#TombTuesday The escape from Taversöe Tuick Tomb on the island of Rousay in Orkney Well, it's an escape if you can bash your way out of that grate first... #archaeology #ancientbluesky #scotland #photooftheday

Why was female Pharaoh Hatshepsut's statuary destroyed following her death? Examination of unpublished archival material from 1922-28 excavations sheds light on ritual destruction and political persecution in Ancient Egypt #ManuscriptMonday 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

The Boring Fund will be open for applications in November. If your small UK charity needs (up to) £200 to cover something boring like insurance or web hosting, take a look. They welcome donations too.

Burras Menhir in the autumn sun

#StandingStoneSunday #archaeology #Wales #photooftheday Maen Llia, Brecon-Beacons, South Wales

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#StandingStoneSunday Part of Cefn Coch Stone Circle in North Wales on a dramatic day... such a wild landscape up there #archaeology #wales #photooftheday 🏺

This is the hypogeum (underground chamber) beneath the massive Amphitheatre of El Djem in #Tunisia Down here animals were kept before being released into the arena, and gladiators sat awaiting their fate... #RomanSiteSaturday 📸 Mine #archaeology #romanempire #ancientbluesky #photooftheday 🏺

#ESHE2025 Chris Hunt ‘Site formation and Neanderthal disposition at Shanidar Cave, Iraq’ Complex Shanidar cave taphonomy!! Cluster of individuals in tiny space; 5 bodies 71-73 Kya – mortuary behaviour?! pistachio pollen 😊!!!!!

#ESHE2025 Katerina Harvati ‘Middle Pleistocene funerary ritual at Apidima? An examination of evidence’ 2 homs– 2 dates: Ap2: >170 ka (NEA), Ap1 >210 ka (early H sapiens). Could it be mortuary ritual instead (Otte 2020)?! NO. Analysis of tapho, homs in fissure! no pebbles, no pigments 😀

#FindsFriday A fabulous jet and bone necklace from the Bronze Age, found at Wind Low barrow in Derbyshire, England, from about 1500 BC What kind of person would have worn this? Now held in the Weston Park Museum in Sheffield 📸 Mine #archaeology #ancientbluesky #museums #photooftheday

NEW Pendants from Early Period (c. 4200 cal BC–cal AD 250) Puerto Rico, found in the earliest directly dated burials from the island. Their consistency points to a shared social identity on Puerto Rico that spanned almost a millennium. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

The hill of Chtouri, on which the largest hillfort in Western Thessaly 🇬🇷 is located #HillfortsWednesday The lack of settlement remains suggests it was a site of refuge for dispersed village populations during conflict, not a centre of occupation. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Another descent into darkness, if you dare... Blackhammer Chambered Cairn on the island of Rousay in Orkney #TombTuesday 📸 Mine 🏺 #archaeology #scotland #photooftheday

A duck swoops its head down into the water, on a mosaic that once decorated the edge of a pond or fountain in a wealthy Roman villa Found near the Seine in northern #France, ~3rd century AD #MosaicMonday 📸 Mine #archaeology #archaeobirds #arthistory #photooftheday🏺

Linked arm’ carving from St. Peter’s Church at Hanwell in Oxfordshire. Dating to around 1340, the style is representative of a ‘North Oxfordshire School’ of carving. 📸 My own #StoneworkSunday #Hanwell #Oxfordshire

13th century roundel from Dorchester Abbey in Oxfordshire depicting the consecration of St. Birinus before his mission to convert the West Saxons to Christianity during the early 7th century. 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #DorchesterAbbey #Birinus

One of the stone rows at Ballymeanoch - part of the remarkable prehistoric landscape at Kilmartin Glen in Argyll. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Argyll

Carnac (🇫🇷) is the site of thousands of standing stones, constructed ~7,000-years-ago #StandingStoneSunday The first refined chronology of the complex indicates it was built over 300 years, highlighting the communal nature of megalithic societies Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

