Assyrian relief from the South-West Palace at Nineveh in Iraq depicting the Assyrian victory over the Elamites at the Battle of Til-Tuba. Dating to around 653 BC, the relief is part of the collections at the British Museum. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #Nineveh #Assyria

Something lovely for the weekend! Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate (Hyksos) period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #Archaeology

#RomanSiteSaturday The great baths of Mactaris, a old Phoenician town in Tunisia that eventually became a Roman colony These baths are some of the best preserved in all of North Africa. Walls rise to 15m and #mosaics still line the floors! 📸 Mine #archaeology #romanempire #photooftheday 🏺

These stunning golden #duck heads flanking the head of Hathor were found in the royal tomb at Qatna/#Syria, dating 15th/14th century BC. The unique object may have been part of a cosmetic container. National Museum Damascus #archaeology 🏺 🦆

The richly decorated umbo (shield boss) from the parade shield of a Roman cavalryman shows Virtus, the personification of valour. Parade armours were not worn in battle, but during parades and tournaments. Found in Welzheim, dating 3rd century AD 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

A sleeved tunic, made from linen, from Egypt, Roman Period, 4th century AD. The garment, designed for a child, likely around five years old, has survived remarkably well due to the arid climate. The tunic's design allowed for adjustments as the child grew. 🧵 1/2 🏺 #archaeology 📷 me

When my time machine works again I'm going to buy some copper from Ea-nāṣir.

Video shows two Palestinian men pinned down by Israeli gunfire near an aid distribution site in northern Gaza.

Hind Khoudary explains what happened in the attack on Nasser hospital. An explosive drone targeted two civilians, one of whom was a journalist. Then, as rescuers went to retrieve the bodies and additional journalists were filming what had happened, a missile targeted them.

Some glimpses from today's visit to the ancient Lycian city Limyra (modern Antalya), including its Early Byzantine church, Roman theater, and Lycian tomb Looking forward to sharing more about this site in the future

For #RomanSiteSaturday let's go to my favourite #Roman site: the temple complex of #Baalbek, located in the Bekaa Valley, #Lebanon. The breathtaking site contains some of the largest Roman temples ever built. The so-called....🧵1/2 📷 Rami Rizk 🏺 #archaeology

This 3,300 year-old Mycenaean terracotta chariot was found in a rock-hewn tomb at Megalo Monastiri, in the region of Larissa, Greece. Dated ca. 13th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Volos, Greece. 📷 Athenologio.

One of the oldest known musical instruments: a Palaeolithic flute made from a vulture bone some 38,000 years ago! This is one of 8 known flutes found on the Swabian Jura. The finds suggest that music played an important role in this region. 🧵1/2 📷 me #archaeology #music 🏺

Egypt retrieves parts of 2,000-year-old sunken city off coast of Alexandria

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns. They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings. That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

Some 3,300 years ago, an ancient Egyptian artist painted this humorous illustration of a cat herding geese on a flake of limestone. From Deir el-Medina, Thebes, Egypt. 📷 Egyptian Museum, Cairo. #Archaeology

Pieces glass objects from early imperial period of Rome, in the lovely Palazzo Altemps.🏺

An impressive #Roman cavalry helmet with a face mask that was made of iron and plated with silver (Nijmegen-Kops Plateau type). The mask was attached to the iron helmet, which was covered with horse hair showing an elaborate and highly decorative hairstyle. 🧵 1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

Ancient Greek pebble mosaic from Ancient Sikyon, northern Peloponnese, Greece. Dated 4th century BCE. Archaeological Museum of Sikyon. 📷 me #AncientBluesky

#Sundaymood Adorable 4,000 year-old ancient Egyptian resting hippo 🦛 💙 💤 Found in a Middle Kingdom tomb at the necropolis of Dra’ Abu el-Naga’, Thebes. Blue faience. Egyptian Museum, Cairo. 📷 by me #Archaeology

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It wouldn’t have been a great holiday without visiting at least one very old stone edifice and Malta has some of the very oldest. Ħaġar Qim Neolithic temple.

Lambaesis This #Roman #fort was founded by the Legio III Augusta between 123-129AD in the north of #Algeria. A settlement grew up around the fort, populated by Romanized Berbers and Colonists.The fort was crucial to maintaining Roman rule in the region. #RomanSiteSaturday

Ivory sphinx found last year in the famous mosaic building of Phrygian capital Gordion is one of the artefacts on display in The Golden Age of Archaeology exhibition in Presidential Nation's Library in Ankara 🏺

"Instead of being worried about the fingers he was missing, 16 years old, he kept pointing to his mouth & telling me to feed him. He had no fingers left on his hands, that had been blown away." A US doctor talked to me from Gaza City about starvation. Shocking testimony. zeteo.com/p/bombs-go-o...

