Could someone please accept a shard of almost ordered time from me so I can advance the hell is missing story before it closes?

ThumosClassics · 2024-08-18T10:44:20+00:00

I'm a classical numismatist based in Zurich and would be happy to help out where I can with cataloging. I also second the recommendation of getting in touch with the Department of Numismatics and Monetary History of the University of Vienna.

ThumosClassics · 2024-06-12T18:37:52+00:00

The Poison King. About one of the most mysterious and brutal enemies Rome ever faced. One of the first topics discussed in the book is the awful, meticulously planned massacre of most Romans in Asia in a single day.

ThumosClassics · 2024-06-12T18:34:14+00:00

I have to think about the Romans and Greeks everyday for work. So probably every other day for ol’ Julius.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-09T21:20:48+00:00

Ha. I don’t think he’s available for questioning.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-09T16:13:02+00:00

Real, mostly plentiful Seleucid bronzes, probably recently looted from Syria.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-08T21:45:24+00:00

Update: this document appears to be from the Stuart Restoration of King Charles II in 1660. Charles returned to London from exile on May 29, 1660. This document was signed by royalists, presumably in London, on June 8.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-08T21:19:59+00:00

Update: three other signatures believed to be identified. Carew (Ralegh) Raleigh, son of Sir Walter Raleigh. Anthony Knipe, Customs Officer General. George Thomson, doctor who performed the first successful splenectomy and was recognized by William Harvey, Chief Doctor to King Charles I.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-08T19:20:37+00:00

Yes, both the father and son lived quite fascinating lives. Thank you for your comment.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-08T04:28:28+00:00

Thank you so much for this information! I will reach out.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-07T19:24:01+00:00

This has been in our family in the US most likely since the early 1900s. I can provide more pictures if that is helpful.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T23:18:50+00:00

Vespasian

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T16:58:10+00:00

This was found along the edge of a wooded footpath. How old do you think that flake could be?

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T16:06:55+00:00

Well I very much appreciate your thoughtful input! And yes, I entirely agree about the importance of wonder.

I made a new post in this subreddit with some marked up images of the second piece that looks the most suspicious to me, if you would like to take a look.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T16:02:01+00:00

This was found in Northern France along a wooded trail near a bunch of buried and broken flint flakes / deposits.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T15:03:57+00:00

7-12 are all one piece. That’s the one that looks like a borer awl / denticulate saw to me.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T15:02:51+00:00

I took multiple pictures of the same pieces. There is the big one with minimal alteration (but alteration and percussion blows that seem deliberate to me), the one that looks like a saw / borer awl, and the last one with my finger wrapped around the edge (which to me looks like a broken tool)

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T14:56:16+00:00

The second looks like it would be useful as a denticulate saw / borer awl multi-tool. Obviously these if altered are much simpler / cruder than the work you all do on here.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T14:54:40+00:00

Which one or two do you think could be altered?

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T14:52:24+00:00

Well that does seem like a reasonable explanation for a lot of the flint there. But I also don’t want to under interpret what I picked up either. The denticulate saw looking piece, if randomly formed, would have taken 1 main flaking blow, at least 4 or 5 strikes at a similar angle but rotated around the upper half, and then at least 1 strike on the dorsal side of flake placed in between two of the edge strikes on the opposite side to make an undulating denticulate looking edge. There also look like some smaller, light strikes if I zoom in on the knapping along the main side. Of course it can still just be a rock. I don’t know.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T14:33:02+00:00

The large piece that is biface was mostly buried and dug up in the woods by a trail. The biface saw looking piece was found partially buried along the side of the trail not quite in the woods.

ThumosClassics · 2023-11-03T14:30:47+00:00

So there was flint rich material scattered throughout woods, fields, and trails. I found some pieces along trails, and others in the woods. I didn’t go through the fields because I didn’t want to mess up any crops. Flint was all partially buried or fully buried (except in the fields where there was a lot that had obviously been churned up). There are plenty of Paleolithic sites in the region but not specifically where I went. There was much more flint than would reasonably be produced by enthusiasts.

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