Cant wait to be doing boss battles of @neiljackman.bsky.social Elden Ring: The Tuatha Edition

This decorated copper axe dates to around 1900-1700 BC, the beginning of Ireland's Bronze Age. It was found deep in a bog in Brockagh, County Kildare. The anaerobic bog preserved the leather sheath and its strap remarkably well. See it on display in @nmireland.bsky.social #Archaeology 🏺 #Ireland

I'm an immigrant, and I reckon theres a chance I'd know more about Ireland's culture over the millennia than Maria Steen. One important aspect of Irish culture is that it isn't a static fossil. It changes & flows, absorbing from other cultures at the same time as others adopt Irish culture in turn

⚔️ A really rather splendid Anglo-Scandinavian sword dating to c. AD 900-1000, found at Battersea, London. A true Viking-Age status symbol in a hyper-violent era. LI1089.1 (1884.121.21) On loan from @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social My 📷 | Ref. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

Skull of a titan

🧵 Thanks so much to BBC Radio Scotland for having me on to talk about beautiful Benbecula and those pesky #Vikings today! 📻 Part 2 of 2 🎙

🧵 Thanks so much to BBC Radio Scotland for having me on to talk about beautiful Benbecula and those pesky #Vikings today! 📻 Here's Part 1 of 2 🎙 I might be elsewhere on BBC Scotland (TV) News, too 📺 #Archaeology #History #Viking #Scotland

#timetravel #sapientcorvid #corvid

The Anglo-Saxon 'Abingdon Sword' (c. AD 875). With parallels to Galloway Hoard artefacts, the figurative (Evangelist) and foliate decoration on this Peterson L-type fragment is executed in engraved and nielloed Trewhiddle style. The blade is pattern-welded. My 📷 Ref. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

Boulder Burial • the Burren As their name suggests, boulder burials consist of large boulders supported by smaller stones, covering a small pit that contained cremated human remains. Though they may resemble a much smaller version of a portal tomb, Irish examples tend to be Bronze Age in date.

Situated just off the Suck Valley Way walking route, not far from Roscommon, you can find the Castlestrange Stone. It bears intricate decoration from the Iron Age, known as La Tène art. The stone was moved here in the 18th or 19th century. Sadly, we do not know where it was taken from originally.

Myself and the amazing Hannah Sims had great craic today talking all things archaeology and life in the graphics department for @rubiconarchaeology.bsky.social If anyone missed the livestream we'll have the full video up this week. #HeritageWeek

If you can't make it on Wednesday there is also this related exhibition of artwork on the ogham stones by the talented @johnflynnart.bsky.social! www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

If an evening event doesn't suit, there is also this related exhibition of artwork around the ogham stones by the talented @johnflynnart.bsky.social! www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

In February 1896, two men ploughing a field unearthed one of the greatest prehistoric treasures ever found on the island of Ireland – the Broighter Hoard. #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

Absolutely loved the new newsletter from Ulster Archaeological Society - brilliant and loved reading it over breakfast this morning. Well done to the editor @justrena.bsky.social & all contributors. 😁 @ulster-archaeology.bsky.social

Feeling left out Marion. No mention of Echoes of the Isles Exhibition at ATU Galway Dublin Road Library open 10-4 18th-22nd. Some amazing artwork by @johnflynnart.bsky.social and Roisin Doherty - Funded by @heritagecouncil.ie www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

Stunning images by Julian Friers of extinct and lost Irish animals from #Megaloceros, #Mammoth, to Great Auk, with the full story of Ireland’s ice age animals and human impacts on the fauna by Mike Simms. Published by National Museums Northern Ireland August 2025 ISBN 0-900761-69-5

A an exhibition in Paris telling the story of Gaza, part of Palestine. Hopefully these artefacts can one day return there, to a museum in a safe, peaceful nation free from occupation🏺 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

High Cross Shaft • Banagher • Offaly The carved depictions are superb, they show: • four human figures who are tangled with legs and interlaced hair. • a stag with its leg caught in a trap. • a man on horseback carrying a crozier • and a lion or similarly fierce beast with a protruding tongue.

