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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Rare Roman painting reveals an unusual use of Egyptian blue A study of Roman wall-painting fragments from northern Italy has found an unusual use of Egyptian blue. Roman craftsmen mixed it into the lime mortar beneath a marine scene... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/09/roma...

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Rare Roman painting reveals an unusual use of Egyptian blue | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Roman craftsmen in Italy mixed Egyptian blue into lime mortar beneath a marine painting, revealing a rare Roman wall-painting technique.

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pmamtraveller.bsky.social @pmamtraveller.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Light Painter by Tang Yau Hoong

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glastomichelle.bsky.social @glastomichelle.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Another eclipse outing in the early hours of this morning to the base of Glastonbury Tor. It was a fabulous experience to watch but less fabulous to try and get the settings correct and capture the scene in one frame 😂

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🦌 The Deer Whisperer 🦌 @thedeerwhisperer.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Good night, Bluesky! Niagara Falls lot up in pink in honor of Dolly Parton 📸 Niagara Falls State Park

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Dr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

ㅤ Tiny forest growing on a single pine cone — Hana_b30 ㅤ

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

#OnThisDay - 19 August - in AD 14 the "most mournful day" occurred, as Augustus died. Dio (56.30.5) remarks on the coincidence that this was also the date he had first become consul in 43 BC. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: British Museum (1911,0901.1). Link - britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

"Bronze head from an over-life-sized statue of Augustus: the head is broken through the neck but is otherwise in an excellent state of preservation" (From British Museum)

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Edward Elderman @elderman.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

An Assyrian alabaster bas-relief of a wounded lioness originates from the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal in Nineveh, Assyria, dating back to 645 BC-635 BC. Unearthed in 1853 by the Assyrian archaeologist Hormuz Rassam, it is currently housed in the British Museum in London.

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america.is.not.free @antifapatriot.bsky.social · 09/08/2026

Proof of Delivery photo 😂 #dogs

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Michelle says: Be kind. Always. ❤️ @snarkysillysad.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

The Southern Three-Banded Armadillo (Tolypeutes matacus) is one of the only armadillo species capable of rolling into a completely sealed sphere: #AGoodPlace Source: www.reddit.com/r/NatureIsFu...

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Some beautiful 1st century glass from Roman Trier (Augusta Treverorum). Now part of the collections at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum in Trier. 📸 My own. #RomanGlass #Trier

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Kilian Schönberger @kilianschoenberger.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Moonrise in the Bavarian Countryside Upper Bavaria, Germany #Vollmond #fullmoon #moon

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Astronomy Bot @astronomybot.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Sombrero Galaxy Image date: 16 April 2025, 16:00 Located around 30 million light-years away in the constellation Virgo, the Sombrero Galaxy is instantly recognisable. Viewed nearly edge on, the galaxy’s softly luminous bulge and sharply outlined disc resemble the rounded crown and broad brim of...

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Only In Boston @onlyinbos.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

The potholes are so big in Boston right now that you can see that our streets once used to be all cobblestone... 📸: @leeannskitchen

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

For #MosaicMonday a #Roman mosaic with a mesmerizing 3D effect. Domus Romana, near Rabat and Mdina, #Malta , dating 100 BC. 📷️ 🏺 #archaeology

Roman mosaic floor featuring a central square panel depicting a small vessel with two birds perched on its rim. The panel is surrounded by a decorative border of interlocking geometric patterns in black, white, red, and yellow. The mosaic is set within a site with stone columns, evoking a preserved archaeological setting.

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All The Right Movies @alltherightmovies.com · 23/07/2026

Christopher Nolan said he's only seen the crew applaud an actor on set twice in his career. This first was Heath Ledger as the Joker, the second was Samantha Morton as Circe in THE ODYSSEY.

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Mike Saunders 🇺🇦 @hardwaterhacker.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

The Milky Way over a northern Minnesota river. Looks like there's only one satellite in this photo. That's pretty unusual these days.

A vertical photo of the Milky Way rising above a northern Minnesota river. The river enters the photo in the lower right and extends outwards and to the left. The shore of the river is surrounded by green vegetation. Beyond the vegetation, tall pine trees are silhouetted against the night sky. The surface of the river is calm, reflecting the galactic core, the stars above, and the tree silhouettes.

