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Archaeology in/of/as/through pop culture. Run by @archaeonado.bsky.social, writing at almostarchaeology.com

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Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Archaeology of The Hobbit series on And My Trowel has finally reached the Troll Cave and I've got some THOUGHTS Thanks Ash and Tilly for inviting me on this expedition! @archaeoteacup.bsky.social @archpodnet.bsky.social
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Archaeology of the Hobbit: Hoards and hobbits with Dr Adrián Maldonado (part 1) - Ep 73 — And My Trowel
Ash and Tilly have finally made it to the Troll Caves, and they’re not alone… Joining them as a return consultant is hoard expert Dr Adrián Maldonado! Listen in as the three of them discuss the possib...
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Living the dream today: the Playable Heritage conference at National Museums Scotland, on how to collect and preserve videogame culture. Here's James Newman, whose 'Best Before: Videogames, Supersession and Obsolescence' (2012) first introduced me to this world almostarchaeology.com/post/8158827...
James Newman speaking at the Playable Heritage conference, National Museums Scotland, 16 Sept 2026
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Archaeology Podcast Network @archpodnet.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Voting is now open for the 2026 APN Awards! 🏆️ We will be sharing the nominees this week here on our socials, but you can already see the full list and vote through our website! www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Electrostatic heritage
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Rendering the familiar unfamiliar." Great stuff from @johnschofyork.bsky.social in the latest @currentarchaeology.bsky.social "Contemporary archaeology gives us the tools to interrogate the material traces of our own lives...reminding us that the present is already becoming the past"
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Unearthing the present: Why archaeologists should study the contemporary world
‘There’s no time like the present’, as the adage goes – and those who specialise in Contemporary Archaeology certainly agree. John Schofield explores how applying archaeological techniques to the material remains of our own times can illuminate current issues, as well as improving our understanding of the past.
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
My archaeological review of the 9/11 Memorial Museum in 2014 soon after it opened. I wonder what it would be like to revisit it now
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Death at a Funeral: The Archaeology of the 9/11 Museum
By Adrián Maldonado I enjoyed my visit to the new 9/11 Memorial Museum. I’m immediately conflicted about typing that sentence. The new museum on the 9/11 attacks opened in May 2014, and has already...
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Halloween goals
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
#archaeocandle
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Ancient
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
The archaeology of Oscar Wilde
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Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Open day precautions at #CamphillDig26
Camphill excavations
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
New hashtag #hikeaology
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The archaeology of archaeology A shed used from 1910 by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray during excavations at Meare Iron Age Lake Village Rediscovered in 1982 filled with tools and newspapers dating from 1890 😮 Now at Avalon Archaeology #Somerset #IronworkThursday #MetalworkThursday
A corrugated iron (galvanised steel) shed with two windows and central open door
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The town is devastated … I'm even trembling. The truth is that for those of us from Villena, this destroys us. It's part of our heritage, of our wealth," the mayor said. Makes me so sad to read this 😞 emea01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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Thieves steal Bronze Age artifacts from Spanish museum in four-minute heist
The Treasure of Villena is a unique trove of almost ten kilos of gold, bowls, bottles and bracelets dating back to the Bronze Age.
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"There’s a certain cultural cachet in showing that you’re interested in music as an object and an experience...the haptic, sensorial quality of listening to music.”
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#archaeofashion
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
New hashtag #bikeaeology
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
First Andy Samberg does Digman, now this! Is archaeology having a comedy moment?