Sunshine in Leeds, River Aire.

Hellenistic gold armlet with Herakles knot. Inlaid with garnets, emeralds, and enamel. Dated 3rd–2nd century BCE. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1999.209) www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

there is simply no possible case for continued support for Israel and there has not been for quite some time a genocidal regime behaving with utter impunity, unconstrained by even the pretense of international law

BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.

Here is a Minoan masterpiece: a stone rhyton (libation vessel) shaped as a bull's-head (left side restored). Inlays of seashell (snout), rock crystal, and red jasper (eyes). From Knossos-Little Palace, 1600-1450 BC. 📸 my own, Heraklion Archaeological Museum. #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

Important context: HE WAS MURDERED BY ISRAELI FORCES WHILE WAITING FOR AID. Fuck UEFA.

Artists have always loved to sketch! Sketch of a sparrow from Egypt dated c. 1479–1458 BC. Some 3,500 years ago in Egypt, artists used small flakes of limestone as sketchpads! MMA excavations 1922-23, Deir el-Bahri. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #FindsFriday #Archaeology

A much-restored fresco of two figure-of-eight shields from the Palace of Knossos 1450-1400. This type of shield was widespread in the Late Bronze Age and is widely evidenced in the Mycenean world. (Heraklion Museum) #frescofriday

The ancient Byzantine Church of St Porphyrios, Gaza. Founded 425CE. Photographed by the Ecole Biblique 1922. Bombed by the IDF 2024. From the exhibition Trésors Sauvés de Gaza - 5000 ans d'histoire at L'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

The shrine of the Numidian king, Yuba II, and his wife, Cleopatra Selene II, who ruled the Kingdom of #Numidia (from central Algeria to the Atlantic Ocean). It was built in the late first century BC in Tipaza Province, #Algeria #TombTuesday #Archaeology #History

@archaeologyeaa.bsky.social must boycott apartheid and genocide Israel. Sign and share the open letter. Deadline Tuesday August 12th! #archaeology #archaeology🏺 #🏺#eaa2025 forms.gle/bW8cmekgefV1...

Byzantine era floor mosaic discovered in 2022 by Palestinian farmer Salman al-Nabahin at the Bureij refugee camp, Gaza. Dated to 5th - 7th century CE. Mosaic contains numerous geometric patterned panels depicting various animals. Mosaic also features a vine leaf border. #MosaicMonday

Lioness rhyton from Knossos Palace, Crete. Fabulous example of Minoan stone carving skills during the Bronze Age 3,500 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

Gold necklaces ca. 3,500 years old! Discovered in chamber tombs at Mycenae, Peloponnese, Greece. Dated 1600-1200 BCE. National Archaeological Museum of Athens. 📷 me.

Okay, this is big. Really. New finds from SE Anatolia suggest that at Gre Fılla, #Diyarbakir, Neolithic hunter-gatherers experimented with copper #metallurgy ... 9,000 years ago! Yes, that's the Pre-Poettery Neolithic we're talking about: 🏺 www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/how-...

Fuck Israel. Free Palestine.

If apartheid was wrong in South Africa, it is wrong in Israel. If ethnic cleansing was wrong in Bosnia, it is wrong in Palestine. If genocide was wrong in Rwanda, it is wrong in Gaza. There is no principled way to support human rights in one context while excusing their violation in another.

If you’re wondering what a spreadsheet looked like in 1800 BCE, here is one that tallies foodstuffs for cattle received by four cowherds. Three are named in the right hand column as Ubar-Shamash, Sin-iddinam, Sin-re’um, and the last one making the record simply writes “mine”

It is genuinely disturbing how often Bluesky deletes Palestinian accounts 😤 For not being algorithm-driven, there sure is a pretty clear pattern 😒

Bakeries closed in Gaza due to fuel shortages. Water, food, and medicine have been banned for the 12 day. May God not forgive those who remain silent about our hunger.

Palestinians gathering for Iftar in Gaza. Humanity will always prevail.

Palestinian unity, steadfastness and resilience shown during Iftar. Unbreakable nation.