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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#OnThisDay in 382CE, the #Roman #Emperor Theodosius signed a treaty with the Visigoths which granted them lands between the Lower Danube and the Balkans. The obverse of this #gold #solidus minted in #Constantinople shows a bust of Theodosius. It dates to the period of 378-383CE. CC.1239

Roman gold solidus showing the bust of Emperor Theodosius

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

This digitised glass plate #negative shows 'Yenije Kalch Fort' (Yenicekale) with the remains of a stone structure on a hillside at the site of Hattusa near Boghaz Keui (Boğazkale, #Turkey). The original #photo was taken in 1907 during Garstang’s #survey of #Anatolia. JG/HIT/BOK/35

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#ObjectoftheDay, is this stone #scarab which has an image of a #baboon on the back. The other side depicts a number of different #animals, including a #fish and a #gazelle, as well as a wadjet-eye. This scarab comes from the ancient Sudanese #settlement of #Meroë. E.1035

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

This digitised glass plate #negative shows the reverse of an ancient Egyptian #stela and it depicts a relief of a figure with a #hieroglyphic inscription. This #artefact was #excavated in 1901-1902 by Garstang at site D1 at Bêt Dawd. JG/R/2/150a

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

#ObjectoftheDay is this #Mycenaean Linear B clay tablet. Linear B was used for writing Mycenaean Greek, the earliest attested form of #Greek. This type of script was found mainly in the #palace archives at #Knossos & Khaniá in Crete, & Mycenae, Pylos, Thebes, & Tiryns in Greece. C.591

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

#OnThisDay in 63 BCE the future Roman emperor Augustus was born . In 27 BCE, he was awarded the title of ‘Augustus’ and was proclaimed ‘Princeps Senatus’ the ‘First Man’ in the Roman senate. This silver denarius shows the laureate head of Augustus on its obverse.

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

Come and visit us! We are back to being open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 4pm. #museum #open #visit #liverpool #explore

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Egyptian faience amulet of the god Re-Horakhty depicted as a falcon with a sun disk. Although difficult to gage on the photo this artefact is really tiny, yet incredibly detailed! E.9141 #ancientegypt #faience #AMULET #God #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

This digitised glass plate #negative is from the 1906 Garstang #excavations at Kubban. The photo shows the Kubban #fort from a distance, the River #Nile and the #Temple of Dakka can be seen in the background. JG/K/4/1/1

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

#OnThisDay in 31 BCE the Battle of Actium took place between the fleet of #Octavian (led by Marcus Agrippa) & the fleets of Mark Antony and #Cleopatra VII. The obverse of this silver #coin dated to 29-27 BCE, it depicts the bare head of Octavian, soon to be known as Augustus. CC.389

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

For this #StatueSunday we are sharing the bottom half of this ancient Egyptian seated statuette. It is made of granite and there are remains of an inscription on the side and at the back. E.609 #ancientegypt #statuette #granite #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

This week’s digitised glass plate #negative shows a large pottery vessel in situ discovered at the ancient Sudanese site of #Meroë. The vessel was discovered in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at site 6 (Lion Temple). JG/M/E/35

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Happy #NationalDogDay! This Ptolemaic Period coffin panel shows two jackals, Anubis and Wepwawet, they ensured safe passage of the deceased & looked after them into the afterlife. Separated from these jackals by over 2000 years is Seven one of our volunteer’s trainee service dog. E.590

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this one-handled ancient Greek (Attic) terracotta tankard. Aren’t those line patterns mesmerising? 😵‍ C.617 #ancientgreece #pot #attic #patterns #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

For #caturday we are sharing this tiny ancient Egyptian faience lion. It can be dated to the Late or the Ptolemaic Periods. E.9333 #ancientegypt #faience #lion #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This glass plate negative photograph was taken in 1907 during Garstang’s survey of Anatolia. It shows the remains of a ruined tower at Huru Pegamber (Cyrrhus/ Nabi Huri, Syria). JG/HIT/HP/19 #glassplatenegative #photograph #Survey #Anatolia #tower #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this cheerfully bright cosmetic pot, made of a vivid blue faience. These type of pots contained kohl, used as eyeliner by the ancient Egyptians. E.154 #faience #blue #cosmetics #makeup #ancientegypt #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Today’s digitised glass plate #negative shows a reconstructed bowl of thin pottery with a flat base of pale yellow colour. Decorated with a repeated #lotus pattern in black line with #petals coloured in #blue & #red. It was #excavated at the ancient Sudanese site of #Meroë in 1910. JG/M/NA/38

