Dr Claire Millington ✍🏻🏺
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We are thrilled to announce the publication of Military Households of Roman Auxiliary Commanders in Western Europe and North Africa by @clairemillington.bsky.social!🏺
Now available here: doi.org/10.30861/978...
Now available here: doi.org/10.30861/978...
I couldn't be happier to be publishing this with BAR Publishing! Please feel free to ask your library to order a copy!!
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The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
November 12, 2025 at 5:12 PM
The cover of my forthcoming book, out in February/March. #dogs #Roman-Britain #animalturm #archaeology
Jug mosaic from Burgate St excavation, Canterbury (1946-48) showing later repair.
Now displayed in Canterbury Roman Museum.
#MosaicMonday
Now displayed in Canterbury Roman Museum.
#MosaicMonday
November 17, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Jug mosaic from Burgate St excavation, Canterbury (1946-48) showing later repair.
Now displayed in Canterbury Roman Museum.
#MosaicMonday
Now displayed in Canterbury Roman Museum.
#MosaicMonday
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After Islamic State militants took Mosul, Iraq in 2015, they vandalised the Mosul Cultural Museum and its collections. Now, the museum is gradually being brought back to life so that the citizens of Mosul can again identify with and learn from Iraq’s rich cultural heritage.
🏺 #Archaeology 1/2
🏺 #Archaeology 1/2
November 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
After Islamic State militants took Mosul, Iraq in 2015, they vandalised the Mosul Cultural Museum and its collections. Now, the museum is gradually being brought back to life so that the citizens of Mosul can again identify with and learn from Iraq’s rich cultural heritage.
🏺 #Archaeology 1/2
🏺 #Archaeology 1/2
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Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
November 13, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Several minute piece on the BBC.
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
Lots of detectorists.
No archaeologists.
No-one from PAS.
No-one from museums.
No discussion of the costs or responsibilities involved.
😡
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #BBC #News
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How about "Where is our heritage demonstrably most risk from metal detecting"? It isn't lost, it's part of the archaeological record.
Cc @Tess_Machling🏺
#FindsFriday
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Cc @Tess_Machling🏺
#FindsFriday
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Where in the UK is the greatest amount of hidden treasure?
Objects uncovered have included precious Viking coins and a Roman earwax scoop
www.independent.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:05 AM
How about "Where is our heritage demonstrably most risk from metal detecting"? It isn't lost, it's part of the archaeological record.
Cc @Tess_Machling🏺
#FindsFriday
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Cc @Tess_Machling🏺
#FindsFriday
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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Cruck frame barn, dated c 1550, from Llanerch Banna (Flint) and now at St Fagans National Museum of History.
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Cruck frame barn, dated c 1550, from Llanerch Banna (Flint) and now at St Fagans National Museum of History.
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
Such curved timbers known as crucks will feature a fair bit in my upcoming online talk on 25 Nov, Dating Ancient Buildings.
Booking is now open.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dating-anc...
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A £50 annual licence fee for the 3000 members of the Surrey Metal Detecting Club could pay for three FLO post recording solely their finds. But why ask the cost of heritage in a finder takes all system.
An onslaught on heritage: "Surrey Metal Detecting Club… membership has rocketed… to more than 3,000 in 2025."
"We're not in it for the treasure, we're history finders" says a man who's "found thousands of coins" and has a shelf at home "where it's all Roman - coins, brooches and stuff like that."
"We're not in it for the treasure, we're history finders" says a man who's "found thousands of coins" and has a shelf at home "where it's all Roman - coins, brooches and stuff like that."
The Surrey Metal Detecting Club sees membership leap in six years
Founded with 60 members in 2019, the Surrey club now has more than 3,000 members across the county.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 PM
A £50 annual licence fee for the 3000 members of the Surrey Metal Detecting Club could pay for three FLO post recording solely their finds. But why ask the cost of heritage in a finder takes all system.
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Putting aside the deeper issues of why this analysis was done and how it has been promoted, the choice to broadcast a tv show before releasing a preprint should make people skeptical of the results. How can one be sure of their scientific claims?
As I told the CNN, without details and data it is not possible to assess the claims.
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
More importantly, the scientific value of this media campaign, balanced against the possible stigmatization of individuals with these real conditions today, is highly questionable. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/s...
