A heavy music festival in Blackfeet Nation this summer was abut more than just music – it was a protective ceremony to shelter Indigenous youth from suicidal distress. buff.ly/aQQC7EX

Au Mexique, un peuple préhispanique exige de la France la restitution d’un manuscrit ancestral : «Pourquoi une œuvre réalisée par mes ancêtres et qui parle de mon peuple se trouve-t-elle à l’autre bout du monde ?»

Solidarity with @pcsunion.bsky.social workers at the British Library. 300 workers on strike. Some of them having to take second jobs or taking out loans just to be able to survive. A Pay "award" below inflation is a pay cut. Unacceptable. Solidarity - and keep organising! ✊🏼

Sherd from a porcelain saucer found on the Thames Foreshore yesterday. Tree root giving off heavy Edvard Munch ‘The Scream’ vibes 😱 #mudlark

Today, a friend involved in the Esna restoration project has shared with me his latest stunning photos of the restored ceiling and columns of the Temple of Khnum in Esna, Upper #Egypt. During a multi-year restoration project, the dirt and soot that had obscured the ...🧵1/3 📷 D. v. Recklinghausen 🏺

Another important late Neanderthal site from just across La Manche, discovered by INRAP. We have these site in the UK but our 'frameworks' mean often no, or just inadequate, assessment takes place. Loss is happening on our watch, the French experience gives us hope. 🦣🏺 www.inrap.fr/des-traces-d...

Plastic flowers and foliage picked up from Cornish beaches.

The Carpow logboat on display in Perth Museum 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 It was found in the Tay Estuary near Perth and dates to around 1000 BC, in the Late Bronze Age. #Woodensday #logboat #oak #prehistory #scotland #archaeology

Five MA Contemporary Art and Archaeology graduates will be showcasing their work at the Northlight gallery, Stromness, from November 14-25, 11am to 4pm.

That the UK - one of the architects of this fund, designed to save the world’s forests - is now refusing to put any money into it is frankly shameful. Starmer’s claim that he still continues to back the fund is meaningless without resources - so much for climate leadership

We stopped at the historical marker for Harriet Tubman's birthplace and found someone had left three apples and a whisk broom in the grass. They form an arrow pointing north.

Remember, Remember, The 5th of November, Gunpowder, treason and… ARSE BISCUITS! Ever had a burning (or fizzling) desire to know what Guy Fawkes said in his moment of failure? Wonder no more. #PlaymobilInfestation #GuyFawkes #BonfireNight

We've been down on the beach today picking up firework debris. It's odd, isn't it, that you can be fined £250 for dropping litter but somehow it's OK to launch rockets containing plastic casings into the sky.

Saladin on horseback, a 13th Century glazed tile in the M Shed Museum, Bristol. It was found on the former site of a carmelite friary when the Colston Halls were being extended (today the Bristol Beacon) and was probably one of a pair, with Richard I facing the other way. #TilesOnTuesday

Le prochain épisode arrive vendredi, mais avez-vous écouté celui sorti début octobre sur les vêtements au Moyen Âge ? passionmedievistes.fr/ep111-charle...

📰 'More than just jewellery': new insights into #Viking miniature metal figurines #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @uniofleicester.bsky.social le.ac.uk/news/2025/oc...

#PolarBearWeek was founded to highlight the threat to polar bears due to climate change. These effects are also visible at the Arctic's archaeological sites as thawing permafrost exposes previously frozen archaeological layers to a variety of threats. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Medieval floor tiles (still in situ) at Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #MelroseAbbey #ScottishBorders

“The colours of the outfits of three of the main characters, Alison, Gwyn and Roger, were based on an older International Colour Code for electrical wiring...” ayearinthecountry.co.uk/filming-the-...

From last week’s exceptionally low tide at Twickenham Riverside during this year’s Draw-Off. The Thames is still tidal here (up to Teddington Lock) and there are days when it looks like someone has pulled the plug. On Wednesday afternoon I walked across to Eel Pie island & the boatyard. Wonderful.

'The fort opposite the oakwood, Once it was Bruidge’s, it was Cathal’s It was Aed’s, it was Ailill’s, It was Conaing’s, it was Cuiline’s and it was Maeldúin’s The fort remains after each in his turn and the kings asleep in the ground'. c.8th century Irish poem describing this ringfort at Rathangan

When we cross into a stone circle, we not only journey into the Long Neolithic, we walk into ritual, into a continuing sense of sacred. We mustn't look at it as a completed story. It is ongoing. Our being there only adds a new chapter to it. – Dr. K. Brophy #StandingStoneSunday

The beached allée couverte of Guinivrit at low tide in #Brittany #Bretagne #Breizh It might have lost all its capstones but it remains a unique and captivating site #StandingStoneSunday

