A 3,400 year-old Mycenaean amphora with a spectacular octopus inspired by the ‘Marine Style’ of Minoan Crete. Mycenaean cemetery of Prosymna. National Archaeological Museum, Athens 📷 by me #Archaeology

#ReliefWednesday! A relief plaque with an #owl. 🦉 The owl hieroglyph represents the sound m. Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 4th/3rd century BC, Egypt. On display at Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Copenhagen 📷 me

I’m going on my jollies in a few days and this book has been recommended to me as a good holiday read. It arrived today. I’ve heard really good things about it. Can’t wait to read it! 😊 #ElifShafak

For those interested in #vikings, Anglo-Saxons and #medievalsky in general, I've just discovered that James Graham-Campbell's invaluable study of the Cuerdale hoard is now Open Access: dokumen.pub/download/the...

Now back from an amazing Rome trip guiding for Andante Travels! Next week the Happy Archaeologist will be in Campania! @jimb42.bsky.social @alexharvv.bsky.social @timjc.bsky.social

Preparing some of my Roman Art teaching for the week, and always love how consistent these two portraits of Emperor Septimius Severus are (eyes, mustache, beard, etc.), even though they’re in such different forms. How cool is that? ☺️ (1/3)

For #SundaySheep, two very cute and frisky lambs I met recently.

Nesting Spoonbills #birds

This Moche gilded copper fox head comes from a grave in the immediate vicinity of the "Huaca de la Luna," in Trujillo (Peru.) It has a movable tongue, and it was probably either part of a headdress or part of a back ornament, worn by a Moche elite.

A late Roman ridge helmet, dating back to the mid-4th century AD. The nasal guard and cheekpieces are missing. Gilded helmets were typically worn by high-ranking officers. Found in Augsburg, on display at the Römerlager im Zeughaus in Augsburg. 📷 me 🏺

🐭 A 3,500 year-old ring set with a mouse design amulet, Egypt. The mouse was rarely considered sacred in Egyptian art but both a deep play on words and a peculiar medical belief lie behind the ring.⁣ 🗃️ #arthistory #art #academia 🏺 #Egypt #archaeology #ancientbluesky

The head of Night on the Tomb of Giuliano de'Medici by Michelangelo. 🌙 ⭐ Look at the nocturnal hints in her tiara: two lunar crescents surrounding a star. Next week we’ll release an in-depth conversation with Michelangelo scholar Prof. William E. Wallace. 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #academia

#Egyptian flip flops: a pair of sandals made of woven reed and palm leaves. Dating around 1500-1400BC On display at Museum of the University of Tübingen 📷me 🏺

Happy birthday Rome! According to Roman tradition, Romulus founded the city #OnThisDay in 753 BC. Here's a mosaic of Romulus's early years being raised by a wolf (who had a great smile) #BeforeTheyWereFamous 📷 @followinghadrian.bsky.social / CC BY-SA 2.0 🏺 #Archaeology

A Neolithic well bucket made of lime bast and a willow handle, dating back some 7000 years ago. Lime bast fibre is a strong and flexible inner bark of a lime (linden) tree that was, for example, used to make textiles or ropes. Found in a well in Eythra, dating 5100-5000 BC. 🧵1/2 📷 me

Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egyptian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth. Carved in wood, painted. Probably from Meir, #Egypt, dating c. 2040-1985 BC. 📷 Royal Ontario Museum 🏺

A 3,500 year-old Minoan jar with a cartoon-like octopus under the spout! 🐙 From Kommos, Crete. Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Shipwrecks Mapped in the Bay of Gibraltar. #Archaeology archaeology.org/news/2026/04...

Looking down the Via di Mercurio from the Roman city wall of #Pompeii towards the forum, early one Saturday morning 📷 Sept 2023 #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #Archeology 🏺 #AncientBlueSky

this thing is amazing: 12–13th century BCE owl-shaped Chinese Zun bronze wine vessel! On display at Minneapolis Institute of Art, Gallery 214 🦉

#RomanSiteSaturday 🏺 Flavian amphitheatre in Pozzuoli, #Roman port of Puteoli west of Naples, is 3rd largest in Italy w spectacular underground structures surviving. 3 storeys high w wide passages + complexes for moving/lifting scenic effects. Animals were housed on 2 levels w 40 cages on each.

Buy proper books; you can't build a fort for your cat with a Kindle.....😀😀

195 years ago, on the 11th of April 1831, the Lewis chessmen were first exhibited at a meeting of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland shortly after being rediscovered. The pieces wee made between 1150 and 1200 and commonly believed to have been made in Norway. #otd #history 🗃️

🩺 A Wise Doctor Once Wrote. <3 Funny Signs (10 Photos): streetartutopia.com/2026/04/11/f...

It is very funny when this post gets rediscovered and people are like "this doesn't look like Anubis!?" I know, I am aware, that's how the MET describes it. This figurine was bought from a collector in the 60s, and that's what happens when you lose the archaeological context, you dont know anymore!

