@bast109.bsky.social
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Did you know there is a Welsh princess buried in central London, where a modern monument remembers her? You do now. Read more:
nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-welsh-...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-welsh-...
January 9, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Did you know there is a Welsh princess buried in central London, where a modern monument remembers her? You do now. Read more:
nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-welsh-...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/the-welsh-...
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My first book, 'Tudor Wales' (2014), is a handy travel guide to all the locations in Wales associated with the Tudors and the Tudor period. Visiting Tudor Wales seems all the rage these days, so why not pick up a copy and get planning your summer trips?
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445617730
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445617730
January 9, 2025 at 1:10 PM
My first book, 'Tudor Wales' (2014), is a handy travel guide to all the locations in Wales associated with the Tudors and the Tudor period. Visiting Tudor Wales seems all the rage these days, so why not pick up a copy and get planning your summer trips?
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445617730
www.amazon.co.uk/dp/1445617730
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Start your Friday with political intrigue, conspiracy, and murder! 🗡️ Today’s LIVE episode from Medieval Fest is all about How to Overthrow a Medieval Ruler, featuring the brilliant Helen Castor, Lubaaba Al-Azami, and @nathenamin.bsky.social. 🎙️
🎧 Listen now - podfollow.com/willy-willy-...
🎧 Listen now - podfollow.com/willy-willy-...
January 10, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Start your Friday with political intrigue, conspiracy, and murder! 🗡️ Today’s LIVE episode from Medieval Fest is all about How to Overthrow a Medieval Ruler, featuring the brilliant Helen Castor, Lubaaba Al-Azami, and @nathenamin.bsky.social. 🎙️
🎧 Listen now - podfollow.com/willy-willy-...
🎧 Listen now - podfollow.com/willy-willy-...
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France makes Henry Tudor king of England. Henry then refuses to accept France taking control of Brittany to whom he sends soldiers. The French call him ungrateful. Anglo-French relations decline and drift towards war. Then, Perkin Warbeck, a French-sponsored challenger to Henry's throne appears 🤔
January 10, 2025 at 5:09 PM
France makes Henry Tudor king of England. Henry then refuses to accept France taking control of Brittany to whom he sends soldiers. The French call him ungrateful. Anglo-French relations decline and drift towards war. Then, Perkin Warbeck, a French-sponsored challenger to Henry's throne appears 🤔
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A lot gets written about Perkin Warbeck, but few ever delve deeper than the surface, merely taking Warbeck's claim at face value, or his confession. More attention needs to be paid to the murky world of late 15th century international diplomacy
nathenamin.substack.com/p/when-perki...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/when-perki...
January 12, 2025 at 11:31 AM
A lot gets written about Perkin Warbeck, but few ever delve deeper than the surface, merely taking Warbeck's claim at face value, or his confession. More attention needs to be paid to the murky world of late 15th century international diplomacy
nathenamin.substack.com/p/when-perki...
nathenamin.substack.com/p/when-perki...
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Feeling a little 1: Wide-eyed and innocent or maybe 7: Seen better days? These delightfully creepy dolls from our collections have plenty of personality—and maybe a ghost story or two to tell! 👻
January 8, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Feeling a little 1: Wide-eyed and innocent or maybe 7: Seen better days? These delightfully creepy dolls from our collections have plenty of personality—and maybe a ghost story or two to tell! 👻
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Come on people... we thought we'd had this conversation...
December 14, 2024 at 9:32 AM
Come on people... we thought we'd had this conversation...
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Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
December 14, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Something wonderful for the weekend!
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, an ancient artist skilfully sculpted this tiny head of a cave lion from mammoth ivory. It is one of the World’s oldest known works of figurative art.
📷 by me
#Archaeology
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#FoxOfTheDay 🦊
A Red Fox on a cold morning couldn't get enough of having fun rolling around on frosty grass. It was walking slowly across the grass when it suddenly got the zoomies! 😍
🎦 Credit: @kevinlohman.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
A Red Fox on a cold morning couldn't get enough of having fun rolling around on frosty grass. It was walking slowly across the grass when it suddenly got the zoomies! 😍
🎦 Credit: @kevinlohman.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
December 14, 2024 at 9:46 PM
#FoxOfTheDay 🦊
A Red Fox on a cold morning couldn't get enough of having fun rolling around on frosty grass. It was walking slowly across the grass when it suddenly got the zoomies! 😍
🎦 Credit: @kevinlohman.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
A Red Fox on a cold morning couldn't get enough of having fun rolling around on frosty grass. It was walking slowly across the grass when it suddenly got the zoomies! 😍
🎦 Credit: @kevinlohman.bsky.social
#WildlifePhotography #Wildlife #Nature #Foxes
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My Roman historian friend, Guy de la Bedoyere (Time Team buds), may have finally cracked the riddle of the Roman dodecahedra!!!
youtu.be/b7hBDqCsLuk?...
youtu.be/b7hBDqCsLuk?...
