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Fishbourne Roman Palace
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Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos.

We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · Nov 29
We're on here.
But so are Very Many Others who are worth a follow.
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merchantshallyork.org
⚔️Exciting Viking themed news alert! ⚔️

From Friday we will throwing off our medieval robes and donning a striking beard.

Yes the 10th century traders market as part of the JORVIK Viking Festival returns this weekend with merchants selling Viking themed goods from across the world.
We are looking at a montage of Viking themed goods including ceramic drinking vessels, leather shoes, animal skins and bows and arrows.
February 18, 2026 at 9:20 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
We've been on the Northern Line. The idea that it's 2000 years old seems completely reasonable.
A screen snip. At the top is a sentence pointing out that the Northern Line tube line closely follows the route of the Roman Road, Stane Street. Beneath are two maps, on the left Stane street is shown with settlements including Morden, Tooting, Clapham and Kennington marked. On the right is another map with the modern northern line shown. All of the settlements on the stane street map are duplicated on the tube map.
February 17, 2026 at 9:18 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
It's the Winter Olympics, so here's a mosaic of a Roman who is *definitely* skiing. ⛷️👍

#MosaicMonday
A slightly blurred picture of a Roman person in a tunic, facing left. Above and below are two parallel decorative borders. The person is definitely not skiing. Instead a poorly executed attempt by the mosaicist to give the person a shadow means it looks like he's skiing.
February 16, 2026 at 8:42 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
We feel that bluesky's been a bit down in the dumps today. So...
February 15, 2026 at 7:27 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Someone didn't get a single Valentine's card yesterday. 😢
An old and sad-looking golden retriever lays on his bed facing the camera and next to a sofa that's mainly out of shot to the right. The only friend he has in the world is the tennis ball that's next to his cheek.
February 15, 2026 at 9:29 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Mole! 🤩😍
A fragment of medieval manuscript. Amongst the words are images of what we are assured to be a hedgehog, and above just the cutest little mole you ever saw.
February 15, 2026 at 9:16 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Haaaang on... we recognize this... 🧐

Pretty sure these were part of our collections (no idea why or how) and we gifted them to @uclarchaeology.bsky.social a couple of years ago, as a more appropriate home.

Glad to see they have a new life at @ucl.ac.uk 😍😍
uclarchaeology.bsky.social UCL Institute of Archaeology @uclarchaeology.bsky.social · 6d
Day 3 of #UCL200 Roman Spelt Wheat seeds excavated at Verulamium (St Albans) in the 1930s on the excavations run by Mortimer and Tessa Verney Wheeler. 🌱

📸 UCL Institute of Archaeology

#LocalAndGlobal
A round plastic dish with a white card with 11 seeds on it. These seeds are described in the writing on the plate as being Roman spelt wheat seeds. The rest of the image has writing about the seeds in the image.
February 13, 2026 at 8:03 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
🚨We're reopening!!! 🚨

Next week we'll be OPEN from 10am to 4pm with special activities for youngsters. 🤩🤩

Bring your kids along and we promise to get them so wound up and excited that your drive home will be a living nightmare.

sussexpast.co.uk/event/februa...
February Half Term at Fishbourne Roman Palace - Sussex Past
Live Like a Roman this half term with fun family activities from 16th to 20th February at Fishbourne Roman Palace, near Chichester
sussexpast.co.uk
February 13, 2026 at 1:36 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Barnsley has crossed some kind of line here. 😱
barnsleymuseums.bsky.social Barnsley Museums @barnsleymuseums.bsky.social · 6d
Happy Friday the 13th everyone
February 13, 2026 at 9:23 AM
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victoriagallery.bsky.social
Liverpool is a city of big ideas 💡Lightbulb moments explores over 150 inventions made in 19th-century Liverpool, including:

➡️ Noelle the gorilla’s skeleton
➡️ An 1847 museum board game
➡️ A 4,000-year-old Cypriot pot showing the maker’s fingerprints

Tue–Sat, 10am–5pm.
February 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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merchantshallyork.org
Want to see something old and gorgeous?

On this occasion it's not us, but this bobby dazzler - The Evidence Chest.

