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Paul Everill
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Reader in Archaeology at the University of Winchester. Research on: Wellbeing benefits of heritage; Nokalakevi, Georgia; & 'Invisible Diggers'. Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries @antiquaries.bsky.social
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Culmination of our family trip to Bournemouth was Adam Ant at the
BIC. Cracking show!
October 25, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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A lovely family trip to Bournemouth the other day and a long overdue visit to the Russel-Coates Museum
October 25, 2025 at 10:34 PM
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A wonderful day celebrating our students’ achievements today. A real highlight of the year @uniwinchester.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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Just realised that today is the 36th anniversary of my first day on an archaeological dig - a school work experience fortnight at #Wroxeter 🙂 🪏 ❤️ 🏺
August 19, 2025 at 7:29 PM
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Wasn’t sure how best to post these images, but while I always love seeing Tbilisi, it’s not possible to avoid mentioning the current difficult situation in #Georgia. I was struck by the images of the current protest in close proximity to both the 1956 and 1989 memorials.
August 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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The final trowel back of Trench F yesterday, ready for drone photography, and then this morning we covered the trench up again ready for next year. It was a shorter season this year but everyone worked really hard and we achieved some good results. #Nokalakevi
August 1, 2025 at 2:59 PM
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On Monday night our colleagues from the University of Milan treated us all to bruschetta and bolognaise, and some wonderful local wine #Nokalakevi #Georgia
July 31, 2025 at 4:17 AM
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Delighted to welcome Gareth Ward, British Ambassador to Georgia, and to show him the results of our Anglo-Georgian collaboration, now in it’s 25th season and still bringing Georgian and British specialists and students together to shed light on this amazing site #Nokalakevi #Anglo-Georgian
July 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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On Saturday we enjoyed our day off - a trip to the wonderful museum at Vani, and then on to Bagrati Cathedral and modern Kutaisi #NOK25 #Georgia
July 28, 2025 at 4:01 AM
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On Friday the Federation for Chidaoba held a competition in #Nokalakevi. A great opportunity for the team to enjoy watching Georgian traditional wrestling - named on the UNESCO list of global intangible heritage
July 28, 2025 at 3:50 AM
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Day 5: still making good progress across the trench, resolving some of the wall lines of the 6th/5th century BC buildings
The team at work in Trench F The team at work in Trench F The team at work in Trench F The team at work in Trench F
July 25, 2025 at 8:18 AM
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Day Four: continuing our work to better understand some of the key areas of the trench #Nokalakevi #Georgia
Students and volunteers working in different areas of the trench. Some are trowelling, some are mattocking, and some are discussing next steps with a supervisor
July 23, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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Day Three: After a stunning Colchian thunderstorm first thing, we were back on site and excavating #Nokalakevi #Georgia
An archaeological trench in the sun. Lines of unmortared limestone blocks run across the trench forming the rectangles of buildings from the 6th century BC to about the 3rd/2nd century BC
July 23, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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Day Two: the big ‘trowel back’ of Trench F. The sweet sound of trowel on archaeology! #Nokalakevi #Georgia
#Anglo-GeorgianExpeditionToNokalakevi
Students and volunteers beginning to trowel down the slope of Trench F Students and volunteers beginning to trowel down the slope of Trench F
July 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
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First day on site. Trench F covered in plastic sheet and plants after a year, now looking more like an archaeological trench again!
Trench F, covered in what’s left of last years plastic sheet and recent plant growth The team get to work removing the plants and plastic sheet from the trench The team removing plants and straightening the trench edge View across the trench after the first full day. With stone walls visible and far fewer plants!
July 20, 2025 at 10:33 AM
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The team arrived in Nokalakevi yesterday. Today we have a site tour and team briefing, and preparing to start work properly tomorrow
The eastern fortifications of Nokalakevi illuminated at night. The walls are made of relatively small limestone blocks. The arch of the reconstructed gateway is in the middle, and reconstructed crenellations at the top The eastern fortification wall seen from the interior of Nokalakevi in bright sunlight. The walls are made of relatively small limestone blocks. The arch of the reconstructed gateway is to the right, and reconstructed crenellations at the top. The remains of the first wall are visible and against it the stone steps to the fighting platform The river Tekhuri seen from the footbridge at Nokalakevi. The river has cut a steep gorge through the limestone, which is covered in shrubs and trees. The clear water of the river reflects the sky
July 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Gearing up for our 25th season in #Nokalakevi with some special team shirts
A white polo shirt with the embroidered logo of the Anglo-Georgian Expedition to Nokalakevi, featuring the Georgian and British flags in a circle, with the phrase “Friendship and Collaboration” in English and Georgian
June 29, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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This was meant to be a treat for the boys, and now we’re all off to destroy the Jedi order…
A fast food burger and fries. The burger is still wrapped and on the outside of it the sticker identifies it as ‘Order 66’
April 26, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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Recently published with @karenburnell.bsky.social: a new study seeking to understand “Wellbeing Archaeology”

Excavating the Past and (Re)Finding Myself: Exploring Veterans’ and Providers’ Experiences of Wellbeing Archaeology | Journal of Veterans Studies
journal-veterans-studies.org/articles/10....
Excavating the Past and (Re)Finding Myself: Exploring Veterans’ and Providers’ Experiences of Wellbeing Archaeology | Journal of Veterans Studies
journal-veterans-studies.org
April 22, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Happy HESA student data publication day to those that celebrate. As ever, it’s best to start with the footnotes. A university returned 470 first years as living in St Barts - a volcanic island in the Caribbean with a population less than 10,000.
www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-ana...
Data quality assurance note: The University of ... have incorrectly returned 470 first year students in 2023/24 with a permanent address of St Barthélemy, just under two thirds are UK students with the rest coming from other countries
April 3, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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My colleague was dismissed from Tbilisi State University after eight years of teaching. The regime is purging critics from the education system.
publikage.bsky.social Publika.ge @publikage.bsky.social · Mar 13
Another lecturer from the TSU Law Faculty, Tamar Tatanashvili, has been dismissed for supporting protests. She is the 3rd lecturer to be dismissed from TSU in the past five days for this reason. Giorgi Tsertsvadze and Irina Kherkheulidze were also dismissed.

📸 rfe/rl
March 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Or to put it another way - President Putin has said no to the US-led unconditional ceasefire that Ukraine has agreed to
vicderbyshire.bsky.social Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social · Mar 13
Yes but….

President Putin says he agrees fighting in Ukraine must end but says any plan must lead to 'enduring peace' and ‘ and remove the underlying causes of this crisis"
March 13, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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An adaptation of Christina's World (1948) by American painter Andrew Wyeth. The farmhouse in the background is now on fire. Rolling towards Christina are 3 Tesla trucks. Musk is in the lead vehicle (gun and ketamine mounted), Trump’s at the rear as Nero and Hitler’s the outrider.
March 13, 2025 at 9:33 PM
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An interesting article on the role of #universities in the current struggle for democracy in Georgia 🇬🇪

www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?sto...
Universities at the centre of national democracy struggles
Georgia’s universities stand at a crossroads. If the government succeeds in suppressing the current wave of student-led protests, control over unive...
www.universityworldnews.com
March 13, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Dear Volodymyr Zelenskyy, dear Ukrainian friends, you are not alone.
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM