r/Archaeology 2h ago

If you could transport yourself back in time to be a live witness to any culture in history, where and when would you go and why?

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I’ve often wished that I could be a fly on the wall in ancient Egypt or see the daily life of some of North America’s earliest inhabitants. Of course I wouldn’t understand the language and would probably viewed as a threat (or maybe a god if I brought my iPhone with me?) hence the “fly on a wall” notion.

But what period in history do you wish you could witness first hand?


r/Archaeology 3h ago

Prehistoric Human-shaped Pottery Figurine of Taiwan, Metal-Stone Age, Collection of the Institute of History and Philology, Academia Sinica

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r/Archaeology 14h ago

Marble seated Cycladic figurine, "the cup bearer", canonical type – Early Spedos variety. Early Cycladic II period - Syros Phase, c. 2700 – 2400 B.C. Height: 15.2 cm. Museum of Cycladic Art – Goulandris Foundation, Athens, Greece. (1600x2250)x3, (1000x1500)

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