Ancient pottery with personality!🏺 Face pots from Roman Britain some 2,000 years ago! Museum of London 📷 by me #Archaeology

This is the most pokemon-like archaeological object I have seen in my life

Just imagining some potter's family all DO ME NEXT DO ME NEXT DO UNCLE QUINTUS TOO

Ancient pottery with personality!🏺 Face pots from Roman Britain some 2,000 years ago! Museum of London 📷 by me #Archaeology

A last look down by drone to Trench S with: Later Bronze Age / Early Iron Age features (top right) Post medieval quarry / dew pond (largely unexcavated centre) Iron Age pit (bottom left) and big old Iron Age boundary ditch (diagonal) surrounded by huts, marquee and spoil heaps #Durotriges26

The #Durotriges26 dig team at the end of the final day's site briefing A huge thank you to them and to everyone who participated and visited the dig this year We absolutely love you guys! 👋 Hope to see you out in the field next May for #Durotriges27 Only 10 months away!

#HillfortsWednesday The stonking Breiddin hillfort in Montgomeryshire, has commanded the lowlands from a volcanic hill since Late Bronze Age times 😮 The hillfort (closest ridge, with tower) continues to be quarried for its granite 😥 📷 Yesterday on @rcahmwales.bsky.social aerial survey

#HillfortsWednesday A reconstruction of the late Iron Age hillfort in Heuneburg, #Germany   . Heuneburg was first fortified in the 16th Century BC, but was abandoned in the Late Bronze Age. Heuneburg was again fortified in the 6th Century BC with a mud brick wall. #Archaeology

An intramural passage at Gurness Broch on the west mainland of Orkney. The Iron Age broch was built around 200-100BC, and then abandoned around AD100. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #GurnessBroch #Prehistory #Orkney

Today, I am visiting the remarkable Pompejanum in Aschaffenburg, an idealized replica of a #Roman villa, constructed in the 1840s by Ludwig I of Bavaria, and it is modeled after the Casa dei Dioscuri in #Pompeii.

Ancient Egyptian hedgehog shaped pottery vessel 🦔❤️ Dated c. 1539-1292 BC. Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Welcome to the Bluesky account of the Young Archaeologists' Club! 💙 We're looking forward to sharing the latest updates from the YAC network including news, blogs posts, resources, competitions and ways to get involved! Find out more about YAC at www.yac-uk.org #archaeology #history #heritage

NEW Thousands of prehistoric standing stones have been found across Iberia, but their functions are unknown. The chance discovery of three new examples suggests they served both as grave markers and territorial landmarks, facilitating cultural exchange. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

This block of metal artefacts is part of The Melsonby Hoards, one of Britain's largest Iron Age hoards. Bundled in textiles before deposition, the objects are so fused together that CT scans were needed to identify the contents. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... #TextileTuesday 🏺 #Archaeology

Please see this beautiful fat hedgehog pot. I love it an inordinate amount, it is SO ROUND.

Ancient Egyptian hedgehog shaped pottery vessel 🦔❤️ Dated c. 1539-1292 BC. Ashmolean Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

The 'Whispering Knights' of Rollright in Oxfordshire are the remains of a 'portal dolmen' burial chamber consisting of four upright stones and a fallen capstone. Its name refers to a legend that the Rollright Stones were a king and his army who were turned to stone by a witch. #TombTuesday

#TombTuesday The little known simple passage grave in the side of the chambered long cairn of Carneddau Hengwm ('cairns of the old valley'), in the hills high above Llanaber on the west coast of Gwynedd Quite a place to visit 😮 📷 A 1980s snap discovered in my old megalith photo album 🥰

The interior of Isbister Chambered Cairn on South Ronaldsay, Orkney. The Neolithic cairn is also known as the ‘Tomb of the Eagles’ on account of the bones and talons of sea eagles which were found alongside human bones. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #Prehistory #Orkney

One of the stars of the recent exhibition about the #Etruscans in San Francisco is this gilded silver lebes (cauldron) with snake protomes. The rows of engraved figures depict a flight of geese, a royal hunting party, and military processions. 😍 🏺 1/ Praeneste, 7th c. BCE. 📸 me

Neolithic flint dagger blades from various sites around Lake Constance. The wooden handles haven't survived. The flint material was sourced from the Southern Alpine region, highlighting early trade networks and cultural connections between the Alpine Foreland and... 🧵1/2 📷️ @almbawue.bsky.social

Delightful little brown mouse nibbling at a walnut. From a #Roman ‘unswept floor’ mosaic by Heraclitus. Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effects! 2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse... #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

The dragon head of Skidbladner - a replica of the famous 9th century Viking Gokstad ship which was found in a burial mound at Vestfold in Norway in 1880. Skidblander can be found at Haroldswick on Unst in Shetland. 📸 My own. #Woodensday #Unst #Shetland

‘Buddo’ - a rare representation of a human figure from the British Neolithic, dating to around 2900-2400 BC. Discovered at Skara Brae in the mid-C19th, it was re-discovered amongst the archaeological collections at Stromness Museum in 2016. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Orkney #Prehistory

Under the expert guidance of experimental archaeologist Vanessa Bunton, we have two fantastic workshops taking place in July - opportunities to step inside the mind of ancient 'makers': 🔥 18 Jul - Amber Pendant Workshop tinyurl.com/mryh7ffy 🦴 19 Jul - Net Making Workshop tinyurl.com/3af63zed

Immerse yourself in living history with our time-travelling weekends this summer! ✨🌙 Normal entrance prices apply - and annual pass holders can enjoy them all for FREE! Explore our season of living history weekends now, and book your next adventure: tinyurl.com/upjwsm5r

July workshops are live! ✨ Spend a summer day learning an ancient craft, from making your own amber pendant and string, to crafting one of humanity’s oldest instruments. Browse & book online through our website 🔥 www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/cal...

