1st century AD building stone inscribed with the name of the 20th Legion from Maryport Roman Fort in Cumbria. Part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday #RomanBritain #Maryport

Detail from late 16th century tomb of Thomas Hardwick (died 1577) at Leeds Minster. Thomas is depicted with his wife, Anne, and some of his children. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #LeedsMinster

Heraldic medieval floor tiles from Dore Abbey - the former Cistercian abbey at Abbey Dore in Herefordshire. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #DoreAbbey #Herefordshire

New research: The Aromas of Pompeii’s Household Altars. An international team of researchers investigated ash residues from incense burners. The substances they discovered show that Pompeii was part of a global trade network. www.news.uzh.ch/en/articles/...

"In the middle of the 7th century, a plague swept through the walled city of Jerash... Young and old alike succumbed to a bacteria called Yersinia Pestis... The city, unable to manage the dead and dying, converted workshops into a mass grave." #AncientBluesky www.npr.org/2026/02/28/n...

This altar (one on the left) was dedicated to Aesculapius at Arbeia (South Scields) at Hadrian's Wall by Publius Viboleius. His name Viboleius seems to be a variant of Vibuleius, attested in CIL ix 1324 (Aeclanum), CIL x 4153, 4410 (Capua) and CIL xiv 3013 (ILS 5667) Praeneste. #EpigraphyTuesday

Tuesday of Holy Week. 'Then one of the twelve, Called Judas Iscariot, Went unto the chief priests, And said unto them: What will ye give me And I will deliver him unto you? And they covenanted with him For thirty pieces of silver.' 17C glass, Provands Lordship, Glasgow.

Got back from Germany yesterday. Here’s a few Roman archaeological highlights from my time in Trier & Frankfurt. 🇩🇪 🏛️ 🧵 Trier Roman amphitheater.

#MosaicMonday - A 6th-century AD Roman Christian mosaic depicting the Holy Sepulchre and Golgotha in Jerusalem. National Museum of Bardo, Tunisia.

For #MosaicMonday a detail of a mosaic in the basilica of Aquileia depicting #snails in a basket. The meaning of the motif is unclear. It was suggested that it is a symbol of resurrection, as snails are hibernating animals. But it was also argued that the motif is a symbolic ...🧵1/2 📷me

Loch an Duna: The remains of a broch in Loch an Duna, Isle of Lewis. To its right (west) is a small man-made cairn. 📷 GailSutherland More: http://www.megalithi...

Detail from the fabulous Low Ham Roman villa mosaic depicting the tragic love story of Dido and Aeneas, now in the Museum of Somerset. Aeneas in far too much of a rush to worry about chafing, at least he remembered his boots #MosaicMonday

The bow from Aquileia has been enjoyed here in recent weeks. Understandable that this detail is selected as it is exquisite, but the whole panel is wonderful, as are the vine leaves. #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky 🏺 📷2012

#MosaicMonday and a little reminder not to forget a trip to Verulamium Museum over the Easter holidays. And don't forget - you can use your National Art Pass at the museum. It gives you great access to our incredible Roman collections (including stunning mosaics like this one).

#MosaicMonday Labyrinth mosaic From the legate's residence. Probably a dining room floor. Found in #Caerleon Churchyard. 1st-3rd century AD. #RomanBritain #Archaeology

A floor #mosaic from about 30 BCE, for #MosaicMonday, still in situ in the #HouseofLivia on the #Palatine in #Rome. This black and white geometric mosaic marks the threshold of the #tablinum of the house. Livia moved here after the death of her husband #Augustus. #AncientBluesky 🏺

Detail from the ‘Four Season Mosaic’ depicting ‘Spring’ from Roman York (Eboracum). The mosaic was discovered in 1853 at Tanners Row in York, and is now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #YorkshireMuseum

Medieval figure of a king from the Bristol High Cross. Dating to around 1400, the figure is now part of the collections at the V&A in London. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday

A 3,400 year old Ancient Egyptian ‘Senet’ game board with gaming pieces. Senet is one of the earliest known board games. Popular in ancient Egypt, it was associated with the soul’s journey through the underworld and was often placed in tombs. Brooklyn Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Detail of one of the Four Winds, complete with conch shell, on a late 4th century #Roman mosaic from Frampton #Dorset First recorded in 1797 by Samuel Lysons. Rediscovered during excavations @dorsetwildlife.bsky.social by @buarchanth.bsky.social 📷 Aug 2021 #MosaicMonday

The Judgement of Paris dated to the 3rd Century AD. Roman Mosaic from the Villa del Alcaparral in Casariche. Now in Museum of Archaeology, Seville. #MosaicMonday

The Rhos-Rydd shield is a large bronze shield found in Wales. It is completely flat, 667 mm across, and 0.7 mm thick, weighing nearly 2kg. It was beaten out of a single piece of bronze and decorated with 3,700 individually punched bosses. 🕰️C12-10th BC 🏛️BM 📷mine #AncientBlueSky 🏺

Bell tower at Evesham Abbey. 📸2025

One of the stone rows at Ballymeanoch - part of the remarkable prehistoric landscape at Kilmartin Glen in Argyll. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Kilmartin #Argyll

