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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 15h

View from the entrance of West Kennett Long Barrow, courtesy of Christine Johnstone. #TombTuesday #Archaeology #Neolithic #Prehistoric

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David @tombtraveller.bsky.social · 18h

Tawnatruffaun Portal Tomb County Sligo April 2025 #TombTuesday

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Occasionally Lost @mostlyrambling.bsky.social · 18h

Queen Maeve's cairn on top of Knocknarea, seen from Yellow Strand on the opposite side of Sligo Bay last weekend. #TidesOutTuesday #TombTuesday #PassageTomb #IrishHistory #Prehistory #Archaeology #Ireland #Neolithic #Landscape #LandscapePhotography #ECK #EastCoastKin

Landscape oriented, 16:9 image.

A sandy beach in the foreground, still wet from the retreating tide. There is a strip of land at the end of the beach with a bungalow on it to the right hand side and several telegraph or electricity posts.

Behind this a large hill stands on the horizon. It looks like it is looming over the aforementioned strip of land but it is in fact several kilometres away on the far side of an ocean bay.

The hill's steep slopes are forested on the left, while its right hand side is comprised of precipitous limestone cliffs. Towards the left hand side of its broad, flat summit a large neolithic cairn is silhouetted against the sky.

The sky itself is pale blue with scattered light clouds.

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Tony O @tony-o.bsky.social · 19h

For #TombTuesday... Temple of Deen aka Laraghirril Court Tomb on the Inishowen Peninsula, Donegal, Ireland Image April 2026 #IrishArchaeology #Archaeology #Megalithic #Photography #Infrared #Black&White #Monochrome #PhotographersOfBluesky #Art #BlueSky #EastCoastKin #ClassicMono #Inishowen #Donegal

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Pete Crane @petecrane.bsky.social · 19h

Balnuaran of Clava Centre, the ‘middle’ #ClavaCairn of three #ClavaCairns at this iconic location south of Inverness, and the one without a passage. #TombTuesday More pics on @megalithic.bsky.social here www.megalithic.co.uk/article.php?...

Large boulders flank a huge circular cairn of smaller rocks. Standing stones flank the cairn and a second cairn is in the background to the left of the main cairn.

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 19h

#TombTuesday & the instantly-recognisable Coetan Arthur, St Davids Head 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 see more of our journeys around Wales & the rest of Britain >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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EdgeG @edgeg.bsky.social · 19h

Belas Knap long barrow. False portal entrance. A wonderful tomb reconstruction and great walk near Winchester. #tombtuesday

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Lomelindi12 @lomelindi12.bsky.social · 20h

#TombTuesday A diadem for the dead #Dartmoor

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maxmoran.bsky.social @maxmoran.bsky.social · 20h

Cerrig Llwydion Burial Chamber, nr Cwmduad, Carmarthenshire 📷 22.02.22 #TombTuesday

A small burial chamber of standing g stones and a capstone in a field boundary and rural setting.

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 20h

Happy #TombTuesday to those who celebrate 💀🥳 The magnificent & enormous Bronze Age summit cairn on Aran Fawddwy mountain in Eryri/Snowdonia under a heavy frost on Christmas eve, 2025 ❄️ An epic place to inter the bones & ashes of the prehistoric dead 👌 📷 My own

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Ade @scrufftyguy.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Stoney Littleton Long Barrow, near Wellow, Somerset on Sunday. Neolithic chambered tomb with superb ammonite fossil at the entranceway (see pic 2). 👏 #TombTuesday #Somerset #StoneyLittleton #Fossil #Ammonite @stoneclub.bsky.social @megalithic.bsky.social @sanhs.org

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Jonathan Last @johnnythin.bsky.social · 18h

Another child's tombstone from Roman Antibes for #TombTuesday. The name of the 5-year-old isn't on the fragment but it records their mother (Frontina) and that the tomb is intended for the parents too. The axe symbol may allude to the tomb's construction while the ivy leaf is uncannily heart-shaped…

Part of a carved tombstone of the 3rd century AD, with the epitaph:
---vixit annos]V dies XXXXV
---et---]nia Frontina
---et si]bi poterisquae
suis vivi fecer]unt
The stone is decorated with a relief carving of a small axe (ascia) and an incised ivy leaf (hedera)

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Enricharch @enricharch.bsky.social · 18h

#TombTuesday is upon us and here's an old favourite - Cairnholy II. 📷 My own.

Black and white image of the facade of the Neolithic tomb of Cairnholy II in Dumfries and Galloway.

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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 17h

The simple dolmen of La Pierre Tournante in Tavers (Loiret) has a 4m capstone resting on 4 orthostats. It was said to turn and reveal a treasure once every century. Card by Griveau c.1905. #TombTuesday.

