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Archaeologist, author. Collector of stories, old and new. Middle East, N-Africa. Religion, Conflict & Peace 🏺 🏛️ @Ticia_Verveer WW II Historisch journalist

Sep 26, 2020, 7 tweets

Archaeologists have unearthed the world’s oldest and most complete set of Roman body armour yet on a battlefield. The entire cuirass was found at Kalkriese in northwestern Germany 
thetimes.co.uk/article/oldest…

The myth of Hermann remains tainted by the militant nationalism that would later be associated with Hitler.

spiegel.de/international/…

Arminius the Liberator: Myth and Ideology oxford.universitypressscholarship.com/view/10.1093/a…

New Excavation Will Examine Germany's Legendary "Founding Battle" smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/new…

Excavations in Kalkriese. Museum und Park Kalkriese kalkriese-varusschlacht.de/en/research/ar…

Face mask of a cavalry helmet, ca. 9 AD, Germany
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kalk…

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