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Looking down on the elegant mosaic in the west wing corridor of Chedworth Roman villa for #MosaicMonday
November 3, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Looking down on the elegant mosaic in the west wing corridor of Chedworth Roman villa for #MosaicMonday
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Where my love of mosaics began! I was lucky enough to work at Chedworth Roman Villa, shortly after they were excavated - We stabilized loose tesserae using reversible materials so these 1,500-year-old floors can keep telling their story. #MosaicMonday mootspoints.blogspot.com/2025/02/mosa...
November 3, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Where my love of mosaics began! I was lucky enough to work at Chedworth Roman Villa, shortly after they were excavated - We stabilized loose tesserae using reversible materials so these 1,500-year-old floors can keep telling their story. #MosaicMonday mootspoints.blogspot.com/2025/02/mosa...
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Herculaneum, Roman sideboard restored after ninety years of silence
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
Herculaneum, Roman sideboard restored after ninety years of silence
After extensive restoration and decades of preservation, the famous wooden sideboard from apartment V,18 on the Decumanus Maximus returns to public view. The artifact, a symbol of Herculaneum's domest...
www.finestresullarte.info
November 2, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Herculaneum, Roman sideboard restored after ninety years of silence
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
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The Agora Bone Well is one of the more touching and tragic stories that I've ever heard from an archaeological context
It's sad for sure, but also a story about humanity and resilience in the face of hardship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
It's sad for sure, but also a story about humanity and resilience in the face of hardship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
The Dark Story of the Agora Bone Well from Athens
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 3:34 PM
The Agora Bone Well is one of the more touching and tragic stories that I've ever heard from an archaeological context
It's sad for sure, but also a story about humanity and resilience in the face of hardship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
It's sad for sure, but also a story about humanity and resilience in the face of hardship
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBy1...
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Standing 350 feet tall, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was perhaps the most functional of the Seven Wonders of the World. Archaeologists have now mapped more than 5,000 blocks of its ruins!
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/collection/lighthouse-of-alexandria/secrets-of-the-seven-wonders/
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/collection/lighthouse-of-alexandria/secrets-of-the-seven-wonders/
October 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Standing 350 feet tall, the Lighthouse of Alexandria was perhaps the most functional of the Seven Wonders of the World. Archaeologists have now mapped more than 5,000 blocks of its ruins!
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/collection/lighthouse-of-alexandria/secrets-of-the-seven-wonders/
archaeology.org/issues/november-december-2025/collection/lighthouse-of-alexandria/secrets-of-the-seven-wonders/
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Two dolphins from a mosaic floor at Ostia, one of Rome's primary ports. Many of the mosaics here feature nautical themes - including dolphins, whales, fish, ships, and lighthouses #ostiaantica #mosaicmonday
📸 by me
📸 by me
January 20, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Two dolphins from a mosaic floor at Ostia, one of Rome's primary ports. Many of the mosaics here feature nautical themes - including dolphins, whales, fish, ships, and lighthouses #ostiaantica #mosaicmonday
📸 by me
📸 by me
August 30, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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Interested in archaeological theory, ancient DNA, and the Roman Mediterranean? 🏺🧬
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
August 24, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Interested in archaeological theory, ancient DNA, and the Roman Mediterranean? 🏺🧬
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
@ezgimou.bsky.social and I are organizing a session at #TRAC-TiDA2025 to facilitate interdisciplinary discussion and we’d love to have you join us! Call for abstracts is open until August 31st!
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Every Monument Will Fall: a story of remembering and forgetting — out now www.penguin.co.uk/books/452252...
Every Monument Will Fall
Tracing the origins of contemporary conflicts over art, heritage, memory, and colonialism, Every Monument Will Fall joins the dots between the building of statues, the founding of academic disciplines...
www.penguin.co.uk
August 15, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Every Monument Will Fall: a story of remembering and forgetting — out now www.penguin.co.uk/books/452252...