The walk up to the Callanish II standing stones on the Isle of Lewis in the Outer Hebrides, for #StandingStoneSunday 📸 Mine #archaeology #Scotland #photooftheday 🏺

A chunky handaxe found near Thebes in #Egypt, estimated at 70,000-80,000 years old! It was purchased by amateur archaeologist Reginald Getty in the early 20th century and donated to the Sheffield Museum after his death #FindsFriday #FlintFriday 📸 Mine #archaeology #museums #photooftheday

How can heritage professionals communicate Indigenous #archaeology whilst ensuring authentic objects remain with the descendant communities? #SmithsonianDay Digital museums allow for data sharing whilst placing sovereignty in the hands of the community. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺

in 1179 d. Hildegard of Bingen, great mystic,writer,founder of monasteries,musician& thinker of M.A. One of few women named Doctors of the Church.Famous for her visions (Scivias),the pope gave her permission to go on preaching tours (even to men!) .She wrote extensively on medicine and gynecology.

Over 200 lithic artefacts have been found at Pilauco in Chile's Lake Region dating to 17,300–12,800 cal BP. 3D analysis proved they are human-made, suggesting human occupation in north-western Patagonia prior to the Younger Dryas period. 🔗 from 2024 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Cllr Fitzgerald’s comments are a reminder of why our work is so essential. Attempts to narrow children’s horizons must be resisted. Education should never be a tool of indoctrination – it must be about preparing young people to think freely and understand others. humanists.uk/2025/09/17/r...

#TombTuesday Inside the famous West Kennet Long barrow in Wiltshire, southern England This tomb was built around 3650BC and was used for about 1000 years! In that time the bodies of at least 46 people were laid to rest here 📸 Mine #archaeology #ancientbluesky #photooftheday 🏺

For #EpigraphyTuesday an amazing #Roman gold fibula (a decorative pin for fastening garments/a brooch) carrying the Latin inscription VTERE FELIX - use this happily, one of the most common inscriptions on Roman finger rings and fibulae. From Ostrovany, Slovakia, late 3rd c. AD 📷 KHM Wien 🏺

A significant moment for #Madagascar occurred recently, as #France finally repatriated the skulls of three people (including a former king) held in the Natural History Museum in Paris for 128 years Moments like these are small but important steps towards #decolonisation #news tinyurl.com/jw57c5nh

Step into history: “A Tour of Rising Star Cave – Burial Ground of Homo naledi” uncovers the chilling beauty & deep mystery of this South African site. What tales do these ancient bones hold? Watch & explore with me — youtu.be/eFdvQCKxlCA

A fun little model of how the #Avebury stones *might* have been rolled and erected, spotted in the Alexander Keiller Museum Note the tiny antlers on the bottoms right, used as picks to excavate the huge ditch and stone holes! #StandingStoneSunday 📸 Mine #archaeology #museums #photooftheday 🏺

White marble sculpture is a cornerstone of Western art history, but Classical sculptures were in fact once incredibly colourful #NationalColoringDay Analysis of the Parthenon Sculptures sheds light on the true colours of Ancient Greek art. Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Four photos of The Druid Order at Stonehenge for #StandingStoneSunday

A couple cool buttons from this morning. One was gold plated from the early 1800s, the other was silver plated and from the late 1700s. The large flat silver plated button is from the Revolutionary War era. You can barely make out the word UNITE on it. Currently searching online for another example.

I'm about to put new works up on my Etsy shop, so to clear some space, everything currently on there is reduced by 25%. The offer runs out on Thursday, so if you fancy an original artwork like this illustration of Doune Castle (aka Castle Leoch in #Outlander) head over there soon: shorturl.at/HDzSI

#RomanSiteSaturday The great baths of Mactaris, a old Phoenician town in Tunisia that eventually became a Roman colony These baths are some of the best preserved in all of North Africa. Walls rise to 15m and #mosaics still line the floors! 📸 Mine #archaeology #romanempire #photooftheday 🏺

Seeing an outcrop IN PERSON after reading about it/ seeing photos is pretty awesome 🙌🏼 I’ve been focussed on this area as a case study for mixing and mingling textures since the start of my PhD … SE Iceland 🇮🇸 🌋 is spectacular! #LASI7 #IAVCEI

Babylonian map of the world (© The Trustees of the British Museum) and c. AD 1620 Portuguese map of Basra, Iraq (© Hugo Refachinho / CC BY-SA 4.0). Despite both depicting the Shaṭṭ al-ʿArab river, they are completely different, showcasing maps' subjectivity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Despite being only 80km from the Arctic Circle, stone tools have been found at the c. 6,500-year-old cemetery of Tainiaro, Finland, suggesting it was also a (probably very chilly 🥶) Stone Age settlement. 🔗 from 2023 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

A real #FindsFriday. I volunteered to the Bradgate postex project. We weighed and counted animal bones. The volunteering through the Leicestershire Fieldworkers

I re-illustrated #Anchiornis again, and it looks quite a bit different from usual!!! This still matches the known data for this #dinosaur, but I really wanted to avoid it looking copy-pasted this time. I've given a full description of it on my Patreon. #FossilFriday #paleoart #paleontology #sciart

For #FindsFriday #Neolithic knives found in the pile dwelling settlement in Niederwil, Switzerland (3900-3500 BC). The blades are made of flint. They were fastened with birch tar in the handles made of poplar wood. The knife handles have a small hole near one end,...🧵1/2 📷me 🏺#archaeology

#FindsFriday A stone with an ear in it... Huh 🤔 Turns out this is a portable 'listening ear' used in the New Kingdom of Ancient Egypt ~1200 BC With it you can speak directly to the gods wherever you are! 📸 Mine 📍Now in the Weston Park Museum Sheffield #archaeology #museums #egypt #factoftheday🏺

"How does a landscape of Prehistoric artefacts reflect the experience of place, heritage, and changing meanings for people who left traces thousands of years ago, and for people now?" -Dr Samantha Brummage, Prehistoric England: Inherited Places Read more humap.me/blog-community/blo...

The Battle of the Teutoburg Forest ended #OnThisDay in AD 9, after Germanic tribes led by Arminius, who was a #Roman citizen, ambushed and destroyed three Roman legions, establishing the Rhine as the border between the Empire and 'barbarians'. 1/2 🏺 #Archaeology

📰 Analysis of a cow jawbone from Stonehenge finds it originated in Wales, the same region the monument's iconic bluestones were quarried, adding to evidence for connections across Neolithic southern Britain. 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2025/08/neol...

#archaeologynews A huge 9m x 6m elite Roman tomb discovered in Albania! It dates from the 3rd or 4th century AD and has Greek inscriptions on many of the stones, telling us the tomb belongs to a man named Gallieno 🏺 #archaeology #romanempire #tombtuesday news.sky.com/story/archae...

The talented Louis Ginnett painted this mural for Brighton + Hove Grammar School Sussex in 1937 Entitled *Hollingbury Camp: Full Circle* it depicts the excavation of a Bronze Age burial The motorcyclist is TE Lawrence, who died in 1935 Did he really visit a dig in Brighton? 🤔 #HillfortsWednesday

#OnThisDay - 10 September - in AD 87 the Arval Brethren conducted an expiatory sacrifice in the grove of Dea Dia as a branch had fallen from an ilex tree through age. Niche, I know! 😊 🏺 Image: RIC 2.1 Domitian 502A; Münzkabinett Berlin (18233184). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

#HillfortsWednesday Ringforts are so bizarrely circular they almost don't seem real to me... I think this one shows what I mean... Chûn Castle near Penzance in #Cornwall 📸 By user Horatio on Megalithic Portal 🏺 #archaeology #aerialarchaeology #photooftheday

Ancient Egyptian rock art reveals early kingship, divine claims, and violent power Rock inscriptions recently studied in the desert east of Aswan are shedding new light on how Egypt’s earliest rulers exercised authority over 5,000 years ago... More information: archaeologymag.com/2025/08/egyp...