tessmachling.bsky.social
Archaeologist, gold & torc researcher, chocolate artefact maker and mum. Often post about cats who aren't mine.....
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My work on torcs & gold: https://bigbookoftorcs.com
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.. and if you want to read more about it, and the other torus torcs of the UK, you can here:
bigbookoftorcs.com/2023/12/28/t...
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Yup... "we intentionally wrote lies and added in fake photos" just about covers it...
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He only arrived last night....🤮
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"In addition, we have not been able to verify the details published"
AKA we just made it up.
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Mmmm... when you don't even mention the group who've asked for support in your response, that doesn't give me confidence.
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Exactly that - someone else said the same on my FB post.
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Exactly - these are people being actively persecuted. This is not about complying with legal wording, it should be about standing up and protecting trans, non binary & gender diverse members of our profession & those adjacent to, or aspiring to be, in the world of archaeology.
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Yup
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Mmmm it's grim.
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I KNOW!!?? 🤣🤣 Another cease and desist incoming for Trump, I think!!
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Shame on all of them. 😔
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See my latest posts... 😊
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This is from April - they've since relaid and all three new eggs have hatched over the last week.
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This is from April - they've since relaid and all three new eggs have hatched over the last week.
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Yes! I've seen that one before! Some of the French iron age torcs are very like it. Beautiful! It needs to go home...
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Thank you 😊
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bsky.app/profile/tess...
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Actually I fibbed.. it was neck fans! 🤣
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Errrr I one did a whole thread on this..... torcs as specific headphones... 🤣🤣
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That has been suggested!!! 🤣🤣
It's incredibly hard to do, so must have been very intentional???
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Yay!!! #2
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This is untrue. See other comments.
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Yes, my daughter has had it. We're in England.
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I was there for my PhD, part time, from 1999, although I worked for the Nevis Heritage Project at Soton from 1996.
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Oh I'm sorry to break the news.
But, her TAG DJing legacy lives on - their son is the drummer in Coldplay!!!
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Yes... Sara was a good friend too. Sadly she died about 25 years ago.
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He still is... I see him every now and then.
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He was my first boss in the presocs, then went on to be my PhD supervisor...
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Gorgeous! I hadn't seen it before, so thank you! 🙂
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Brilliant!
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No worries. 😊
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These will be repairs from the time of its use (perhaps even repaired faults from when it was made??) - these cauldrons are made from large sheets of copper alloy (bronze) and were used. The sheets cracked or wore through and so they patched them with small patches of bronze, riveted into place.