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 😂

Thanks for the love on the video yesterday! For those who missed it, you can find it here. Stamp mills are surprisingly easy AND difficult to build in Minecraft! 😅

📰 In an ironic twist of fate, medieval English coins made to protect against #Viking raids have been found in Denmark, worn as jewellery by the Vikings who took them 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @livescience.com www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

New video is out! Ever wonder what copper ore and the invention of stamp mills have to do with Enlightenment philosophy? Or what a stamp mill is in the first place? Or how limited access to graphite changed pencil leads forever? I’ve got you covered! youtu.be/CuOZK9_ZXKM 🏺 #archaeology #history

We have several speakers and some music in this year’s Fringe including @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social @lesleymcf.bsky.social and @archaeoplays.bsky.social. Tickets are available on Eventbrite now!

Noms! So much fascinating work being done - An independent center for the origin of bread wheat in the Neolithic period of Georgia in the South Caucasus #archaeology #Neolithic 🏺🧪 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

🏺Join Cambridge University's Department of Archaeology and the Cambridge Archaeological Unit for an open day 📅 Saturday 2 May, 10am–4pm 📍 Wandlebury 🚗 Parking charges apply (CPPF members free) Image credits: Cambridge Archaeological Unit https://cambridgeppf.org/etn/archaeology-open-day/

On the one hand, my hip is exploding in pain because chronic illness is doing its thing. But on the significantly cuter and infinitely better OTHER hand, one big reason my hip is exploding today is because we walked to the duck pond yesterday, and there were ducklings!!! 🦆🐤🐤

A totally adorable little terra cotta dove(?). Part of the grave goods from a double burial in Hellenic Siracusa, Sicily - 650-625 BC. 🏺#archaeobirds

📰 Great to hear that, following it burning down last year, the new replica Iron Age roundhouse at Flag Fen, Cambridgeshire is nearing completion! 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via the BBC www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A cache of stylish jewelry is the latest exciting find from the Bronze Age in Germany. Archaeologists discovered 3,000-year-old neck collars, arm spirals, disc pins, and a necklace made with more than 150 amber beads! archaeology.org/news/2026/04/20/bronze-age-jewelry-unearthed-in-northern-germany/

Archaeological mission in Oxyrhynchus has found Homer's 'Iliad' inside a Roman-era mummy #AncientBluesky #Archaeology 🏺 phys.org/news/2026-04...

NEW What is monumental architecture? Using ancient Egypt's temple of Hatshepsut as a case study, Sergio Alarcón Robledo argues that the idea of 'monumentality' is a social construct that blinds us to the true complexity of ancient architecture. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Better pictures of the recently reported golden (runic) bracteate and clasp button from Sjonhem, Gotland - along with parallells. #FindsFriday 🏺

NEW Bronze solar disk from Bronze-Iron Age (c. 3500–500 BCE) Javakheti, southern Georgia. Discovery of hundreds of sites and elaborate symbolic artefacts such as this in the region indicate it was a dynamic crossroads between the highlands and steppes. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Ok, it's coming! @buxtonfringe.bsky.social is in July and we have some talks for your delectation! First up we have @jpwarchaeology.bsky.social who will be giving us the lowdown on the Castles of Derbyshire on the 8th July. Tickets on sale now! Castles of Derbyshire. tinyurl.com/5n7dh2pm

Our second talk for @buxtonfringe.bsky.social is by @archaeoplays.bsky.social on July 10th and is Playing with the past tinyurl.com/5n7cmh62

An absolutely fascinating image on this Roman terracotta oil lamp. A horseman holding a long, oblong shield gallops left, looking over his shoulder. He wears trousers and is naked above the waist, with wild hair and a torc. Probably a Gallic warrior. 🏺 1/ Early 1st c. CE #MetMuseum 📸 me

MA Scholarship Award for scholars of colour. In 2026, we plan to offer two scholarships of £4,000 each, to contribute to the costs of postgraduate study. This scholarship is open to candidates studying on either a full time or a part time basis. Apply by 15 July 2026 rensoc.org.uk/apply/schola...

NEW Analysis of ash residue from incense burners preserved at #Pompeii reveals the substances burnt as offerings to the gods in Roman households and the long-distance trade undertaken to acquire them. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Today I've been making and decorating this replica Bronze Age beaker from Seahouses in Northumberland. The original is in the collection of the Great North Museum in Newcastle. It's one of the pots that inspired me to do what I do. 🏺 #Archaeology #Pottery potted-history.co.uk

NEW Advanced dating establishes the first precise construction timeline for coral buildings in French Polynesia, revealing previously hidden patterns of architectural development and cultural life in Pacific societies 🪸 #AntiquityThread 1/10 🧵 📷 James Flexner @sydney.edu.au 🏺 #Archaeology

Did you hear that we are #HIRING? ATRIUM is seeking an experienced integration developer to support the technical integration of the project, and is recruiting via DARIAH-EU 🏺 📍 Remote (Austria/France/Germany) 🔜 Deadline: 20 April 🔸 Read more and apply: atrium-research.eu/news/job-opp...