Above, the Milky Way core rises through a gap in the trees at the back of the river. The bright core shines with a warm glow near the horizon before transitioning to cooler tones tinged with blues and purples above. The faint green and purple lines of air glow can be seen in the sky.

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Astronomy Bot @astronomybot.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Astronomy Picture Of the Day - APOD Title: NGC 3576: The Statue of Liberty Nebula Date: 2026-07-20 Image by: Logan Carpenter #APOD #NASA

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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

The cow in love with the automatic brush they installed for her

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Egyptian blue pigment found in Augusta Raurica, Switzerland. The pigments were used in wall paintings. In Roman times, Egyptian blue was distributed throughout the Empire in a more or less standardised form of small balls of 15-20 mm in diameter. 🧵 1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

Three textured balls of bright blue pigment rest on a solid red surface, creating a vivid color contrast.

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

A Galactic Year is the time it takes for the Solar System to complete one full orbit around the center of the Milky Way galaxy and it's ~ 250 million years. [🎞️ thebrainmaze] Original post

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

It’s #SarcophagusSaturday & this is the magnificent polychrome sarcophagus of Selanti Hanunia Tlesnasa, a wealthy Etruscan lady. Typically Etruscan, she reclines on a pillow holding a mirror in her left hand, displaying her face with her right. She was about 50 when she died. 🕰️C2nd BC 🏛️BM 📷mine

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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

BUYINGE A TICKET ONLYNE FOR THE *ODYSSEY*: The screen: "Please enter your name for ticket pickup Me, typinge: "NO MAN"

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Katherine @wordwatcher.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

“The Other Side” -Oil painting by Richard Ahnert

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Astronomy Bot @astronomybot.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

The Eagle has risen: stellar spire in the Eagle Nebula Image date: 25 April 2005, 06:00 Appearing like a winged fairy-tale creature poised on a pedestal, this object is actually a billowing tower of cold gas and dust rising from a stellar nursery called the Eagle Nebula. The soaring tower is 9....

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Archaeology News Online Magazine @archaeologynews.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Italy has placed one of the best surviving works of Etruscan art on public display after bringing the famous François Tomb frescoes into state ownership. The painted panels, created between 340 and 320 BCE, now... More info: archaeologymag.com/2026/07/ital...

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Italy returns 2,300-year-old François Tomb frescoes to the public after more than a century | Archaeology News Online Magazine

Italy returns the 2,300-year-old François Tomb frescoes to the public, placing a masterpiece of Etruscan art on display in Rome.

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Dan Diffendale @diffendale.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

this class of pigs (and other vessel forms) with blue glass inserts has been dated late 1st c. BCE-early 1st c. CE and was probably made at Tibur/Tivoli, and may have been souvenirs from the Sanctuary of Hercules Victor there.

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🇨🇦 l.faraday 🇨🇦 @mizati.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Mount Fuji, Japan topped with a beautiful lenticular cloud. Lurie Belegurschi Photography Good morning

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Dr Craig Barker @drcraigb.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

A depiction of The Odyssey in ancient art a day until the release of Christopher Nolan’s film #theodyssey 🏺 Roman oil lamp depicting Scylla, a monstrous sea goddess whom Odysseus faced during the long voyage. 2nd century CE Staatliche Antikensammlungen, Munich (8958599194)

Roman mouldmade oil lamp with two depictions of Scylla as a female figure with two fish tails. Between the two images of Scylla is a human skeleton and intertwined dolphins.

Scylla was a monstrous sea goddess who haunted the rocks of certain narrow strait opposite the whirlpool daemon Charybdis. Ships who sailed too close to her rocks would lose six men to her ravenous, darting heads. Homer describes Scylla as a creature with twelve dangling feet, six long necks and grisly heads lined with a triple row of sharp teeth.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

One of my favorite glass vessels: A marvellous Roman vessel in the form of a pig, made of blue glass. It was used to hold ointment or perfume. Found in a burial in Cologne. Dating late 2nd/early 3rd century AD. 📷️ Römisch-Germanisches Museum Köln

Deep blue glass vessel shaped like a stylized animal with four legs, a pointed snout, and decorative ridges along its back, resembling a whimsical pig.

