Fishbourne Roman Palace
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Romans, Archaeology, Museums, Typos. We're not a villa and we don't do Latin.
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We're on here. But so are Very Many Others who are worth a follow.
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about 1 year ago
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The Mary Rose Museum
about 20 hours ago
We're only 54 followers away from 20,000 on Instagram, so if you don't follow us there, please do!
www.instagram.com/maryrosemuse...
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Nice job for an early-career heritage professional! 😀 Assistant Museum Manager £28,142 (pro rata) 21 hours a week
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Rustington - Work with Us - Current Vacancies
Job Vacancies
https://rustingtonpc.org/rustington-parish-council/work-with-us-current-vacancies/
about 16 hours ago
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Buckinghamshire Archives
about 19 hours ago
Are you interested in working with us to help engage our customers? We're recruiting for a Customer Advisor position! For more information and to apply, head to the link below.
jobs.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/job_detail/3...
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Sorted. We turned it off and on again.
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Back from the holidays to find the environmental monitoring system is SNAFU. Happy 2026, everyone. 🙄
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Happy New Year! This is how Janus works. Good luck. 🤞♥️
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Whether you're a knitter or a museum lover, these guys are new to BlueSky and seem worth a follow. Stop arguing. Just do it. 🧐
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The Mary Rose Museum
3 days ago
Looking for a New Years Resolution? Here are a few ideas...
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Colchester Museums
3 days ago
As we reach the end of this year, thank you for every castle climb, Hollytrees visit and recommendation to a friend. See you in 2026 at Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum and the Natural History Museum. Plan your next visit:
colchester.cimuseums.org.uk
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Colchester Museums | Where History Comes Alive
Explore Colchester’s history at Colchester Castle, Hollytrees Museum, and the Natural History Museum. Enjoy exhibits, events, and thousands of years of stories.
https://colchester.cimuseums.org.uk
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Here are the New Year's resolutions we plan to break in the next week or so: Be nicer to
#CuratorRob
🙄 Post about Fishbourne Roman Palace from time to time 🫡 Fewer typos 😳 Get over the whole "Villa" thing 🧐 Get engaged (we're looking at you, Merchy) 😍
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Andy Marshall
4 days ago
**Top Ten Images of the Year ·
#5
of 10** ✨ One of my favourite windows — a lovely 15th-century depiction of a wren hunting a spider in the Zouche Chapel at York Minster.
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Durotriges Dig
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Oceanus, with lobsters emerging from his forehead, vomits up two dolphins Was he *being sick on porpoise*? (apologies) Detail from a 4th century floor found at Withington
#Roman
villa
#Gloucestershire
and lifted in 1812 📷 © The Trustees of the British Museum Happy last
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Ulla Rajala
5 days ago
A Roman mosaic in the
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. The palace is the largest known Roman residence north of the Alps, and has an unusually early date of 75 AD. The colourful mosaics date to the second and third centuries AD.
#MosaicMonday
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Too many limbs.
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Just when we thought The Internet had nothing left to give, it gives us this. 😍
#MosaicMonday
Image from
fatcatart.com?lang=en
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Same dog. Same hat (probably). Thirteen years difference. 🥰🥰
#SundayHuxley
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Butser Ancient Farm
6 days ago
Could you be our next Events & Development Co-ordinator? 🔥 We are looking for someone confident, organised & driven to execute our exciting events programme. ✨ Fancy working in a small, passionate team in the beautiful South Downs? We'd love to hear from you!
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/vacancies
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Is it over? Can we come out now?
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Will be signing off shortly, in time for Carols from Kings. Hope you all have a LOVELY holiday. 🎅☃️🎄 Thanks for being such an awesome bunch and a very Merry Christmas from all of us, and from The Ghost of Christmas That We Don't Like To Talk About.
#CuratorRob
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Heather [Han]
10 days ago
There's currently a massive existential threat to a museum in my hometown. We're hoping that online voices will help protect Banbury Museum from being defunded and shut down. This is a really special place to me & to my family, I'd appreciate help!
www.change.org/p/save-banbu...
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Sign the Petition
Save Banbury & Museum and Gallery: Urge Cherwell to source alternative funding
https://www.change.org/p/save-banbury-museum-and-gallery-urge-cherwell-to-source-alternative-funding
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Dr Toby Driver
10 days ago
It's the last
#HillfortsWednesday
before Christmas 🥳🛖🎄 Regrettably my year in hillforts has been like... 🙄
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@zeroand09.com
made us a coat of arms!! 🤩😍 We've never felt so medieval and we love it! 🗡️🎪🏰 Best Fishbourne Palace coat of arms posted today will be our Christmas profile pic.