Researchers say they have verified and sequenced Hitler’s DNA – and found a genetic disorder | CNN
Analysis of Adolf Hitler’s DNA reveals he may have had a rare genetic disorder that can delay puberty.
edition.cnn.com
November 15, 2025 at 3:19 AM
Putting aside the deeper issues of why this analysis was done and how it has been promoted, the choice to broadcast a tv show before releasing a preprint should make people skeptical of the results. How can one be sure of their scientific claims?
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please make a donation - everyone deserves a warm meal and a full pantry
it's my birthday! hooray!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
help me celebrate by making a donation to your local food bank, community kitchen, or FnB group!
November 16, 2025 at 6:13 AM
please make a donation - everyone deserves a warm meal and a full pantry
There's always post-Roman Tintagel and its amphorae tho. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
November 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
There's always post-Roman Tintagel and its amphorae tho. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
Fun fact: mead up your nose is excruciatingly painful. A childhood lesson well learned -granddad made the stuff and because reasons idk now
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Teen Vogue was one of the only outlets that took young people seriously as political actors and covered how they're organizing, voting, and being impacted by state + national legislation.
It was a launching pad for so many great young journalists
It was a launching pad for so many great young journalists
November 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Teen Vogue was one of the only outlets that took young people seriously as political actors and covered how they're organizing, voting, and being impacted by state + national legislation.
It was a launching pad for so many great young journalists
It was a launching pad for so many great young journalists
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As someone pointed out in another thread, "Vogue" was a wedding present Jeff Bezos gave to Lauren Sanchez.
This isn't some nameless "they".
This isn't some nameless "they".
November 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
As someone pointed out in another thread, "Vogue" was a wedding present Jeff Bezos gave to Lauren Sanchez.
This isn't some nameless "they".
This isn't some nameless "they".
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Rest in power, Alice Wong.
I don’t want to formulate words yet, but my friend Alice Wong, @sfdirewolf.bsky.social of the Disability Visibility Project, has passed.
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Here are the words she left behind:
www.instagram.com/p/DREMDNBjnq...
Alice Wong on Instagram: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the time of her passing. Hi everyone, it ...
423 likes, 73 comments - alicatsamurai on November 14, 2025: "ID: Yellow background with black text "This is Alice's friend Sandy Ho, posting. Per Alice's wishes, this message is being shared at the t...
www.instagram.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Rest in power, Alice Wong.
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A Roman saddle plate, once attached to straps that hung from a saddle that may have been used during Roman cavalry parades.
The copper alloy was silvered with niello decorations. Niello is a black material composed of one or more metal sulphides.
📸 my own, Vindolanda Roman Fort.
#RomanBritain
The copper alloy was silvered with niello decorations. Niello is a black material composed of one or more metal sulphides.
📸 my own, Vindolanda Roman Fort.
#RomanBritain
November 15, 2025 at 6:02 PM
A Roman saddle plate, once attached to straps that hung from a saddle that may have been used during Roman cavalry parades.
The copper alloy was silvered with niello decorations. Niello is a black material composed of one or more metal sulphides.
📸 my own, Vindolanda Roman Fort.
#RomanBritain
The copper alloy was silvered with niello decorations. Niello is a black material composed of one or more metal sulphides.
📸 my own, Vindolanda Roman Fort.
#RomanBritain
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Putting up a few bits I've made - these two are inspired by Welsh iron age pieces from Culverhole Cave and Tal y Llyn. Now I need a third idea now so any new inspiration would be greatly appreciated
November 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Putting up a few bits I've made - these two are inspired by Welsh iron age pieces from Culverhole Cave and Tal y Llyn. Now I need a third idea now so any new inspiration would be greatly appreciated
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Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
November 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Our Piper at the Gates of Dawn jumper stirred a bit of Satanic Panic! Thank you, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, for covering this story for The Guardian.
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
By popular demand, you can get the jumper that got banned from Westminster Abbey here: everpress.com/hellebore-pi...
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#OnThisDay - 14 November - in AD 565 the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I died at the age of 83. His was an energetic reign, perhaps most famous for his legal revisions. #History 🏺
Image: Gold Solidus of Justinian I, Constantinople, AD 538-545. ANS 1948.19.743. Link - numismatics.org/collection/1...
Image: Gold Solidus of Justinian I, Constantinople, AD 538-545. ANS 1948.19.743. Link - numismatics.org/collection/1...
