Today we’re looking at a Neolithic Flint Awl 🔍 Dating back around 6,000 years, this tool was found in Sidley, alongside a scraper & fabricator Flint awls were used to pierce holes in wood, bone, antler and animal hides, an essential everyday Neolithic tool What do YOU think this one was used for? 🤔

La galerie Notre-Dame, Paris #art Charles Meryon 1853

Green oak and bluebells at Grenofen woods a couple of Mays ago, #Dartmoor, #Devon. #photography #woodland

Sunbeam #Portugal 20.5.1877. "Weighed at 5am. There was a dense fog off Cape del Roca, and the steam-whistle, fog-horns, and bell were constantly kept going, with lugubrious effect. We had service at eleven and 4.30. Passed the Burlings at 1.30. Heavy swell all day." #Brassey #Travel #History #1870s

"The PASSAGE Of THE HURRICANE, FROM THE Sea-fide at BEXHILL in Suffex, TO NEWINGDEN-LEVEL, The Twentieth Day of May 1729, between Nine and Ten in the Evening. By RICHARD BUDGEN." #Bexhill #Sussex #Hurricane #Storm #Weather #History #1720s

Actress Theda Bara 📷 by H. Mishkin, 1919 #WyrdWednesday

#RodentOfTheDay Southern Plains Woodrat (Neotoma micropus) "Unlike other woodrats, it is rarely associated with rocks or cliffs; rather, it is usually found associated with cactus or some of the thorny desert shrubs." www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals...

1934 black naval bicorn hat with gold decoration, worn by a Vice Consul. It has its own tin box (not on display). #Bexhill #Costumes #RoyalNavy

Fantastic #HeritageCrime engagement folks

The needle-shaped menhir of La Pierre Longue de Sale-Village in St-Georges-des-Sept-Voies (Maine-et-Loire) is 5.5m tall. It was Gargantua’s whetstone which fell from his pocket when he bent over to take a piece of grit from his clog.

Vacant heart and hand and eye, Easy live and quiet die. – Lucy Ashton's song from The Bride of Lammermoor by Walter Scott (1819) #wyrdwednesday

"Ardath, Bexhill." Hastings Road, postcard c.1967. East Sussex County Housing Association home for the Aged. #Bexhill #Sussex #History #1960s

Seismic surveys and sediment cores suggest that dozens of deep pockmarks on the sea floor were created when Arctic methane stores were disrupted by climate change after the last glacial maximum – and scientists warn it could happen again

"The Last Scene From The New Opera Of "Satanella," At Covent-Garden Theatre." The Illustrated London News 1.1.1859. #WyrdWednesday #1850s

An impression made in clay around 175,000 years ago could be a kneeprint left by one of the builders of a strange stalagmite circle found deep inside Bruniquel cave in south-west France

Goodnight. Marc Riboud, 1954.

In the Brazilian folktale "The Story of the Yara," an engaged man, Alonzo, hears the siren song of the Yara, a mermaid that lures men to drown them. His fiance, Julia, gives him a seashell containing her voice, which he uses to resist the Yara's enchantment. #WyrdWednesday

Mon chat et moi (autoportrait avec son chat), 1932 is an pioneering work by Italian photographer Wanda Wulz, who created the image by printing two negatives-one of her face, the other of the family cat, on a single sheet of photographic paper #WomensArt

A stunning aerial view of the magnificent multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Badbury Rings #Dorset 🤩 Now looked after @nationaltrust.org.uk © David R Abram Displayed in the 2022 *Ancient Sites from the Air* exhibition @salisburymuseum.bsky.social Happy #HillfortsWednesday!

West Kennett Long Barrow, Wiltshire. Constructed c. 3650 BCE as a burial chamber, it contained almost 50 bodies before being sealed. #TombTuesday 📷Personal photo, July 2023.

In the English tale "The Snow-Daughter and the Fire-Son," a woman swallows an icicle and gives birth to a girl white as snow and cold as ice. Then a spark from the fireplace lands on the woman's lap, and she gives birth to a boy red as fire and hot to the touch. #FairyTaleTuesday

Sacred fire appears in many traditions as protection and renewal. Bonfires, hearth flames, and ritual candles all push back darkness while gathering people together. #FairyTaleTuesday Art: Nikolai Astrup

I don't care if it does depict an (imaginary) Classical temple, this painting by Hubert Roberts is as Gothic as can be. #Classical #Roman #Gothic #landscape #artsky #Victorian

Did you know the Acheulean hand axe is the longest-used tool in human history? Some were used by early humans for over a million years! One can be seen at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery — and it’s thought to be the oldest object in their flint collection, over 100,000 years old.

Gloster Meteor engine part. This is the tailpipe of a Rolls Royce Derwent jet engine. Based at 85 Squadron, West Malling, Kent, the plane crashed in the sea off #Bexhill just before midnight on 26th April 1954.