Pythagoras and the Mysterious Dodecahedrons of the Roman Empire
YouTube video by Classical and Ancient Civilization
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December 17, 2024 at 8:34 PM
My Roman historian friend, Guy de la Bedoyere (Time Team buds), may have finally cracked the riddle of the Roman dodecahedra!!!
youtu.be/b7hBDqCsLuk?...
youtu.be/b7hBDqCsLuk?...
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A fascinating thread about a beautiful, intriguing painting!
I don't see many long threads on here, but I'll try one - it's about Holbein's Ambassadors, his 1533 masterpiece in the National Gallery. It's often presented as a great mystery, but I think once we understand the circumstances in which it was made, its meaning becomes clearer.
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December 18, 2024 at 12:12 AM
A fascinating thread about a beautiful, intriguing painting!
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There are many competing (and entirely valid) theories about this painting! But for more of my thoughts and Holbein's important place in the history of British art, see my new book The Invention of British Art.
Thanks for reading!
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www.amazon.co.uk/Invention-Br...
Thanks for reading!
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www.amazon.co.uk/Invention-Br...
The Invention of British Art - a 2024 Christmas gift for art lovers
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December 17, 2024 at 11:55 PM
There are many competing (and entirely valid) theories about this painting! But for more of my thoughts and Holbein's important place in the history of British art, see my new book The Invention of British Art.
Thanks for reading!
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www.amazon.co.uk/Invention-Br...
Thanks for reading!
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www.amazon.co.uk/Invention-Br...
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Beautiful #IceAge art.
About 15,000 years ago, this lovely and realistic depiction of two deer was engraved on a piece of reindeer bone. From the Chauffaud Cave, France.
Collection Musée d'archéologie nationale - Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
📷 by me
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
About 15,000 years ago, this lovely and realistic depiction of two deer was engraved on a piece of reindeer bone. From the Chauffaud Cave, France.
Collection Musée d'archéologie nationale - Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
📷 by me
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
December 18, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Beautiful #IceAge art.
About 15,000 years ago, this lovely and realistic depiction of two deer was engraved on a piece of reindeer bone. From the Chauffaud Cave, France.
Collection Musée d'archéologie nationale - Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
📷 by me
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
About 15,000 years ago, this lovely and realistic depiction of two deer was engraved on a piece of reindeer bone. From the Chauffaud Cave, France.
Collection Musée d'archéologie nationale - Domaine national de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
📷 by me
#Archaeology
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
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Fascinating discussion playing out here around this latest Stonehenge hypothesis. Bluesky is now the place to be for interesting discussions between experts and great dialogue!
Thought this wouldn’t be far off. Mike Parker Pearson expounds on his theory of Stonehenge as a unitary monument for Britain and Ireland in light of new evidence for the Scottish origins of the Altar Stone (link to the paper doesn’t appear to be live yet).
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2024...
Stonehenge may have been erected to unite early British farming communities, research finds
The alter stone, which we now know is from Scotland, may have been a gift or marker of political alliance
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2024 at 10:56 AM
Fascinating discussion playing out here around this latest Stonehenge hypothesis. Bluesky is now the place to be for interesting discussions between experts and great dialogue!
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The greatest poem ever written, by Nael, aged 6. Nael would be at least 14 today. He said that tigers made him happy.
#ThingsThatMakeMeHappy #JoinIn
#ThingsThatMakeMeHappy #JoinIn
December 25, 2024 at 12:02 PM
The greatest poem ever written, by Nael, aged 6. Nael would be at least 14 today. He said that tigers made him happy.
#ThingsThatMakeMeHappy #JoinIn
#ThingsThatMakeMeHappy #JoinIn
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Great news!
Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England to be mapped.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England to be mapped.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Deadline to record historic footpaths to be scrapped
Walking campaigners welcome the move, which the government says will help prevent paths from being lost.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 26, 2024 at 7:25 AM
Great news!
Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England to be mapped.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Thousands of miles of footpaths that faced being lost forever could now be saved after the government committed to lifting a deadline for all rights of ways in England to be mapped.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Just one of the treats in store in the brand new series of Digging for Britain: a beautifully preserved sword from an Anglo Saxon cemetery in Kent that’s providing precious insights into contacts & connections in post-Roman Britain.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
‘Really incredible’ sixth-century sword found in Kent
Exclusive: Sword is among striking objects unearthed from Anglo-Saxon cemetery near Canterbury
www.theguardian.com
December 27, 2024 at 9:37 AM
Just one of the treats in store in the brand new series of Digging for Britain: a beautifully preserved sword from an Anglo Saxon cemetery in Kent that’s providing precious insights into contacts & connections in post-Roman Britain.
