Edith Harding
@starlight-edith.bsky.social
20 • They/She • Archaeology Major / Medieval Studies minor • Jewish
Fandoms: Star Trek, Stargate, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, The Wheel of Time, Redwall, The Pillars of the Earth
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Fandoms: Star Trek, Stargate, Babylon 5, Battlestar Galactica, The Wheel of Time, Redwall, The Pillars of the Earth
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Do any archaeologists want to be friends with me? It’s lonely over here 🥺
Especially if you really like the Middle Ages or Roman era!
#🏺#archaeology #ancientsky #medieval #archeology
Especially if you really like the Middle Ages or Roman era!
#🏺#archaeology #ancientsky #medieval #archeology
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#FrescoFriday - Discovered in late October 1763 at Casa della Danzatrice, Pompeii (VI.17.10), this vivid and free mythological panel shows the moment when the infant Opheltes is attacked and killed by a serpent. #Pompeii #Myth 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8987)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8987)
October 24, 2025 at 2:39 PM
#FrescoFriday - Discovered in late October 1763 at Casa della Danzatrice, Pompeii (VI.17.10), this vivid and free mythological panel shows the moment when the infant Opheltes is attacked and killed by a serpent. #Pompeii #Myth 🏺
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8987)
Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (8987)
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October 7, 2025 at 5:31 PM
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For #WorldRiversDay here's a Late Babylonian tablet from Abu Habba (Sippar) - The Map of the World, ca. 6th Century BC. 🏺
The world is shown as a disc surrounded by a ring of water, the 'Bitter River'. (1/2)
Image: British Museum (92687). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
The world is shown as a disc surrounded by a ring of water, the 'Bitter River'. (1/2)
Image: British Museum (92687). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
September 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
For #WorldRiversDay here's a Late Babylonian tablet from Abu Habba (Sippar) - The Map of the World, ca. 6th Century BC. 🏺
The world is shown as a disc surrounded by a ring of water, the 'Bitter River'. (1/2)
Image: British Museum (92687). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
The world is shown as a disc surrounded by a ring of water, the 'Bitter River'. (1/2)
Image: British Museum (92687). Link - www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
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The Migvie Stone - a Class II Pictish Stone located in St. Final’s Kirkyard, two miles north of Logie Coldstone, in Aberdeenshire. Class II stones date from the 8th and 9th centuries. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Picts #Aberdeenshire
September 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
The Migvie Stone - a Class II Pictish Stone located in St. Final’s Kirkyard, two miles north of Logie Coldstone, in Aberdeenshire. Class II stones date from the 8th and 9th centuries. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Picts #Aberdeenshire
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Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!
September 20, 2025 at 9:41 PM
Heghlu'meH QaQ jajvam!
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#OnThisDay - 21 September - in AD 37 the emperor Gaius accepted the title 'Pater Patriae' (Father of the Fatherland). Dio (59.3.2) notes it was the only title he had not taken upon his accession. #History 🏺
Image: RIC Gaius 1; British Museum (1964,1203.84). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Gaius 1; British Museum (1964,1203.84). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
September 21, 2025 at 11:49 AM
#OnThisDay - 21 September - in AD 37 the emperor Gaius accepted the title 'Pater Patriae' (Father of the Fatherland). Dio (59.3.2) notes it was the only title he had not taken upon his accession. #History 🏺
Image: RIC Gaius 1; British Museum (1964,1203.84). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Gaius 1; British Museum (1964,1203.84). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Someone quoted a Bible verse at me on tumblr to prove Jews are evil and I just responded with sources cited in Chicago manual saying that that chapter isn’t even originally in the gospels lol
September 19, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Someone quoted a Bible verse at me on tumblr to prove Jews are evil and I just responded with sources cited in Chicago manual saying that that chapter isn’t even originally in the gospels lol
Why does this app keep unfollowing me from people I follow? 😭
September 18, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Why does this app keep unfollowing me from people I follow? 😭
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Mala'e Vakapuna mound is Tonga's oldest known earth mound, dating to around AD 500. Large monuments are a key indicator of centralisation, suggesting that political complexity developed much earlier than previously believed.
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
September 16, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Mala'e Vakapuna mound is Tonga's oldest known earth mound, dating to around AD 500. Large monuments are a key indicator of centralisation, suggesting that political complexity developed much earlier than previously believed.
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
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They had kids, too.
September 15, 2025 at 11:50 PM
They had kids, too.
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Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
September 16, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Suddenly "hate speech" is bad. Suddenly "dehumanizing" people is bad. Suddenly "cancel culture" is good. Suddenly words have consequences.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
The modern American right in 2025, folks.
