A bit long term, but my favourite version of "how poor the past was" is in this chart. Working hours go up (peaking at a 66 hour week), real wages go right.

This pretty much sums up why I find it impossible to watch the Pottery Throwdown 😬🏺: Shetland Stitch Club’s Helen Barwick asks Channel 4 to apologise for Game of Wool’s misrepresentation of Fair Isle knitting Source: Shetland Times search.app/uW8RL

Ancient Trireme to Be Displayed in New Underwater Greek Archaeology Museum #museum #archaeology greekreporter.com/2025/11/10/a...

Back on my bullshit again with the Viking age textiles but I've never seen this photo of the Oseberg ship burial excavation from 1904. It's crazy to see the unfished tablet, with all the threads still connected to the cards #fibearts #historical #archaeology

Day 9: Map. For my book project I’m mapping museums in the UK which have ancient Cypriot collections. There are more than you might think! #Museum30

Drying on my easel- "Autumn Walk to Thrum Mill". A favourite stroll in Rothbury, along the River Coquet. #Northumberland

You know you want it again….. #FLANGE #Hiddenwonders #Archaeology

This is the first time in ages that we’ve had enough figures to offer beyond our mailing list! I 💗 making her. From her delicate earrings to sculpting her serene face, every detail is made by hand, & each figure feels like meeting a new version of her. Go get her potted-history.co.uk/products/ast...

It's my birthday AND Christmas in December... 🤞

He’s worked jolly hard for that $1tn

The rarest of opportunities, an assemblage of dozens of Late Bronze Age pots, many of them complete if not intact. Deposited in an instant, into water and soft, preserving mud, by the fire that destroyed the home of their owners. 🏺

THREAD: Delighted that Peterborough Museum has received £250k, to further explore the amazing Bronze Age assemblage from Must Farm. One of my favourite projects of the past few years was creating replicas of the pots, to better understand the technology behind them 🏺 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Day 5: Sharing. Object handling sessions are my absolute favourite way of sharing my enthusiasm for Cypriot antiquities #Museum30

I really enjoyed Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders last night @channel4tv.bsky.social It's always the history of people and communities that fascinate me. Well done @rakshadigs.bsky.social and everyone else involved. But when it comes to replica pots - @pottedhistory.bsky.social is the one to watch!

Ta pet. Yet you and I both sit amongst Archaeologia Aeliana volumes, my run of YAJs, and way too much Mesolithic stuff :-) PS: what I've been up to when I can (including the infamous Meso-Neo overlap zone in North Yorks, more data coming soon). Peat bogs, ja rule timevista.co.uk/about/resear...

A brand new UK TV #archaeology series starts TONIGHT Tues 4 November 9pm on More4 With #SandiToksvig @rakshadigs.bsky.social and the students of @bournemouthuni.bsky.social @buarchanth.bsky.social HUZZAH !! 🥳 Available for download after on Channel 4 #4OD 👇

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New #Archaeology TV show alert!🚨 Hidden Wonders starts Tuesday 4th Nov 9pm on More 4 Available for download on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #newtv #documentaryseries #History 🏺

If like @rakshadigs.bsky.social you like a flanged pot, who ya gonna call potted-history.co.uk/products/rom.... #AncientBluesky 🏺Watch Sandi Toksvig's Hidden Wonders and you'll understand what I mean. @channel4tv.bsky.social

* contains images of human remains I loved working on this show. Showcasing what archaeologists do best, their care and compassion when dealing with human remains. Big thanks @durotrigesdig.bsky.social and @buarchanth.bsky.social Hidden wonders is on tonight at 9pm More 4 #Archaeology 🏺

[Warning - human remains] Iron Age #archaeology on TV tonight, Tuesday 4th Nov 9pm #More4 Available for download later on @channel4tv.bsky.social 4OD #Prehistory #Durotriges 👇👇

⚠️ Durotriges on TV Alert ⚠️ Join #SandiToksvig and @rakshadigs.bsky.social as they explore Iron Age #Dorset in episode 1 of the new #archaeology series #HiddenWonders tonight on #More4 at 9pm @buarchanth.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social See you there !! 👇

Samir Zitouni, remember his name, the member of the train crew in Cambridgeshire, who sustained life threatening injuries to protect members of the public!!