The King Stone. part of the Rollright Stones complex of monuments. - Latitude/Longitude: Lat 51deg 58’ 32.68” N, Long 1deg 34’ 14.11” W - National Grid Reference: SP 2963 3089 #StandingStoneSunday 📷 My own, taken 1 November 2025

An extraordinary discovery was made in Ibiza: a 30-centimeter wooden sculpture representing Hercules. Considering the scarcity of wooden sculptures preserved from the Roman era, this discovery is truly remarkable. The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2 🏺

New discovery: A #bakery was unearthed in the Roman town of Sisapo, Spain. The town was part of a major economic center linked to mining in the Sierra Morena region. The bakery occupied a large complex of over 200 m² with five rooms, including a large circular oven, milling areas with stone ...🧵1/2

📣 ANNONCE Le vendredi 28 novembre à Poitiers je co-organise avec le @cescm-7302.bsky.social une table ronde hommage à Martin Aurell, on parlera bien sûr de l'empire plantagenêt et d'autres sujets de ses recherches. ➡️ Infos et réservations des places : www.billetweb.fr/enregistreme...

A terracotta bust of a girl wearing a crescent-shaped pendant, known as a lunula, which was typically worn by females. Lunula pendants were believed to possess apotropaic qualities, meaning they were intended to ward off evil. The moon was a symbol associated. ..🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

📯🏺🏛️ Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS ! 👇 www.cambridge.org/core/books/s... #archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory

Something for keeps. A sense of belonging rather than passing through. Yes please.

Here’s something really graphic for Halloween:

This witch is a dog toy, believe it or not, called “Corrina Witch Flattie Toy”. She’s too pretty to let the dogs near her, so she’ll join my collection of bizarre seasonal clutter. Happy Halloween!

A friend of mine co-authored this fabulous research on weaning processes Bronze Age Kültepe, Türkiye. Well worth a read, for anyone interested in stable isotopic analysis, cultural practices, household dynamics, and socio-economic factors BA Türkiye. I highly recommend. 🗿

Policy by @eamena.bsky.social & partners in Jordan & the State of Palestine calls for a uniting of natural & cultural dimensions within 1 system, recognising the interdependence between people & environment & scientific understanding of climate risks. 📸 by H. Abedalhaleem. Read more: bit.ly/4oi8Kk9

The turnip is what I grew up with. When darkness fell, you'd go out with your lantern and sparklers, and the world of winter was upon you, with ragged trees and starlings swirling above at sunset. The next day the smell of the lantern was putrification. Can't help think now, pure phenomenology

For #PhantomsFriday, the tomb of the helhest, the hell-horse, in Roskilde Cathedral. Its ghost is said to appear at night to anyone who dares to go near the cathedral. The horse's ghost is three-legged and skeletal with red-burning eyes, and anyone who sees it will die soon. 📷 from 2022

This rare gilded bronze Roman head probably belonged to the cult statue of the goddess Sulis Minerva from her temple by the sacred spring in Bath. It was found in Stall Street in 1727 and can now be seen in the Roman Baths Museum. #FindsFriday

Read the newly-published research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

This week: Deep Disillusionment with Stewart Lee. Does what it says in the title. And then some. #StrongMessageHere www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We're hiring an Interactive Visitor Operations Host at JORVIK Viking Centre! The key purpose of the role is to act as a costumed Viking to engage and inspire visitors in Viking Life and Archaeology. More information via the link in our bio 🔗 #Hiring #History #Jobs #JORVIK #Vacancies

La Cour pénale internationale abandonne Microsoft Office au profit d'une alternative open source européenne. La Cour va migrer son environnement de travail interne vers Open Desk, un logiciel open source développé en Allemagne.

It’s Hallowe’en. So here’s an eerie late 18thC boathouse, only fully visible once a year during the annual Richmond Draw-Off, when the PLA opens Richmond Lock to carry out repairs, and causing amazing low tides. I went in and of course a pigeon immediately flew out & nearly got trapped in my hair 😱

Happy #Halloween This intaglio depicts a skeleton resting on an amphora and holding a jug. Such representations were intended to remind to enjoy life to the fullest since pleasure ends irrevocably with death. Photo: Museum August Kestner/Christian Tepper #RomanArchaeology

Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House. Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity. They are not the same.

OTTAWA, CANADA—The Vatican Museums will transfer several dozen Indigenous belongings—including an Inuvialuit kayak and ceremonial items—back to communities in Canada via a church-to-church process. Read more: buff.ly/UIuejRk CBC coverage: buff.ly/7wbXCfS

LiDAR-Based Storytelling About a Historical Industrial Landscape in Southern Middle Tennessee anthrosource.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... "coal mining coincided with the convict leasing system that operated across the American South" "community archaeology" -> not just for Maya centers

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