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Gonna be real, I'm legit worried about all this shit, incredibly concerned for people I care about, and am not currently holding up well.
September 16, 2025 at 2:52 AM
Gonna be real, I'm legit worried about all this shit, incredibly concerned for people I care about, and am not currently holding up well.
As a Jewish archaeology student this is incredibly disheartening. Professor Dave Explains stated that "jewish people consider all non jews their subordinates" which is literally a Nazi talking point. Why Rossi is not condemning this behavior as a fellow history lover who should KNOW BETTER?
September 4, 2025 at 4:08 PM
As a Jewish archaeology student this is incredibly disheartening. Professor Dave Explains stated that "jewish people consider all non jews their subordinates" which is literally a Nazi talking point. Why Rossi is not condemning this behavior as a fellow history lover who should KNOW BETTER?
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A good read: "Raiders of my Lost Mind: A deep dive into the whacky world of Pseudoarchaeology" by @bajr-badger.bsky.social
www.bajr.org/raiders-of-m...
www.bajr.org/raiders-of-m...
Raiders of my Lost Mind: A deep dive into the whacky world of Pseudoarchaeology - BAJR - British Archaeology Jobs and Resources
We encourage a curious approach to the past, using archaeology as the best way to do so, while warning against the worst excesses of pseudoarchaeology and also accepting the value of open-minded inqui...
www.bajr.org
September 3, 2025 at 11:33 AM
A good read: "Raiders of my Lost Mind: A deep dive into the whacky world of Pseudoarchaeology" by @bajr-badger.bsky.social
www.bajr.org/raiders-of-m...
www.bajr.org/raiders-of-m...
So I never liked #adventuretime as a kid. Humour wasn’t for me. HOWEVER. I have just learned that the Ice King used to be an #archaeologist… so.. I may have to watch adventure time for essentially the first time at the ripe old age of 20…. #🏺
September 3, 2025 at 11:31 PM
So I never liked #adventuretime as a kid. Humour wasn’t for me. HOWEVER. I have just learned that the Ice King used to be an #archaeologist… so.. I may have to watch adventure time for essentially the first time at the ripe old age of 20…. #🏺
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If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
September 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
If you're 60, 69.1% of all job growth since your birth occurred under Democratic administrations.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
If you're 45, that number is 74.7%.
If you're under 28, the number is 100%.
Happy Labor Day.
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I don’t understand how Holocaust denial works. We have pictures. Are people seriously saying that we FAKED possibly hundreds of photos of people being horribly tortured and killed just to get one over on the Jews?? #holocaustdenial
September 1, 2025 at 4:35 PM
I don’t understand how Holocaust denial works. We have pictures. Are people seriously saying that we FAKED possibly hundreds of photos of people being horribly tortured and killed just to get one over on the Jews?? #holocaustdenial
What they do not warn you about when you become an #archaeologist is that now I can’t read BOOKS!!!!
August 24, 2025 at 8:48 PM
What they do not warn you about when you become an #archaeologist is that now I can’t read BOOKS!!!!
August 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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Daily bunny no.3053 is pondering prose
August 21, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Daily bunny no.3053 is pondering prose
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Being conscious isn't my favorite thing right now...
August 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Being conscious isn't my favorite thing right now...
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Hardknott Roman Fort on a misty morning #RomanFortThursday
After being abandoned in the mid-2nd century, it was re-occupied around 200 AD and helped to control Cumbria for the next 200 years until the Roman withdrawal from Britannia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #romanempire #photooftheday 🏺
After being abandoned in the mid-2nd century, it was re-occupied around 200 AD and helped to control Cumbria for the next 200 years until the Roman withdrawal from Britannia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #romanempire #photooftheday 🏺
August 14, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Hardknott Roman Fort on a misty morning #RomanFortThursday
After being abandoned in the mid-2nd century, it was re-occupied around 200 AD and helped to control Cumbria for the next 200 years until the Roman withdrawal from Britannia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #romanempire #photooftheday 🏺
After being abandoned in the mid-2nd century, it was re-occupied around 200 AD and helped to control Cumbria for the next 200 years until the Roman withdrawal from Britannia
📸 Mine
#archaeology #romanempire #photooftheday 🏺
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Panicked hydrangea would describe me well honestly. lmao
August 8, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Panicked hydrangea would describe me well honestly. lmao
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When in doubt ask yourself “what would Rand Al’Thor do?” And then throw that out and ask “what do you want Rand Al’Thor to do?” and answer that instead
#TheWheelofTime
#TheWheelofTime
August 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
When in doubt ask yourself “what would Rand Al’Thor do?” And then throw that out and ask “what do you want Rand Al’Thor to do?” and answer that instead
#TheWheelofTime
#TheWheelofTime