Just because I can now *see* such vibrant colors and details, here's a chonky Romano-British gold ring with an engraved amethyst depicting Cupid riding a lion. There is no ancient parallel for the leaf decoration on the ring. 🏺 1/ Part of the 4th c. CE Thetford Hoard. #BritishMuseum 📸 me

lgor Volkov, Russian (1959- ), watercolor on paper

🖼️ Barbara Winrow

Don't forget the application deadline for the full-time Collections Assistant in Anthropology (Fixed Term) post is this Sunday (12 April 2026)! If you're interested in helping support the care of and access to the anthropological collections we care for we'd love to hear from you. 1/2 #MuseumJobs

Mid-13th century door from the undercroft at Wells Cathedral in Somerset. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #WellsCathedral

Cathedral of St Kilian, Würzburg, Germany Nearly 750 years old! Detail from a baptismal font of 1279 CE by Master Eckard of Worms, #FontsOnFriday

Campaigning in Roman times: For #FrescoFriday a painting from Pompeii that was long believed to show the sale of bread. It's thought now to be the free distribution of bread ahead of an election by a politician in a white toga. Photo: MANN Inv. No. 9071 🏺 #archaeology #romanarchaeology

Flint arrowheads from the ‘Rinaldone Culture’ that developed in central Italy between 3700 and 2100 BC. Now on display at the Museum of Civilisations in Rome. 📸 My own. #FlintFriday #Archaeology #Rome #Rinaldone

Assistant Professor in Turkish Cultural #History- Yunus Emre Enstitüsü - School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRC705/a...

PhD Studentship: King’s College London’s Leverhulme Centre for Research on Slavery in War (CRSW) Doctoral Studentships- King's College London - Department of War Studies #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRD022/p...

Beautiful Merovingian brooch of the ‘Lady of Quaregnon’, AD 660-670. Found during excavations ahead of construction works at the Grand Place, Quaregnon, Belgium, in 2008-2009. Gold, silver, copper-alloy, garnet, and glass. Diameter 5.6cm. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Timeline cleanse! An adorable #Roman bronze figurine of a dormouse holding a nut (height 2.7 cm). The edible dormouse was a delicacy in Roman times. It was considered a dish of the rich and a symbol of prosperity. From Oberstimm, ca. 100 AD. On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung 📷 me 🏺

An adorable little #Roman dog figurine, some 1700+ years old - once an ornament, a lucky charm, or a child's toy, perhaps..?

History of NAFO 133 Menander with Masks of New Comedy. Roman relief (1st century BCE). - The relief depicts Greek playwright Menander in the 4th century BCE. #NAFO #HistoryOfNAFO

This rare bronze purse was found with six #gold coins still inside in the #Celtic oppidum (settlement) at Manching. It was originally sealed with an organic material, presumably a leather strap. The purse is rather small: 4.3x3.3 cm. The diameter of the smallest coin is 6.5 mm.🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

It was such a glorious day yesterday. Decided to visit Rufford Old Hall in Lancashire (which dates back to the 16th century). It’s a wonderful place to while away a few hours. The hall and gardens are beautiful, and the used book shop is fab! Well worth a visit! 😊

Dogs are lovely. Statuette of a friendly pooch donated by a doctor from Lagash to the goddess Ninisina, for the life of Sûmû-El, King of Larsa. Early second millennium BCE, ancient Girsu (Tell Telloh, Iraq). Held in Louvre. #AncientBluesky

✨Special Episode - Archaic Roman Religion✨ As with all aspects of the archaic period, it can be difficult to find reliable and detailed source material for certain aspects of religious life.

Easter always brings out the #BadAncient claims. So, for anyone interested - no, there is no link between Easter and the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar: 🚫🐰 www.badancient.com/claims/easte...

𝐆𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧'𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐌𝐨𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐧 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝. 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐬 (𝟏𝟒𝟎𝟎-𝟏𝟕𝟓𝟎) Fabrizio Bigotti and John Wilkins

Ancient Egyptian gold finger-ring set with a mouse amulet inscribed with the cartouche of king Thutmose III. Gold and glazed steatite. New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, 1479-1425 BC. Squeak squeak Thutmouse! 🐭❤️ 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

A bronze wine jug from the Mediterranean which was found at Trimontium Roman Fort at Newsteads in the Scottish Borders. Now part of the collections of the National Museums of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #RomanScotland #Trimontium #NMS

With humans now pushing beyond earth orbit in #ArtemisII it's worth looking back 5000 years to another extraordinary celestial endeavour The megalithic builders of Bryn Celli Ddu passage grave on Ynys Môn/Anglesey carefully aligned the entrance with the rising summer solstice sun ☀️ 📷 My own, 2024

This lovely fresco is from Herculaneum. Like our pet rabbits, he loves his fruit and we see him here investigating plump, succulent figs. 🕰️C1st AD 🏛️📷 National Archaeological Museum, Naples #FrescoFriday

#findsfriday - the extraordinary gold tubular torc from Snettisham now on display in Norwich. You could spend hours here just in the Boudicca gallery with all of its incredible Iron Age material see @tessmachling.bsky.social bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/02/04/a... #torc #ironage #celts #boudicca