Originating in what is now Iraq before 3200 BC, cuneiform script is, as far as we know, oldest form of writing in the world. The recording of a spoken language, emerged from earlier recording systems at the end of 4th Millennium BC. The first written language in Mesopotamia is called Sumerian. Most of early tablets come from the site of Uruk, in southern Mesopotamia, and it may have been here that this form of writing was invented. 🎥© art.heology (IG) © British Museum #archaeohistories

Gold Hyperpyron of the Byzantine Emperor Michael VIII Palaiologos (r. 1261-1282), depicting Virgin Mary rising above the walls of Constantinople, commemorating the capture of the city from the Latins in 1261. Byzantine Museum, Athens #archaeohistories

Whistling jars are pottery vessels from Chimu culture of North Coast, Peru, that date back to 1000–1476 CE. The jars are often decorated with bird's heads that conceal whistle and smaller whistles may have fingerholes to adjust pitch. The sounds jars make depend on their size, shape, and fluid levels. These unique instruments or shamanic tools as we will later discuss, are called whistling vessels or otherwise known in Spanish as huaco silbadors. 🎥 : Credit to the Owner #archaeohistories

Embassies in North Korea could benefit from being reminded about the histories of the Ottoman and Roman Empires. Perhaps someone should ensure they stay informed. 😆 © The Archaeologist #archaeohistories

Hirta Island (Ghost Town), outer Hebrides, Scotland - the last inhabitants of one of the U.K.'s most remote islands were evacuated in 1930... Though St Kilda had been inhabited for more than 2,000 years, it’s been abandoned since 1930. When the last residents of the United Kingdom’s remotest islands requested evacuation to the mainland, they left behind a traditional Scottish coastal village which now lies in ruins. 📷© akissfromuk #archaeohistories

Cross section of a road in England. #archaeohistories

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The seal of the Hittite king Muvatalli (r. 1295-1272 BC), who fought the Battle of Kadesh with the Egyptian king Ramses II. Found in Boğazköy excavations, in Türkiye. Istanbul Archaeological Museums #archaeohistories

The Byzantine Church of the Acheiropoietos (450–470 CE) in Thessaloniki, Greece, was built over a complex of Roman public baths that were built over some older baths or a temple. #archaeohistories

In 1850, a farmer found a secret village. It was later determined to be older than the Great Pyramids of Egypt. Archeologists estimated that 100 people lived in this village named Skara Brae, the "Scottish Pompeii." The houses were connected to each other by tunnels, and each house could be closed off with a stone door. #archaeohistories