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

For #fashionfriday we are sharing this ancient Egyptian necklace, a great accessory for a colourful outfit! The beads are made from carnelian and the original necklace design may have been strung in a different way. E.5071 #AncientEgypt #accessory #beads #necklace #design #carnelian #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Roman piriform araballos in red glaze. It has applied decoration of vine clusters and leaves and a conical base. The mostly likely use of this artefact was to contain perfumes and oils. C.192 #ancientrome #aravallos #décoration #vine #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

It’s #MuseumMonday and we’re sharing this picture of two of our #volunteers untangling a string of #ancientEgyptian beads! The string used here is not an original one, as that would have decayed with time. This current string was added after the beads were excavated.

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

This digitised glass plate #negative shows the general view of a wooden inscribed shrine at the #tomb of Shepse, (site R64), at #Reqaqnah. The image was taken between 1901 and 1902 during Garstang’s #excavations at the site. JG/R/2/130

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Our #objectoftheday is this ancient Egyptian travertine (Egyptian alabaster) bowl. The stone is white with pink veins, giving it a beautiful hue. This bowl can be dated to the Old Kingdom and comes from the site of Abydos. E.2537 #ancientEgypt #travertine #alabaster #bowl #OldKingdom #Abydos

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

#TravelTuesday & we’re looking back on the travels of John Garstang. This glass plate negative was taken at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece, and shows a woman standing in front of the famous caryatids of the Erechtheion. We’re not sure of the woman’s identity or when the picture was taken.

Digitised glass plate negative showing a woman standing in front of the caryatids of the Erechtheion at the Acropolis in Athens

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

#SundayRead, with a section of the ‘Book of the Dead’ painted in cursive #hieroglyphs on papyrus. It belonged to Bakenkhons, a #priest of #Amun during the New Kingdom & contains two spells intended to aid his #journey to the #afterlife. E.506.2

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This digitised #image comes from Garstang’s glass plate #negative archive collection. The #photo was taken at the ancient Egyptian site of #Abydos and it shows a number of faience figurines depicting #felines, #baboons and a #hedgehog. JG/A/195

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

#ObjectoftheDay is this moulded terracotta figurine of the #goddess #Nike. This figurine probably comes from Apulia, #Italy and dates to 2nd century BCE. Nike was the Greek goddess of #victory in war, arts and athletics. She was an attribute of another deity, #Athena, the goddess of wisdom. C.530

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

#OnThisDay in 356 BCE, Alexander the Great was born. This silver drachm from the late reign of Alexander shows a head of the god Herakles on the obverse and a draped Zeus on the reverse. CC.30

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

This 1907 digitised photo is from Garstang’s survey of Anatolia. It depicts the ornamental Roman capitals at Baalbek in Lebanon. JG/HIT/BAA/4 #photonegative #survey #Anatolia #Roman #capital #Lebanon #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

#ThrowbackThursday to last spring and updating our coin display. We added some mirrors that can help with viewing the reverse depictions of the exhibited coins. #coins #numismatics #display #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Our #objectoftheday is this #ancientEgyptian stone figurine depicting a #crocodile. This artefact was excavated by Garstang in the #town or #temple area of the ancient #settlement of #Hierakonpolis and can be dated to the Early Dynastic period. E.620 Photo Credit: Tetisheri

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

#OnThisDay – or 13 July – in 100 BCE, the future dictator, general, and statesman Julius #Caesar was born. The obverse of this #silver #denarius shows #Aeneas, carrying palladium in right hand and Anchises on left shoulder. The #coin was minted in 47/46 BCE. CC.369

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

This digitised glass plate #negative #photo was taken in 1901-1902 and it shows a #stela with a #hieroglyphic inscription from the site D1 at Bet Dawd. The stela commemorates the #sculptor Sa-ra (son of Ra) and is now part of the Ashmolean Museum's collection. JG/R/2/149b