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Butser Ancient Farm
12 days ago
There are many advantages to having round-the-clock roundhouse access, but smoking your own salmon for Christmas might top the list... 🔥 Fancy enjoying eclectic perks like these? Find out more about our vacancy for an Events & Development Coordinator:
www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/vacancies
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We hope the BlueSky moderators don't flag today's offering for
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as being, ahem... prawnographic. 😳
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Following Hadrian
12 days ago
#MosaicMonday
- Mosaic panel from Hadrian's Villa depicting a rocky landscape with goats by a stream and a statue of Dionysus. Musei Vaticani, Gabinetto delle Maschere.
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Hey that's me!
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A prospective PhD student visited today. And this happened.
#Hypocaustgate
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Nina Willburger
13 days ago
Astronomical
#winter
starts today. It's the shortest day of the year in terms of daylight with the sun starting to set later each day until Summer Solstice. The mosaic depicts the dancing Genii (protective spirits) of the four seasons. The Genius of winter is wrapped in a heavy cloak.🧵1/2
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#SundayHuxley
lost an argument with a pond and had to have a bath. He did NOT enjoy it.
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Jordan
14 days ago
Artist friends, can anyone do a nice, elaborate coat of arms with dolphins leaping (maybe? Rampant = standing on hind legs, I think) with swords?
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Twas the night before Christmas, When all through the house, Not a creature was stirring, Not even a... PARP!!!!! 🎺💨
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While we are intrigued by the inclusion of the "Stone Age" at our *Christmas Through Time* event TOMORROW 🤔, we can promise it's going to be a BANGER.
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Dr Toby Driver
15 days ago
The pre-Christmas glimpse of the
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Ceefax page is undoubtedly the top
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highlight of 2025. More of this please 🥰🥳
#VillaNotVilla
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Dr Anke Marsh
16 days ago
Stop your doomscrolling and read this!
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Paul B 〓〓
16 days ago
Is it wrong that my first thought was "This is about
@romanpalace.bsky.social
, isn't it?"
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We've just been accused of being "small" and "niche-interest" 😐
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We had literally almost nothing to do with this, but are happy to take every ounce of credit we can.
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Saving a museum would be a pretty cool thing to do for Christmas, wouldn't it? You know what to do, you awesome bunch....
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Chapps
18 days ago
I hope you like seafood, because this mosaic floor is showing what’s on the menu. 🦞 🐟 Said to be from Populonia, in Tuscany, this mosaic emblema was probably part of the floor of a triclinium, a dining room, of a patrician villa. That lobster is magnificent. 🏺
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Happy Birthday, Nero!!! We can't believe you all forgot. 😭
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#MosaicMonday
They absolutely nailed the grape treaders and the carts. They just about finished the bust.... and then the "Vines" key got stuck down. 😳 📷-By Wombatjpw - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0,
commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?...
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Something tells us that this boi isn't going for a walk this morning.
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20 days ago
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This guy is out of control. 🙄
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1 min 40secs in, and This old bloke we've never heard of but may have once stood in our hypocaust calls us a "Villa". 🤨
@durotrigesdig.bsky.social
- we may have a vacancy....
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce1J...
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Why Tony Robinson said yes to Time Team | Time Team Podcast
YouTube video by Time Team Official
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce1JApkwkqs
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What? The largest collections of in situ Roman mosaics in Britain not enough for you? Sheesh... 🙄 So come to the Palace TOMORROW and there will be music too, you heathen. Included in the admission price... more deets here:
sussexpast.co.uk/event/sounds...
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Full marks for this outstanding discovery. 😃 But minus several million for the horrible animation. 🧐
www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...
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The moment the earliest known man-made fire was uncovered - BBC News
Archaeologists in the UK have discovered the world's oldest evidence of humans lighting fires
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/resources/idt-b9da7a6d-165b-492a-8785-235cd10e2e8e
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It's not a pig. It's a capybara.
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James Wright
25 days ago
Just got my official work PPE and now off down the secret passage to my paid government job hiding the evidence for all those ship timbers, swordfights on spiral stairs, and Britain's oldest pub. THEY don't want you to know but the truth can be found in Youtube comments...
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Cat owners will totally relate to top left.
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Hey,
@maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
. Friend of yours?
archaeologymag.com/2025/12/egyp...
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Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat unearthed in Alexandria’s sunken harbor
A rare ancient Egyptian pleasure barge has been discovered in Alexandria’s sunken harbor, shedding light on elite life in early Roman Egypt.
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/12/egyptian-pleasure-barge-unearthed-in-alexandria/
25 days ago
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