Giovanna Vitelli
@giovannav.bsky.social
Glasgow based 🇮🇹 museum person, archaeologist and anthro increasingly involved in Things Scottish and multicultural. Continually meeting people with wonderful stories to tell.
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Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Video shot by astronaut Zena Cardman, commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-11 mission, shows a stunning display of the Northern Lights as seen from the International Space Station.
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Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
November 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Why is the priority of the economy not to house the homeless and ensure everyone has good healthcare?
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A hugely popular and internationally recognised symbol of Britishness, associated with time travel & outlandish speculative fictions. And the TARDIS.
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
A hugely popular and internationally recognised symbol of Britishness, associated with time travel & outlandish speculative fictions. And the TARDIS.
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The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture.
🔍 Zoom in…
🔍 Zoom in…
November 23, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The UN just held a vote on ending torture, in which three countries voted against ending torture.
🔍 Zoom in…
🔍 Zoom in…
Just experienced a moving two minute silence at 11am in honour of the Armistice, in the middle of Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
Silence!
Silence!
November 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Just experienced a moving two minute silence at 11am in honour of the Armistice, in the middle of Heathrow’s Terminal 5.
Silence!
Silence!
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A reminder to other lochs to abandon the pressure to be perfect
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
November 8, 2025 at 12:36 PM
A reminder to other lochs to abandon the pressure to be perfect
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
maps.nls.uk/view/218516888
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Fascinating stuff.
A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire, this study claims to have identified thousands more miles of Roman roads than were previously known.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire, this study claims to have identified thousands more miles of Roman roads than were previously known.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Itiner-e: A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire
www.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Fascinating stuff.
A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire, this study claims to have identified thousands more miles of Roman roads than were previously known.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A high-resolution dataset of roads of the Roman Empire, this study claims to have identified thousands more miles of Roman roads than were previously known.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
Israeli settlers Saturday staged two attacks on Palestinian farmers and others in the occupied West Bank as violence reaches new highs in the territory.
dlvr.it
November 8, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Palestinian death toll in Gaza tops 69,000 as more bodies are exchanged, local health officials say
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Design for geometric scarf - Sonia Delaunay.
Women in Print - 150 years of Liberty Textiles exhibition.
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, London E17
Women in Print - 150 years of Liberty Textiles exhibition.
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, London E17
November 6, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Design for geometric scarf - Sonia Delaunay.
Women in Print - 150 years of Liberty Textiles exhibition.
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, London E17
Women in Print - 150 years of Liberty Textiles exhibition.
William Morris Gallery, Walthamstow, London E17
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Fabulous Visigothic bronze belt buckles inlaid with cloisonné glass. AD 500s.
Which is your favourite?
From the Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain.
Casa del Sol Museum, Segovia
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Which is your favourite?
From the Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain.
Casa del Sol Museum, Segovia
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Fabulous Visigothic bronze belt buckles inlaid with cloisonné glass. AD 500s.
Which is your favourite?
From the Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain.
Casa del Sol Museum, Segovia
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Which is your favourite?
From the Visigothic Necropolis of Duratón, near Segovia, Spain.
Casa del Sol Museum, Segovia
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
Art and Archaeology graduates showcase work in Stromness
The Work Is All We Have. (Diane Eagles) Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm. The exhibition, entitled Wider Than Living, features the creations of Diane Eagles, Harry Payne, Iain Davidson, Janet Tryner and Lara Band. It is the first time a group of…
archaeologyorkney.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.
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I love Pierre Bourdieu for many things including his contempt for BHL
November 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I love Pierre Bourdieu for many things including his contempt for BHL
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Faces of 17th century poverty
Beggar woman with two children, David Vinckboons, 1604.
(Rijksmuseum)
Beggar woman with two children, David Vinckboons, 1604.
(Rijksmuseum)
November 5, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Faces of 17th century poverty
Beggar woman with two children, David Vinckboons, 1604.
(Rijksmuseum)
Beggar woman with two children, David Vinckboons, 1604.
