🏛️ #OTD – 17 March AD 180The Romans said farewell to #MarcusAurelius, philosopher-emperor, who died aged 58 at Vindobona (modern Vienna). He ruled AD 161–180 during wars on Rome’s northern frontiers and left his famous #Stoic reflections in Meditations.

For the benefit of my medical colleagues, educational case from the @facultypainmed.bsky.social

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... In 1980 the average UK household purchased 128g of sheep meat (lamb and mutton) per person, per week. In 2024 that same measure was down to 23g per person, per week.

Sometimes we need to deal with the dragons in our minds

GWR to Exeter St.Davids

"Underneath the prints, the archaeologists found a layer of charred plant remains. They carbon-dated the plants to 2,000 years ago, during the late Iron Age."

Familiar sight growing up

Shaldon from the GWR London Paddington Express heading to Exeter St.Davids

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... let’s hope the awful weather we have been having improves

The event will be hybrid, with both in-person attendance and a Zoom option. Please register via the SAL website: it is required to join online. You can catch the livestream on the SAL YouTube channel with no registration needed. 🍽️ Catering will be available afterwards, so stay and mingle!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Delighted this was preserved for the people of Leeds….

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... one of the most beautiful but vulnerable stretches of railway line. I use it several times a week.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... it’s been a similar story in Devon….

Week 5, term 2, BA archaeology at Exeter. Loving every minute.

This time last week we held a CBM (Ceramic Building Material) workshop, training keen students how to identify and record Roman tiles! This collection is from an important site in the centre of Exeter. They all know their imbrex from their tegula now! Huge thanks to Naomi Payne for leading the day.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... A real breadth of materials representing materials over time, from the Palaeolithic onwards -

This is a fascinating picture of a widow writing what we'd today call a 'living will', in the 1780s. PROB 11/1143/398 at The National Archives

On GWR Newton Abbot to Exeter St.Davids this morning

Homage to my County of birth

Term 2, Archaeology, Exeter University 😊

www.thelancet.com/journals/lan... Prenatal paracetamol exposure and child neurodevelopment: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Catch Han Li and me on #diggingforbritain tomorrow night at 9pm on BBC2 talking about the incredible frescoes and finds from the Roman mansio excavated in Southwark. #archaeology #roman #romanarchaeology #fresco #conservation

Scientists have made a discovery that helps explain why humans and animals are so susceptible to contracting tuberculosis (TB) – the bacteria can hijack part of the immune system.

Start of term 2, Archaeology, Exeter University from GWR railway