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#EpigraphyTuesday – Inscribed votive plaque dedicated to the deity Mars Camulos, ca. AD 161-180, but the plaque's text is interesting – and frustratingly tantalising – in other respects. #Latin 🧵🏺 Image: Museum of London (LLS02[1566]<253>). Link - collections.museumoflondon.org.uk/online/objec...

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Wayland’s Smithy, July 2023. #TombTuesday

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#tombtuesday Taversoe Tuick on Rousay, Orkney - two Neolithic chambered tombs built one on top of the other. So amazing to climb down into that 5,000-year-old space!

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Embo Chambered Cairn: Chambered Cairn also known as Grannie's Heilan Hame (!) #TombTuesday outside the reception of a holiday park near Dornocht.

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#TombTuesday Two large #tombs have been discovered and excavated at the site of the ancient city of Pylos in southern #Greece, suggesting that #Pylos played a surprisingly prominent role in early #Mycenaean civilization. #Archaeology #History #AncientBlueSky🏛️

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Addleborough, a prominent hill in Wensleydale, has an Early Bronze Age tomb on it. 💫 - A few of the stones are feature Neolithic rock art, showing possible reuse. The valley isn't known to have any other major rock art 🤔 #TombTuesday #archaeology #Yorkshire #travel

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It is said that; ‘the passage into Corrimony Clava cairn is aligned to the moon at its southern minor standstill, which occurs every 18.6 years’? #TombTuesday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

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This is the Dolmen of Mané Croh, one of the many ancient megalithic monuments that can be found in the landscape around Erdeven in Brittany. #TombTuesday

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A small selection of medieval tiles found last year at #CerneAbbey 🏺 Perfect entertainment for any jigsaw enthusiasts out there! #TilesOnTuesday

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For #EpigraphyTuesday, from today's visit to the Heraklion Archaeological Museum, a votive inscription to the Kouretes by the herder and farmer Soteridas, slave of Marcus Claudius Thettaliscus. Dated to the 1st century CE. #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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#EpigraphyTuesday - Base for a statue of Hadrian erected in the Sanctuary of Athena Pronea in Delphi by the Amphictyonic council under the direction of Titus Flavius Aristotimus (priest of Apollo). Dated AD 124/5. #Hadrian1900 Syll.³ 835B epigraphy.packhum.org/text/242061?...

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Tiree (island), Argyll. Tír Iath c.850, Tiryad 1343. 'Eth's land'. Gaelic tir. Eth has not been identified and is probably pre-Celtic. Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. The Columban house at Mag Luinge was among the monasteries it once held. 📸Alexey Komarov #medievalsky

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Excavation has begun across the long, linear ditch in the southern end of Trench M at #Durotriges25 Really hoping it's Iron Age 🤞

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An early #medieval silver gilt bow fibula (brooch) found in a woman's grave in Lauchheim, dating around 600AD. Decorated with animal interlace, the foot ends in a stylized animal head. Bow brooches were a common element of women’s dress in south-west Germany. They were...🧵1/2 📷 me

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This reticulated beaker has an inscription in glass: FAVENTIBVS. It’s an expression of good luck (perhaps short for "Faventibus ventis" – with favourable winds). The ‘cage’ of the beaker is also glass. The Romans were masters of glasswork & this is a beautiful example. 🏛️📷Kunsthistoriches Museum

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Pentre Ifan Neolithic Burial Chamber, near Newport in Pembrokeshire. The impressive capstone is some five metres in length. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Pembrokeshire

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The mid 1st century AD funerary slab of Claudia Lachne - a freedwoman of Antonia (daughter of the Emperor Claudius). The funerary slab is part of the collections at the Baths of Diocletian in Rome. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #Rome

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13th century floor tile depicting the double-headed eagle of Richard, Earl of Cornwall. The tile was originally from the Church of St. Michael at Lyme Regis in Dorset, but is now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday

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The lost village of Thorpe Parva near Diss. #Norfolk

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For this #MosaicMonday, something simple, effective - and, perhaps surprisingly, very unusual. A leafy detail from the mosaic found in Olga Road, Dorchester, now in the Victorian Hall of the excellent @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social. #AncientBlueSky 🏺

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#MosaicMonday 🏺 Welcome to the gym.... Two bare handed athletes in the entry hall offer a taste of what's to come in the Gymnasium of the Iuvenes in Pompeii. Frescos within the large #Roman men's thermal bath complex beyond feature wrestling, jumping, weights and other exercises.