Part of a large patch of Devil's Fingers fungus (aka Octopus Stinkhorn) in Rye, East Sussex. I smelt them before I saw them. An intense bouquet of rotting flesh to attract insects that then help spread spores. Brilliant! @sussexwildlife.bsky.social #fungi #mycology #UKwildlife

He's right

Roman potters mass produced Lamps & Deitity figurines in pottery Workshops across the Empire. 🏺#AncientBluesky #Archaeology In my next session at the Roman Army Museum I'll be giving you the chance to create your own using authentic methods and replica moulds. BOOK NOW! share.google/hSTds6ZQzpQh...

Dancers at Trump’s Halloween party as people begin losing food stamps under his administration

Today I'll be mostly decorating "en Barbotine' #AncientBluesky 🏺Soon to be heading for our online shop potted-history.co.uk.

Replica Roman pottery hunt cup, decorated en Barbotine, that is using slip or liquid clay piped on, in a technique a little like cake icing. Once it's been dried, colour coated and fired, you'll find it on our website potted-history.co.uk #AncientBluesky 🏺#Archaeology #Pottery

The thing is, if you genuinely believed that preteen girls are old enough to be mothers while males in their thirties are too young to comprehend fascism, then you logically wouldn't trust men to be responsible for anything more consequential than a balloon animal, let alone a government

Replica Roman pottery hunt cup, decorated en Barbotine, that is using slip or liquid clay piped on, in a technique a little like cake icing. Once it's been dried, colour coated and fired, you'll find it on our website potted-history.co.uk #AncientBluesky 🏺#Archaeology #Pottery

Today I'll be mostly decorating "en Barbotine' #AncientBluesky 🏺Soon to be heading for our online shop potted-history.co.uk.

There is a replica of a very similar piece available in the shop of @pottedhistory.bsky.social potted-history.co.uk/collections/...

BBC News - Hadrian's Wall section discovered in Drumburgh dig - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Solid days gardening yesterday- tulips planted for next year, plus some small alliums. Tidying up, cutting back, moving tender plants into the greenhouse and general pre-frost preparations. Gardening is an act of faith. (@pottedhistory.bsky.social sherds on top to keep the neighbourhood cats off )

Roman potters mass produced Lamps & Deitity figurines in pottery Workshops across the Empire. 🏺#AncientBluesky #Archaeology In my next session at the Roman Army Museum I'll be giving you the chance to create your own using authentic methods and replica moulds. BOOK NOW! share.google/hSTds6ZQzpQh...

Are we going into the music business here at Potted History, probably not, but these ladies are certainly superstars. Head on over to potted-history.co.uk to find Astarte and her friends, along with loads of other amazing replicas.🏺#AncientBluesky #Archaeology

It's time for a timeline cleanse! A small Corinthian aryballos in the shape of an owl (circa 630 BC). It served as a perfume container. On display at Antikensammlung München A lovely Sunday to all of you 🌞 📷 me

Sounds like a lawsuit to me. At least $10 billion. Should be accompanied by attempted murder

Are we going into the music business here at Potted History, probably not, but these ladies are certainly superstars. Head on over to potted-history.co.uk to find Astarte and her friends, along with loads of other amazing replicas.🏺#AncientBluesky #Archaeology

march is still going strong as protesters approach the intersection of 26th/pulaski. despite the terror and violence the community has experienced in recent weeks, the demonstration feels as much a party as a protest. protesters occasionally stop the march to cheer and dance in the street.

Need to learn how to do pottery so I can start making replicas of my favourite archaeological ceramics.

He likes the Argentinean president. He doesn't like Americans.

“Bold & convincing revision of Rapa Nui’s history” KIRKUS REVIEWS “Detailed, intelligent, humane” LITERARY REVIEW “Gripping” SPECTATOR “Revelatory… fascinating… wholly convincing” MAIL ON SUNDAY “Striking… stunning unraveling of many layers of hidden history” PUBLISHERS WEEKLY * review

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This week’s astonishing artifact is the rather spooky looking Roos Carr figurine set. 🏺🧪