This Etruscan guttus - a vessel used to store and pour liquids in small amounts, or to refill oil lamps - is shaped like an elephant. It may have been inspired by the elephants first seen in Italy during the invasions of Pyrrhus and of Hannibal of Carthage in the 3rd c. BCE. 🏺 300-200 BCE.

The 3,000-year-old gold Shropshire sun pendant was dicovered in 2018. Crafted with incredible skill and decorated with intricate geometric patterns, it symbolizes the importance of the sun in Bronze Age society. As scientific analysis has indicated, the pendant...🧵1/2 📷 me #archaeology 🏺

One torc in the collection of the #BritishMuseum stands far above the others: the Snettisham Great Torc. Eight topes of twisted gold alloy threads are capped with large ornamented hollow terminals. Found by farmers in a field in Snettisham, Norfolk, in 1950. 🏺 1/ Iron Age, 150-50 BCE. 📸 me

Ok #HATM fam, Um. uh...well...um...uh... Well, it's over than the FRIGGING LORD...it's over... [Did someone owe a Hollywood producer a big favor and they got conned into making this movie?] We are traveling next weekend, so we will catch up with you in October. Do good, and be kind.

Think about it... yea, that is going to be a big task folks. #HATM

Um Joe, Sadly, that is where we are in 2025 and I don't see it getting better... #HATM

This party at the White House scene is where I remind you we are hosting ufc on the south lawn #hatm

Ok, so, I am thinking I could go for a really long movie about how hops are grown and turned into beer.... Cause, that would be more informative than this nightmare... #HATM

OH 0 wow... Supreme Court and Fox News #HATM

So, this is 2026 we are seeing??? #HATM

Ok, I have been in meetings like this - but Joe, I feel your pains. #HATM

Secretary of Education working the guns...well, that is a problem. #HATM

Ok, so that was my USAF Basic Training squadron's motto... wow.. This is a problem. #HATM

Well, ok, that is spot on - South Carolina for the problem children in Congress. #HATM

Ok, so this is really a different take on the "from time to time" requirements of the Constitution...but, hey who knows what it will be like in 2505... #HATM

OMG - so this is where the memes are from... oh, oh, my #HATM

Now we have a first shooter game with a rifle and knife combo that apparently is supposed to be really cool... Ok...back to the movie. #HATM

Wait, wait, we have a commercial.... Why have I never been so excited about a BIMZELX commercial ever before? #HATM

Wait, wait, #HATM Family - this isn't a classic that won awards? Say it is not so. ;-)

Question #HATM fam This gets um, uh, better?? AFAF

Good lord... This could be a long, long, long watch. #HATM

So, the language in this is a barrier. But, here is Oh Brother Where Art Thou - pushed forward 500 years. #HATM

So, anyone else having concerns that the I have met the doctor character in real life?? AFAF #HATM

Win Free Medical Care - Oh, oh, wow....um...uh...so that is the new medical care plan. #HATM

Ok, so that recyliner was a disgusting situation. #HATM

Ok, so this is becoming a very, very frightening prediction. #HATM

So, while in Law School, we took a shuttle bus - if you missed it, then you had the long haul bus. My buddy started a conversation very similar to this with a "hard working girl" and everyone, but him, understood what her work was involving. It took him about 45 minutes. #HATM

Wow - tough question being asked of the #HATM fam ... 1. Ok, I am going with Ike or Cleveland for very, very different reasons. 2. A great dinner that my bride made. Great comfort food. #HATM

Ok, #HATM, we are coming into this late, but got the picture of the family tree of the "family." Wow, I think I know some of these folks... #HATM

Absolutely 100% yes!

Next up is a #onehourread of #WhatsNext by #MelissaFitzgerald and @marycmccormack.bsky.social Their insights and writing style is the perfect touchstone to remember the power of #TheWestWing

Starting my #onehourreads with Doc @SimonElliott20's #VandalHeaven and we are in present day Libya. Let's get back in time!

Played #RavensburgerGames #Jaws We beat up the shark! #Hooper for the win! #boardgames #boardgaming

Playing the #boardgame #Cryptid from @ospreygames.bsky.social Deduction and triangulation Highly recommend for a quick fun game. ##boardgaming

This week Historians At The Movies is talking about a film that is absolutely not relevant at all. Join us on Netflix this Sunday, September 21 at 8pm eastern to watch IDIOCRACY. I want everybody here this weekend so share this broadly. Let’s set new #HATM viewership records. See you soon.

I do love my guide lecturing in the Roman Med but its always so nice to come home to Sara and Hector too! Oh, and an ace review of The African Emperor in @thespectator1828.bsky.social ! @ritterton.bsky.social @davidebb.bsky.social @timjc.bsky.social @petesavin.bsky.social @thehistoryguy.bsky.social

Hey #HATM We didn't make the movie having decided to 'go into town' (rural life iykyk) to see #DowntonAbbey. A good movie.

"The aggressor is always peace-loving... he would prefer to take over our country unopposed." My favorite Clausewitz quote about war, which unfortunately applies well here. Also, "I don't get why they think this is a winning message" = "I know my stance on this is unpopular and I am out of ideas"

"As well as being home to libraries and laboratories, they are civic hubs with myriad ties to the towns and cities in (or near) which they are based" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

This week Historians At The Movies talks about Cheyenne history and the West. Join us on Netflix this Sunday September 14 at 8pm eastern for HOSTILES. Keep #HATM growing by sharing and we’ll see you soon!

Ok, that was a fun watch. Thanks for another good evening with the #HATM fam.

So, I take it the Mona Lisa doesn't make it? #HATM

Ok, he's going to be running pure adrenaline and that's compensating for so many broken bones, right. #HATM

Really an interesting and incredible concept. #HATM

They know he's the reset. Interesting! #HATM

So, would Lestat be a worse life than Cage's #HATM

London is falling! #HATM

Cage, there is no short cut to becoming a hero. #HATM

Just a terrific presentation. Terrific! Just like this movie and story! #hatm