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Seeing lots of buzz about the Yorkshire Neolithic chalk 'drums'. Not being funny, but 'eyebrows and face' isn't really what I saw. What could be more comforting for a child heading alone into the unknown than mother's breast? Not a hill(s?) I'm prepared to die on btw. Just another perspective

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My favourite indie bookshop is Caper in East Oxford. Bright, friendly, happy, beautiful with a well-curated selection of books for browsers. Plus lots of events and activities. It’s lovely, and I go often 💛 If you can’t get to Oxford, you can pop them in as your preferred seller on bookshop.org!

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Helicon 1 - Mogwai For a band renowned for their noise, they also make the most beautiful and transcendent music. Absolute poetry ❤️❤️❤️ - Brixton Academy @mogwai.scot #gigs #Music

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If you've had the pleasure of reading Moudhy's threads on here, you will already be running to the shops tomorrow to get this. But for everyone else.. Ancient mesopotamia as viewed through the clay writings they left behind, with all the weirdness of everyday humanity across a chasm of ages.

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Horrible the way Camille Claudel is just described as "Rodin's lover" in the headline rather than an amazing artist in her own right www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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People need to understand this is a smash and grab. The billionaire oligarchs are looting the government right now. While most services and functions will be privatized and made worse, the real valuable heist is the data government has that Elon is stealing to feed his AI company.

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Ridiculously good @hamishhawk.bsky.social show at Koko last night, loud and in their element, giving the tunes and incredible lyrics the intensity they deserve. Immense fun!

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What’s your sign?

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If you’ve not listened to Cautionary Tales before, I implore you to start now. Even hearing the the theme tune gives me a buzz, consider me a hardcore Harford stan

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The Thrill and the Drop: A First Date Rollercoaster (Cautionary Tales) timharford.com/2025/02/caut...

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Announcing the rather epic 'Glossary of tetrapod tracks' in Palaeontologia Electronica. Three years of work led by Jens Lallensack, and with Guiseppe Leonardi (author of the original '87 Glossary). We hope it will be useful for anyone working on tracks palaeo-electronica.org/content/2025...

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New discovery underneath the basement of an office block in London: Archaeologists have found a substantial piece of the ancient city's first basilica - a 2,000 year old public building where major political, economic and administrative decisions were made. 🏺

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Not sure what I like more, the fact that I must be a man because I'm a Dr, or that Rob understands just about every form of archaeology! I mean, I wouldn't make that claim... What happens in the OSL lab is magic to me, and Egyptology still a big grey area. But Rob understands almost all the forms.

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What??? This is a theme park where people go to trash archaeology?? Please tell me I've got this wrong!

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📰 Bronze Age footprints near Pompeii show people fleeing an eruption of Vesuvius 2000 years before the Roman disaster #ArchaeologyNews via @artnet.bsky.social

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Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used flakes of limestone rather than paper sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #FindsFriday #Archaeology

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We made it to Footwear Friday! This toddler's shoe is broadly dated by the V&A to 1450-1550 - an unlikely survivor from the Middle Ages. collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O107715... 🗃️🪡

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1) 61cm down is in situ #archaeology. 2) Briefcase of coins = zero context. 3) Museums can't afford it. 4) If it really is all about the history & not £££ then... a) stop digging b) donate to a museum This is why: bigbookoftorcs.com/2024/09/11/d... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Unglamorous but I’m always drawn to the characteristics (in this case knife marks) that show the process, and the human touch: the trimmed edge of a Roman tegula (roof tile) 2nd c #tilesontuesday

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Determinedly sliding into the new week with all the enthusiasm of this 18th-century sea-lion Hope it finds you similarly blessed

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Some things never change! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

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The third single from Cardiff band Shale dropped today Love the sound these young lads make! They can be found on Insta as Shale.band Definitely a name to look out for this year 👊🏻 #NewMusicFriday 💜🎶

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The Bank of England Mosaic - the 3rd century AD Romano-British mosaic was found under the Bank of England in the early 19th century. Now part of the collections @britishmuseum #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain

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Cats that go full hagfish when you try and stroke them

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(Toy) balls found in #Egypt, dating around 1,500 BC (18th dynasty). They are hollow and made of linen, with an elaborated red, blue and green decoration, formed by strips of reed. Balls like these were also used for rituals and acrobatic performances. On display at Museum August Kestner 📷 me 🏺

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Utterly depressing news. Last night there was a burglary in the museum of Assen in the Netherlands. Several prized ancient Dacian artifacts, including the golden helmet from Cotofenesti, were stolen. These were on loan as part of the Dacia exhibit which had been touring Europe the last few years.

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Thieves have stolen several key artifacts from an exhibition of gold from the ancient kingdom of Dacia at the Drents Museum in Assen, after setting of explosives outside the building. www.dutchnews.nl/2025/01/inte...

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Exquisite night in a fancy setting. Got introduced to some new sounds from the other two artists. Got to hear Bill’s songs at their most expanded, full and glorious. Time stopped. It’s going to be on BBCsounds in a couple of weeks

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Last night was an absolute trip. Thanks hugely to elizabet halker andre de ridder and all the lovely players and staff of @bbcconcertorchestra. Lastly a huge thank you to jake downs and ellis for all their hard work Photo by @mark.allan.photos

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AI struggles to interpret human history www.earth.com/news/ai-stru...

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Dearc sgiathanach, one of the largest well-preserved pterosaurs from the Jurassic, now fully analysed! The description of this toothy Scottish fella, hot off the press, hit BMC E&E. But what does it tell us about pterosaurs? 🤔 bmcecolevol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....

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this goes so insanely hard

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After centuries of speculation, archaeologists in Peru have confirmed the existence of an underground tunnel network, thought to have been built by the Incas. The groundbreaking discovery was found over a mile of the network of streets, underneath the historic city of Cusco near Machu Picchu.

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