic woman, found at the Amorite royal palace complex in Mari (modern-day Syria). ca. 1782-1759 BCE. Louvre AO 18913. Credit: 2022 Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Raphaél Chipault #Archaeology #Amorite

ASOResearch's tweet image. Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a terracotta kitchen mold of an anthropomorphic woman, found at the Amorite royal palace complex in Mari (modern-day Syria). ca. 1782-1759 BCE. Louvre AO 18913. Credit: 2022 Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Raphaél Chipault
#Archaeology #Amorite

Making Archaeology Accessible! 🏛️✨ We’re building Community to bridge the gap between history and the new generation. Looking for friends worldwide to share insights, stories, and collaborations. Open to everyone! 🙌🗺️ #Archaeology #History #PublicArchaeology


🪨🐢A Neolithic c.4,000-2,000 BC turtle back scraper 34X30mm made from pale grey banded chert with iron leeching from within the fabric, of a type found in North Wales. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistory

StoneAgeWirral's tweet image. 🪨🐢A Neolithic c.4,000-2,000 BC turtle back scraper 34X30mm made from pale grey banded chert with iron leeching from within the fabric, of a type found in North Wales.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistory

Earliest evidence of crafting and trading of whale bones in Iron Age Scania, Sweden. arkeonews.net/first-confirme… #Archaeology #IronAge #Sweden

DAntiquis's tweet image. Earliest evidence of crafting and trading of whale bones in Iron Age Scania, Sweden.

arkeonews.net/first-confirme…

#Archaeology #IronAge #Sweden

I did a full drone survey of the "recumbent stone circle" that was "discovered" on Side Pike, Langdale. 🏔️ Besides not being a real recumbent stone circle (it's bollocks), there are some nice settlment remains here. I'm claiming that discovery though... 🤔 #archaeology

AdamMIbbotson's tweet image. I did a full drone survey of the "recumbent stone circle" that was "discovered" on Side Pike, Langdale. 🏔️

Besides not being a real recumbent stone circle (it's bollocks), there are some nice settlment remains here. I'm claiming that discovery though... 🤔

#archaeology

Norway’s largest Viking Age coin hoard, with more than 3,000 silver coins buried around in the 11th-century. arkeonews.net/unprecedented-… #Archaeology #MetalDetecting #Hoard

DAntiquis's tweet image. Norway’s largest Viking Age coin hoard, with more than 3,000 silver coins buried around in the 11th-century.

arkeonews.net/unprecedented-…

#Archaeology #MetalDetecting #Hoard

A Man and His Dog Discovered a 3,400-Year-Old Ax Head While Out for a Walk in One of England’s Ancient Forests smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-m… @SmithsonianMag #BronzeAge #Archaeology #AncientHistory #HistoricalDiscovery #England

edwardsdna's tweet image. A Man and His Dog Discovered a 3,400-Year-Old Ax Head While Out for a Walk in One of England’s Ancient Forests smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-m… @SmithsonianMag #BronzeAge #Archaeology #AncientHistory #HistoricalDiscovery #England

Chamber pots from the frontier of the Roman Empire have provided the world's earliest evidence of humans infected with the Cryptosporidium parasite. dlvr.it/TSJhm6 #AncientHistory #Archaeology #RomanEmpire #Cryptosporidium #Parasites


n Ashkelon, over 100 infant remains were discovered in a Roman sewer. With no signs of disease, researchers believe the deaths may have been intentional. #DarkHistory #RomanHistory #Archaeology #HiddenHistory #AncientMystery #HistoryFacts Read more:ancient-origins.net/history/discov…


Viking gaming board (replica), for the Viking war game ‘Hnefatafl’. The object of the game is to drive the King piece into one of the corners. This replica is at Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Denmark. 📷 by me #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. Viking gaming board (replica), for the Viking war game ‘Hnefatafl’. 

The object of the game is to drive the King piece into one of the corners.

This replica is at Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Denmark. 

📷 by me

#Archaeology

Sagalassos, Aglasun, Burdur, Turkey. Ancient Pisidian city flourishing under Roman rule. #Archaeology #Turkey

allthathistory_'s tweet image. Sagalassos, Aglasun, Burdur, Turkey. Ancient Pisidian city flourishing under Roman rule. #Archaeology #Turkey

History books might be wrong. Ancient structures, like those in Chichen Itza, share a surprising similarity with Egyptian pyramids. Did they really cut massive stones with flint? #AncientHistory #Archaeology youtube.com/watch?v=QcOPKz…


Caral, Peru. A city over 5,000 years old. Monumental structures… built without ceramics or metal tools. Older than the pyramids of Giza. How did it all begin? #AncientMysteries #Archaeology

Hall_of_Records's tweet image. Caral, Peru.

