Tag: Artifact of the Day
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This Artifact Is the Oldest Representational Art…So Far
This posts explores an Indonesian cave painting and why the date of the earliest cave paintings keeps getting older.
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The Bone Artifact Hiding Hundreds of Seeds
This post explores a Roman artifact that contained hundreds of Hyoscyamus niger seeds and some possible answers to why someone might have wanted to keep these specific seeds safe.
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How This Moche Artifact Revealed a Forgotten Queen
This post explores a Moche artifact and how it’s changing our understanding of leadership in the ancient Moche world.
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These Identical Ancient Artifacts Were Stacked for a Reason
This post explores two identical metal artifacts from Oman and how researchers figured out what they were.
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The Bronze Age Artifacts Unraveling What We Know About Anatolian Textiles
This post explores two burnt textiles that reveal something new and blue about Bronze Age textiles in Anatolia.
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The Rare Southern African Artifact That Once Played Music
This post explores a Nasca geoglyph, the spider, that is collectively part of the Lines of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana.
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The Stonehenge Artifacts With Hidden Designs
This post explores a Nasca geoglyph, the spider, that is collectively part of the Lines of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana.
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The Viking Artifact That Offers a Glimpse Into Daily Life
This post explores a Nasca geoglyph, the spider, that is collectively part of the Lines of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana.
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The Sprawling Artifact That Transformed Peru’s Landscape
This post explores a Nasca geoglyph, the spider, that is collectively part of the Lines of Nasca and Pampas de Jumana.
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How This Ancient Greek Artifact Reframes Color and Identity
This post explores a folio manuscript that gives us a glimpse into 4 millennia of astronomical knowledge and Armenian cultural history.