This fragment of Roman mosaic was discovered under the site of the Bank of England as it was being rebuilt in 1805. A year later it was purchased by the British Museum, where it can still be seen today. #MosaicMonday

Roman mosaic to go on permanent display in Colchester www.bbc.com/news/article...

Good morning to everyone, but especially to all the trees, for this is their special week! 🌲 One of our favourite trees in the collections is this vibrant illustration (and poem!) by the writer and poet, Ronald Duncan. 📷 EUL MS 397/2/2/2 #NationalTreeWeek #NationalIllustrationDay #Archives

From artefacts and materials class, Exeter University Archaeology, sending kind regards for the weekend

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Shaldon Bridge, Teignmouth

Shell Guide, 1955: “Between the mild days, November frosts strip the coloured leaves of the shrubs and climbers of the hedgerow so that all the fruits of early winter show more vigourously against a paler sky” Artists: Edith & Rowland Hilder Writer: Geoffrey Grigson

From metal artefacts class, sending kind regards for the weekend

From Artefacts and Materials class, metallurgy, sending kind regards for the weekend

From the microscopy lab looking at pottery sherds, sending kind regards for the weekend :)

Wow! 😮🤩 There's a new interactive map of Every Known Road in the Roman Empire!! 🤓 itiner-e.org We might have to have a lie-down.

Week 7, term 1.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... visiting that 1975 dig as a child, sparked a lifelong interest in archaeology and history and led to me undertaking my BA Archaeology today✔️

That was a really interesting trip and a journey through Dartmoor history from the Bronze Age to the 19thC

Happy Hallowe'en! 🎃 To get you in the mood for Hallowe'en, here are some bone-chilling reading suggestions from our Edmund Collection of Local History. This spooktacular collection is available to everyone, for research or enjoyment! 👻 #Halloween #Devon #Exeter #Books

Autumn on the Devon Lanes

From the GWR South Devon loop, wherever you are and however this finds you, sending kind regards for the weekend

Image from yesterday’s Archaeology of Britain module field trip to Dartmoor. The last surviving engine house on the moor, Wheel Betsy, near Mary Tavy.

Apple Day is an annual custom that was introduced in the UK by the arts & environmental charity, Common Ground, on this day 35 years ago in 1990. Visit our blog to find out more about Apple Day & the Common Ground archive! ➡️ bit.ly/3AKvAXO 📷 EUL MS 416/PRO/8/4/3 #OnThisDay #AppleDay #Archives

Morning from the GWR 0825 Plymouth to Exeter train

Can’t believe it’s half way through term 1 at Exeter University Archaeology

From an artefacts and materials class, Week 4 BA Archaeology, sending kind regards for the weekend

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There's something quite beautiful about Sir Mortimer Wheeler's box-system excavations at Maiden Castle. Such a fantastic photograph! Image Rights: Society of Antiquaries (held at Historic England Archive) #archaeology 🏺 #photography

News | British Museum in bid to raise £3.5m for rare gold Tudor pendant – heart-shaped piece is a rare surviving artefact from marriage of Henry VIII and Katherine of Aragon

On Speaking Archaeologically today we have Dr @suegreaney.bsky.social talking to us about @exeterunispeccoll.bsky.social ’s Killerton excavations. Here’s more on this fascinating site from Devon: youtu.be/WDxslaZbUaI?...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... some good news

From a pottery drawing class, sending kind regards for the weekend

A postcard featuring a highly-colourised image of the #CliftonSuspensionBridge with a paddle steamer underneath. The postcard is from our archive and a digital copy can be found here: bit.ly/3IPoZ8H

Today we celebrate #Railway200🚂, the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway, which changed Britain and the world forever 🧵

Million-Year-Old Skull Pushes Back Homo Sapiens Origins By 400,000 Years www.iflscience.com/million-year...

Well, a change from a hospital, this is base for the next 3 years at Exeter University. However not to forget a past Friday tradition on my timelines - wherever you are and however this finds you, sending kind regards for the weekend.

WHO statement on autism-related issues The World Health Organization (WHO) emphasizes that there is currently no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between #autism and use of acetaminophen (also known as paracetamol) during pregnancy Full statement bit.ly/47YsgwI

8pm TODAY on @BBCTwo Digging for Britain s10 Ep 6, Ice Age Camp and a Saint with Syphilis In Scotland & northern England, @profaliceroberts.bsky.social investigates an Ice Age camp, the mystery of a medieval skeleton & the earliest evidence of salt making in Britain.