Medieval stained glass depicting a Biblical king from York Minster. Originally part of a larger ‘Tree of Jesse’ design, the glass can now be viewed in the Minster undercroft. 📸 My own. #StainedGlassSunday #YorkMinster

10th century Ottonian plaque depicting Jesus’ Entry into Jerusalem. Possibly produced in Milan, the plaque is now part of the collections at the Met in New York. 📸 My own. #PalmSunday

Northernmost Devil's Arrow. Boroughbridge, North Yorkshire. #photography #standingstonesunday

Adorable wooden horses on wheels were pulled around by little ones in the past, too. A timeless reminder that play has been part of the human experience for millennia. From Egypt, Roman period, 30 BC-150 AD. 📷 Julia Thorne/Manchester Museum 🏺

#RomanSiteSaturday - The Temple of Augustus and Rome in Ankara (Türkiye) features the most complete copy of the Res Gestae Divi Augusti inscribed in both Latin and Greek on its walls. This temple was constructed between 25 and 20 BC after Ancyra was designated as the new capital of Galatia.

An incredible rock-cut former miner's track in the remote hills above Talybont, Ceredigion. The old cart wheels have left their mark over the years 📷 My own, yesterday

Protestant reformers attacked Dunfermline Abbey #OTD in 1560, desecrating the church and vandalising the shrine. The remains of Máel Coluim III and St Margaret were untouched as farsighted monks had spirited them away to the estate manor of Abbot George Durie. 📸David Dixon #medievalsky

Ælfhelm, ealdorman in Northumbria, may have celebrated Easter with Æthelred II, at Calne, Wiltshire, #OTD in 997, for he attests a charter of the English king’s at Waneting (Wantage, Berkshire) a few days later. #medievalsky

A panel carved with a two-wheeled, horse-drawn carriage and crouching archer was among the Pictish stones lost when Meigle Parish Church went up in flames #OTD in 1869. #medievalsky

Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️ Ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

#RomanSiteSaturday Part of the Temple of Castor and Pollux in the Forum of Rome Poking up behind is the 17th century church that stands inside the ancient Temple of Antoninus and Faustina 📸 Mine #archaeology #romanempire #italy #photooftheday 🏺

Can you spot the Roman amphitheatre? 🤔

An excellent first day of the Cranborne Ancient Techonology Centre prehistory weekend Crafts, gifts, activities, roundhouses, a carnyx (or two) and even the odd Roman What more do you need? Seriously Day two is Sunday 29 March 10-4 👇👇👇 ancienttechnologycentre.com

The remains of a Roman watch tower and St. Mary’s Chapel at Scarborough in North Yorkshire. The tower was one of several established during the 4th century to warn of sea raids off the east coast. The site is close to Scarborough Castle 📸 My own #RomanSiteSaturday #Scarborough

Carved figure from the 14th century screen at Kings Lynn Minster in Norfolk. 📸 My own. #ScreenSaturday #Norfolk

St. Botolph's Church at Boston in Lincolnshire. The main body of the church dates to the C14th, while the magnificent west tower (the ‘Boston Stump) was largely constructed during the C15th. 📸 My own. #SteepleSaturday #Boston #Lincolnshire

Timeline cleanse! A marvellous baby feeding bottle in the shape of a mouse. 🐀🐭 Campanian, 4th century BC. From the collection of the Badisches Landesmuseum, Karlsruhe (currently closed) 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

@metalclassicist.bsky.social is currently in Trier, so #RomanSiteSaturday presents the Porta Nigra (black gate), a large Roman city gate in there. It is a monumental gateway representative of Hellenistic military architecture of the time. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site built after AD 170.

#CastleSaturday with the utterly beautiful Pembroke Castle see more of Pembrokeshire in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1nh...

Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Langonnet, Morbihan 56 (Bretagne) 🇫🇷 emiliaromanica.com/2026/03/28/ 📷 @emilia_romanica　 10 mai 2025

As it is #WorldTheatreDay 🎭, let's marvel at one of the most impressive and best-preserved ancient theatres of the Roman world. The theatre of Aspendos in Turkey was built during the reign of Marcus Aurelius by an architect named Zeno. Its capacity was about 12,000.

Pope Agatho convened a synod of Western bishops in Rome #OTD in 680, in which monotheletism was condemned. Wilfrid, bishop of York, formed part of the consensus that Christ had two wills. Christ in Majesty from the Codex Amiatinus #medievalsky

Walcher, a Lotharingian priest, arrived in Durham to serve as its bishop #OTD in 1071. Edith, former queen of the English, reportedly said of him, ‘Here we have a beautiful martyr.’ This foreshadowed his death at the hands of Northumbrian rebels at Gateshead in 1080. 📸Matt Buck #medievalsky

My latest blog is about Picts in the employ of the Roman army! open.substack.com/pub/scottish...

Doors reopen to some of Scotland's iconic historic sites www.historicenvironment.scot/about-us/new...

#FindsFriday The pectoral cross from the #Viking #Galloway #Hoard found in 2014 and dated to AD900. This Christian cross is possibly #Pictish. It is silver with inlaid gold in the #Cornish Trewhiddle style. The animals represent 3 of the 4 Evangelists. 📸 mine