Jon Hawke
@archaeohawke.bsky.social
#Archaeology, #Ancient #Classical World & #Roman Frontier Studies MA. Former life Archaeologist doing a bit now and then. Every day above ground is a good day! Romanes eunt domus!😂
#MosaicMonday
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#MosaicMonday
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology
#MosaicMonday
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#MosaicMonday
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
#StandingStoneSunday
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
#FindsFriday
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#FindsFriday
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
November 20, 2025 at 10:23 PM
#RomanFortThursday
Alderney's enegmatic 'Nunnery', dominates Longy Bay.
It's #Roman fort hidden in plain sight. The Nunnery's fortifications are remarkably well preserved. This row of pilasters running along the south wall is complete to within a course.
#Archaeology #History
Alderney's enegmatic 'Nunnery', dominates Longy Bay.
It's #Roman fort hidden in plain sight. The Nunnery's fortifications are remarkably well preserved. This row of pilasters running along the south wall is complete to within a course.
#Archaeology #History
November 20, 2025 at 11:26 AM
#RomanFortThursday
Alderney's enegmatic 'Nunnery', dominates Longy Bay.
It's #Roman fort hidden in plain sight. The Nunnery's fortifications are remarkably well preserved. This row of pilasters running along the south wall is complete to within a course.
#Archaeology #History
Alderney's enegmatic 'Nunnery', dominates Longy Bay.
It's #Roman fort hidden in plain sight. The Nunnery's fortifications are remarkably well preserved. This row of pilasters running along the south wall is complete to within a course.
#Archaeology #History
#RomanFortThursday
The #Roman camp at Marktbreit is a castrum (Roman #legionary fortification) with a nearby canabae from the Augustan period . It is located in the municipal territory of the Lower Franconian town of Marktbreit on the left bank of the River Main.
#History
The #Roman camp at Marktbreit is a castrum (Roman #legionary fortification) with a nearby canabae from the Augustan period . It is located in the municipal territory of the Lower Franconian town of Marktbreit on the left bank of the River Main.
#History
November 20, 2025 at 11:23 AM
#RomanFortThursday
The #Roman camp at Marktbreit is a castrum (Roman #legionary fortification) with a nearby canabae from the Augustan period . It is located in the municipal territory of the Lower Franconian town of Marktbreit on the left bank of the River Main.
#History
The #Roman camp at Marktbreit is a castrum (Roman #legionary fortification) with a nearby canabae from the Augustan period . It is located in the municipal territory of the Lower Franconian town of Marktbreit on the left bank of the River Main.
#History
#WorldToiletDay🚽
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
November 19, 2025 at 2:16 PM
#WorldToiletDay🚽
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
Isca: Near the barack buildings were communal toilets, and at one end of the complex you can see the remains of a bread oven.
You can also see remains of the fortress walls, a gate and corner turret, cookhouses, and latrine drains.
#RomanBritain #Wales #Isca #Caerleon
Mynydd-y-fforest Ystadowen
A sub-circular enclosure, c.60m in diameter, set on a S-facing slope and defined by a bank and ditch, counterscarped on the N and NE. A rectangular enclosure lies immediately to the NE.
📸 My own.
#HillfortsWednesday #Wales
A sub-circular enclosure, c.60m in diameter, set on a S-facing slope and defined by a bank and ditch, counterscarped on the N and NE. A rectangular enclosure lies immediately to the NE.
📸 My own.
#HillfortsWednesday #Wales
November 19, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Mynydd-y-fforest Ystadowen
A sub-circular enclosure, c.60m in diameter, set on a S-facing slope and defined by a bank and ditch, counterscarped on the N and NE. A rectangular enclosure lies immediately to the NE.
📸 My own.
#HillfortsWednesday #Wales
A sub-circular enclosure, c.60m in diameter, set on a S-facing slope and defined by a bank and ditch, counterscarped on the N and NE. A rectangular enclosure lies immediately to the NE.
📸 My own.
#HillfortsWednesday #Wales
This Iron Age hill fort was constructed around 400BC and was used for around 300 years. Cissbury is a univallate fort, that is a hilltop enclosure with a single rampart accompanied by a ditch and a low counterscarp bank.
