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Alex Beeby
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#Archaeologist, pottery and ceramic building materials specialist, archaeological manager, Roman enthusiast, #Lincolnshire yellowbelly, dad, liberal. Views own.
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NEW Local bronze coins and imitations of Roman aurei (gold coins) from Tell Abraq, UAE. Occupied for over three millennia, recent discoveries at the site indicate widespread trade and connections over both land and sea as early as the Bronze Age.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology
Left: four green-coloured bronze coins, two gold coins and a silver bracelet in situ. Right: three gold coins with embossed designs on both sides.
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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A fragment of #Roman pottery, into which a sketch of a rowing ship has been incised - I love the little details, like the oars coming down into the water, & the ram at the front of the ship. A lovely piece of everyday art, made nearly 2000 years ago 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 20, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Britannia, 274 AD. A rogue general has defied Rome to form a splinter state and, somewhere in Wiltshire, 55,000 coins are buried in the dirt.

Now, analysis of their alloys is letting archaeologist @kmurphster.bsky.social track an empire's rise & fall

Read our blog 🔗 rdg.ac/4notWE9
#AncientSky
Tracing rebellion in the chemistry of Roman coins - Connecting Research
rdg.ac
September 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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pottedhistory.bsky.social
Testing clay from the Roman pottery production site at Highgate Wood, North London and using Munsell colour charts to record the results. Same clay, different temperatures and kiln atmosphere. 🏺#Archaeology #AncientBluesky
Bars of clay that have been fired at various temperatures and under different atmospheric conditions. Ranging in colour from red terracotta to very dark chocolate brown. Along with some Munsell soil colour charts used to record the test results.
November 17, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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uonclassarch.bsky.social
Don’t miss Prof Alex Mullen’s free webinar on November 26th at 7pm!

She’ll be presenting the Joan Pye lecture on ‘Tales from the Tablets: recovering the voices of Roman Britain’.

#archaeology #classics #roman 🏺

Book your tickets here: tinyurl.com/Romanvoices
Poster for a free webinar - the Joan Pye annual lecture to be presented by Alex Mullen. November 26th, 7pm. Hosted by Cotswold archaeology and the Roman Research Trust. The image is of lots of people in togas in a market place.
November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess?

All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
Announcement from the Journal of Roman Archaeology stating that from 2026, all research content will be open access.
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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cfaarchaeology.bsky.social
In 2014 CFA excavated a farmstead near Maryport Roman Fort which showed signs of influence from the fort through an unusual pottery collection and evidence of intensified agricultural practices.

https://intarch.ac.uk/journal/issue61/7/full-text.html
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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Two ecstatic dancers party like it's AD 99 across a small sherd of #Roman samian ware pottery

Spotted in the excellent Llangollen museum #Denbighshire / #SirDdinbych

📷 Aug 2023

On loan from Denbighshire Archaeological Service

#FindsFriday #FridayFeeling #ItsNearlyTheWeekend
A fragment of orangey red pottery depicting two very happy naked dancers
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 AM
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#RomanFortThursday

#Roman fort of Ain Umm el-Dabadib was built near the el-Kharga Oasis in #Egypt on an #ancient route to the Dakhla #Oasis. Four massive rectangular towers marked the corners of the fort, making it architecturally different. (3rd C AD.)
#Archaeology #History
October 2, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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Exciting new research sheds light on ancient ritual practices in Roman Britain! Excavations in Ewell, Surrey revealed one of the largest dog assemblages ever found in Romano-British contexts! Check out the link below!!🐕

phys.org/news/2025-03...

#Archaeology #RomanBritain #AncientRituals #Zooarch
Nescot dog remains provide insight into Romano-British ritual practices
A recent study by Dr. Ellen Green, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, analyzed the faunal assemblage recovered from the Romano-British ritual shaft at Nescot. Despite only being...
phys.org
October 3, 2025 at 4:14 PM
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merchantshallyork.org
Things in our collections with a smile, for #worldsmileday

A thread. 🧵😃
We are looking at three ceramic jugs. Two of which have bearded faces on the necks and look very cheery indeed.
October 3, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Can't let #FindsFriday go past without another fine Iron Age coin. This is a base silver stater attributed (probably wrongly) to the Veneti, in southern Brittany. Diameter 22mm. Note the recumbent figure below the horse - what is he holding? #archaeology #numismatics 🏺
October 3, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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The week just started, and we already need a timeline cleanse....

A #Roman pot with ears and a funny little face (it looks like Shaun the Sheep). Found in a burial in the necropolis of Giubiasco, Switzerland 2nd century AD.