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It's Monday, Latin dies Lunae - day of Luna, goddess of the #Moon. Therefore, for #MosaicMonday a detail of a mosaic from the #Roman villa at Orbe-Boscéaz, Yverdon-les-Bains region, Switzerland, depicting Luna in a two-horse chariot. Happy Monday to all of you! 🏺 #archaeology

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Ancient Greek clay aryballos (perfume flask) in the shape of an owl, c. 640 BC 🦉❤️ The Louvre, Paris 📷 by me #OwlishMonday #Archaeology

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The cleaning of trenches at #Durotriges25 has begun Lots of archaeology to define and resolve What a team ! Even Pippin the wonder dog has a hi-viz jacket

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Roman mosaic fragment of a cockerel from Italy. Dating to around 100 BC, the fragment is part of the collections at the Burrell Collection in Glasgow. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday

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The remains of the 14th century east window of the priory church at Walsingham Priory in North Norfolk. The Augustinian priory was founded in around 1153, and dissolved in 1534. #MedievalMonday #Walsingham #Norfolk

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15th century memorial brass for Alice, wife of Sir Ralph Shelton, located in the north side of the sanctuary of St. Mary’s Church at Great Snoring in Norfolk. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #GreatSnoring #Norfolk

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Its #MosaicMonday & since we've got an episode on Ravenna 🇮🇹 out, Its gotta be an uber-threat of all of Ravenna's glorious gold mosaics 🧵👇

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Spent yesterday visiting Carisbrooke Castle on the Isle of Wight. It began life in the C11th as a Saxon “burh” before being converted into a motte & bailey after the Norman conquest. The remains of the Saxon stone wall can still be seen half way up the current bank #SaxonSunday AncientBlueSky 🏺

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The central stone in Mayburgh Henge #StandingStoneSunday

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The Ring of Brodgar in Orkney, #Scotland, built c.2500 BC This ditch alone took at least 80,00 hours to dig, straight into the bedrock! At 380m in circumference, that's a serious community effort! #StandingStoneSunday 📸 Mine #archaeology #ancientbritain #photooftheday🏺

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One for #StandingStoneSunday Glengorm, Mull, Scotland. May 2025 #History #Mull #Scotland #Landscape #Photography #ClassicMono #EastCoastKin

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Comet a3 passing Callanish , shadows caused by the moon #StandingStoneSunday

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Dramatic & beautiful Castlerigg stone circle this morning 🤯 - an incredible position high on a summit with spectacular views in all directions; the mountains mirroring the shapes of the stones Busy today: cars, campers & an ice cream van, but everybody enjoying the prehistory #StandingStoneSunday

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Carreg Samson, Neolithic burial chamber, Pembrokeshire. #StandingStoneSunday #Dolmen @megalithic.bsky.social @stoneclub.bsky.social

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Gettlinge: A ‘skeppsättning' (ship setting), one of the many fascinating sites on the Baltic island of Öland. #StandingStoneSunday Explore more via our page.

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Time-transformed the stones may be, diminished in power as story engines they're not. Once portal tomb and now lichen-dressed lithic huddle, the shadow of the Long Neolithic is still cast. They still provide spine for folklore's living current to bloom upon. – Dr. K. Brophy 1982 #StandingStoneSunday

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Machine clearance is complete Time to take a moment and contemplate #Durotriges25 Our office for the next 7 weeks

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Hackness, North Yorkshire. Hacanos 731, Hagenesse 1086. 'Hook-shaped or projecting headland'. Old English haca + nose (replaced by næss). Source: Oxford Dictionary of British #PlaceNames. St Hild founded a monastery there. 📸Ian S #medievalsky

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Zen and the art of topsoil clearance Seeing archaeological features being exposed is actually quite relaxing We could watch this all day #Durotriges25

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The Glengorm stones on Mull: once a stone row possibly used for moon rituals, but then turned into a sort of circle when restored a few thousand years later. In the kind of very Scottish weather that I think seems to suit stones best. #standingstonesunday

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Remains of Mayan city nearly 3,000 years old unearthed in Guatemala. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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#Giraffes? No, these are figurines of #horses. They are quite uncommon in southern Germany, exhibiting influences from the Eastern Hallstatt culture. The figurines were found in a burial mound in Römerstein-Zainingen, dating back to the 8th or 7th century BC 📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg #archaeology

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Temple Wood Stone Circle at Kilmartin Glen in Argyll - one of several important prehistoric monuments in the area. The site was ‘remodelled’ in the Bronze Age and has a burial cist at its centre. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Kilmartin #Argyll

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Vine and trefoil scrollwork - part of the Saxon frieze from the Church of St Mary and St Hardulph at Breedon on the Hill in Leicestershire. 📸 My own. #SaxonSunday #StoneworkSunday

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13th century stained glass from St. Mary’s Church at Saxlingham Nethergate in Norfolk depicting St. James and St. John. 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #Medieval #Norfolk

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A more than 3000-year-old Egyptian basket of coiled palm fibre with a lid. Baskets served as household containers and were frequently placed in tombs, containing grave goods such as jewelry or food offerings. The basket has been remarkably preserved because of Egypt's arid desert climate. 1/2 📷me 🏺

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Archäologe John McCafferty hat das in einer Social-Media-Plattform geteilt. jingle "Diligo eam"! @drnwillburger.bsky.social

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Happy Saturday everyone! Here’s a 3,100 year-old Shang Dynasty bronze wine vessel in the form of an elephant 🐘❤️ The larger elephant’s trunk is used as a spout and the baby elephant standing on its back serves as a lid handle. Smithsonian National Museum of Asian Art 📷 by me #Archaeology

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June is the time for weeding out thistles. #MedievalCalendar Bodleian Library Exeter College MS 47; The 'Psalter of Humphrey de Bohun'; 1360 CE–1400 CE; Pleshey and London, England; f.3v @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social

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