A city over 5,000 years old.

Monumental structures…
built without ceramics or metal tools.

Older than the pyramids of Giza.

How did it all begin?

#AncientMysteries #Archaeology

Beneath Georgia's windswept peaks, archaeologists unearthed a lost civilization! 168 ancient sites, cyclopean fortresses, and ritual artifacts reveal a complex society, challenging notions of a forgotten past. The mountains are still speaking. #HiddenHistory #Archaeology


In 2012, explorers in Ecuador discovered a massive stepped pyramid buried deep in the jungle. The stone tools found nearby weigh over 100 pounds — too heavy for normal humans. Local legends call it the City of Giants. 🌴👁️ #AncientHistory #Archaeology #ChronosAI


Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a terracotta kitchen mold of an anthropomorphic woman, found at the Amorite royal palace complex in Mari (modern-day Syria). ca. 1782-1759 BCE. Louvre AO 18913. Credit: 2022 Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Raphaél Chipault #Archaeology #Amorite

ASOResearch's tweet image. Our #ObjectoftheWeek is a terracotta kitchen mold of an anthropomorphic woman, found at the Amorite royal palace complex in Mari (modern-day Syria). ca. 1782-1759 BCE. Louvre AO 18913. Credit: 2022 Musée du Louvre, Dist. GrandPalaisRmn / Raphaél Chipault
#Archaeology #Amorite

Sagalassos, Aglasun, Burdur, Turkey. Ancient Pisidian city flourishing under Roman rule. #Archaeology #Turkey

allthathistory_'s tweet image. Sagalassos, Aglasun, Burdur, Turkey. Ancient Pisidian city flourishing under Roman rule. #Archaeology #Turkey

#ROME Lugdunum: How Ancient Lyon Became the Capital of Roman Gaul I SLICE HISTORY youtu.be/D2eAG4Tk_5A?si… via @YouTube "18 déc. 2025 #Archaeology #FreeDocumentary #HistoryDocumentary Today, Lyon is the third-largest city in France but during ancient times, it was the largest. At

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Making Archaeology Accessible! 🏛️✨ We’re building Community to bridge the gap between history and the new generation. Looking for friends worldwide to share insights, stories, and collaborations. Open to everyone! 🙌🗺️ #Archaeology #History #PublicArchaeology


While headlines focus on war, archaeologists in Israel uncovered evidence humans may have used controlled fire there 780,000 years ago. Even in turbulent times, the land keeps telling its story. #Israel #Archaeology #History


Excited to share my new article. It explores how kinship, labour, kiln access, and workshop layout shape pottery production in Middle Egypt. doi.org/10.1080/004382… #Archaeology #Ethnoarchaeology #Pottery #Egyptology

AhmadMohanmed's tweet image. Excited to share my new article. It explores how kinship, labour, kiln access, and workshop layout shape pottery production in Middle Egypt.

doi.org/10.1080/004382…

#Archaeology #Ethnoarchaeology #Pottery #Egyptology

A Man and His Dog Discovered a 3,400-Year-Old Ax Head While Out for a Walk in One of England’s Ancient Forests smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-m… @SmithsonianMag #BronzeAge #Archaeology #AncientHistory #HistoricalDiscovery #England

edwardsdna's tweet image. A Man and His Dog Discovered a 3,400-Year-Old Ax Head While Out for a Walk in One of England’s Ancient Forests smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a-m… @SmithsonianMag #BronzeAge #Archaeology #AncientHistory #HistoricalDiscovery #England

🌟 AND - JUST IN TIME! 🌟 My response to this supposed discovery has been published in The Prehistoric Society’s PAST newsletter. Link here: prehistoricsociety.org/sites/prehisto… #archaeology

I did a full drone survey of the "recumbent stone circle" that was "discovered" on Side Pike, Langdale. 🏔️ Besides not being a real recumbent stone circle (it's bollocks), there are some nice settlment remains here. I'm claiming that discovery though... 🤔 #archaeology

AdamMIbbotson's tweet image. I did a full drone survey of the "recumbent stone circle" that was "discovered" on Side Pike, Langdale. 🏔️