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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Late Roman Chicken mosaic within geometric floor patterns from the Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis, a vast early Christian basilica built in the 4th century CE at Plovdiv, Bulgaria; courtesy of Carole Raddato. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

For #MosaicMonday, a c. 60-50 BCE #mosaic floor from the basis villæ, the Late Republican core of Hadrian's Villa. If his wife Vibia #Sabina inherited this estate, her Antonine relatives held a 200-year connection to these local stones, unified by descent rather than adoption. #AncientBluesky 🏺

GEOMETRIC MOSAIC FLOOR, C. 60-50 BCE. BASIS VILLÆ, HADRIAN'S VILLA

A Late Republican mosaic floor in the basis villæ, the original nucleus of Hadrian's Villa, an area long closed to the public. The floor features a tricolour geometric pattern creating a woven trompe l'oeil effect. Rectangular blocks of reddish-brown stone tesseræ are arranged symmetrically around small squares of white stone, sharply delineated by rows of dark grey tesseræ. Dating to c. 60-50 BCE, this elegant mosaic floor in tesseræ of local materials contrasts with Hadrian's C2 expansion that embellished the estate with polychrome marble from across the empire. A widely-held theory suggests Hadrian chose this site because his wife, Vibia Sabina, inherited this older villa. Her mother Matidia, niece of Trajan, was the ancestress of the Antonine dynasty, and if the inheritance of this villa passed through her, then all the emperors from Hadrian to Commodus could claim this as a family property stretching back over two centuries.

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

And of course I should have added: #MosaicMonday !

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The Camino History @thecaminohistory.wsocial.eu · 05/10/2026

✨ #MosaicMonday in Cologne Cathedral: Spain is personified as a crowned woman holding a model of Santiago de Compostela Cathedral — part of a wider allegorical programme of Christian nations. #SacredArt #SantiagoDeCompostela #WSocialPics #Cologne #CologneCathedral #ChurchArt #MosaicArt #Germany

Close-up of a floor mosaic in Cologne Cathedral showing an allegorical representation of Spain. A crowned female figure sits on a throne in flowing pale and reddish robes and holds a detailed architectural model of the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela on her lap. She belongs to a larger symbolic programme in which major Christian nations are represented as enthroned female figures, each holding the principal church associated with that country. Spain is represented by Santiago de Compostela, while other figures in the wider composition represent Italy with St Peter’s Basilica in Rome, the Byzantine Empire with Hagia Sophia in Constantinople, and France with Reims Cathedral. The scene is formed from thousands of small mosaic pieces in cream, ochre, brown, muted red and blue-grey tones and is surrounded by elaborate floral and geometric ornament.

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Sistory History Podcast @sistoryhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A #mosaicmonday from the House of the Birds at the ancient roman site of Itálica - birthplace of the Emperor Hadrian. Particularly loving the proud peacock second from bottom, strutting confidently into the week 🦚. #archeology #classicsbluesky #ancientbluesky #hadrian #ancientrome

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Andrea (I have friends everywhere) @ninedragons99.eurosky.social · 05/10/2026

Another #MosaicMonday. This is the changing room in the baths of Herculaneum.

Ancient changing room, around the walls are still benches and shelves for clothes, on the floor in the middle is a black and white mosaic with a triton and various sea creatures.

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The Partial Historians 🏺 @partialhistorians.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This delightful mosaic once decorated the courtyard of the so-called House of the Drinking Contest, near the port of Antioch-on-the-Orontes. The mosaic is thought to date to C3rd CE and depicts erotes frolicking among Mediterranean marine life. #MosaicMonday #Dolphins

This mosaic depicts three erotes riding dolphins. The erotes cast their fishing lines into a sea filled with marine creatures, including a long, thin garfish; brightly colored wrasses; gray and red mullets; a shrimp; and a clam.

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#MosaicMonday with Aeneas & Dido in a hunting scene from the Low Ham mosaic, Somerset Museum See more from our Journey taking in Taunton, North Devon & Cornwall >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGX...

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

👀 Basilica di San Giovanni Evangelista, Ravenna, Italy Remains of 13th Century mosaic said to show a scene from the Fourth Crusade. #MosaicMonday

A mosaic showing a scene from the Fourth Crusade. A tall tower of perhaps 5 floors with windows on each level. Conical roof.

Two large figures (not to scale) face a soldier. His image is damaged, but he wears chain mail & carries a shield. His arm is raised, maybe he has a weapon to attack the two figures?

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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tiger mosaic from the 'House of Dionysus' (3rd cent. CE) at Nea Paphos, Cyprus - a site with fantastic mosaics (and a lot more to see). 📷 my own 2013 #MosaicMonday

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Lion Mosaic found at 5th Century AD #Antioch. 📷 Display at the Baltimore #Art Museum #MosaicMonday

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Scrumptious. #MosaicMonday

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The ‘Dorchester Prison Mosaic’ which was discovered under the Dorchester Prison cemetery in 1856. Now part of the collections at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Dorchester

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#MosaicMonday The #Lion and stag mosaic from room 4, south west wing, Building XXI 2, Verulamium (late 2nd Century AD. Verulamium museum). #Archaeology #RomanBritain #artwork #art #History

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Dr Carolyn La Rocco 🏺🍃 @carrielarocco.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Early for #MosaicMonday, but a progress update on my edible Theodora mosaic (made out of fondant on wafer paper)! Think it is almost done ☺️

Photo of sheet of water paper with lots of differently colored pieces of fondant that I colored and cut tesserae out of, and made a mosaic of the empress Theodora with a gold background; I attached the tesserae with edible ‘food glue’

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

Reposting this rather magisterial Bacchus for #MosaicMonday. (Slightly wonder about his left shoulder. Doesn't look quite right.)