These three hooded deities (Genii Cucullati) from a domestic shrine near Housesteads fort on #HadriansWall have long been a family favourite. Looking like three slightly grumpy cagoule-clad hillwalkers, similar carvings crop up around the northern Roman empire. 2nd-3rd cent AD. 📷my own #archaeology

"Sussex Motor Volunteers' Parade At Bexhill. A mounted drill of the Sussex Motor Volunteer Corps was carried out at Bexhill on Sunday morning, when there was a very good attendance of cars and motor cycles." Bexhill Observer 19.5.1917. #Bexhill #Sussex #WW1 #History #1910s

Sunbeam #Portugal 19.5.1877. "...a heavy gale obliged us to anchor in Cascaes Bay for the night, not far from a small schooner yacht with three ladies on board. It was rather rough, & we were very tired, or I think we should have ventured to pay them a visit, even at that late hour." #Brassey #1870s

"Church Street, Bexhill Old Town." Postcard c.1920. #Bexhill #Sussex #Street #History #1920s

A 5,000-year-old Neolithic #knife, the blade was made of flint and fastened with birch tar in a handle made of poplar wood. The handle has a hole for attaching a cord. Birch tar, made by heating the tree's bark, was used since the Paleolithic period as an adhesive - a prehistoric glue. 🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

The site of Les Mousseaux in Pornic (Loire-Atlantique) has 2 transepted passage graves set into a 15x13m oval cairn. This c.1905 card shows the site before its restoration in the mid 1970s. #TombTuesday.

#RodentOfTheDay New Mexico Meadow Jumping Mouse (Zapus hudsonius luteus) "It lives among dense, tall, herbaceous (non-woody) plants that are next to flowing streams and eats a variety of plant material, such as grass seeds and flowers." #MouseMonday www.nps.gov/articles/000...

#RodentOfTheDay Spotted Ground Squirrel (Xerospermophilus spilosoma) "These squirrels are extremely shy. One can work in an area several days without seeing them. They are most active in early morning and late afternoon to avoid the midday heat." Photo and info: www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals...

At Pompeii, they have announced that new X-Rays and CT analysis of one of the victims—later cast in plaster—from the Orto dei Fuggiaschi was a doctor 🩺 (a medicus). His doctor bag (see pic below) had medical tools & he fled with coins as well. Full article is here: pompeiisites.org/e-journal-de...

Sunbeam #Lisbon #Portugal 18.5.1877 "..the wind increased to a northerly gale, against which it was impossible to proceed. We therefore put into Lisbon. The mountains at the mouth of the Tagus, the tower & church of Belem & the noble river itself looked even more beautiful in the sunset..." #Brassey

"The Bexhill Talking Machine Co., 13, Upper Station Road. Up-to-Date Headquarters For High-Class Talking Machine of every description." Bexhill Chronicle 18.5.1907. #Bexhill #Sussex #History #1900s

The Cats Symphony Moritz von Schwind, 1868

A nice collection of accessories from our costume gallery. We are open from Tuesday-Sunday 11-4 and you can always be sure of a friendly welcome. 😃 #Bexhill #Costumes

This small glass flask once stood in the tomb of a Roman soldier in Colchester. It belonged to Marcus Favonius Facilis, a centurion of the Twentieth Legion stationed here nearly 2,000 years ago. His tomb was destroyed during Boudica’s revolt in AD 60/1, so objects like this survive almost by chance.

What lies beneath is always fascinating with historic dress. Many early c19th gowns were constructed with this flap kind of front that fastened at each shoulder into the recognisable high waisted silhouette. Unusual to see it displayed in this way but very instructive #nma #FashionHistory 🗃️🪡

She published extensively, and was a highly skilled scientific artist, producing detailed illustrations of sea creatures to accompany her papers, field notes, and correspondence #NaturalHistoryMuseum #MuseumArchives #ExploreYourArchives #MarineBiology #WomenInScience #WomenInStem

⚗️ Something scientific. It's also one of our largest objects by Barnsley's most prolific inventors, Joseph Bramah Built for the Wentworth Castle estate in 1791, the fire pump is believed to be the first built by Bramah, and the only one of its kind still in existence.

'Members of the Second Japanese Embassy to Europe, also known as the Ikeda Mission, sent by the Tokugawa shogunate to negotiate with European powers.While traveling to France, the delegation stopped in Egypt and posed in front of the Great Sphinx of Giza.' Antonio Beato, 1864

"pixie" in literature was first recorded in 16C/17C English writings. However, the #folklore was popularized in the 19C by novelist Mrs. Anna Eliza Bray. “pixy" and "pisgy" appeared in English and Cornish texts,with stories heavily rooted in oral traditions of Southwest England.

High Street, Bexhill Old Town, Sussex c.1880. #Bexhill #Sussex #Street #Victorian #History #1880s

Death on Ridge Road Grant Wood, 1935

This is the magnificent dolmen of La Roche aux Fées in Essé (Ille-et-Vilaine) made from 41 blocks of schist from a source 4km away. There is a 3.5m long antechamber leading to the main chamber which is 14m long, 4m wide and 2m high.

#OnThisDay, 18 May 1893, Meri Te Tai Mangakāhia spoke at the Kotahitanga (Māori parliament) in Aotearoa (New Zealand). She was the first woman to address the Kotahitanga, #AotearoaHistory #NZHistory #VotesForWomen #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory 🗃️ 1/2

Marshlands at Sundown Alice Pike Barney, 1908,

Good morning from the Colossi of Memnon as they face the dawn light in this painting by David Roberts from the 1830s. #Egypt #AncientEgypt #monuments #landscape #ancientsky #artsky