#HillfortsWednesday
#HillfortsWednesday
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
This Iron Age hill fort was constructed around 400BC and was used for around 300 years. Cissbury is a univallate fort, that is a hilltop enclosure with a single rampart accompanied by a ditch and a low counterscarp bank.
#HillfortsWednesday
#HillfortsWednesday
#TombTuesday
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#TombTuesday
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
Maen Y Bardd Burial Chamber stands high in the hills above the Conwy valley in #Wales. Maen y Bardd translates as “The Bard’s Stone” & legend has it that those brave enough to spend a night inside the chamber wake either as a poet or a madman!
3500BC
#Archaeology
#TombTuesday
St. Lythans burial chamber - 6000BC. Excavations in 2012 discovered that the original burial mound was 12m wide and 30m long. It is similar to nearby Tinkinswood and many others across #Wales and southwest England. 📸 My own
#Neolithic #Archaeology #History #AncientBlueSky
St. Lythans burial chamber - 6000BC. Excavations in 2012 discovered that the original burial mound was 12m wide and 30m long. It is similar to nearby Tinkinswood and many others across #Wales and southwest England. 📸 My own
#Neolithic #Archaeology #History #AncientBlueSky
November 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#TombTuesday
St. Lythans burial chamber - 6000BC. Excavations in 2012 discovered that the original burial mound was 12m wide and 30m long. It is similar to nearby Tinkinswood and many others across #Wales and southwest England. 📸 My own
#Neolithic #Archaeology #History #AncientBlueSky
St. Lythans burial chamber - 6000BC. Excavations in 2012 discovered that the original burial mound was 12m wide and 30m long. It is similar to nearby Tinkinswood and many others across #Wales and southwest England. 📸 My own
#Neolithic #Archaeology #History #AncientBlueSky
#MosaicMonday
Fragment of the face of the 'Mother of God". Deësis mosaic, c. 1261, 5.2 x 6 m, south gallery, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul)
#ancient #art #History #artwork
Fragment of the face of the 'Mother of God". Deësis mosaic, c. 1261, 5.2 x 6 m, south gallery, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul)
#ancient #art #History #artwork
November 17, 2025 at 10:53 AM
#MosaicMonday
Fragment of the face of the 'Mother of God". Deësis mosaic, c. 1261, 5.2 x 6 m, south gallery, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul)
#ancient #art #History #artwork
Fragment of the face of the 'Mother of God". Deësis mosaic, c. 1261, 5.2 x 6 m, south gallery, Hagia Sophia, Constantinople (Istanbul)
#ancient #art #History #artwork
#Roman city of Ulpia Noviamagus was by far the oldest and largest Roman #city in the #Netherlands. The population in the 2nd C AD is estimated at 5,000 to 7,000. In the urban life, the multicultural society.
#RomanSiteSaturday #History #Archaeology
📷 Michel Gybels
#RomanSiteSaturday #History #Archaeology
📷 Michel Gybels
November 15, 2025 at 8:23 AM
#Roman city of Ulpia Noviamagus was by far the oldest and largest Roman #city in the #Netherlands. The population in the 2nd C AD is estimated at 5,000 to 7,000. In the urban life, the multicultural society.
#RomanSiteSaturday #History #Archaeology
📷 Michel Gybels
#RomanSiteSaturday #History #Archaeology
📷 Michel Gybels
The house of Venus Marina in #Pompeii was made famous by its beautiful #Frescos.
One panel portrays a fountain basin painted with birds, to the left a statue of #Mars
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology #Roman #History #Art #painting
One panel portrays a fountain basin painted with birds, to the left a statue of #Mars
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology #Roman #History #Art #painting
November 14, 2025 at 12:08 PM
The house of Venus Marina in #Pompeii was made famous by its beautiful #Frescos.
One panel portrays a fountain basin painted with birds, to the left a statue of #Mars
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology #Roman #History #Art #painting
One panel portrays a fountain basin painted with birds, to the left a statue of #Mars
#FrescoFriday
#Archaeology #Roman #History #Art #painting
#FindsFriday
Bronze Hand of Sabazius - here is an example of one that would be attached to a wooden pole for religious ceremonies and processions. The hand includes magic symbols. It was a mysterious cult, popular in #ancient #Greece and #Rome.
