The Archaeology Thread

[The Valkyrie]

She sells seashells down by the sword

Impressive.

I'm curious, though, if it's a Crusade-era blade, why the clip shows Roman infantry?

[Oldandeasilyconfused]

She sells seashells down by the sword

Impressive.

I'm curious, though, if it's a Crusade-era blade, why the clip shows Roman infantry?

Please excuse my ignorance.

 I saw that clip too. I thought the roman infantry sword was the gladius about 18 inches long, but could be up to 27 inches.   This weapon was for close up stabbing.   The sword in the video has a blade a metre long, surely for slashing?
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[The Valkyrie]

Impressive.

I'm curious, though, if it's a Crusade-era blade, why the clip shows Roman infantry?

Please excuse my ignorance.

 I saw that clip too. I thought the roman infantry sword was the gladius about 18 inches long, but could be up to 27 inches.   This weapon was for close up stabbing.   The sword in the video has a blade a metre long, surely for slashing?

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You're correct.

Rhe gladius was more for stabbing when combined with a shield in closed formation.

[Fake Messiah]

A curator at the British Museum discovers the oldest known drawing of a ghost from a 3500-year-old Babylonian tablet. The Guardian reports, “It is part of an exorcist’s guide to getting rid of unwanted ghosts by addressing the particular malaise that brought them back to the world of the living – in this case, a ghost in desperate need of a companion.”

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...seum-vault

But how could they perform an exorcism thousands of years before Jesus was born? Don't they need to say "power of christ compels you" for the ghost to be exorcised?

[The Valkyrie]

A curator at the British Museum discovers the oldest known drawing of a ghost from a 3500-year-old Babylonian tablet. The Guardian reports, “It is part of an exorcist’s guide to getting rid of unwanted ghosts by addressing the particular malaise that brought them back to the world of the living – in this case, a ghost in desperate need of a companion.”

https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2021...seum-vault

But how could they perform an exorcism thousands of years before Jesus was born? Don't they need to say "power of christ compels you" for the ghost to be exorcised?

The power of Marduk compels you!

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Crucifixion In Roman Britain

Archaeologists found the burial of a man in a wooden structure (possibly a bier), aged between 25 to 35 years of age in a small cemetery near the Roman settlement at Fenstanton, between Roman Cambridge and Godmanchester.

He has an iron nail penetrating his right heel bone (calcaneum) in a horizontal position, which the researchers believe is consistent with the practise of crucifixion, where his feet would have been nailed to the sides of an upright timber.

The nail was not identified until conservation occurred off site. Prolonged analysis by Corinne Duhig, an archaeologist at the University of Cambridge who examined the human remains, established crucifixion as the only likely explanation. Signs of punitive injuries and immobilisation before and around the time of death, says Duhig, suggest the victim may have been a slave.

Boru

[The Valkyrie]

Two of the largest petroglyph animals in the world.

The Dahous Giraffes of Niger. Dated to 8,000 BCE.



How the hell I had never heard of these before today, I'll never know.

[Fake Messiah]

Top 10 most fascinating archaeological discoveries of 2021

The oldest map in Europe, a "lost golden city" in Egypt, a massive geoglyph in India that may be the world's largest, and a 2,000-year-old pet cemetery are just some of the archaeological discoveries that were reported in 2021.

https://www.livescience.com/biggest-arch...es-of-2021

[Fake Messiah]

Archaeologists Find 40 Beheaded Roman Skeletons With Skulls Between Their Legs in a late Roman cemetery in southern England.

Archeologists said that one interpretation could be that the decapitated skeletons were criminals or outcasts, although decapitation was a "normal, albeit marginal, burial rite" during the late Roman period. 

Over the next few years, the researchers will study the exhumed skeletons, offering an opportunity to learn more about Roman civilization's historic lifestyles, diet, and beliefs.

The team also uncovered over 1,200 coins at the site, along with several lead weights indicating that this was an area of trade and commerce.

https://www.sciencealert.com/archeologis...their-legs

[Fake Messiah]

2000 years old children drawings uncovered at the site of Athribis, an ancient settlement built around 200 kilometers north of Luxor.



The 2,000-year-old fragments also included receipts, school texts, trade information and lists of names.

https://edition.cnn.com/style/article/an...index.html

You can see by the drawings how happier kids used to be before Catholic priests could rape them.