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History is not merely a list of ‘things that happened’. Rather than just confirming what we already know, archaeologists are in the business of finding WHAT IS NEW ABOUT THE PAST… What is new about us! www.archaeosoup.com

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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I HAVE TWO BOOKS COMING OUT! 🎃The History of Western Holidays, a scholarly look at what we celebrate and why: www.crossedcrowbooks.com/shop-crossed... 🐺Shadowbairn: a gothic romance with werewolves and wizards besides: www.amazon.com/Shadowbairn-...
The cover to Shadowbairn, with Lord Darren and Maedlynn holding hands over the inn.The cover to the History of Western Holidays, with Krampus, the Easter Bunny, and Pumpkins all doing very festive things
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The Fake History Hunter @fakehistoryhunter.net · 28/09/2026
By Chris at lyonkid: www.instagram.com/lyonkid.art/
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University and College Union (UCU) @ucu.org.uk · 28/09/2026
Our members at Edinburgh University commence a 5 week strike today over crippling job cuts. Please show them solidarity as they head onto picket lines this morning.
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
An ancient and magical amber bear 🐻 ✨ Carved some 10,000 years ago, it washed up on a beach at Fanø in Denmark from a submerged Mesolithic settlement under the North Sea. National Museum of Denmark in Copenhagen 📷 by me #Archaeology
My photo shows a small and ancient figurine of an amber bear carved some 10,000 years ago during the Danish Mesolithic period. The museum lighting makes the amber glow translucent orange against a dark display case background. The bear is displayed on a small metal stand viewed in profile facing right. The ears, muzzle, and mouth are defined. The neck has a polished groove suggesting it was once suspended on a cord. The characteristic shoulder hump of a brown bear is clearly defined. There are some finely incised horizontal lines along the belly. The legs are incomplete. Length 6.5cm. Amber has many properties which may have been associated with 'magic' for ancient peoples. For example, when rubbed against fur, amber produces static electricity which can give off sparks in the dark, make hair stand on end, and attract small things towards it.
The bear was found in 1991 on a west coast beach of the Danish North Sea island of Fanø. It is one of a small number of amber animal figurines from the Baltic Sea region which have been assigned to the Mesolithic period by means of a typo-chronological approach and /or other contextual information.
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Graham Hancock: A Life NOT in Archaeology: 9. Journalism is a Responsibility, NOT a Shield! w/ @andybrockman.bsky.social
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Graham Hancock: A Life NOT in Archaeology: 9. Journalism is a Responsibility, NOT a Shield!
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Rest in Peace Rena Maguire. Remember it's NOT 'Horse Tack'! #ironage #horse #archaeology
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Lewis & Clark's Trail of Poisonous Poop? Aka Is Cheese Rational? w/ @michellefranklin.bsky.social youtu.be/BhQvjy1VTok?...
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Lewis & Clark's Trail of Poisonous Poop?
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Happy Bisexual Visibility Day to all my fellow Mummy enjoyers!
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Brendan Fraser in The Mummy: Desert Smile
ALT: Brendan Fraser in The Mummy: Desert Smile
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
If you know... You know.
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
EPISODE.9: Journalism is a Responsibility, NOT a Shield! - w/ @andybrockman.bsky.social Available NOW over on Patreon: www.patreon.com/archaeosoup/...
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Rachel Pope @prehistorian.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Bronze Age hillfort in Morocco: theconversation.com/history-is-b...
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History is being rewritten at an archaeological site in Morocco. What the discovery of an ancient wall tells us
Communities in the north-west Maghreb were able to coordinate large construction projects thousands of years ago.
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
LIVE NOW: LEGENDS AND LECTURES welcomes Dr @winstonblack.bsky.social to talk about the history of the plague, Medieval medicine, and Middle Age myths! youtu.be/6bqkuRLVQ08?...
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The History of Medieval Medicine
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Graham Hancock: A Life NOT in Archaeology: 8. (Another) Ancient Apocalypse w/ @andybrockman.bsky.social youtu.be/M0gfqr4X324?...