Besides not being a real recumbent stone circle (it's bollocks), there are some nice settlment remains here. I'm claiming that discovery though... 🤔

#archaeology


Two exceptionally rare Anglo-Saxon “Lamb of God” coins found in Denmark show how silver minted by King Æthelred II in response to Viking raids later ended up in the Viking world itself. arkeonews.net/rare-anglo-sax… #Archaeology #Coins #Vikings

DAntiquis's tweet image. Two exceptionally rare Anglo-Saxon “Lamb of God” coins found in Denmark show how silver minted by King Æthelred II in response to Viking raids later ended up in the Viking world itself.

arkeonews.net/rare-anglo-sax…

#Archaeology #Coins #Vikings

A bowl from Predynastic Egypt, with a painted geometric pattern, & four little hippos placed around the uper rim. It was made more than 5500 years ago #Archaeology

DrJEBall's tweet image. A bowl from Predynastic Egypt, with a painted geometric pattern, & four little hippos placed around the uper rim. It was made more than 5500 years ago #Archaeology

FANTASTIC NEWS! The 2,500 year-old gold Coțofenești Helmet from Romania has been recovered! 🤩 Also recovered are two of three ancient gold bracelets, all were stolen in a raid on a Dutch museum more than a year ago. Photo by me 2021 #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. FANTASTIC NEWS! 

The 2,500 year-old gold Coțofenești Helmet from Romania has been recovered! 🤩

Also recovered are two of three ancient gold bracelets, all were stolen in a raid on a Dutch museum more than a year ago.

Photo by me 2021

#Archaeology

Viking gaming board (replica), for the Viking war game ‘Hnefatafl’. The object of the game is to drive the King piece into one of the corners. This replica is at Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Denmark. 📷 by me #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. Viking gaming board (replica), for the Viking war game ‘Hnefatafl’. 

The object of the game is to drive the King piece into one of the corners.

This replica is at Roskilde Viking Ship Museum, Denmark. 

📷 by me

#Archaeology

A 3,400 year-old Mycenaean amphora with a spectacular octopus inspired by the ‘Marine Style’ of Minoan Crete. From the Mycenaean cemetery of Prosymna. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 by me #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. A 3,400 year-old Mycenaean amphora with a spectacular octopus inspired by the ‘Marine Style’ of Minoan Crete. 

From the Mycenaean cemetery of Prosymna. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 by me

#Archaeology

The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2025, overseen and selected by the National #CulturalHeritage Administration (NCHA), were officially announced on Wednesday. At the announcement ceremony, Chinese experts said that Chinese #archaeology is in a “golden age.”

globaltimesnews's tweet image. The top 10 archaeological discoveries of 2025, overseen and selected by the National #CulturalHeritage Administration (NCHA), were officially announced on Wednesday. At the announcement ceremony, Chinese experts said that Chinese #archaeology is in a “golden age.”

To bring a smile to your face, here’s a circa 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 😍 From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 📷 ArchaiOptix CC BY 4.0 #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. To bring a smile to your face, here’s a circa 4,500 year-old clay vase in the shape of a little hedgehog holding a bowl! 🦔 😍

From Chalandriani, Syros, Greece. Early Cycladic II period. National Archaeological Museum, Athens, Greece. 
📷 ArchaiOptix CC BY 4.0

#Archaeology

A 3,750 year-old contract for the sale of a house recorded on a clay tablet, still in its original clay envelope! Museo di Antichità, Turin 📷 by me #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. A 3,750 year-old contract for the sale of a house recorded on a clay tablet, still in its original clay envelope!

Museo di Antichità, Turin 
📷 by me

#Archaeology

A selection of #Roman glassware, which has survived in beautiful condition despite being up to 2000 years old #Archaeology

DrJEBall's tweet image. A selection of #Roman glassware, which has survived in beautiful condition despite being up to 2000 years old #Archaeology

At Antiquity, we've been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at antiquity.ac.uk/issues-by-cover

AntiquityJ's tweet image. At Antiquity, we've been publishing #archaeology research for almost 100 years! All archive content is available online at antiquity.ac.uk/issues-by-cover

Research Highlights | A collection of articles from the Journal of Roman Archaeology | Free to access until 30 April #roman #archaeology #CA2026 📚 cup.org/4vlI4CX

CambUP_Classics's tweet image. Research Highlights | A collection of articles from the Journal of Roman Archaeology | Free to access until 30 April

#roman #archaeology #CA2026

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Classical Archaeology | A collection of articles from @AntiquityJ | Free to access until 30 April #archaeology #CA2026 📚 cup.org/4t4wPNK

CambUP_Classics's tweet image. Classical Archaeology | A collection of articles from @AntiquityJ | Free to access until 30 April

#archaeology #CA2026

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After a heavy night of drinking, Roberto fell asleep in the fish and chips.... National Roman Museum in Rome #mosaicmonday #archaeology #museum

Jim73131158's tweet image. After a heavy night of drinking, Roberto fell asleep in the fish and chips....