For all you folks in the USA, "Carved in Stone: A Storyteller's Guide to the Picts" is AVAILABLE!! Finally!!! Follow the links below, I'm just shouting extra loud and adding tags so it goes in archaeology/history feeds 😁 🏺 #historysky #ancientsky

New Issue: Accessibility & re-use of archaeological collections in heritage. EAC symposium proceedings management edited by Agnieszka Oniszczuk, Agnieszka Makowska and David Novák. doi.org/10.11141/ia.72

Really looking forward to an evening of Viking chat in Dublinia on Friday, March 27, with @downham.bsky.social! If you fancy joining us, there's a handful of tickets left: www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-story-... #Vikings #Archaeology 🏺 #Ireland #SpéirGhorm

Archaeologists reveal the role of women in an early historic lumber camp in NE Oregon @bobmuckle.bsky.social 🏺#archaeology www.opb.org/article/2026...

Our new paper is out! If you love caves, if you love archaeology, if you love ZooMS (and let's be honest, who doesn't?!) you'll LOVE this! #palaeoproteomics #ancientproteins #archaeology #ZooMS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

📰 #Medieval burials in a #Neolithic monument at Antequera, Spain indicates it was a sacred place across five millennia, shaping culture and rituals long after its original builders were gone. 🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via @medievalists.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2026/03/two-...

I woke up with severe pain in my right hip, because chronic illness is awful, but then THIS little dude came across my feed and now my hip still hurts, but my day is INFINITELY better. The EARS!!! 🐗😊

Yes - what a delightful story!! (The linked article is in both Italian and English, just scroll down!) 🏺

Are you interested in archaeology and video games? Do you like building ruins in Minecraft? Or just want to enjoy archaeology memes and chat with archaeologists? I have a discord server for that! discord.gg/J3kwY24FZa Anyone is welcome (no membership/subscription necessary). 😊 🏺 #archaeologysky

🗃️🏺The Historians of Archaeology website is live: historiansofarchaeology.wordpress.com 🥳🥳🥳 We are excited to be hosting a blog and accept submissions from authors at all career stages. Authors don't have to be group members, so please share widely. Submission guidelines are on the website 🧵

One photo of ancient glass beads a day keeps the impostor syndrome away. Probably. Manifesting? 😅 It certainly makes MY day a lot better, but I'm a glass bead specialist for a REASON. Look at that BLUE!!!

Reminder: sign up for the @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social 10th anniversary celebration, April 22nd @ics.bsky.social! Free & all welcome; travel bursaries available for grad students & un-/under-employed Classicists attending wcc-uk.blogs.sas.ac.uk/2026/01/29/c... #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky 🏺

My college students are writing articles on AI and the future of the arts from a consumer perspective (they are electrical, motor vehicle and carpentry students resitting their GCSE English Language). When asked how they’d feel if they connected with a song or a story and were then told it was AI…

For those interested in the academic research of role-playing games, we have just released our latest issue of the International Journal of Role-Playing (17!). 221 pages of work, all for advancing knowledge about this medium. journals.uu.se/IJRP/issue/v...

These past several months of robotics mania have been an absolute blur, but also uplifting and rewarding! These kids wowed us with their innovations and ideas. Congrats to all the teams who participated and learned something new about archaeology! #pubarch🏺 research.uiowa.edu/news/2026/02...

Check out our South American Archaeology collection, with FREE and #OpenAccess #archaeology such as: ⛰️ A new interpretation of an iconic Andean monument 🦙 Hunting traps in the Chilean highlands 🗺️ The expansion of the pre-Inca Tiwanaku state & more! 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Oh my goodness, LOOK at this silly little owl!! That FACE!!! 🦉😂

News! We have entered this year's @buxtonfringe.bsky.social and will be bringing @archaeoplays.bsky.social @lesleymcf.bsky.social and more to share more from the varied world of #archaeology! Let the excitement begin!

I wanted to share this video of the fabulous #Leicestershire torc, a masterpiece of #BronzeAge gold work. But how was a torc like this made & what might it have looked like? 🧵 #Archaeology 🏺 #Gold #Torcs 1/6 youtu.be/2by61-p9_TY?...

Stunning work! #Archaeology 🏺 www.abdn.ac.uk/news/25127/

When uncovering traces of people from the past, evidence comes in all sizes, can be found everywhere and might not look like what we expect 🤔 Confused? Don't be! Learn more about how archaeologists uncover these stories and how you can get involved: www.digitscotland.com/what-is-arch...

We are excited to announce that Wikimedia UK has been awarded a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund to safeguard access to the UK’s 3D heritage data and create a sustainable future, through the UK Heritage 3D Data at Risk Project To find out more, visit: buff.ly/7xdl9Ci