Becky Wallower
@bwallower.bsky.social
archaeology, history, environment, quirky stuff -- love London, arts, travel -- writer, organiser, modest activist/stirrer 🏺
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#MosaicMonday 🏺
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
Bizarrely, this H1-B visa is how Melania T got into the US.
Only .2% of these now £100,000 visas are for arts/entertainment, but impact is far greater than for tech, which accounts for 73%.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/h...
Only .2% of these now £100,000 visas are for arts/entertainment, but impact is far greater than for tech, which accounts for 73%.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/h...
How is Trump’s new visa regime impacting art world talent?
The cumbersome and hugely expensive system is complicating international hiring across the sector
www.theartnewspaper.com
November 10, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Bizarrely, this H1-B visa is how Melania T got into the US.
Only .2% of these now £100,000 visas are for arts/entertainment, but impact is far greater than for tech, which accounts for 73%.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/h...
Only .2% of these now £100,000 visas are for arts/entertainment, but impact is far greater than for tech, which accounts for 73%.
www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/11/10/h...
#MosaicMonday 🏺
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
November 10, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#MosaicMonday 🏺
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
A fit, colourful triton with a dolphin bearing a trident and two fish - from large c. 200 AD #Roman mosaic pavement in the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, probably adorning floor of an auxiliary landing.
Site was discovered/excavated 1872 by John Turtle Wood working on behalf of BM.
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#SaxonSunday
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#SaxonSunday
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
#SaxonSunday
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
November 9, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#SaxonSunday
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
London Museum has some fantastic bone/antler combs, but you'll have to wait to see whether they'll feature in the new museum in Smithfield Market opening next year.
Hope so - remember handling one for finds recording and it seemed so evocatively personal. 🏺
Julia Child has been my rock for so many decades even the bookmarks are historic. Never, ever fails to please - both me and those who get to eat the results. Cheers 🍷
November 9, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Julia Child has been my rock for so many decades even the bookmarks are historic. Never, ever fails to please - both me and those who get to eat the results. Cheers 🍷
Tarragona, Spain.
#Roman Tarraco, established by early 2nd C BC, had a good variety of entertainment venues, eg
*325m long circus for chariot racing w cement vaults to support stands above + for circulation;
*amphitheatre nr beach + Via Augusta, handy for bringing animals in. 🏺
#Roman Tarraco, established by early 2nd C BC, had a good variety of entertainment venues, eg
*325m long circus for chariot racing w cement vaults to support stands above + for circulation;
*amphitheatre nr beach + Via Augusta, handy for bringing animals in. 🏺
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Almost as bit as their egos.....
real ozymandias hours
A 450-foot Prometheus. A 500-foot George Washington. Tech investors are racing to build colossal monuments celebrating Western power.
November 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Almost as bit as their egos.....
Tarragona, Spain.
#Roman Tarraco, established by early 2nd C BC, had a good variety of entertainment venues, eg
*325m long circus for chariot racing w cement vaults to support stands above + for circulation;
*amphitheatre nr beach + Via Augusta, handy for bringing animals in. 🏺
#Roman Tarraco, established by early 2nd C BC, had a good variety of entertainment venues, eg
*325m long circus for chariot racing w cement vaults to support stands above + for circulation;
*amphitheatre nr beach + Via Augusta, handy for bringing animals in. 🏺
November 8, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Tarragona, Spain.
#Roman Tarraco, established by early 2nd C BC, had a good variety of entertainment venues, eg
*325m long circus for chariot racing w cement vaults to support stands above + for circulation;
*amphitheatre nr beach + Via Augusta, handy for bringing animals in. 🏺
#Roman Tarraco, established by early 2nd C BC, had a good variety of entertainment venues, eg
*325m long circus for chariot racing w cement vaults to support stands above + for circulation;
*amphitheatre nr beach + Via Augusta, handy for bringing animals in. 🏺
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#FindsFriday 🏺
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#FindsFriday 🏺
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
#FindsFriday 🏺
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
November 7, 2025 at 11:33 AM
#FindsFriday 🏺
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
Huge askos from 300BC tomb of a high ranking man in ancient Forentum (now Lavello).
Decorated w figures + polychrome, for purification rites: on body is woman's head between 2 prancing horses; topped w 3 women, central one w blue wings holds a dove and the reins.
Nat Arch Museum Melfi
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Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
November 7, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
📷 D. v. Recklinghausen
🏺
Reposted by Becky Wallower
#AdoorableThursday
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#AdoorableThursday
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
Reposted by Becky Wallower
The Society publishes its Magazine quarterly. We would like to invite both members and the public to submit articles, news, events and letters for the upcoming Winter publication.
The deadline for receiving copy for the Winter edition is December 6th 2025.
Any questions contact our editor.
The deadline for receiving copy for the Winter edition is December 6th 2025.
Any questions contact our editor.
Guidance for contributors to the KAS Magazine and eNewsletter — Kent Archaeological Society
The Kent Archaeological Society welcome short articles from professional and amateur archaeologists, commercial organisations and local societies, academics, research students, local historians and…
www.kentarchaeology.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 12:02 PM
The Society publishes its Magazine quarterly. We would like to invite both members and the public to submit articles, news, events and letters for the upcoming Winter publication.
The deadline for receiving copy for the Winter edition is December 6th 2025.
Any questions contact our editor.
The deadline for receiving copy for the Winter edition is December 6th 2025.
Any questions contact our editor.
Reposted by Becky Wallower
"For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does."
The Sky Data and Forensics team with important research demonstrating how Elon Musk uses X-Twitter to promote the Far Right in Britain.
The Sky Data and Forensics team with important research demonstrating how Elon Musk uses X-Twitter to promote the Far Right in Britain.
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
How the world's richest man is boosting the British right
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:32 PM
"For nine months, Sky News' Data and Forensics team has been investigating whether X's algorithm amplifies right-wing and extreme content. It does."
The Sky Data and Forensics team with important research demonstrating how Elon Musk uses X-Twitter to promote the Far Right in Britain.
The Sky Data and Forensics team with important research demonstrating how Elon Musk uses X-Twitter to promote the Far Right in Britain.
#AdoorableThursday
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#AdoorableThursday
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
A remnant of industrial heritage of Southwark's Borough area: beside railway, hoist still in place to shift goods through 1st floor doors.
Shiny windows reveal evolution of HQ of WH Willcox & Co, engineering supplier est 1876, to a Portuguese restaurant in popular market area.