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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A look at the Yorkshire Museum's excellent Roman collection: inscriptions, mosaics and more! Pics: dedication to Serapis and Four Seasons mosaic (winter) (📷 my own 2026) New blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/09/york... #ReliefWednesday #MosaicMonday (late entry) #RomanBritain

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For #MosaicMonday enthusiasts, the scene at lower left is closely paralleled (save for prey animal) in the East Coker mosaic serendipitously posted today by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MosaicMonday & the East Coker Mosaic at the Museum of Somerset, Taunton c4, the hunting scene may be a nod to the villa owners love of hunting We caught this on a broader journey to North Devon & Cornwall which you can catch here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiGX...

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MosaicMonday – Mosaic depicting the capture of wild animals for Roman spectacles, including bears and wild boar. Originally measuring 15 × 9 m, it was discovered in 1904 in the Horti Liciniani in Rome and dates to the early 4th century AD. 📍 Centrale Montemartini, Rome.

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Anthony Majanlahti @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

For this #MosaicMonday we look up into the spectacular presbytery vault of San Vitale in #Ravenna. To me, the Ravenna #mosaics are an astonishing collection, the last magnificent product of late antiquity. But whose empire does this shimmering C6 CE ceiling actually represent? #AncientBluesky 🏺

PRESBYTERY VAULT MOSAICS, C. 547 CE. BASILICA OF SAN VITALE, RAVENNA

A view looking straight up into the vaulted ceiling of the presbytery. At the apex within a starry medallion is the Lamb of God. The central wreath is supported by four white robed angels, a visual inheritance from classical winged Victories. They stand upon blue globes, an ancient symbol of cosmic dominion. The vault sections are filled with a lush paradise of acanthus vines and birds, echoing Augustan imagery of abundance. This shared classical vocabulary reflects the complex political reality of C6 CE Ravenna. The basilica was begun under Ostrogothic rule, a regime using Roman art to present themselves as theoretically still part of the empire. When Justinian consecrated the church in c. 547 CE he did not have to replace the Ostrogothic aesthetic. The Gothic kings' official style was already Roman, allowing this final flowering of late antiquity to bridge two competing empires.

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The entranceway to a #Roman house in #Pompeii, with a striking black & white mosaic leading into the rest of the house - still in the place it was first laid nearly 2000 years ago #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky #MosaicMonday

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Gladius 🗡️ Hispaniensis @gladiushispania.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

#MosaicMonday Mosaico romano de suelo descubierto en Clunia Sulpicia. Clunia era una ciudad romana situada en el sur de la provincia de Burgos 🇪🇦 España. Siglos: I - III a.C. #Hispania #Roma #RomamArchaeology #Archaeology #Art #AncientBluesky

Mosaico romano de suelo descubierto en Clunia Sulpicia.
Clunia era una ciudad romana situada en el sur de la provincia de Burgos 🇪🇦 España.
Siglos: I - III a.C.
📷 A. M.

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Paul Chamberlain @paulchamberlain.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Callanish , sunset last week , the details on this stone are worth a visit alone #StandingStoneSunday

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jessstilllife.bsky.social @jessstilllife.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The imposing tall menhir and part of the circle of small stones which lie just SW of the main stone rows at Merrivale, Dartmoor. Grand Neolithic ceremonial complex with Bronze Age settlement. #StandingStoneSunday

A tall, thin menhir in evening light from a low angle with smaller granite stones visible in the middle distance of moorland

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maxmoran.bsky.social @maxmoran.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Cnoc na Carraigh Ogham Stone, Isle of Gigha, Argyll 📷 24.04.22 #StandingStoneSunday #Stunday #Scape

A lichen covered standing stone in a post and rail fence enclosure surrounded by gorse bushes and the distant sea.

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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Menhir at Quiberon with a restaurant built incredibly close to it. #StandingStoneSunday

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Henry Long @henrylong9.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Lichen-covered standing stone in Quiberon, with Port Pilote inscribed on it. #StandingStoneSunday

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The backlit standing menhir, one of two at Kergadiou #StandingStoneSunday - cue the "Also Sprach Zarathustra 2001 Space Odyssey" music writes Stonetracker! More 1/

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#StandingStoneSunday with Boscawen-Un never can get the whole circle into frame with its surrounding thick ferns & brambles various trampled areas suggest others also attempting to wade into the undergrowth to attempt the same see more of Cornwall in the episode >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3SX...

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

One of the standing stones from the Ring of Brodgar Stone Circle at Stenness on Orkney. The stone circle dates to around 2600 to 2000 BC, and forms part of the ‘Heart of Neolithic Orkney World Heritage Site’. 📸 My own. #StandingStoneSunday #Prehistory #Orkney #Archaeology

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