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Check out our collection of #medieval European #archaeology, with free & #OpenAccess research such as:
⚓ Excavating a 13th century shipwreck
🏰 The incredible architecture of the Alhambra
✝️ Women's influence in converting England to Christianity
& more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
⚓ Excavating a 13th century shipwreck
🏰 The incredible architecture of the Alhambra
✝️ Women's influence in converting England to Christianity
& more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
August 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Check out our collection of #medieval European #archaeology, with free & #OpenAccess research such as:
⚓ Excavating a 13th century shipwreck
🏰 The incredible architecture of the Alhambra
✝️ Women's influence in converting England to Christianity
& more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
⚓ Excavating a 13th century shipwreck
🏰 The incredible architecture of the Alhambra
✝️ Women's influence in converting England to Christianity
& more! 🏺
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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How chestnut trees trace the expansion of the Roman Empire www.bbc.com/future/artic...
How the humble chestnut traced the rise and fall of the Roman Empire
The chestnut trees of Europe tell a hidden story charting the fortunes of ancient Rome and the legacy it left in the continent's forests.
www.bbc.com
May 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
How chestnut trees trace the expansion of the Roman Empire www.bbc.com/future/artic...
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Fantastic conversation with Dr Hannah Moots @mootspoints.bsky.social about her research into the genetics of ancient Rome, and the misinterpretations that exist on social media
Re-posted from the #RealArchaeology livestream, in case you missed it! #AncientBlueSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhaM...
Re-posted from the #RealArchaeology livestream, in case you missed it! #AncientBlueSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhaM...
Ancient DNA from Rome, a Genetic History with Dr Hannah Moots
YouTube video by Archaeology with Flint Dibble
www.youtube.com
May 11, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Fantastic conversation with Dr Hannah Moots @mootspoints.bsky.social about her research into the genetics of ancient Rome, and the misinterpretations that exist on social media
Re-posted from the #RealArchaeology livestream, in case you missed it! #AncientBlueSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhaM...
Re-posted from the #RealArchaeology livestream, in case you missed it! #AncientBlueSky
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FhaM...
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A new study indicates that seagrass, an edible coastal plant that harbors a diversity of sea creatures, has been used across the world since at least the Paleolithic and in caves inhabited by Neanderthals 180,000 years ago.
archaeology.org/news/2025/04/22/how-seagrass-meadows-shaped-human-history/
archaeology.org/news/2025/04/22/how-seagrass-meadows-shaped-human-history/
April 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
A new study indicates that seagrass, an edible coastal plant that harbors a diversity of sea creatures, has been used across the world since at least the Paleolithic and in caves inhabited by Neanderthals 180,000 years ago.
archaeology.org/news/2025/04/22/how-seagrass-meadows-shaped-human-history/
archaeology.org/news/2025/04/22/how-seagrass-meadows-shaped-human-history/
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The Genetic History of Rome, with Hannah Moots www.medievalists.net/2025/01/the-... #Podcast
The Genetic History of Rome, with Hannah Moots - Medievalists.net
A conversation with Hannah Moots about paleogenetic research, its goals, methods, and conclusions. What does it mean to study ancient DNA, and what does it tell us about human history?
www.medievalists.net
April 26, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Genetic History of Rome, with Hannah Moots www.medievalists.net/2025/01/the-... #Podcast
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A beautiful selection of colourful #Roman glass vessels, including bowls, flasks, & pots. all made 1700-2000 years ago - they have survived in remarkable condition! On display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
April 15, 2025 at 7:48 AM
A beautiful selection of colourful #Roman glass vessels, including bowls, flasks, & pots. all made 1700-2000 years ago - they have survived in remarkable condition! On display in the Kunsthistorisches Museum (Vienna) 🏺AncientBlueSky #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #AncientGlass
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A 2,000 year-old Roman advertisement for wine which ranges in price from cheap plonk to the good stuff! 🍷🍷🍷🍷
Painted at the entrance of a shop known as ‘Ad Cucumas’ in Herculaneum, Italy. 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
Painted at the entrance of a shop known as ‘Ad Cucumas’ in Herculaneum, Italy. 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
April 11, 2025 at 4:46 PM
A 2,000 year-old Roman advertisement for wine which ranges in price from cheap plonk to the good stuff! 🍷🍷🍷🍷
Painted at the entrance of a shop known as ‘Ad Cucumas’ in Herculaneum, Italy. 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
Painted at the entrance of a shop known as ‘Ad Cucumas’ in Herculaneum, Italy. 📷 by me
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology
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We're off to the Welsh islands for #HillfortsWednesday 🎉
Skomer is renowned for its dense Bronze & Iron Age occupation, but the single diminutive promontory fort is separated from the main island on the adjacent Neck, seen here
This view shows the low rampart cutting off the headland
📷 My own
Skomer is renowned for its dense Bronze & Iron Age occupation, but the single diminutive promontory fort is separated from the main island on the adjacent Neck, seen here
This view shows the low rampart cutting off the headland
📷 My own
April 9, 2025 at 5:44 AM
We're off to the Welsh islands for #HillfortsWednesday 🎉
Skomer is renowned for its dense Bronze & Iron Age occupation, but the single diminutive promontory fort is separated from the main island on the adjacent Neck, seen here
This view shows the low rampart cutting off the headland
📷 My own
Skomer is renowned for its dense Bronze & Iron Age occupation, but the single diminutive promontory fort is separated from the main island on the adjacent Neck, seen here
This view shows the low rampart cutting off the headland
📷 My own
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It's #HillfortsWednesday
Huzzah!