It has quite an interesting story. Join us!
We are looking at a large oak chest which is bounded in iron and has two iron hasps on either end of the lid and then a larger hasp in the centre with a lock. It has a round iron chain handle.
July 15, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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@lighthousewales.bsky.social - Lighthouse fandom is niche but wholesome
@hildur.bsky.social - come for the books, stay for Uggi
@merchantshallyork.org & @romanpalace.bsky.social need to be followed as a pair, because shipping museums is cool
@curiousordinary.bsky.social Japanese art & folklore
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
It says "Merchant's House Museum". 😮
@merchantshallyork.org have you checked your dressers?
phillewis.bsky.social Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 8d
A dresser inside a museum in New York City has been discovered as a secret stop on the Underground Railroad — the first of its kind discovered in Manhattan in over 100 years
February 11, 2026 at 5:34 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
We sent #CuratorRob to a professional Networking event at the Novium Museum, Chichester, yesterday and he represented the Palace by wearing a prawn hat. 🤦
The head and shoulders of a buffoon against a blue background. The buffoon has a ludicrous beard, and is wearing a tall orange hat with small black eyes on the top that resembles a prawn.
February 11, 2026 at 8:24 AM
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metcloisters.bsky.social
Game Piece with Hercules Slaying the Three-Headed Geryon https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/471972
The Cloisters Collection, 1970
February 10, 2026 at 4:46 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Stop scrolling!

We are as far from Punk as Punk was from the 1920s.

...continue scrolling.
February 10, 2026 at 8:08 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
We have some bad news for @durotrigesdig.bsky.social

bluesky-map.theo.io
February 9, 2026 at 6:38 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Here we are, hanging out with the cool kids. 😎

bluesky-map.theo.io
Hundreds of green dots. They are actually from the recently released "Map of Bluesky", with each dot representing a bluesky account and it's position relating to its relationship with other accounts. @Romanpalace is very close to @merchantshallyork and both are near a cluster labelled British Academic Historians.
February 9, 2026 at 6:05 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
#Superbowl was yesterday, but nobody told the museums. So, here's our Super Bowl.

(Conserved Samian bowl found at the Palace in the 1960s)
A red coloured bowl decorated with embossed tendril patterns. The bolw is dramatically lit from the left and is against a yellow background.
February 9, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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knapprew.bsky.social
I found this fossil vertebra on the floor of a hotel spa in Egypt! #urbangeology
February 9, 2026 at 2:24 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Is it just us, or.... 🧐
#MosaicMonday
A mosaic of a lion with a flowing mane and his tongue poking out A picture of Peter Stringfellow, smiling and sporting his trademark mane-like haircut.
February 9, 2026 at 11:15 AM
romanpalace.bsky.social
It's Superbowl Sunday! So here's our traditional, and predictable Superb Owl.
🏈🦉

#SuperbOwl #SuperbOwl2026
A naive representation of an owl on a small flat slate sheet. The body is depicted in alternating white and dark triangles. Crucially, this owl is not playing American Football.
February 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
In you dreams, Huxley... Not in a million years. 🧐
#SundayHuxley
In the foreground, some grated cheese on a kitchen worktop. Beneath is a golden retriever looking up, interested.
February 8, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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arthistoryanimalia.bsky.social
#Baturday 🦇:
#Bat Pendant
#AncientChina, Neolithic, Hongshan Culture (c. 4700-2900 BCE)
8 x 5.5 x 1.5 cm, 95.5g
ID’d as “plum crystal,” presumably plum blossom jade
www.liveauctioneers.com/item/2090285...
ℹ️ bats are auspicious animals in Chinese culture - this little guy was likely a lucky charm 🥰
official auction photo 1 on gradient grey background, front view small hardstone carved pendant in the form of a bat, with incised details including facial features and ridged wings official auction photo 1 on gradient grey background, quarter turn side profile facing left small hardstone carved pendant in the form of a bat, with incised details including facial features and ridged wings official auction photo 1 on gradient grey background, top down facing right view small hardstone carved pendant in the form of a bat, with incised details including facial features and ridged wings
February 7, 2026 at 8:18 PM
romanpalace.bsky.social
Anything the Met Museum can do, we can do.... (and we're going to be honest here)...

...broken-er. 😬
Two absolutely stunning pieces of Roman glass. The colour is mainly blue, with swirls and dashes of white. Remarkably, there are sections of gold where the artisan has incorporated pure gold leaf into their manufacture. Perhaps most notable is that these would both be even more impressive if they weren't tiny fragments of a once-complete vessel.
February 7, 2026 at 4:43 PM