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Jo Shoebridge
@jo-archaeol.bsky.social
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All things (World) Heritage, archaeology, very interested in Early Historic South Asian ceramics so I wrote a thesis on some of them. Huge supporter of lifelong learning and volunteer / public engagement.
Bradford lass living in Durham UK
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From a recent visit to Leeds Museum... Where we did go to look at the artefacts not the #Miffy exhibition 🐰🙄.....

#Aldborough, Romulus and Remus.

#Mosaicmonday #AncientBlueSky #Roman #Museum #archaeology
📷 mine!
September 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
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St Mary's Church in Shrewsbury is well known for it's stained glass, but there's some beautiful wood carvings as well.
#woodcarvingwednesday #AncientBlueSky
August 20, 2025 at 7:15 AM
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📚Quite a fine due!!📚

Library book returned 82 years after being borrowed with plea for no late fee

www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...

#library #reading #books
August 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
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The Agora at Smyrna / Izmir, Turkey.
The 'Historical Port City of Izmir' is on the UNESCO #WorldHeritage Tentative list: whc.unesco.org/en/tentative...

#RomansiteSaturday #archaeology #ancientbluesky #UNESCO #architecture
📷: me
August 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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🐘 it's #worldelephantday and I'm tidying folders, I've had a #takemebacktuesday moment to 2008 and my undergrad dissertation, 'Lakshmi and the #Elephants'- cultural transmission in later 1st millennium BC Eurasia.

Looking at the images is like revisiting old friends 😀

#AncientBlueSky #archaeology
August 12, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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Deer hunt mosaic at Pella, Greece. Far from the greatest image but a fabulous place to go and visit!
📷: me
#Mosaicmonday #AncientBlueSky #archaeology #ancientgreece
August 11, 2025 at 7:03 AM
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What a great afternoon! 😃

Thankyou @britishmuseum.bsky.social & @bradfordmuseums.bsky.social for a fabulous insight into ice age art at Cliffe Castle in #Keighley
bradford2025.co.uk/event/ice-ag...

Friendly helpful staff and #volunteers as well.

#Bradford2025 #archaeology #exhibition #museum
August 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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🏰 #Throwbackthursday to just last week with a steep walk up to #Beeston Castle!
🚶‍♀️Effort paid off with fabulous views from the top!

@englishheritage.bsky.social #AncientBlueSky #Castle #heritage #travelthursday
📷 me
July 24, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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Loving so many #mosaics in the #archaeology museum at Thessaloniki recently! #Mosaicmonday
📷 mine
July 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Cats of Archaeology.... taking 5 🐈‍⬛️🐈🐈‍⬛️🐈
📷 Me
#travelTuesday #archaeology #animal #history #architecture
June 24, 2025 at 8:41 AM
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📚A read for this #Mosaicmonday following a trip to #Thessaloniki archaeology museum recently!⚱️Really informative visit

#heritage #museum #archaeology #bookworm #reading
May 26, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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Recent weekend wanderings took me through Escomb, passing the 7th century church there, and through to the nature reserve🌷🌱🦅! Making the most of the beautiful weather 🌞
#church #weekend #heritage #durham #nature #walk
April 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
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Just after International Women’s Day I spotted #Suffragette Emily Wilding Davison sitting in the sunshine in #Morpeth. #IWD
March 9, 2025 at 10:42 PM
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Light and bright weekend with Illuminated Trails 👣 ✨️ #Light #weekend #Durham
February 23, 2025 at 6:11 PM
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Looking back on some #Wednesdaywandering from previous years... Church of St Telmo, Puerto de la Cruz, Teneriefe
#church #travel #Wednesdaywisdom
📷 my own
February 5, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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An afternoon of #worldheritage wanderings on a Sunday afternoon, wall, river and waggonways 😀 🚶‍♀️🚶‍♀️
#walking #weekend #railway #history
📷 my own
February 2, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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Walk into #Durham this evening
#Wednesdaywisdom

📷 my own
January 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Another #MosaicMonday peering through the railings, this time at Aldborough Roman Fort: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places...

#archaeology #Heritage #History #Roman #EnglishHeritage
📷 my own
January 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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Watching the programme on channel 5 about #cathedrals Used to walk past this one on the way to work... and it's where I became Dr Shoebridge in 2019! Where am I? #PhD #archaeology
January 23, 2025 at 9:51 PM
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Peering through the railings... #mosaicmonday memories from Perge, Tunisia
#archaeology
📷 my own
January 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
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Hello Bluesky! First post and picture to say hi...
January 3, 2025 at 10:27 PM