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- The 'Silver Hill Round Barrow' is a large Bronze Age mound on Yorkshire's Hambleton Hills, where a 1864 excavation found a central burial with a bone ring. It predates and is integrated into the 'Hesketh Dyke', possibly marking a very old boundary... 🤔 #archaeology #TombTuesday
- For #TombTuesday... Goward Dolmen known as Pat Kearney’s Big Stone (cap stone said to weigh 50 ton) - Named after a local who lived in a cottage nearby Image: 2014 #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Infrared #B&W #Black&White #Monochrome #Photography #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin
- Why on God's green earth would you think there is a Civil War star fort there??? #Archaeology
- Amazing shots by Ceausu Cristian of the Portuguese nau, Bom Jesus, found along Namibia's Skeleton Coast by miners in 2008. Travelling from Lisbon to India with over 100 elephant tusks and c. 2,000 copper ingots and a hoard of Spanish and Portuguese gold cruzados #archaeology #maritimehistory
- Leprosy left its mark on Bronze Age Oman—etched not in stories, but in shattered jaws. Micro-CT reveals how disease moved along ancient trade routes, and how bones remember. #Paleopathology #Leprosy #Archaeology #HumanEvolution #BronzeAge
- Another scan of a 1990s photo. The Nine Ladies (and another lady) in the #PeakDistrict in #Derbyshire. This circle is so cute it doesn't seem quite real: it could almost be an 18th Century folly set up near a grotto. #StandingStoneSunday #stonecircle #megalithic #Neolithic #prehistory #archaeology
- For #StandingStoneSunday and #Stunday Clochafarmore Standing Stone aka Cuchulain’s Stone associated with the Irish saga the Táin Bó Cuailgne (The Cattle Raid of Cooley) #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Infrared #Monochrome #Photography #Art #BlueSky #BlueSkyArt #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono
- Music bringing people together for millennia! 🪈 🎶 About 40,000 years ago, during the #IceAge, this flute was made from a swan’s wing bone. It is one of the World’s oldest known musical instruments! Geißenklösterle cave, Swabian Jura, Germany. Landesmuseum Württemberg, Stuttgart 📷 me #Archaeology
- Upcoming Webinar: Join our virtual lecture series to explore ancient Indigenous connections to the Greater Yellowstone region, presented by Dr. Shane Doyle. 5 p.m. MDT/ 7 p.m. EDT, Thurs., May 15 #Archaeology #IndigenousHistory #Yellowstone #VirtualLecture #TACwebinar 🔗 Register here:
- A research project looking at how ideas of prehistory are used by policy makers today has been awarded funding from the British Academy’s Knowledge Frontiers programme. #archaeology #research #mesolithic #paleolithic #ThinkUHI #UHIResearch
- Today's pictures: professor Tecchiati in Padova, to talk about Castelliere Nössing in Val d'Isarco. His seminar was a part of the "Protostoria europea e mediterranea" course, Università di Padova. #Archaeology #prehistory #copperage
- Day 4 at Les Huguettes #Alderney and we have finally emptied the WW2 trench. More #IronAge deposits coming up including a big limpet midden. Today's video at youtu.be/0fRYON_ISCM with better sound today... #archaeology 🏺
- #Archaeology #pXRF #GIS #History #Hertiagestudies #Historyofslavery #Manillas ajuronline.org/uploads/Volu...
- Yes! We're so close! X-rays have revealed that a scroll buried by Vesuvius in AD 79 was written by the Epicurean philosopher Philodemus. After nearly 2,000 years, his words are finally seeing the light. #Philodemus #VesuviusScroll #AncientTexts #Archaeology #Epicurean #VesuviusChallenge
- A day on the ranges going back into prehistory. #archaeology
- For #HillfortsWednesday Dinefwr Castle, #SirGâr, #Carmarthenshire, #Wales #Cymru #Castles #History #Archaeology credit as shown.
- Amazing. Ink traces show text in burnt scroll is part of work by Epicurean philosopher Philodemus #Herculaneum #archaeology #VesuviusChallenge
- When locating a planning frame onto a plan, locate the corners inside the frame not on the outside. #archaeology
- Register at SAA.org today for the webinar on Thursday, May 8 at 2pm. Learn how to advocate for #archaeology and #preservation through the #HistoryMatters campaign with SAA, ACRA and SHA. Nonmembers of those orgs welcome. #advocacy #history #science #culturalresources #archaeologysky
- Part 3 of @timeteam.bsky.social #timeteam dig at #SuttonHoo Wonderful finds, intriguing history and more light shed upon the Anglo-Saxons...put aside an hour and feed your brain some top quality nourishment! #archaeology #history #AngloSaxon www.youtube.com/watch?v=yO5S...
- Had the best loyal supervisor at the dig today 🐶🐾🏺 #archaeology #excavation
- Recorded my first Iron Age find! A strap fitting for horse or chariot harness, dug up in a Shropshire field. #finds #archaeology @findsorguk.bsky.social
- Biblical Archaeology’s fixation on the Old Testament #archaeology #bible #israel #history www.biblicalarchaeology.org/daily/archae...
- A Baptismal Surprise: Triton Baths in Southeastern Rome Converted into Early Christian Church arkeonews.net/a-baptismal-... #church #roman #tritonbath #archaeology
- For #ReliefWednesday, a Cippus of Horus depicting Harpocrates standing atop crocodiles with the face of Bes behind him. The magical stele was used to ward off dangerous animals such as crocodiles, snakes, and scorpions. Ptolemaic-Roman. Museo Archeologico di Napoli. #Archaeology 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
- Don't forget to submit your applications for the Community Engagement Director position! #HeritageJob #MuseumJob #LdnOnt #Archaeology
- A group from the Orkney Tourist Guides Association (OTGA) visited the site on Tuesday evening for an update on the Ness project from director Nick Card. #Orkney #NessOfBrodgar #Archaeology #Neolithic
- Interested in research of archaeological practices and/or knowledge work? Join the CAASIG ARKWORK mailing list and engage with the work done at tiny.cc/arkwork #CAA2025 #archaeology #practices
- Sieving station for tomorrows test pits is now ready. #Archaeology
- Check out this fascinating thread showcasing brand new research involving our Department's Drs Alan Williams, Ben Roberts and Kamal Badreshany! Find out what "the first commodity to be exported across the entire continent in British history" was below 👇 #DUresearch #Archaeology #AncientHistory
- NEW Analysis of tin ores and artefacts from across Europe and in Mediterranean shipwrecks reveals south-west Britain was a major source of tin for bronze production, including that of the major Bronze Age civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean! #AntiquityThread 1/16 🧵 🏺