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Graham Hancock: A Life NOT in Archaeology: 8. (Another) Ancient Apocalypse
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Dr Hannah Fluck @hannahfluck.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Heritage +Climate Symposium today in Dublin. Such a fantastic event to bring together some excellent work on climate action in Ireland and beyond. It's almost exactly 8 years to the day since the Climate Heritage Network was founded. So much progress in that time, so much we can still do.
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I just stopped on Westgate Road for some amazing baked goods at Yaadgaar. Another excellent reason to walk the true route of Hadrian's Wall for those final 10 Miles!
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
@researchgate.bsky.social I am attempting to access the website and various papers, but get this notification. Do you have an email address I might contact? Thank you.
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The Mysterious 'Grave 75' The latest Archaeoscoop w/ @michellefranklin.bsky.social including a chat about AI and Medieval Manuscripts, Tang Dynasty Coloured Flying Horses The Degrading Effect of LLMs & R.I.P Dolly Parton & Tim Curry youtu.be/4mxstkZn2ss?...
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The Mysterious 'Grave 75'
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
@michellefranklin.bsky.social slapping Bede for being too vague in his Ecclesiastical History of the English People...
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Graham Hancock: A Life NOT in Archaeology: 6. The Retraction of Gunung Padang w/ @andybrockman.bsky.social
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Graham Hancock: A Life NOT in Archaeology: 6. The Retraction of Gunung Padang
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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Hwæt! We pumpkin-spyce in pumpkin-spycedagum, pumpkincyninga nutmeg gefrunon, hu ða pumpkin-spycelingas latte mixedon.
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Stable doors or Dutch doors? youtube.com/shorts/n92da...
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Dutch doors #history
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Another fantastic #pavementtreasure :D
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Toot toot! 🐭 🎺 🎉 I’m delighted to reach the milestone of 15,000 followers! Thank you for joining me! Great to see so many of you interested in #Archaeology! Here’s a tiny Roman bronze mouse playing a trumpet! Perhaps too loudly as he’s covering his ear with a paw! 1st-2nd century AD #Archaeology
My photo shows a tiny bronze figurine of a mouse playing a Roman tuba, a long, straight bronze trumpet with a flared bell, used by the Roman military (though not exclusively). The mouse is seen in profile, standing facing left, head tilted upwards playing the trumpet which is held in the mouse’s right paw - right paw not seen in photo. It covers its left ear with its left paw, perhaps the sound of the trumpet is too loud! The figurine is 3.81 centimetres tall. The bronze mouse appears dark grey in colour. Displayed on a thin vertical metal stand on a black plinth against a beige surface and dark brown backdrop.

Small bronze mice statuettes were a very popular motif in Roman times, often attached to oil lamps and lampstands, a reference to the problem of mice gnawing at wicks and drinking lamp oil, a nuisance documented in various ancient texts. They’re often comically shown undertaking human activities out of proportion to their small size, which invoked the Hellenistic and Roman literary and artistic traditions of an ‘inverted world’, as discussed in an article by Philip Kiernan ‘The Bronze Mice of Apollo Smintheus’.
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Dolly's legacy will continue with her Imagination Library! Please donate if you can, and please keep reading🦋 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNvH...
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A Message from Dolly Parton's Imagination Library Vice Chair & President Jeff Conyers
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Frank Frazzetta 'The Mammoth' 1974 and 'Stone Age' 1964
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
I am glad to be back on Bluesky. Where else can I share the #pavementtreasures ?
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Michelle Franklin│Legends and Lectures @michellefranklin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Current release date for SHADOWBAIRN is October 20th! 🐺 A cover reveal will be coming along with a pre-order link soon. Hope people are looking forward to part 3 of Lord Darren and Maedlynn's love story ❤️ www.amazon.com/Shadowbeast-...
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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
"Just found this series & binged it this afternoon. Great work..." Comment on YouTube Apocalypse [Not] Now: The latest episode of "Graham Hancock A Life [NOT] In Archaeology is out on Patreon.
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Archaeology Soup @archaeoscoop.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Were These Stone Circles Made by Children Playing? #archaeoscoop with @michellefranklin.bsky.social
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Were These Stone Circles Made by Children Playing?
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