If you're not familiar with us, hello! We're a UK experimental archaeology site with reconstructed buildings from the Stone Age to the Early Medieval. We run experiments, host reenactments, teach heritage crafts, and set things on fire. Like, a lot 😅

An imaginative reconstruction of one of the halls excavated at Sutton Courtenay in the Thames valley, on display in the brilliant @oxonmuseumservice.bsky.social Woodstock Museum. It's early medieval collections are small but very mighty!

#MosaicMonday Mosaic from Victoria Road, Cirencester. This fragment of a much larger mosaic pavement was excavated in 1947 from the Lock's Timber Yard site in Victoria Road, Cirencester. 📸 My own. #RomanBritain #History #Art #Archaeology

Timeline Cleanse

For this #MosaicMonday, Triton keeping cool after a dip in the water, in the Archaeological Museum in Split. He has crustacean claws in his hair, and also seaweed which falls onto his shoulders. 📷2004 #AncientBlueSky 🏺

A 4th century Roman mosaic discovered at Lenthay, on the west side of Sherborne, in 1834 and moved to form the floor of the Ca dairy at Sherborne Castle. #mosaicmonday #roman

Justin, Rachel and Beatrice have finished digging a section through the accumulated fill of a Middle Iron Age boundary ditch at #Durotriges26 Fantastic job team! 😊👍

Delightful little brown mouse nibbling at a walnut. From a #Roman ‘unswept floor’ mosaic by Heraclitus. Superb use of darker tiles for subtle shadow effects! 2nd century AD. Vatican Museums www.museivaticani.va/content/muse... #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

For #MosaicMonday this week here's a mosaic of everyone you know coming home from the pub this morning. 🥴⚽

#MosaicMonday a wonderful Sea-horse from the #Roman Palace at #Fishbourne

Third century mosaic with a bust of Dionysus at its centre. Originally from the Via Flaminia in Rome, the mosaic is now on display at the Palazzo Massimo alle Terme in Rome. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #Rome

Just another monday... A grumpy #squid on a Greek #fish plate from Apulia, dating 330-300 BC. Fish plates were decorated with various examples of seafood. They were invented in Athens in the 5th century BC. Most of them are found in Southern Italy, where they were produced in... 🧵1/2

Wow, these ancient Egyptian linen tunics are 3,400 years-old! They belonged to Kha, who was the ‘director of works’ responsible for the design and construction of royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi... #Archaeology

Wow, these ancient Egyptian linen tunics are 3,400 years-old! They belonged to Kha, who was the ‘director of works’ responsible for the design and construction of royal tombs in the Valley of the Kings. 📷 Museo Egizio, Turin collezioni.museoegizio.it/en-GB/materi... #Archaeology

Two of the standing stones that form the Stones of Stenness on Orkney. The Neolithic monument dates to around 3100 – 2900 BC, and is part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Stenness #Prehistory #Orkney

The fascinating world of ancient #glass comes to life in this striking #Roman pitcher. Its handle ends in an appliqué featuring the head of a Bacchant, a devoted follower of Bacchus, the god of wine, making it a fitting and evocative decoration for a vessel designed to pour wine. 🧵1/2

Something beautiful for the weekend! An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago! From West Tofts, Norfolk 📷 MAA Cambridge University collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/4509... #Archaeology

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As #Durotriges26 comes to an end, Kel has her well-trained team processing all the prehistoric pottery, animal bone and worked flint Finds team we salute you 🫡 #Archaeology

Something beautiful for the weekend! An extraordinary Acheulean handaxe knapped around a fossil shell c. 500,000-300,000 years ago! From West Tofts, Norfolk 📷 MAA Cambridge University collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/4509... #Archaeology

Going back in time... Overlying reconstruction roundhouses over drone footage of the Iron Age building platforms recorded in Trench T at #Durotriges26 Gorgeousity !! 🤩🤩 With many thanks to @derekpitman.bsky.social #Archaeology

#RomansiteSaturday The Roman Baths, Bath. One of the best preserved Roman sites in the world, the ancient thermal spa at Aquae Sulis, now modern-day Bath, includes the Scared Spring, the #Roman Bath House and the Roman Temple. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #History

Temporarily blocked from export- but if museum can't come up with £18,000 *each*, they'll still vanish overseas to goodness knows where... It's often not about museums 'wanting' finds, it's about being able to 'afford' them... #Archaeology #Treasure #Detecting 🏺 bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/19/g...