November 14, 2025 at 10:30 AM
#OnThisDay - 14 November - in AD 565 the Byzantine Emperor Justinian I died at the age of 83. His was an energetic reign, perhaps most famous for his legal revisions. #History 🏺
Image: Gold Solidus of Justinian I, Constantinople, AD 538-545. ANS 1948.19.743. Link - numismatics.org/collection/1...
Image: Gold Solidus of Justinian I, Constantinople, AD 538-545. ANS 1948.19.743. Link - numismatics.org/collection/1...
"The red-slipped pottery formerly known as Late Roman C"
In case anyone is in need of a band-name.
In case anyone is in need of a band-name.
November 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
"The red-slipped pottery formerly known as Late Roman C"
In case anyone is in need of a band-name.
In case anyone is in need of a band-name.
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#OnThisDay in AD 1992, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to allow women to become priests, but did you know women were the drivers of Anglo Saxon England's conversion to Christianity in the 7th century AD?
🏺#Archaeology 1/2
🏺#Archaeology 1/2
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
#OnThisDay in AD 1992, the General Synod of the Church of England voted to allow women to become priests, but did you know women were the drivers of Anglo Saxon England's conversion to Christianity in the 7th century AD?
🏺#Archaeology 1/2
🏺#Archaeology 1/2
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#EpigraphyTuesday a painted Greek wall inscription from a Late Antique church at Philoxenite, Egypt. It translates as ‘fell asleep in Christ our father, who is among the saints, [name]’, indicating it was a funerary inscription, but no grave was found.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
November 11, 2025 at 5:15 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday a painted Greek wall inscription from a Late Antique church at Philoxenite, Egypt. It translates as ‘fell asleep in Christ our father, who is among the saints, [name]’, indicating it was a funerary inscription, but no grave was found.
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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A dramatic recreation of Medmenham Camp hillfort #Buckinghamshire, its Iron Age inhabitants seeking shelter as snow sets in
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
November 12, 2025 at 7:00 AM
A dramatic recreation of Medmenham Camp hillfort #Buckinghamshire, its Iron Age inhabitants seeking shelter as snow sets in
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
Produced for @chilternsnl.bsky.social © Jennie Anderson 2022
www.chilterns.org.uk/map_marker/m...
For more see:
www.jennieanderson.co.uk
#HillfortsWednesday #WinterIsComing
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So cool that vast swathes of content from Reddit is going to be used in the decision making process wrt how often my son goes to school
With the caveat that it's impossible to know what is really happening from such a short story, this is clearly a terrible idea www.theguardian.com/education/20...
All schools in England to be given AI-generated pupil attendance targets
Unions decry move, saying it will put more pressure on headteachers without tackling absence from classrooms
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 7:42 AM
So cool that vast swathes of content from Reddit is going to be used in the decision making process wrt how often my son goes to school
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✨The Two Princes✨
Gaius and Lucius or Britannicus and Nero? The identity of these two young men depicted in heroic nude at Aphrodisias is up for debate, but that we’re looking at imperial youths is clear. The figure on the left holds the orb of the world—a clear sign of rule.
#ReliefWednesday
Gaius and Lucius or Britannicus and Nero? The identity of these two young men depicted in heroic nude at Aphrodisias is up for debate, but that we’re looking at imperial youths is clear. The figure on the left holds the orb of the world—a clear sign of rule.
#ReliefWednesday
November 12, 2025 at 7:53 AM
✨The Two Princes✨
Gaius and Lucius or Britannicus and Nero? The identity of these two young men depicted in heroic nude at Aphrodisias is up for debate, but that we’re looking at imperial youths is clear. The figure on the left holds the orb of the world—a clear sign of rule.
#ReliefWednesday
Gaius and Lucius or Britannicus and Nero? The identity of these two young men depicted in heroic nude at Aphrodisias is up for debate, but that we’re looking at imperial youths is clear. The figure on the left holds the orb of the world—a clear sign of rule.
#ReliefWednesday
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Day trip to #Eyam in #Derbyshire. So much amazing history from mining to water catchment, to beautiful architecture, and of course the plague story. In the middle of it all a beautiful and pretty complete #Anglo-Saxon cross with figurative decoration and lots of Angels. #archaeology #history
November 8, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Day trip to #Eyam in #Derbyshire. So much amazing history from mining to water catchment, to beautiful architecture, and of course the plague story. In the middle of it all a beautiful and pretty complete #Anglo-Saxon cross with figurative decoration and lots of Angels. #archaeology #history