In 1596, if you wanted to show off immense wealth, status, and intellect, you commissioned an Astronomical Compendium

Inside its engraved panels sit four separate sundials, a quadrant, latitude tables, and even a miniature astrolabe.

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#TudorHistory #History #Artefacts

This week’s digitised photograph comes from Garstang’s excavations at Abydos and shows some of the excavated artefacts grouped together. The bowl is now part of National Museums Liverpool's collection. JG/A/452
#ancientegypt #excavations #Abydos #artefacts #glassplatenegative #photography #Museum

And here is the same daylight #Moon, but this time shot with #Fuji #FInePix #S2960. A reasonably good pic at #18x #optical #zoom, but #artefacts visible with the #digital zoom.

🔎How was long-distance communication safeguarded in antiquity?

The #Assyrians enclosed a clay dried tablet in a sealed outer layer that guaranteed the integrity of communication across trade routes. Unauthorised access would destroy the unique seal impressions.

#Archaeology #Antiquity
#Artefacts

Just 1 week left of our #Rivers4Life exhibition - an exciting mixture of #river facts, #films #artefacts #artwork, dress-up #photography & an amazing stop-frame animation!
Ends Sun 27 Sept 😍
10 - 4pm everyday at the #DalesCountrysideMuseum Hawes. Entry £5 for adults & FREE for children under 16.

16/9 2026

#Lebanon #returns 37 #artefacts smuggled out of #Egypt six years ago

The artefacts date back to the pharaonic civilisation, more commonly referred to as ancient Egypt.

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From @CarolineVanEck on #Restitution of #artefacts @ArtQuarterly