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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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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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Just finished my lecture to the Ukrainian Association of Archaeologists, via a translator, and seemed to go very well. Слава Україні!
My intro slide for the lecture titled “UK veteran studentships and fieldwork in Georgia”. The title, in English and Ukrainian is set against the yellow and blue of the Ukrainian flag
February 28, 2025 at 5:39 PM
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Really looking forward to speaking to colleagues in Ukraine tomorrow, reflecting on lessons I’ve learned from the @uniwinchester.bsky.social veteran studentships in archaeology, and the international veteran wellbeing programme I ran with Georgian colleagues on our excavation at Nokalakevi
Ukrainian text in gold on a green background, advertising my lecture, including a photo of me. I am a middle-aged white man with mid brown side-parted hair, and a full beard with fewer grey streaks than it has now, five years after this photo was taken. A screenshot of Ukrainian text from a Facebook post
February 27, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Honoured to have been invited by the Ukrainian Association of Archaeologists to share my expertise of delivering wellbeing benefits for Georgian, Ukrainian, and UK veterans at Nokalakevi. Looking forward to collaborating on the new AMPHORA-Ukraine initiative @karenburnell.bsky.social
The logo of the Ukrainian Association of Archaeologists
January 28, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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Thoughts with friends across Georgia and the whole country right now. Next few hours could be crucial for the pro-democracy protest. I’ve done what little I can from the UK: donate; support; sign petitions; write to my MP. Now all I can do is raise a toast to this wonderful country #GeorgiaProtest
A bottle of Georgian Saperavi wine, waiting to be opened
December 28, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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Here we go. A Christmas Eve institution. Tears and joy in equal measure. Here’s to more institutions like Bailey’s Building and Loan in our lives!
A still from the opening credits of “It’s a wonderful life”
December 24, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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Magical Christmas Eve telly, though disconcerting to realise my childhood tv show is 40 years old now and depicting a story in the 1930s that was only 50years before then…#BoxofDelights
A still of the opening credits of the BBC series ‘Box of Delights’ - a children’s tv series from 1984
December 24, 2024 at 7:56 PM
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‘Twas the night before Christmas, in the 41st century, and nothing was stirring apart from the TechnoArchaeologist and his merry band of Adeptus Mechanicus, who weren’t fully understanding the rules of the game that youngest son was trying to explain
Warhammer 40k figures arranged on a battle terrain, with a TechnoArchaeologist in the foreground
December 24, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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Time to get the vinyl going and break out my Japanese import, Bing Crosby Christmas LP
Front cover of Bing’s Merry Christmas LP, with additional Japanese listing on a piece of paper attached to the front. Bing Crosby is pictured with a Santa hat and a bow tie made of holly Back cover of the LP cover, featuring a Christmas tree and presents and track listing in Japanese down the side
December 24, 2024 at 3:05 PM