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The more than 3,000-year-old story of the High Priest of Amun Khonsemhab and his encounter with a troubled ghost can be found on a set of four ostraca, discovered around the necropolis of Deir el-Medina near Thebes, but today housed in museums in Paris, Vienna, Florence, and Turin. npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer This Roman miniature skeleton with flexible joints (now missing several limbs), jumps and dances when shaken. The Romans called these skeletons larva convivalis, meaning banquet ghost, and were handed out to guests at dinner parties to remind them to have fun while they were alive. npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer Authorities in the German city of Cologne have evacuated three hospitals and thousands of homes after the discovery of an unexploded second world war bomb during construction work on a new medical campus. npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer "Across the world, from the Netherlands, the US and the UK, rivers are slowly being re-wiggled, to return them to their natural course. And, in the UK, the rewards are starting to pay off, with fish, birds and invertebrates flocking back to rivers in Cumbria and West Sussex" npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer The authorities in Sudan are trying to protect the country's ancient pyramids from flooding as heavy rains have caused the nearby River Nile to reach record-breaking levels. npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer Happy #internationaldogday let´s not forget that our four-legged friends play a vital role in the field of archaeology😊 npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer On her recent Jewish heritage trip in Romania, JHE’s Ruth Ellen Gruber came across two rare examples of matzevot made of wood — one in the Jewish cemetery in Botosani, and the other in the “New” Jewish cemetery in Dorohoi. npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer Roman bronze oil lamp with a little mouse near the spout. Mouse statuettes attached to lamps refer directly to the common problem of mice gnawing at wicks and drinking lamp oil, a nuisance that is documented in various ancient texts. npub1u2y3gqqf5jv8s7ugh3y2jj2sfydllzax8l6xq7g654c0jq5kk02smj83vv Ticia Verveer Fearful that the Nazi forces in Prague would confiscate her lifetime's worth of artwork, Gertrud Kauders decided to hide 700 paintings and sketches. Nearly 80 years later, the artworks were rediscovered by a demolition team tearing down an old building.