📷 Schweizerisches Nationalmuseum #archaeology 🏺
A light-brown pottery vessel decorated with a stylized face that resembles Shaun the Sheep, with a braided pattern around the rim.
September 30, 2025 at 7:16 AM
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The #Manchester Word Square: a piece of Roman pottery with a Latin inscription that is part puzzle and potential Christian symbol. (See the Alt text for more.) Made circa 180, found in the city centre in 1978, now on display in Manchester Museum. #RomanBritain #MuseumMonday #Lancashire
📷 My own.
A ceramic tile with the following letters inscribed on it: ROTAS OPERA TENET AREPO SATOR For more information, visit: https://multilingualmuseum.manchester.ac.uk/object/the-manchester-wordsquare/
September 15, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Join Turning Earth ceramics studio and FoHRK (Friends of Highgate Roman kiln) this Saturday the 13th and Monday 15th for the firing and opening of the replica Roman pottery kiln in Highgate Wood, London, plus see the fully restored 2nd century real Roman kiln!
www.turningearth.org/events
Events and News at Turning Earth
Discover upcoming ceramics events and markets at Turning Earth Hoxton. Explore handmade pottery, meet local artisans, and participate in creative workshops.
www.turningearth.org
September 9, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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oxfordarchaeology.bsky.social
🎉 Celebrating our colleague Edward Biddulph!
When he's not exploring Roman pottery, he's uncovering James Bond’s Britain. His upcoming book The James Bond Lover's Guide to Britain (out in October) maps real-world Bond locations from film, fiction & Fleming.
𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨, 𝙀𝙙𝙬𝙖𝙧𝙙!

#jamesbond
From treasure to jam: Britain's James Bond trail explored
Superfan Edward Biddulph visits British places connected to the 007 books, films or their author.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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hyde900.org.uk
#HODs Hyde900 Saturday 13 September
An amazing opportunity to have a go at making tiles in the medieval manner! See www.hyde900.org.uk/events/upcom... for more details or search for Hyde900 at www.heritageopendays.org.uk
#hyde900 #winchesteruk #medievaltiles #heritageopendays
August 7, 2025 at 1:41 PM
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durotrigesdig.bsky.social
Sometime between AD 55 and 65 a man named Lucius Julius Hipponicus scratched his named into a Samian Ware drinking cup

Because of this simple act, he is one of the first residents of Exeter (ISCA) for whom we have a name

📷 May 2025

@rammuseum.bsky.social #FindsFriday #Roman #Archaeology #Devon
A sherd of red-slip pottery scratched with the name of its last owner: L IVLI IPPONI
August 22, 2025 at 5:49 AM
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andrewcurry.com
Anglo-Saxons with West African roots: DNA analysis of 7th century burials reported in @antiquity.ac.uk today reveals long-distance connections reached across continents and cultures. Read about it @science.org:
Youths buried in Anglo-Saxon cemeteries carried West African DNA
Despite bearing remarkably far-flung genetic origins, a girl and young man were buried just like their peers
www.science.org
August 13, 2025 at 3:27 AM
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archaeologyuk.bsky.social
Roman pottery specialist Kayt Hawkins explores the personal side of clay for #ADayInArchaeology

From fingerprints to hobnail boot marks, the marks left behind are a fascinating reminder that behind every sherd is a human story

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Leaving their mark: A day in the life of a Roman pottery specialist
Learn more about the diverse work we carry out at the CBA.
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July 31, 2025 at 12:00 PM
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#ReliefWednesday - Some delightful detail in miniature with this mould-made terracotta lamp: ca. AD 175-225. The discus decoration shows a representation of a chariot race in the Circus Maximus. #Roman #Art 🏺

Image: British Museum (1814,0704.106). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
Roman mould-made pottery lamp, with a decorative scene of a chariot race within a Circus. The scene is compressed to fit the space of the discus, showing four quadrigae racing down the straight from the starting gates.
June 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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A rare survival from Roman Britain, this is the iron hinge pivot from one of the wooden gates in the walls of ancient Canterbury (Durovernum Cantiacorum) that was excavated in the city's Ridingate in 1986. Iron nail found nearby suggest that the gates were 14cm thick. #FindsFriday
A rusty iron pivot from a Roman gate, with a round hollow at one end.
June 6, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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#FindsFriday The 'Peedie Pict' - a tiny Pictish warrior in a long tunic carved into a cattle bone!

Found at Bu Sands in Orkney, it is thought to have been a gaming piece for something similar to the Viking game Hnefatafl

📸 Mine

#archaeology #ancientbluesky #museums #history #scotland 🏺
A museum stand holding a small brown bone with the carving of an upright man facing to the left
June 6, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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A few tens of millions of years ago this nugget of Baltic amber bobbed across the sea to arrive on British shores. Over a thousand years ago someone picked it up and began to turn it into a bead for a necklace, before losing it on our site at Skipsea. #FindsFriday #Skipsea2025 🏺
A photo of a partly made amber bead held between fingers.
May 16, 2025 at 6:26 AM
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This C17th onion bottle from the old Great Kitchen at Westminster School might be the one listed among the belongings of Mr Busby, a schoolmaster who died in 1653. A find that can be linked to a specific person adds an extra layer to the story, making the past feel that much closer! #FindsFriday
a 17th-century ‘onion bottle’ the old Great Kitchen during excavation
May 16, 2025 at 9:48 AM