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📰 Analysis of horse remains suggests Scythians intentionally chose horses in their prime to sacrifice in funerary rites 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2026/07/scyt...
Scythians chose horses in their prime for funeral rites, study finds | Archaeology News Online MagazineStudy of Scythian burials in southern Russia found horses aged 5 to 15 were favored for funeral rites over younger or older animals.archaeologymag.comI would not have deleted my friendship books account
The Public Domain Review"Friendship books" were the #Facebook of the 17th and 18th centuries (without the ads and data mining). Here's a fine example of one begun in 1795 by the aunt of the poet Felicia Dorothea Browne: https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/the-friendship-book-of-anne-wagner-1795-1834 #FriendshipDay
Two 40,000-Year-Old Ivory Bird Figurines Discovered in Hohle Fels Cave, the Smallest Sculptures Found to Date at the Famous Site: www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/07/t...
Two 40,000-Year-Old Ivory Bird Figurines Discovered in Hohle Fels Cave, the Smallest Sculptures Found to Date at the Famous SiteExcavations carried out during 2025 in the Hohle Fels cave, located in the UNESCO World Heritage area of the Swabian Jura in southwest Germany, have yielded two new discoveries of extraordinary import...www.labrujulaverde.comLidar of Mala'e Vakapuna mound on Tongatapu, Tonga, radiocarbon dated to 1,500 years old. A hallmark of Polynesian chiefdoms, its early date suggests political complexity developed in West Polynesia before eastern islands were settled. 🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology