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
The next blockbuster: The Sea People Heroes: Rameses the Great & Ammurapi of Ugarit Villain: Odysseus Plot twist: climate change caused mass migration Final scene: Phoenician makes it out of Ugarit with an iron sword Film-making twist: archaeologists consulted Chris Nolan: call me Visuals:
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Richard Smyth @rsmythfreelance.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
In 1999, the Lunar Prospector orbiter was deliberately crashed into Shoemaker Crater at the Moon's south pole. The spacecraft carried some of the ashes of legendary planetary geologist Eugene Shoemaker. 🔭 🧪
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Lunar Prospector - NASA Science
NASA's Lunar Prospector orbited the Moon for almost 19 months to map its surface composition and to look for polar ice. The probe found evidence suggesting
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Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) @drspacejunk.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
On August 5, a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket is predicted to crash onto the Moon. What has crashed on the Moon before? The very first human object to touch the Moon - Luna 2 in 1959. A probe, 3 bombs, and a rocket body! 🧪 🔭
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1959: Luna 2 (USSR)
YouTube video by International Astronautical Federation
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
#archaeobaking
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Bore da / good morning on #StandingStoneSunday Here are the Gorsedd stones inside Aberystwyth Castle at dusk; they were erected in 1914 for the Eisteddfod. It is the only Gorsedd circle in Wales to include a stone from every county 😮 🤔 coflein.gov.uk/en/sites/800... 📷 My own, last night
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
#beerchaeology
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
"This battle of trying to erase the Palestinian culture and Palestinian memory – it’s not something theoretical" ... "Every scan, every backup and every replicated copy is an act of resistance against erasure...to ensure that Palestinian memory survives even if the places that hold it do not."
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Archaeo-policing - thanks to @thebugle.bsky.social "Archaeologists called in to investigate by Italy’s Carabinieri military police discovered the 'ancient' structure contained fibreglass, papier-mâché columns, rendered blocks and plaster statues dating from the early 2000s."
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Italian conman jailed for building fake Roman amphitheatre
In Italy, a structure promoted for years as an "ancient Roman amphitheatre" has turned out to be a fake, constructed recently using modern materials.
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Uh, did Emily Wilson's Odyssey takedown crash the @lrb.co.uk website?
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
"...attributed to the Ziwiye hoard, discovered in north-western Iran...a trove of gold, silver, bronze and terracotta found in 1947... the surviving pieces were 'sold in antique markets out of Iran in the 1960s' and 'are now scattered in different museums and private collections'.
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Almost Archaeologist of the year
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New-Cleckit Dominie @ncdominie.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Another view of that tall space beneath the M8 Kingston Bridge approach, a kind of cathedral to the internal combustion engine.
Rows of concrete piers, mostly covered in street art, with the underside of roadways high above. A few vehicles, including an elderly bicycle, are scattered around.
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Optical archaeology
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
#archaeoswag
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
Archaeologist heritage
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Extreme archaeology
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Deep time art and geological heritage
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Adrián Maldonado @archaeonado.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Unbelievable job title alert
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
#archaeonews
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Archaeology Podcast Network @archpodnet.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
In this episode of Tea-break Archaeology, take a step back from the hustle and bustle of daily life to practice a little bit of self care and join Matilda and her guest Katie Chin-Quee in this latest exploration of the archaeology of everyday things!
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
#archaeofootwear
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
The archaeology of fandom "Museums haven’t collected this stuff. The curators are no longer experts: the fans are citizen curators."
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"Remains of the original football stadium - where Scotland famously routed England 5-1 in 1882 - were discovered following an archaeological excavation at the site in 2021."
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Apparently the UK entrant for this year's Eurovision is an Almost Archaeologist with his own museum of not-obsolete technology
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Truly the best use of the Baths of Caracalla since the third century CE: “On Sunday, the place provided a different sort of decompression to a group of Palestinian children and their families who had been evacuated from Gaza for medical care, thanks to Italy’s program of “humanitarian corridors.” 🇵🇸
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Families evacuated from Gaza enjoy a day to decompress at Rome's ancient baths
The Baths of Caracalla, near the Colosseum, provided a unique experience for Palestinian children and families evacuated from Gaza for medical care.
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Another classic in the genre of #archaeonews
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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
My blog-posts about archaeology & the Star Wars universe in (rough) chronological order: 1) 'The Archaeology of The Acolyte' howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2025/07/26/t... #starwars
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The Archaeology of The Acolyte
Let’s explore the archaeology of The Acolyte. Before we start, it’s important to reprise why we would take an archaeological perspective to a fictional TV series as part of the Star War…
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
More Star Wars archaeology, from Ash and Tilly on the latest And My Trowel podcast
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
#beerchaeology
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Star Wars pseudoarchaeology
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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
#archaeodance
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