The new Build Like An Ancient episode is available. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

To celebrate our 5yr collab, we’re offering 25% off our print collection! Thank you to all who have purchased over the years… it really has flown by so quickly.

Want to know how to use #geology to turn post-industrial landscapes into places of family fun? Why not book a place on our next free webinar. For link and info nip to 👉 www.mining-landscapes.org/news #MiningLandscapes #MiningHeritage

Episode 11 is now available: Roman Floors: Roman Glass, Under Your Feet or... Roman Floors: Mosaic, Tile, Clay and Wood Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/17x4... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #mosaic #romanbluesky #tiles

A suburban beach in Melbourne.

Roman window glass, originally an early type of 'Plate glass' was cast onto a stone plate or similar and installed in a wood frame. It could also be installed in iron frames.

The Episode on Acast shows.acast.com/69a6dc450493... Spotify open.spotify.com/show/312nAy9...

Build like in Shibam. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/b...

Now available on spotify From the new Podcast series "Build Like an Ancient" 'Build like a Greek - Before they were made of stone' This episode introduces at the change of timber buildings to stone, in ancient Greece.

Episode 10 is now available: Roman Glass: Roman Glass, Sand, Soda and Sunlight or... Roman Glass: One Lump or Two? Apple podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/r... Spotify open.spotify.com/episode/6DsA... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #glass #romanbluesky

2000 later, and Italians are still selling Tuff (tufo in Italian) at the local builder's merchants.

Phots from this episode

Episode 9 is now available: Roman Wattle and Daub! That Romans frequently lived in house of timber frame, with Lath and Plaster! Links her for Apply, Spotify etc 👇 shows.acast.com/68ad5c37b1a3... #romans #rome #history #archaeology #WattleAndDaub #plaster #BLAR #romanhouses

Want to borrow my 1914 Bath Yoke?

The EU Heritage Volunteer scheme has just released this year's dates and venues Note that some are training courses, some are volunteering (eg doing maintenance) Prices incl accommodation & meals You don't need to be a EU resident to attend. www.heritagevolunteers.eu/EuropeanHeri...?

Assistant Professor in the History of the Ancient Mediterranean www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2026/03...

I know one of the archaeologists who is involved and can recommend!

Episode 8 is now available: Roman Plumbing (not only aqueducts, that's a future episode) #romans #rome #history #archaeology #plumbing shows.acast.com/building-the...

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@ninabake2.bsky.social this may be an interesting account for you. Lots of great historic photos

Another archaeology and nature job. Looks like a great opportunity www.bajr.org/job-ad/proje...

North Euclid Ave., Oak Park, Illinois. My brick expert says this is called checkerwork.

Grok, put 37 lorries on the tarmac

Episode 7 is now available: Romans and Asbestos This week's episode is quite short, but still, quite an interesting topic. #romans #rome #history #archaeology #asbestos shows.acast.com/building-the...

Sending warm thoughts to those in freezing temperatures. I hope you've got a fire to cozy up to, just like this guy from the c.1260 York Psalter.

There’s ‘No effort involved’ And then there’s ‘NO EFFORT INVOLVED’

A friend just sent this from Duomo di Monreare, Sicilia I can empathise with his discomfort.

🚨 Don't miss out! The Strathclyde Group Winter Lecture Series continues tomorrow, Thursday 19th February! 📢 Speaker: Gordon Urquhart 🗓️ Topic: The Ironwork of James Sellars, Architect 🎟️ For more info and booking: buff.ly/wWWLQ8A

Episode 5 is now available: Roman Timber: Roofs, Doors and Forgotten Walls #romans #rome #history #archaeology #brick #tiles

www.intbaumexico.org/en/summer-sc... This looks great!!

More Italian trusses with king posts that don't touch the bottom chord. abstract from 'Innovative connection in wooden trusses'

A replacement roof using traditional trusses c1993 on a 1920s building. North Italy

Having a coffee in a Glasgow cafe yesterday, and noticed that I was sitting next to this guy.

A Glasgow “close”. The entrance and stairwell of a typical Glasgow tenement in a working class 19th century area

You see fewer and fewer of these as the years go by.

Just saw this. I’m sure that the owner thinks they’ve done a clever thing. They haven’t. They’ve done a very silly thing. Possibly a VERY expensive thing.

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power plant

Anyone else been bitten by the iOS update deleting all your alarms?

You post some really fascinating images. Here's the remains of a crude Victorian hypocaust heating one of the earliest Victorian #TurkishBaths, excavated by Oxford Archaeology in 2013. More on the baths at www.victorianturkishbath.org/_6DIRECTORY/... Pilae were unnecessary as channel was bridgeable.

African Mahogany seeds - Khaya Senegalensis and Khaya Ivorensis - being sown now and the seedlings will be planted out in May for the Atebubu Forest Landscape Restoration project in Ghana 🇬🇭 🌳 atebubu.inovaland.earth

Episode 4 is now available: Roman Lime, Pozzolan and Concrete #romans #rome #history #archaeology #brick #tiles

As I'm presently doing my MRes in Archaeology focus on: What the Romans built, what they used, and who did the work So, I thought I'd do something useful, and created a new account: @buildlikearoman.bsky.social And a Podcast Please do have a look if Roman materials are of interest

Attn. NSW High School History/Ancient History Teachers: Free to a good home. A run of 'Teaching History' 2010-2016. Misc. issues of 'Ancient History: Resources for Teachers'. I would love to see these go to a resource-poor school but mostly would like to see them being useful to someone. DM me.

The Woolworth building under construction. Catch-Scaffolds used to stop detritus falling to the street. BTW, one of the (surprisingly few) fatalities during the construction of the Empire State Building was a hit by a falling piece of wood. She died two weeks later from a resulting infection.

Medieval and Post-Medieval Pottery Specialist MOLA Salary: Regional £30,048 - £31,527 - London £31,828 - £33,164 (depending upon experience and location) Closing Date: February 09, 2026 Location: Northampton, Stansted (Regional) or London www.bajr.org/job-ad/medie...

And where did they learn to do slatework? in the Dachdeckerschule, of course

If you have a thing for slate, old Germany is the place for you.

The next time you see a ruin with arches that look like they should have collapsed, consider that this is the order in which they were built.