#CastlepookCaveProject2025 Prof. Frank McDermott, @ucddublin.bsky.social Geology, one of our collaborators on the project, visited us to take speleothem samples. Great to see & collab with Frank. He was one of my lecturers when I was an undergrad in UCD Science! @ria.ie @researchireland.ie

Tomb effigy • Ardfert Cathedral • Kerry This fine effigy depicts a person in the garb of a bishop, wearing a low mitre and carrying a crozier. With a ring visible on his right hand. #Archaeology #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #IrishHistory 🏺

The ancient Byzantine Church of St Porphyrios, Gaza. Founded 425CE. Photographed by the Ecole Biblique 1922. Bombed by the IDF 2024. From the exhibition Trésors Sauvés de Gaza - 5000 ans d'histoire at L'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

There's still time to sign up for my 3 workshops at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School next week on Irish America--Pioneers of Irish America: From St. Brendan to Jamestown--Irish in the U.S. Civil War--“Dangerous” Irish Women--Registration Details: irishfestsummerschool.com/Summer-Schoo...

Teaghlach Éinne • Inis Mór The graveyard that surrounds Teaghlach Éinne is said to be the burial place of St Éanna and over a hundred other saints. Inis Mór is a true island of saints and scholars! #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺

A 'travel stone' type of runestone! Elite Vikings liked to show off (a) that they were well travelled, and (b) that they were both literate and able to afford a rune-carver. www.facebook.com/share/r/1FsN...

Digitising old archaeological drawings by hand isn’t easy, but it’s crucial work! 🖥️ For #ADayInArchaeology, @ullamr.bsky.social shares how they're bringing the Nepi Survey (1999-2000) findings to life despite key challenges 👉 shorturl.at/HdQhs #FestivalOfArchaeology

Homotherium hadarensis ambushing unfortunate Australopithecus afarensis #Sciart

Messy start

AMAZING NEWS! apple tv has just announced a NEW pleistocene-focused series of #prehistoricplanet! streaming on november 26th

The Cross of Cong • Mayo Named after the historic Mayo village where it was kept for centuries, the Cross of Cong is thought to have been made for the important diocescan centre at Tuam. It was commissioned by the King of Connacht, Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair in c.1123. #SpéirGhorm #Medieval

I thought I'd try a WhatsApp channel, which you can join at the following link! Dr Tom Horne's Viking Age: An Early Medieval Archaeology & History Channel channel on WhatsApp: whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

Yesterday, Catherine McGuinness Research & Education Officer with Cavan County Museum & I brought 18 cave bones from last year’s @ria.ie (RIA) funded Castlepook cave excavation to 14CHRONO for radiocarbon dating. 1/n 🏺

Happy "End of the Ice Age" to all who celebrate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNTI...

Thrilled to see my picture of the Rock of Cashel adorns the cover of this important new book by Dr Patrick Gleeson! Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland brings together multidisciplinary evidence to examine the evolution of kingship and society. #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm

Day 10: #CastlepookCaveProject2025 Lots of collabs &visitors to site past few days incl today with Cavan County Museum Education & Research Officer Catherine Cahill & early career commercial archaeologist Andrew Downey. Many well preserved bones found. 2 days left, final push! @ria.ie #zooarch 🏺

This message was brought to you by the Hawk Stone appreciation society, est. 1998 www.megalithic.co.uk... (thanks Celia Haddon and Paul Bennett) 4/4

Day 7: day off and rest, read, take a walk, wash clothes … rest #CastlepookProject2025 @ria.ie

Day 2 current view … The rain and high humidity this morning gave way to a glorious afternoon with a cooler breeze. Castlepook cave research archaeological excavation 2025, funded by @ria.ie #PALAEOIreland #IrishCaveBones

End of Day 2 & we found some reindeer and hare teeth and bones. A good day at Castlepook cave, Co. Cork funded research archaeological excavation. #PALAEOIreland @ria.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social

The tomb effigy of Honoria Grace (d.1596) in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny. Honoria's elaborate headdress, the rings on her fingers, and the voluminous sleeves all show that she was a wealthy woman and a bit of a fashionista. Or maybe a batman fan.

Happy 4th of July to my American pals! Here's my chat with a US chum, Dr Terence Christian, about his hunt for George Washington in Pennsylvania with my Canadian pal, Dr Amanda Charland 🔎 🏠 youtu.be/NOsjewDGKQQ?...

Rathgurren, Co. Galway, Ireland Archaeology excavation led by @michellecomber.bsky.social of NUI Galway 🏺 #IrishArchaeology

A c.16–17th century hunting or drinking horn found in the vicinity of Rossmore Castle, County Monaghan. On display in the Monaghan County Museum. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺

Echoes of the Isles Cross Slab @stoneclub.bsky.social

Echoes of the Isles Cross Slab 1/2 @digitalheritageage.bsky.social

The fifth and final of my five chapter illustrations for @possumcreekgames.com upcoming release of Last Train to Bremen by @seaexcursion.itch.io The funding campaign is going strong, go give it a look!