(Rijksmuseum)
There’s talk about the partial collapse of the Torre dei Conti in Rome being caused by the Metropolitana subway line.
In fact it seems to be our reliable old friend, geology. The torre is sitting on a fault line.
In fact it seems to be our reliable old friend, geology. The torre is sitting on a fault line.
November 3, 2025 at 9:54 PM
There’s talk about the partial collapse of the Torre dei Conti in Rome being caused by the Metropolitana subway line.
In fact it seems to be our reliable old friend, geology. The torre is sitting on a fault line.
In fact it seems to be our reliable old friend, geology. The torre is sitting on a fault line.
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Mushroom 17th century, unknown artist
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Mushroom 17th century, unknown artist
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
From an album bequeathed by Hans Sloane (British Museum)
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A extraordinarily wonderful photograph that says so much. Coal Miner's Daughter, Yorkshire, 1952 Carl Mydans (1907-2004) Image courtesy Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist #SocialHistory #WorkingClass #Yorkshire
November 2, 2025 at 1:50 PM
A extraordinarily wonderful photograph that says so much. Coal Miner's Daughter, Yorkshire, 1952 Carl Mydans (1907-2004) Image courtesy Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, Gift of the artist #SocialHistory #WorkingClass #Yorkshire
I see this and remind myself it’s not a great day to be celebrating my birthday.
November 2, 2025 at 8:32 PM
I see this and remind myself it’s not a great day to be celebrating my birthday.
Something that would not be inconceivable in a number of national museums across southern Europe, for example, suffering from the same lack of investment across infrastructure.
"This is not quite everyday delinquency... but it is a type of delinquency that we do not generally associate with the upper echelons of organised crime," Laure Beccuau told franceinfo radio.
Succinctly speaking volumes about the state of the Louvre's security.
Succinctly speaking volumes about the state of the Louvre's security.
Louvre jewellery heist carried out by petty criminals, Paris prosecutor says
The Paris prosecutor says four suspects arrested so far are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Something that would not be inconceivable in a number of national museums across southern Europe, for example, suffering from the same lack of investment across infrastructure.
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As a teen or young adult in the 1990s you had constant encounters with people in their 50s-80s who were combatants, victims or perpetrators during catastrophes of the mid-20th century
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
November 1, 2025 at 12:13 PM
As a teen or young adult in the 1990s you had constant encounters with people in their 50s-80s who were combatants, victims or perpetrators during catastrophes of the mid-20th century
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
That direct link to realities of Nazism and other forms of oppression such as Stalinism or colonialism is now gone
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We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
November 1, 2025 at 12:31 AM
We have progressed from data collection to data analysis.
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Man, interrupted. Wonderful portrait by the great Quinten Metsys of Antwerp, whose day is today.
October 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Man, interrupted. Wonderful portrait by the great Quinten Metsys of Antwerp, whose day is today.
I have just been ‘offered’ the task of peer-reviewing a 61,000 word draft edited volume, with a 2-month turnaround and no fee.
Is this now normal practice?
Is this now normal practice?
October 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I have just been ‘offered’ the task of peer-reviewing a 61,000 word draft edited volume, with a 2-month turnaround and no fee.
Is this now normal practice?
Is this now normal practice?
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While archaeologists are translators of the Long Neolithic, there are some lithic conversations that seem too intimate to record. Sometimes, you enter a circle and can almost hear the jibber-jabber of the stones and we are not included in their talking. – K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
October 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
While archaeologists are translators of the Long Neolithic, there are some lithic conversations that seem too intimate to record. Sometimes, you enter a circle and can almost hear the jibber-jabber of the stones and we are not included in their talking. – K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday
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US Foreign Policy
BL Stowe 955; 16th century; France; f.15r
BL Stowe 955; 16th century; France; f.15r
October 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
US Foreign Policy
BL Stowe 955; 16th century; France; f.15r
BL Stowe 955; 16th century; France; f.15r
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Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago!
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology
October 25, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Marvellous Minoan cups made by Bronze Age potters about 3,800 years ago!
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology
Which is your favourite? ❤️
Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me 🏺
#Archaeology