Ticia Verveer

@ticiaverveer · The Netherlands · joined 20 Nov 2009

Archaeologist🏺writer 📜 From ancient ruins to historic homes 🏛 Where history lives 🗝️🌳 (Historical) journalist WWII @Ticia_Verveer @ArchaeotravelTV

121 653Followers

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76 004Posts total

8.2KViews on collected posts

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Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer15 Sep

The remains of a Norfolk town that was claimed by the sea about 700 years ago have been explored by divers in an attempt to map its seabed site. https://t.co/WU7n9flztn 1.3K views · 23 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer15 Sep

@ticiaverveer That inscription records more than a strike: it records how people understood it. I explored the gap between a sky event and its divine explanation, alongside a medieval account interpreted as ball lightning: https://t.co/itxbR1955n 5 views · 0 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer13 Sep

The locations struck by lightning were designated as sacred spaces, consecrated to either Jupiter for daytime strikes or Summanus, the god of nocturnal thunder, for bolts falling under the cover of darkness. Photo credit: Ministry of Culture https://t.co/Jj0b8JF33B https://t.co/

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Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer13 Sep

Archaeologists believe the structure was built to mark the spot struck by the lightning bolt. Lightning strikes were considered direct messages from the gods. Photo credit: Ministry of Culture https://t.co/Jj0b8JFAT9 https://t.co/xvNxEJrZSq

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Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer13 Sep

At Hadrian’s Villa in Tivoli, the University of Urbino unearthed a 40x35-cm marble slab embedded in a small tufa block structure, still sitting in its exact original context, near the amphitheatre. The inscription reads: FVLGVR SVBMANIVM. (Fulgur Summanus) 📷Ministry of Culture h

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Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer13 Sep

Archaeologists have found traces of a “funeral for lightning” at a Roman emperor’s villa. This wasn’t an ordinary home. It was Hadrian’s imperial estate. (MiBACT) On September 10, 2026, Italy’s culture ministry announced the discovery of a marble inscription still in its https:

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Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer11 Sep

Archaeologists in Poland uncovered a Neolithic burial dating to 2900 BC inside a Roman-era cemetery,where a man was laid to rest with artifacts incl. 2 human heads,serpentinite battle ax, amber beads, flint blade & necklace made of 42 drilled animal teeth https://t.co/oK5owf3jb5 1.9K views · 49 likes · 11 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer11 Sep

Researchers use reconstructed Hasmonean winepress, four tons of Merlot and modern sensors in attempt to recreate how residents of Holy Land prepared their libations https://t.co/7BJFEGCxPB 1.1K views · 10 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Ticia Verveer@ticiaverveer7 Feb 2020

30 lead tablets, engraved with curses, that invoked the gods of the underworld in order to cause harm to others, have been discovered at the bottom of a 2,500 year old well in Athens. https://t.co/xQBWoEQSDy #archaeology #Greece https://t.co/03tkBJS0Nf

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8 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 100K–1M follower range. reaches fewer people than peers, but engages them much harder.

Median views812this account5 954median for 100K–1M

Reach, %0.67%this account1.59%median for 100K–1M

Engagement, %2.11%this account1.05%median for 100K–1M

Metric	This account	Median for 100K–1M	Ratio
Median views per post	812	5 954	0.14×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	0.67%	1.59%	0.42×
Engagement rate	2.11%	1.05%	2.01×

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Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 100K–1M accounts is 1.05%.

What the audience does

Likes79.1%167 in total

Reposts12.8%27 in total

Replies1.9%4 in total

Quotes0.9%2 in total

Bookmarks5.2%11 in total

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