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

#ObjectoftheDay is this white slip hemispherical bowl with round base and wish-bone handle and decorated with brown painted ladder pattern friezes. It comes from Arpera, Cyprus & dated to the Late Cypriot period. C.307

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Protection against Mondays? Unfortunately, we can't offer that 😔 But the goddess Nephtys, depicted on the side of the Middle Kingdom painted box coffin of Userhet can bring you back to life, which we all need after the weekend! E.512 #ancientegypt #coffin #goddess #mondayblues #museum #pickmeup

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

This digitised glass plate #negative was taken in 1910 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese city of #Meroë. The #photo shows a room with a circular tiled courtyard discovered at site 250 (Sun Temple). JG/M/F/07

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

#ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian figure of a hippocampus (hippokampos). Made from cartonnage (plastered layers of papyrus or fibre) & made flexible enough for moulding while wet. The hippocampus is a creature of #Greek #mythology comprising of a snake with the head of a horse. E.2002

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

This #TravelTuesday we hope you enjoy this digitised glass pate #negative showing a felucca #boat on the #Nile. Unfortunately, we do not have any information when or precisely where this #photo was taken, but as it is a great we wanted to share it!

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We are proud to celebrate the opening of the Garstang Research Centre - a new cutting-edge research hub. With new facilities and the forthcoming Garstang Archaeology Portal, collections across 100+ institutions will be more connected than ever. Read more: orlo.uk/nPuCl

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

This digitised glass plate negative shows the 1906 the excavations of the ancient site of Qubban. This image of site 1 Q06 after excavation shows a tomb structure (dated by Garstang to the 18th dynasty) attached to another earlier tomb (dated to the 12th dynasty by Garstang). JG/K/4/1/2

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

#ObjectoftheDay is this ancient Cypriot white slip tankard type vessel. Thin clay was applied on the grey body of the vessel (referred to as white slip) to provide a background for various patterns in black and brown colours. This type of tankard was most likely used for wine drinking. C.237

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

#WackyHatWednesday to this curiously looking gent, from the bottom of our Portland vase copy! C.1204 #portlandvase #roman #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

#OnThisDay in 68 CE, the Roman Emperor Nero died of an assisted suicide, famously crying; “What an artist dies in me!” as he prepared himself. This copper alloy As from before 66 CE shows a laureate head of Nero on its obverse. CC.413

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

This glass plate negative photo was taken in 1911 by Garstang during his excavations at the site of Meroë. The image shows 5 bronze objects from site 294. These are inlays, votive plague and cartouche inlays including one with he name of Amun and topped with Amun's plumes and Sun Disk. JG/M/H/19

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Our #objectoftheday is this piece of plaster flooring from the ancient Egyptian settlement of #Amarna, decorated with #lotus #flower. #Temples and #tombs were often decorated with #papyrus plants and lotus flowers, invoking the fertile marsh lands of the #Nile. E.5702 #ancientEgypt

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

It's #WorldTurtleDay & we're sharing this ancient Greek silver coin decorated with a sea turtle. This issue originated in Aegina, likely in the 5th century BCE, when Aegina was a rival of Athens. The turtle may have been a symbol of naval power, as turtles are commonly seen in the Aegean Sea. CC.77

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

The digitised glass plate #negative was taken in 1912 during Garstang’s #excavations at the ancient Sudanese site of #Meroë. The image shows the general view of site 297 after clearing, and just look at those three in situ pots! JG/M/M/08

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this small ancient Greek black glaze spouted vessel with incised floral border around the vessel’s body. C.711 #ancientgreece🏛 #aryballos #pottery #museum

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

This image is from the 1900-1901 excavations of El Mahasna & it shows gold pendants from some of the tombs. The top two rows contain 7 pendants dicovered in tomb M87, the central rows contain 5 pendants discovered in tomb M360 & the bottom rows contain 5 pendants discovered in tomb M435.

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Garstang Museum and Research Centre @garstangmuseum.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

#OnThisDay in 392 CE, the Roman emperor Valentinian II died at the age of only twenty-one, either by suicide or possibly murder. This copper alloy coin was minted between 378 & 383 CE & the obverse shows a bust of the emperor wearing a diadem. CC.1237

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