This is absolutely shocking if true. A government's treatment of its most vulnerable citizens is a key indicator of its humanity and the strength of its social fabric. Enough is enough

Ramadan Mubarak to all those observing ☪️

The cows have decided to plonk themselves down right by all the Sarcens I have to record and measure…it’s gonna be a cow pat kind of day. #valleyofthestones

Can anyone help a friend of mine out, trying to get Post Medieval Archaeology Journal article, Vol 19, 'The excavation of a brick-lined shaft and its contents at Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk' by Edwin J Rose and Sarah Jennings, pp 35 - 47 ? would be incredibly grateful for a PDF, if poss

For #FindsFriday a decorated Late Iron Age copper alloy mirror found at Langton Herring Owned by a woman of the Durotriges who died AD 25–53 aged 19–24 📷 as found 2010 For more see: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... For new work on Durotrigian society see: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

In light of the recent research from @durotrigesdig.bsky.social and the team, I had a little wander to salute women of the Iron Age ( I actually got kicked out of the Maternity ward at St Thomas’s) #Boudica #happybeingborndayAayla #Grandaughternumber3

Vaccines are a leading cause of old age.

Great to see @megsdigs.bsky.social and The Sanctuary at #TAG45 today #theoreticalarchaeology #archaeology #conference

Any of you heading to TAG at @bournemouthuni.bsky.social today go say Hi to @megsdigs.bsky.social at the @Sanctuary stall, find out what we’ve been up to 😉

The real person of the year.

Not too late to book! 🤩

📢 UK Archaeologists attending TAG Bournemouth ... Grab a cuppa and join us this Sunday PM for a relaxed, creative problem-solving workshop where we'll critically consider and (re)design Archaeology for the 21st Century. All welcome - please register: tinyurl.com/TAG45Futures... Community RTs 🙏

A beautiful lion carved in mammoth ivory, from Vogelherd Cave, Germany. Aurignacian, about 40,000 years old…

OK you can STOP THE INTERNET - we have a winner 🏅🤣 #Archaeology #StarWars #HypocaustGate

Just watched Gladiator 2… Weak dialogue, rehashed story would give it 1 star but…Pedro Pascal 😂

What every rebel and history lover will want in their stocking this year. “Just about the most conveniently shaped book for wrapping I’ve ever come across.” #Echolands #BoudicaFriday

Stop arming Israel.

Wonderful morning recording another episode of the Ancients on History Hit with Tristan Hughes about the Roman conquest in AD43. If you want to hear my previous episode on Boudica from last year, link here! #Echolands open.spotify.com/episode/1jii...

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Cleared the cellar out yesterday, the memories of my oldest collecting these was magic..where did the last 30 years go? #Starwars

East London calling. There are 50 free places for care leavers aged 18-25 yrs for Christmas Dinner on Christmas Day in Hackney. It is totally free. To make a referal please write to Kausar at this address [email protected] Via Lemn Sissay

The UK is spending £369m refurbishing Buckingham Palace for King Charles, who has £22bn and gets £500m more a year. He can pay for his own renovations, £369m is more than England spends on building Social Housing in an entire year for the whole country.

Just sat by the oven for 30 mins waiting for the lasagne to cook, opened the door to check…I hadn’t put it in 🥹 Yea I was on my phone 😌

Now on the BBC website @paulwhitewick.bsky.social @durotrigesdig.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

What an incredible morning on the Moor yesterday! After a 5am start, & a tough hours walk through deep snow, I just made it to Belstone Tor for sunrise (photos soon!). It was so beautiful and I had the place to myself! On the hard walk back to the car, I stopped off at Nine Maidens Stone circle...

Ansolutely chuffed that the authors found my work useful for this new European book. Which, btw, you can read for free online cos #SidestonePress are kinda cool like that www.sidestone.com/books/chario...

*Amazing Job Opportunity!* Head of Museums and Cultural Programmes, UCL Permanent, full time £66,711–£72,370 Closes 18 December 2024 Come work with me! www.linkedin.com/posts/catrio...

The International Criminal Court has announced that it is issuing international arrest warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and former Defence Minister Yoav Gallant, alleging war crimes.

Bluesky can suspend Nigel Farage in less than 36 hours. But the Police can't question him over the riots he incited, even after 5 months.

Smallest snowman ever

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Is this grant of any interest to the amazing UK based archaeology craftspeople out there? www.heritagecrafts.org.uk/makerrelieff... #archaeology

Me this morning: “bit nippy out here” My neighbour: “yeah, it’s freezing, isn’t it?” Cold weather ritual complete ✔️

🏺 More evidence prehistoric women essentially invented the world 💅... #Matriarcha **this post is a joke but also not

This deserves to be shared again

It’s called Passing alley…it wasn’t always called that 😉

The fact that UCC hid a 3000-year-old mummy under the floorboards of a lecture theatre on a campus where two and a half tonnes of uranium rods were being stored in a basement nearby and DIDN'T end up with a zombie-pharaoh apocalypse is both a mystery and endlessly disappointing

Do follow @nattrustarch.bsky.social for updates and info from the #archaeologists at @nationaltrust.bsky.social!

Tonight, 6pm at the Institute of Archaeology with the @cbalondon.bsky.social @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Come along, be great to see you there. 🦣 🏺

Phd opportunity in African archaeology coastal Mozambique (historical, material analysis). 3 years funding + poss 6-12 months more. Visa & NHS surcharge covered McDonald Institute Cambridge International Entangled PhD Scholarship at University of Cambridge www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKR174/m...

Is the British Museum Haunted? Writer @noahangell.bsky.social explains that beyond its imposing façade and expansive Great Court lies a more curious history. The museum, he discovered, is said to be a deeply haunted place filled with restless energy.👇 www.unseenhistories.com/ghosts-of-th...

In the Roman republic, Vedius Pollio gained quite a reputation for treating his slaves badly… but it also turns out that Vedius’ dad had been a slave. Someone get Freud on the line! #CheekyFacts #AncientRome #MosaicMonday #AncientBluesky🏺

I am updating my public lecture on women’s role in Palaeolithic, any suggestions for new papers, podcasts, articles or just free thoughts are welcome here 👇🏻

100% this

FUCK. YEAH. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Highlight of the week may have been learning about the Belgian seagulls that mysteriously made a 50 mile trip inland once a day, only to find out that their destination was a potato chip factory. Can relate!

A special tribute to Tom Mukhuyu, who retired today from the National Museums of Kenya. Tom was curator of hominins, looked after the vault, the fossils & all who studied them. His knowledge is legend, & his kindness, friendship and laughter enriched us all. I will miss him immensely ♥️.

One of the Jelling Runestones, erected by the famous King Harald Bluetooth to honour his father, mother and himself "who won for himself all of Denmark and Norway and made the Danes Christian." The stone is featured in all Danish passports. #StandingStoneSunday