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
www.theguardian.com/science/2024...
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The submerged forest at Borth, Ceredigion, Wales. A woodland which flourished between the late Neolithic & Early Bronze Age 3000-2500 BC, before being inundated by sea level rise
The remains are exposed following storm scours & low tides & encouraged local legends
📷 My own, Oct 2020 #FindsFriday
The remains are exposed following storm scours & low tides & encouraged local legends
📷 My own, Oct 2020 #FindsFriday
December 27, 2024 at 8:13 AM
The submerged forest at Borth, Ceredigion, Wales. A woodland which flourished between the late Neolithic & Early Bronze Age 3000-2500 BC, before being inundated by sea level rise
The remains are exposed following storm scours & low tides & encouraged local legends
📷 My own, Oct 2020 #FindsFriday
The remains are exposed following storm scours & low tides & encouraged local legends
📷 My own, Oct 2020 #FindsFriday
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Read about this incredible new ancient DNA study here - tracking Viking Age migrations: www.facebook.com/ProfessorAli...
Alice Roberts
My friend Pontus Skoglund and his colleagues have JUST published this incredible new piece of research into Viking-era migrations - using ancient DNA and a brand analysis called Twigstats. This epic.....
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January 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Read about this incredible new ancient DNA study here - tracking Viking Age migrations: www.facebook.com/ProfessorAli...
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This is a small, very carefully made and repeatedly resharpened flint knife made a Neanderthal person around 50,000 years ago.
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
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It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
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January 3, 2025 at 7:51 AM
This is a small, very carefully made and repeatedly resharpened flint knife made a Neanderthal person around 50,000 years ago.
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
🦣🏺
It was discarded on the south coast of Jersey, carried far as an important part of their personal equipment.
Now cared for by @jerseyheritage
#FlintFriday
🦣🏺
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Early design of Elsa in Disney's "Frozen," back when she was going to be a villain. An ermine coat made of living ermines is a real glam power move.
#DisneySky #FashionSky #Disney #Frozen #Fashion #SnowQueen
#DisneySky #FashionSky #Disney #Frozen #Fashion #SnowQueen
January 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Early design of Elsa in Disney's "Frozen," back when she was going to be a villain. An ermine coat made of living ermines is a real glam power move.
#DisneySky #FashionSky #Disney #Frozen #Fashion #SnowQueen
#DisneySky #FashionSky #Disney #Frozen #Fashion #SnowQueen
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Cartref, Camarthenshire (📸Mike Henton/Keith Jones).
December 19, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Cartref, Camarthenshire (📸Mike Henton/Keith Jones).
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Iconic National Trust cottages and castles you can book next year to make it feel like you're in Christmas film 🧵:
Doyden Castle, Cornwall (📸Annapurna Mellor/Mike Henton)
Book them here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/cot...
Doyden Castle, Cornwall (📸Annapurna Mellor/Mike Henton)
Book them here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/cot...
December 19, 2024 at 2:24 PM
Iconic National Trust cottages and castles you can book next year to make it feel like you're in Christmas film 🧵:
Doyden Castle, Cornwall (📸Annapurna Mellor/Mike Henton)
Book them here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/cot...
Doyden Castle, Cornwall (📸Annapurna Mellor/Mike Henton)
Book them here: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/holidays/cot...
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Satellite and lidar imagery helped uncover Bronze Age burial mounds, Roman roads, and medieval villages, as part of the Deep Time citizen science project.
We're proud to have partnered with @digventures.bsky.social and the hobbyists on this incredible journey. See more - https://buff.ly/3VHQp3y
We're proud to have partnered with @digventures.bsky.social and the hobbyists on this incredible journey. See more - https://buff.ly/3VHQp3y
Hobbyist archaeologists identify thousands of ancient sites in England
Exclusive: Bronze age remains and Roman roads among 12,802 sites discovered using latest technology
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2024 at 9:30 AM
Satellite and lidar imagery helped uncover Bronze Age burial mounds, Roman roads, and medieval villages, as part of the Deep Time citizen science project.
We're proud to have partnered with @digventures.bsky.social and the hobbyists on this incredible journey. See more - https://buff.ly/3VHQp3y
We're proud to have partnered with @digventures.bsky.social and the hobbyists on this incredible journey. See more - https://buff.ly/3VHQp3y