Here's Bat’s Castle a gorgeous 1.2ha bivallate sub-circular hillfort on Gallox Hill above Dunster #Somerset
It has two entrances: a simple causeway at the West and a more complex inturned one at the East
This spectacular photo looking west © AndyGB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Huzzah!
Here's Bat’s Castle a gorgeous 1.2ha bivallate sub-circular hillfort on Gallox Hill above Dunster #Somerset
It has two entrances: a simple causeway at the West and a more complex inturned one at the East
This spectacular photo looking west © AndyGB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
April 9, 2025 at 5:22 AM
It's #HillfortsWednesday
Huzzah!
Here's Bat’s Castle a gorgeous 1.2ha bivallate sub-circular hillfort on Gallox Hill above Dunster #Somerset
It has two entrances: a simple causeway at the West and a more complex inturned one at the East
This spectacular photo looking west © AndyGB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Huzzah!
Here's Bat’s Castle a gorgeous 1.2ha bivallate sub-circular hillfort on Gallox Hill above Dunster #Somerset
It has two entrances: a simple causeway at the West and a more complex inturned one at the East
This spectacular photo looking west © AndyGB (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Exactly - speaking as someone who has been so lucky to study the population of central Italy in the Iron Age and Imperial periods, his understanding of the people of the Rome is woefully inaccurate and serves as intentional dog-whistle for the great replacement theory he promotes
Just to follow up on what @sarahebond.bsky.social said, the idea that in *50BC* Rome failed to solve a population decline and that led to the collapse of their civilization is so unfathomably historically illiterate it's hard to even know where to begin
April 8, 2025 at 9:28 PM
Exactly - speaking as someone who has been so lucky to study the population of central Italy in the Iron Age and Imperial periods, his understanding of the people of the Rome is woefully inaccurate and serves as intentional dog-whistle for the great replacement theory he promotes
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#HillfortsWednesday
Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in #Cornwall. It is one of only a few fortified sites in Cornwall where Early Iron Age pottery has been found.
#Archaeology #History
Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in #Cornwall. It is one of only a few fortified sites in Cornwall where Early Iron Age pottery has been found.
#Archaeology #History
April 9, 2025 at 6:23 AM
#HillfortsWednesday
Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in #Cornwall. It is one of only a few fortified sites in Cornwall where Early Iron Age pottery has been found.
#Archaeology #History
Maen Castle is an Iron Age promontory fort or 'cliff castle' close to Land's End in #Cornwall. It is one of only a few fortified sites in Cornwall where Early Iron Age pottery has been found.
#Archaeology #History
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@theguardian.com Why not take more critical approach to the reconstruction? One question that jumps to mind is why didn't the artist take more cues from the Mycenean depictions of themselves, such as the fresco below, also featured in your story. #AncientBlueSky
April 6, 2025 at 10:17 AM
@theguardian.com Why not take more critical approach to the reconstruction? One question that jumps to mind is why didn't the artist take more cues from the Mycenean depictions of themselves, such as the fresco below, also featured in your story. #AncientBlueSky