#History #magic #myth #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
Bronze Hand of Sabazius - here is an example of one that would be attached to a wooden pole for religious ceremonies and processions. The hand includes magic symbols. It was a mysterious cult, popular in #ancient #Greece and #Rome.
#History #magic #myth #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
November 14, 2025 at 12:07 PM
#FindsFriday
Bronze Hand of Sabazius - here is an example of one that would be attached to a wooden pole for religious ceremonies and processions. The hand includes magic symbols. It was a mysterious cult, popular in #ancient #Greece and #Rome.
#History #magic #myth #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
Bronze Hand of Sabazius - here is an example of one that would be attached to a wooden pole for religious ceremonies and processions. The hand includes magic symbols. It was a mysterious cult, popular in #ancient #Greece and #Rome.
#History #magic #myth #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
#RomanFortThursday
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
November 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
#RomanFortThursday
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
One of the best preserved #Roman fortresses is the Portus Adurni.
It was built in the Roman province of Britannia in the 3rd C to protect the southern coastline of #Britain from Saxon raids.
In the Medieval period, it was converted into a #castle - #History
Allt-yr-Esgair is an earthwork enclosure complex defined by scarps, banks and ditches, extending about 720m from north, north-west to south south-east along the summit of a prominent isolated ridge.
#HillfortsWednesday
See👇
coflein.gov.uk/en/site/92158/…
#HillfortsWednesday
See👇
coflein.gov.uk/en/site/92158/…
November 12, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Allt-yr-Esgair is an earthwork enclosure complex defined by scarps, banks and ditches, extending about 720m from north, north-west to south south-east along the summit of a prominent isolated ridge.
#HillfortsWednesday
See👇
coflein.gov.uk/en/site/92158/…
#HillfortsWednesday
See👇
coflein.gov.uk/en/site/92158/…
#TombTuesday
The #Roman Wine Pitcher Burial Chamber features this drinking vessel in a small alcove over the #tomb.
Discovered during the establishment of the extensive Pécs cellar system in the 18th C and its full recovery was carried out by Ferenc Fülep in 1964. #Archaeology
The #Roman Wine Pitcher Burial Chamber features this drinking vessel in a small alcove over the #tomb.
Discovered during the establishment of the extensive Pécs cellar system in the 18th C and its full recovery was carried out by Ferenc Fülep in 1964. #Archaeology
November 11, 2025 at 3:31 PM
#TombTuesday
The #Roman Wine Pitcher Burial Chamber features this drinking vessel in a small alcove over the #tomb.
Discovered during the establishment of the extensive Pécs cellar system in the 18th C and its full recovery was carried out by Ferenc Fülep in 1964. #Archaeology
The #Roman Wine Pitcher Burial Chamber features this drinking vessel in a small alcove over the #tomb.
Discovered during the establishment of the extensive Pécs cellar system in the 18th C and its full recovery was carried out by Ferenc Fülep in 1964. #Archaeology
#MosaicMonday
A mosaic floor of Bellerophon and Chimaira, Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, in the Medieval City of Rhodes, ca. 300-270 B.C.
#Art #Myth #Archaeology
A mosaic floor of Bellerophon and Chimaira, Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, in the Medieval City of Rhodes, ca. 300-270 B.C.
#Art #Myth #Archaeology
November 10, 2025 at 4:25 PM
#MosaicMonday
A mosaic floor of Bellerophon and Chimaira, Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, in the Medieval City of Rhodes, ca. 300-270 B.C.
#Art #Myth #Archaeology
A mosaic floor of Bellerophon and Chimaira, Archaeological Museum of Rhodes, in the Medieval City of Rhodes, ca. 300-270 B.C.
#Art #Myth #Archaeology
#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
November 9, 2025 at 12:41 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
#RomanSiteSaturday
The Amphitheatre of #Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving #Roman amphitheatres.
#Archaeology #History
The Amphitheatre of #Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving #Roman amphitheatres.
#Archaeology #History
November 8, 2025 at 2:27 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday
The Amphitheatre of #Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving #Roman amphitheatres.
#Archaeology #History
The Amphitheatre of #Pompeii is one of the oldest surviving #Roman amphitheatres.
#Archaeology #History