National Roman Museum in Rome

#mosaicmonday #archaeology #museum

📣 @AntiquityJ is flipping to #openaccess for research content! ✅ All research content published in the journal from January 2027 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌍. 🔗 cup.org/41P8tLU #archaeology #SAA2026SFO

CambUP_Classics's tweet image. 📣 @AntiquityJ is flipping to #openaccess for research content!

✅ All research content published in the journal from January 2027 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌍. 

🔗 cup.org/41P8tLU

#archaeology #SAA2026SFO

Guess who just stumbled upon an unrecorded Iron Age / Roman mega-complex... 800m across... Villa? What to do with THAT information? 🤔 #archaeology

AdamMIbbotson's tweet image. Guess who just stumbled upon an unrecorded Iron Age / Roman mega-complex... 800m across... Villa?

What to do with THAT information? 🤔

#archaeology
AdamMIbbotson's tweet image. Guess who just stumbled upon an unrecorded Iron Age / Roman mega-complex... 800m across... Villa?

What to do with THAT information? 🤔

#archaeology

Children's toys from the 20th century working class community of Vaakunakylä 🇫🇮 The lives of children are often silent and neglected in historical accounts. #Archaeology helps give a voice to this marginalised group #WorldVoiceDay 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

AntiquityJ's tweet image. Children's toys from the 20th century working class community of Vaakunakylä 🇫🇮

The lives of children are often silent and neglected in historical accounts. #Archaeology helps give a voice to this marginalised group #WorldVoiceDay

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

Some 3,300 years ago, an ancient Egyptian artist painted this comic illustration of a cat herding geese! 😻 They used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad for this fun scene. From Deir el-Medina, Thebes. 📷 Egyptian Museum, Cairo. #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. Some 3,300 years ago, an ancient Egyptian artist painted this comic illustration of a cat herding geese! 😻

They used a flake of limestone as a sketchpad for this fun scene.

From Deir el-Medina, Thebes.

📷 Egyptian Museum, Cairo.

#Archaeology

Ancient Egyptian goddess Selket, depicted with a scorpion on her head. She was a benevolent deity who protected against venomous bites. Her arms are outstretched protecting Tutankhamun’s gilded wooden canopic shrine. Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. Ancient Egyptian goddess Selket, depicted with a scorpion on her head.

She was a benevolent deity who protected against venomous bites. Her arms are outstretched protecting Tutankhamun’s gilded wooden canopic shrine.

Grand Egyptian Museum, Cairo 📷 by me

#Archaeology

How is #archaeology helping save the sea lions? #MarineMammalRescueDay 🦭 By using archaeological techniques to identify the origins of plastic waste, we can target the source of the pollution to mitigate this environmental threat. 🔗 from 2020 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

AntiquityJ's tweet image. How is #archaeology helping save the sea lions? #MarineMammalRescueDay 🦭

By using archaeological techniques to identify the origins of plastic waste, we can target the source of the pollution to mitigate this environmental threat.

🔗 from 2020 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2…

Minoan amphora with floral design. 3,800 years old and still blooming gorgeous! 🌸 From Phaistos, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

AlisonFisk's tweet image. Minoan amphora with floral design.

3,800 years old and still blooming gorgeous! 🌸 

From Phaistos, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 
📷 by me

#Archaeology

??? ANCIENT MYSTERY: Jaisalmer Fort: The Imposing Desert Fort With a Bone-Chilling Custom ?? Trending with 100K+ readers! This will blow your mind! ?? ancient-origins.net/ancient-places… #AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #MustRead #Amazing #Heritage

ancientorigins's tweet image. ??? ANCIENT MYSTERY: Jaisalmer Fort: The Imposing Desert Fort With a Bone-Chilling Custom
?? Trending with 100K+ readers! This will blow your mind! ??
ancient-origins.net/ancient-places…
#AncientOrigins #History #Archaeology #HumanOrigins #Evolution #MustRead #Amazing #Heritage

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