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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This fab black and white mosaic is at the entrance to the House of Marcus Caesius Blandus. I love how its marine theme - with its dolphins, hippocampus, trident and rudder- and the crenellated city wall at the top, hint at life in #Pompeii overlooking the Bay of Naples 😍 #archaeology #MosaicMonday

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Here are the remains of a lockable strongbox (arca) in The House of the Vettii #Pompeii. Found in the front reception room (atrium), it stored money and valuables - displaying the owner’s wealth and power to visitors. #FindsFriday #Archaeology

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

It’s been fab being on Channel 5’s Pompeii: Life in the City with @k8lister.bsky.social & @thehistoryguy.bsky.social. As well as talking all things #Roman, I got see the House of the Vettii before opening hours. Amazing 😍 @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulhistory.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Very sorry to hear things are difficult right now. Here’s Hamish sending his love and many waggies tails. Xx

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Great to have been filming with @k8lister.bsky.social talking about lives of the elite in the glorious & recently restored House of the Silver Wedding for the 2nd episode of Channel 5’s series #Pompeii - Life in the City. @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulhistory.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Funny seeing myself talking about #Pompeii on Channel 5 with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social & @k8lister.bsky.social. Great experience! 😃 First episode last night at 9pm, and episode 2 next Tuesday. Post with tags this time…! @rhulhistory.bsky.social @royalholloway.bsky.social @rhulclassics.bsky.social

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

I’m so excited to have been part of this series on Channel 5 with @thehistoryguy.bsky.social and @k8lister.bsky.social. Such a great experience to be talking about life in Pompeii! First episode last night at 9pm, and episode 2 next Tuesday! 😃

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

A beautiful purple clematis in full glory in our garden! 😍😍 #TinyJoys

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Beautiful early summer evening - the Shard looks fabulous against the blue sky 😍

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

At the excellent conference “Scents of Time and Place” on olfactory history and heritage, and having an amazing opportunity to smell recreated scents from the Titanic. Utterly fascinating 😃

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Current VE Day street party organising discussions where I live … 🩲😅🤣

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

I can lend a helping paw… That piece will fit purrrrfectly…! 🐾😹

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

The moment you open the box to start a jigsaw…. 😹

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

So amazed! I have never had a 5 bloom amaryllis stem! When it’s flowering has finally finished, this beautiful amaryllis will have produced 9 fabulous blooms! 😍🌸

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Do you mean Largo Argentina? That’s the area near where he was actually assassinated which is now a cat shelter. Here’s one of the cats - reclining in the sun!

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

On this day, 15th March 44BCE - the Ides of March, Julius Caesar was assassinated by a group of about 60 conspirators. This act ultimately led to the fall of the Roman Republic. For #RomanSiteSaturday today, here are the remains of Caesar’s Forum in #Rome #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

To avoid famine and civil unrest in Rome, maintaining the grain supply was crucial. This medallion, depicting the Emperor Commodus standing by a light house and welcoming the grain fleets, shows how important protecting Rome’s food supply was seen to be. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

For #IWD2025 - Found at Vindolanda #Roman Fort, this wooden tablet is the invitation of Sulpicia Lepidina to Claudia Severa’s birthday party. Containing in it the earliest example of women’s Latin handwriting known, it’s great to have this early record of female voices! #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Here’s a video of the monumental fountain from the Domus Augustana on the Palatine Hill #Rome. Whilst the background music is not from the period (!) the fountain’s restoration allowing water to flow through it again helps visitors hear what it might have been like! ❤️ #SiteSaturday #Archaeology

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The Mithraeum in London is an amazing place to visit. Not only is the Roman temple to Mithras on display, but there are some fabulous ancient artefacts to see too! #SiteSaturday #RomanArchaeology #AncientBlueSky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

I love this 2 wheeled cart used for carrying light loads found in the House of the Menander #Pompeii. Whilst much of its wooden elements had perished, its surviving metal parts have enabled its reconstruction. Really fabulous to see 😍! #FindsFriday #Romanarchaeology #AncientBlueSky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

When you have had a day of meetings when struggling with what feels like the onset of a migraine, what better view to look at to put the world to rights. 😍❤️🐩

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Highlight of today - spying Cheeseburger the cat having a doze just outside @royalholloway.bsky.social’s library having just completed his rounds of checking campus 😻😻 #catoncampus #rhul

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

For today’s #MosaicMonday, here’s part of the Roman section of the Queenhithe Mosaic, London. I really love this fabulous work of art that picks out key aspects of London’s history. 😍❤️ 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

