Given what's going on in the world, this is perfect for today's #findsfriday. Those who are responsible for the current state of affairs may feel addressed.

Hand of a gilded bronze statue of an Roman emperor.
From Kempten, 1st to 3rd c. AD
On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung
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#archaeology #RomanArchaeology

#FindsFriday #FerrousFriday: Weapons and equipment parts buried with men in Gaul, 250-150 BC
`La Tène II sword in its iron scabbard: they were deliberately bent before burial.
Forged iron and cast bronze suspension chains. Suspension chains replaced sets of rings to attach the scabbard to a belt sometime after 300 BC and are typical of burials in La Tène II.` #Celtic
Source: British Museum

#FindsFriday #FerrousFriday: `The Kirkburn Sword, Kirkburn, East Yorkshire, buried 300-200 BC
This sword and scabbard were found in the grave of a man in his early 20s to late 30s when he died. The sword is made of iron and the scabbard has a decorated bronze
front and an iron back.
The man was placed in the grave in a crouched position with his knees pulled towards his chest. The sword and scabbard were positioned behind his back. As part of the burial rite the remains of a pig were placed on the man's chest.
As a final act before the grave was filled in three spears were thrust into the man's chest. This burial rite has been recorded in other graves from East Yorkshire and was part of the ceremonies associated with the burial.` #Celtic
Source: British Museum

#FindsFriday: Wooden tankard with bronze decorated fittings, found near Carrickfergus, County Antrim
Source: Ulster Museum

For #FindsFriday #Roman bronze figurines of deities from the ‘Treasure of Weißenburg’, one of the most important hoards north of the Alps, consisting of around 150 objects, e. g. votive plaques, figurines of deities and various vessels. It's believed to be the inventory of a temple. The hoard was buried in the 3rd century AD and discovered in 1979 by chance during gardening work.

Photo: Archäologische Staatssammlung München

#FindsFriday: `The helmet from Canosa di Puglia comes from the far south of Italy and shows just how far the #Celts got.` #Celtic
Source: Information screens at Navan Fort

#FindsFriday: The Gauls‘ use of wood demonstrates their technological skills. It ist believed that the extrordinary machinery discovered at the bottom of an 18m deep well at the settlement of Saint-Symphorien was used to pump water. The device comprised one or two spoked wheels and piston rods, using a crank-connecting rod system.
Source: Centre d'interprétation Alesia #Celtic #IronAge

Fabulous Visigothic bronze belt buckles with striking #cloisonné glass decoration. AD 500s. Excavated from the #Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain.
Segovia Museum by @AlisonFisk #FindsFriday
#Archaeology #museums

#introduction: I've been tooting as @NeuKelte@todon.eu since #Imbolc 2022 before I moved here.
I'm interested in all things #Celtic, but particularly the #IronAge and the myths of the Gaels and the Welsh.
I regularly post about my Nua-#CelticSoulJourneys to Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany and the Isle of Man.
You'll find my toots under the following hashtags: #MythologyMonday, #FairyTaleTuesday, #LegendaryWednesday, #WyrdWednesday, #BookologyThursday, #FindsFriday, #FolkloreSunday

We need #degrowth, a #DonutEconomy & #SystemChange to #Conviviality in a #CaringEconomy of #Partnerism within #planetboundaries

#FindsFriday!
In the rich graves of southwest Germany's early medieval period, crystal objects such as spheres are frequently discovered. Crystals were believed to possess healing and protective properties, and were also used for magical purposes. These crystal objects were likely valued not only for their purported powers but also for their economic worth. This crystal sphere was found in Lauchheim, dating to the late 6th or early 7th century.

The Hove Amber Cup for #FindsFriday.

A beautiful and rare Bronze Age amber cup which glows when it catches the light.

Carved from a single piece of Baltic amber about 3,500 years ago.
Found in 1856 inside Hove Barrow, a large Bronze Age burial mound in Sussex. Brighton Museum and Art Gallery

https://brightonmuseums.org.uk/discovery/history-stories/festival-of-archaeology-2020-the-amber-cup/ by @AlisonFisk
#Archaeology

#FindsFriday #FerrousFriday: Bronze bull figurine with iron dorsal stripe and a triangular head ornament from Býčí skála Cave, Czech Republic, 800-400 BC. #Celtic

For #FindsFriday a neck ring found in a Jutish bog. The tradition of offering neck rings was common practice in the Bronze Age period in Jutland, Denmark, and still thrives in the first century of the Iron Age. Solid crown neck rings are of foreign design,with inspirarion from the Black Sea region. They were quite popular in Denmark and northern Germany as a sign of rank of the elite. Dating 5th century BC.

On display at Moesgaard Museum

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Yesterday, I had the chance to open a few boxes in our storage facilities . Therefore, for #FindsFriday an early #medieval double-sided bone comb, found in a grave in Calw Stammheim (dating 7th c. AD). To protect the (once) delicate tines, the comb was kept in a case.

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#FindsFriday! Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old beads were found in the pile-dwelling settlements of Sipplingen and Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy

ALM Baden-Württemberg

#FindsFriday: Colourful beads were very popular in south-west Germany in the early medieval period. They were mainly made from glass, sometimes from amber and semi-precious stones.
These beads were found in the burial site at Eichstetten, dating 6th to 7th century

Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

For #FindsFriday an amazing #Roman clasp-knife with a handle in the shape of Hercules, carved from amber, and with an iron blade.
Found in a burial at Zülpich, dating 3rd century AD.

Photo: LVR-Landesmuseum Bonn/J. Vogel

For #FindsFriday pottery vessels from the #Neolithic Schussenried culture, which was widespread in southwestern Germany. Dating ca. 4,000 BC,

From the southern Federseeried, Lake Federsee.

Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

For #FindsFriday a #Roman knife with a handle made of animal bone and with a iron blade. This type of knife with a curved blade was common in the 1st and 2nd century AD. Found in Stuttgart-Bad Cannstatt.

#FindsFriday! Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old beads were found in the pile-dwelling settlements of Sipplingen and Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy.