For those of you in the London and South East region, there are whole host of #FestivalofArchaeology activities and events to get involved with between 18 July and 2 August. Here are just a few 🧵 @nationaltrust.org.uk @archaeologyuk.bsky.social

On the 10th July we have @archaeoplays.bsky.social coming to #Buxton to talk about #archaeology in the world of gaming including #Minecraft. Don't save the date - buy a ticket! (Like that @fenken.bsky.social?) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/playing-wi...

Next week sees the launch of this year’s @buxtonfringe.bsky.social and we have some great talks lined up for you! Next week we have @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social and @archaeoplays.bsky.social. All our events are upstairs at the Old Clubhouse, and tickets from Eventbrite now!

The Plain of Jars, Laos is covered with hundreds of megalithic jars #MegalithicMonday One of Southeast Asia's most poorly-understood ancient landscapes, excavation of one of its largest jars illuminates the complex mortuary rituals they were used for. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

For all of you guys running Stonetop campaigns, this is a GORGEOUS, illustrated history book that works wonderfully as a sourcebook for life and culture at the time

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: This magnificent #Roman #fish-shaped flask was found during the excavation of a storeroom in the ancient city of Begram/Afghanistan. It was probably made in a workshop at Alexandria/Egypt, dating 1st/2nd century AD. Begram was a major....🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology

For all you lovely folks who adore this mono, I first saw it over at anthropeum.com - a daily puzzle of artefacts where you need to identify where and when it was made! You should definitely check it out if you like archaeology and puzzles 😁

NEW The huge, ancient geoglyphs of the Atacama Desert are under threat of destruction by off-road vehicles. New technologies reveal the extent of the damage already done, with an alarming 95% of the geoglyphs in the central area affected. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

In today's entry of archaeological animals, I came across this moko or lizardman figure from Rapa Nui (Easter Island). I love this so much!! Often hung in buildings to act as guardians or worn around dancers necks during ceremonies. Who wouldn't want this dude guarding in your house? 🏺

Amazing new discovery: Archaeologists found a rare 5th-century BC bronze ceremonial chariot at Casas del Turuñuelo, revealing insights into the ancient Iberian culture's wealth, religion, and trade. 👉 www.elmundo.es/cultura/2026...

Was literally putting my talk together today. There MIGHT be an abundance of dogs... and ogham... and minecraft... and SUPER pretty art by people who are much more talented than I am! 🏺

As a Rhode Islander living in Scotland for 10+ years, this is simultaneously the most Scottish AND the most Rhode Island thing to ever happen 😂 🦆 www.reddit.com/r/soccer/com...

📢 New publication by Martin Gruber et al.! 🏺 Azerbaijani-German excavations at Ağalıqtəpə (NW Azerbaijan) uncovered well-preserved Iron Age architecture, extending the region’s settlement history into the mid-1st millennium BC and likely the Achaemenid period. 🔗 doi.org/10.30546/679...

🏺 Been busy today officially opening the new research centre at @garstangmuseum.bsky.social! 📜 It’s a well-deserved new space for such an incredible Egyptology and archaeology collection and we’re keen to facilitate more heritage science research there! 🧪

🚨🏺 Come work with us! Full-time permanent teaching-track lecturer on our MA Museum Studies, job advert closes 1 July www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Webinar: Developing Digital Literacy Through History Join us on 18 June to explore how historical source analysis can help students develop digital literacy, resilience and critical thinking online. shorturl.at/Le5zo #HistoryEducation #DigitalLiteracy

If you’re a researcher of Black, Bangladeshi and Pakistani heritage in the UK, our Accelerator Awards might be for you. It offers flexible grants for research or research-adjacent activities, such as training, secondments and networking. (1/2)

Really enjoying playing Anthropeum.com this week - like Wordle, but for objects, and significantly harder! I do hope they expand to include other museums with open data, and not just The Met 😊🏺 Anthropeum.com · Jun 16 2026 🟥🟩🟨🟩🟩🟩🟩🟦🟥🟨 57,722 · top 34% of players today!

🏺A delightful little bear figurine on a jar, originally from Proto-Elamite Iran and now held at the Met. 📜 www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

NEW Teamwork is fundamental to the outcomes of archaeological projects, but information on teams is hard to find in most publications. The new #AntiquityEditorial investigates how teams form, develop and function in the world of #archaeology research 🏺 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

This Saturday 13th June 2026 you will find us, along with many other ancient technology specialists, archaeologists and amazingly knowledgeable people, at the Neolithic site of Bryn Celli Ddu, on Anglesey, North Wales. Come along and talk to us, try your hand at some of the crafts. ⚱️🏺

Absolutely VITAL work being done by @animalarchaeology.com! I wonder if much of why we love these little guys is also similar to why I love ancient glass beads: they encapsulate so much of humanity in such positively tiny objects. And they're adorable, let's be real!

Base of a cauldron from the Melsonby Hoards, depicting a fish set in a ‘Celtic Art’ style pattern of swirling water #InternationalDayofCelticArt Fish consumption may have been taboo in Iron Age Britain, raising questions as to the vessel's use. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Job alert for Wikimedia UK, with a focus on Scotland! Part time work, 3 days/week, 2 year fixed term with possible extension. Applications close 22 June. If I weren't as disabled as I am, I'd be applying! wikimedia.org.uk/wiki/Program...

🚨We have decided to EXTEND the call for papers for the 2026 AARG Meeting in Plzeň (Pilsen), Czechia. The call will now close on Wednesday 10th June 2026. Be quick! 🚨 If you need more information, follow the link in the comments below. #LiDAR #aerialarchaeology #AARG26 #archaeology

🏺Took a little detour during my collections research this morning and found this delightful little Cypriot terracotta boar with such a cute snout, now held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. 📜

📣🏺🧹⛏️🦴💀🔍🔬🩶📣 @uni-kiel.de kiel.de @clusterroots.bsky.social s.bsky.social @furholtmartin.bsky.social @ktfx.bsky.social x.bsky.social www.uni-kiel.de/en/details/n...

NEW With over 3200 burials identified, Xiaeryamakebu on the Tibetan Plateau is currently the largest known Bronze Age cemetery in north-west China. The first excavations provide key social insights into communities outside China’s political centres. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

💠Call for Papers!💠 LSG Conference, 6-7 Nov 2026, N.Yorkshire, UK. Resilient Landscapes - applying archaeological survey & understanding to holistic Nature Recovery Abstracts due by 31 July. Expand attached poster for full details ⤵️ #LandscapeArchaeology #NatureRecovery #Archaeology 🏺 #LSG2026

I talked to Justin Walsh and Shawn Graham about their new Mt Everest project, “Archaeology Impossible,” and what they learned from space archaeology on the ISS. 🏺🧪 @jstpwalsh.bsky.social / @electricarchaeo.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy

Lots of lovely new PPS articles, many open access, ready for the weekend! Enjoy 😊 #Archaeology 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Part of my survey of Archaeology YouTube that I presented at the CAAs identified, perhaps unsurprisingly, that the overwhelming majority of heritage YouTube content creators are cishet (and white and male). There is SO much room for diversity. Got some queer archaeology? Share it! 🌈🏺

🏺 Funded Archaeology Research Job in the UK! 🔬 Research Assistant/Associate at Newcastle University, UK, focusing on GIS, landscape archaeology, fieldwork & heritage research 🚀 Join the CLASS Project. 🔗 higherjobz.com/research-job... #AcademicJobs #ResearchJobs @newcastleuni.bsky.social

First 3 replica Roman, London 555, Amphorae made for a client, each approximately 1 metre tall. 2 more amphora types to make, a total of 13 pots. 🏺Unfortunately the process is not quite as fast as it appears here. See lots of our other replicas potted-history.co.uk or commission us. #archaeology

#MosaicMonday with this cephalopod in the apodyterium of the Women's Baths (Insula VI.8) at Herculaneum. #AncientBlueSky🏺

Here's a publicly-accessible link to the article in News Scientist, and you can find the open access Antiquity article in the original thread! www.newscientist.com/article/2527...

Today I'll be mostly making replica Roman Mortaria! ⚱️🏺 Check out our online store for lots of ancient pottery potted-history.co.uk #archaeology

📰 Ancient pigeons were already living alongside humans 3,400 years ago, pushing back evidence for domestication almost 1000 years! 🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologynews.bsky.social archaeologymag.com/2026/05/pige...

✨ Thank you to Muhammad Tuhin at Science News Today for highlighting archaeological #research! As he writes: "The evidence shows that these artificial islands were not simply medieval or Iron Age constructions but may have deep #Neolithic origins stretching back more than 5,000 years."🏺 📖 Read more

NEW Archaeologists uncover over 1000km of water-management features, including a potential 134.6km of ancient canals, at the Iron Age fortress of Argishtikhinili, Armenia, uncovering the advanced irrigation technology of the Kingdom of Urartu. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Interior of a metal helmet, found underwater off the coast of Spain, its fabric lining preserved underneath marine sediment #TextileTuesday Radiocarbon dating of the textiles found the helmet dates to an elusive period of medieval armour technology. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

An inscribed golden ring found in the #Roman settlement at Aalen. The ring belonged to a child, the inscription reads CRESCAS, which translates as “may you grow”. A wish every parent still has for their kids today. #EpigraphyTuesday #archaeology 🏺 📷 @almbawue.bsky.social

And we thank you for your service! 🦔

I really think that Carved in Stone ("A Storyteller's Guide to Pictland") will be the kind of TTRPG book that appeals to fans of RuneQuest, Pendragon, QuestWorlds, Mythras, & Gurps. I've been intrigued by this project for a while, now.

My love of little archaeological animals strikes again - just LOOK at this little crab!!! 🦀😊 Also, that's ILAMA period, not LLAMA period, and yes, I also wish there was a Llama period at some point in history.

Snettisham finds in Norwich Castle are mainly from the first discoveries from 1948 ploughing - hoards A (the tubular torcs), B and C (which were mixed hoards of broken material). You can read about the torc finders here: bigbookoftorcs.com/2020/07/15/t... 1/2 #Archaeology 🏺

🏺🧪🦣 I'm at about 18 minutes in, giving a few thoughts and some context to this new find 🦷 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Less then a week to go until our Sping Archaeological Forum. The talks will be delivered by Harry Platts from @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social , Alfred Hawkins from the Tower of London and Han Li from MOLA. Details and tickets: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/spring-lon...

Tiny glass astragaloi (knucklebones) from ancient Greece, 3rd-2nd century BCE. Ankle bones (the astragalus) of sheep and goats were used as dice in games of chance. These are the same shape but miniature models that may have been toys or part of a burial offering. At the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Lowkey, I've never felt more seen as an archaeology content creator 😂