A very sobering artefact for today’s #FindsFriday. This double ringed iron slave shackle was excavated from House of the Ephebe, #Pompeii and has been dated to C1st CE. #RomanArchaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

I loved getting to visit the House of the Silver Wedding which recently reopened after being closed for restoration. The height of the atrium, with its columns (pictured here), was spectacular! 😍 #Pompeii #archaeology #RomanSiteSaturday #AncientBlueSky

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 02/02/2025

It’s frosty out there today! Bertie advises all floof-friends to wrap up warm and cuddle up to their nearest human #SnuggleupSunday 😍🐶

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Fabulous 😍 - I took a picture of the one from Pompeii only a little while ago. They really are fabulous remnants of the ancient Roman past #FindsFriday #Pompeii #archaeology

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Not cats to share but furry potatoes who have also passed over the rainbow bridge. Deeply loved and sorely missed. The chasm our flurry family members leave in our lives when they go is just huge. Sending much love and best wishes xx 😢🐹🐾🌈💔

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

#RomanSiteSaturday Located on the east side of the Domus Flavia/Augustana on the Palatine Hill, #Rome, although this looks like a “stadium”, it was likely a garden and place for taking leisurely strolls. I think it’s just beautiful 😍 #archaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

I think loom weights are really interesting evidence of textile production, giving great insight into daily and working life in the ancient world. Found across various settings, this collection was discovered in the Domus Tiberiana, #Rome. #FindsFriday #Romanarchaeology #AncientBluesky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Just got home from a conference to find this waiting for me from Amazon! Looking forward to diving in @marianajlopez.bsky.social 😃

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Love this - cats and the Colosseum 😻😻 👇😂

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 05/01/2025

My views on a beautiful #SnowySunday 😍❄️ - so peaceful and quiet. I adore the Lake District 😊

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

The garden of the House of the Vettii in #Pompeii is wonderful! I recently got the chance to see it when it reopened after years of restoration. It’s a fabulous place to visit! 😍 #RomanSiteSaturday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

This scene set in the Forum of #Pompeii showing fabric, pottery and bread sellers is just fab! Dated to C1st CE and found in the Praedia of Julia Felix, I love its depiction of daily life in an urban setting 😍 #FrescoFriday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

For #WhiskersWednesday - here’s a picture of Willow, my gorgeous piggy who was just awesome. Dearly loved and much missed 🐹🌈🥹 #FloofBlueSky

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

I do like a good doorway, and this floor mosaic of a wounded bear 🐻 and the greeting ‘HAVE’ at the entrance to the House of the Bear, #Pompeii is a wonderful example 😍 #MosaicMonday #Roman #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Love this #Roman game made from sandstone and glass found at the military fort at Vindolanda. It’s set up for a game of ‘little bandits’ where the aim is to surround your opponent’s pieces in one colour with yours in a different colour. #FindsFriday #Archaeology #Ancientbluesky 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Glorious stained glass window from Casa Batllo, Barcelona, complete with 🦆and 🐔! 😍❤️ #WindowsonWednesday

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

I love this mosaic of an aqueduct in the entrance to the bath complex of the House of the Silver Wedding - it’s so fab that what it depicts reflects where it is located! 😍 #Pompeii #MosaicMonday #Roman #Archaeology

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Beautiful view of the Circus Maximus from the Domus Augustana on the Palatine Hill, Rome 😍❤️🏛️ #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #AncientRome 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

I love the colours in this beautiful painted ceiling from the Mattei Loggia on the Palatine Hill in #Rome. Painted in 1550s by the workshop of Baldassarre Peruzzi, this is all that remains of the dwelling built there. 😍❤️ #FrescoFriday #Archaeology 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

I love this mosaic from the entrance to the House of Caesius Blandus, Pompeii - particular the city wall and gate depicted at the top 😍 #MosaicMondays #Roman #Archaeology #Pompeii 📷 my own

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Posting this tombstone for #FindsFriday. Found in Carlisle but no longer with an inscription. I love the way the woman sits holding a fan whilst a little boy reaches out to touch a bird in her lap. #Roman #archaeology

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

And here’s @butserancientfarm.bsky.social hypocaust working, warming the box flue tile in the wall to heat the room ! 😃

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

How about a lovely painted lararium from the House of the Vettii for #FrescoFriday! Finally got to see this in my recent visit to #Pompeii - so fabulous 😍😍😍 #Roman #archaeology #Pompeii

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Dr Hannah Platts @chattyplatty.bsky.social · 13/11/2024

After 10 days of no heating and no hot water, we now have a new and functioning boiler - no need to wear cat socks and be wrapped in a guinea pig blanket whilst I work 😃😃 #TinyJoys

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