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Emilio Monelli @monel76.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Messier 20 Trifid Nebula nel Sagittario, 44 minuti di posa. RC 8” e ZWO ASI585MC-Air. 🔭 #astronomy #astrophotography @kat-astro-bot.bsky.social

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paulpro @mariopro.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

We are allowing ICE to Murder with Impunity @adamzyglis.bsky.social

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

A #Roman glass 'circus beaker' (so called because the animals portrayed on it - a lion & a big cat - would mostly have been seen in the arena), found in a burial in Himlingøje (Denmark) - did it get there through trade, as war booty, or a diplomatic gift, maybe..? #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Astronomy Bot @astronomybot.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex Image date: 15 December 2023, 10:00 The first anniversary image from the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope displays star birth like it’s never been seen before, full of detailed, impressionistic texture. The subject is the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest...

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Denver is too damn high 🚲 @yodelinghippie.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

this cat understood the assignment

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Arp Bot 🤖 @arpbot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Very Large Telescope image of Arp 271, also known as NGC 5426 and NGC 5427. The galaxies are tugging on each other with gravity, which has begun to distort their features and may have also triggered bursts of star formation. Credit: ESO Source

Two similar-looking spiral galaxies take up most of the frame. They both have bright, yellow-white central cores and well-defined spiral arms dotted with blue star clusters and dark dust lanes. NGC 5427 is a nearly face-on spiral galaxy at top. NGC 5426 is a more oblique galaxy at bottom. The two spiral arms from NGC 5426 appear to reach upward and act as a bridge that connects with NGC 5427. The black background of space is dotted with stars and small background galaxies.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

July 5, 328 CE: Inauguration of Constantine’s new 2400+ meter bridge for crossing the Danube river between Sucidava (present-day Corabia, Romania) & Oescus (modern Gigen, Bulgaria). It was a stunning feet of engineering—& twice as long as Trajan’s! See: d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net/112160999/So...

Reverse of a special medallion of Constantine commemorating the bridge.

АЕ Medallion, 37.5 mm, 33.27 g, axis 6 h. KHM Vienna, no. RÖ 32.345.
Rome mint, traditional dating in ca. AD 327–331, but according to P. Bruun, in
RIC VII, 281 – more precisely in AD 329.
Type: Gnecchi 1912, 134, no. 8, pl. 130, 6; Bruun, RIC VII, 331, no. 298 (Roma)

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Rare glass king piece from a ‘tafl’ gaming set, a strategy board game played in the Northern British Isles some 1,200 years ago. From Lindisfarne, Northumberland. 📷 Digventures #Archaeology

The Digventures image shows a dark blue glass gaming piece with white trail decoration, against a black background. It is roughly dome-shaped, with a rounded top, and a flat base. It is made of translucent dark blue glass, which allows the display lighting to pass through it. Across the top is a ring of five white glass bosses; one in the centre, the other four spaced around it, giving the appearance of a crown, indicating that it was likely manufactured to resemble a king. The blue body is decorated with swirling white trails of glass. It is thought to be a king piece for playing a uniquely northern version of 'tafl, a war game played in the British Isles before the arrival of chess in the 11th century. It was discovered during an archaeological dig on the small tidal island of Lindisfarne in Northumberland, whose wealthy early medieval monastery was raided by Vikings in AD 793, heralding the start of the Viking Age in Britain. The only other example of this type of glass gaming piece was found at the Pictish hillfort at Dundurn in Scotland.

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Space Telescope Science Institute @stsci.edu · 01/07/2026

What did Hubble see on your birthday? 🎂 Select your date and check out the images this great observatory has taken over the last 36 years: go.nasa.gov/4eHwD2g ⭐ Share your favorite birthday image in the comments! 🔭

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JBGarrity Photography @joegarrity.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

I captured the North American and Pelican Nebulae with 22 hours of integration time. 🤩 High resolution: app.astrobin.com/i/t4lgmp - Telescope: Askar FRA500 (0.7x) - Camera: ZWO ASI2600MC DUO - Mount: ZWO AM5N #astrophotography #astronomy #nature #longexposure #nebula #eastcoastkin #photography

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Dr Jill Whitelock @jillwhitelock.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

Forget-me-nots with hidden Ladybird. #Macro #BlueSkyArtShow

Pale blue Forget-me-not flowers with a red and black Seven-spot ladybird underneath.

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Prof. Ian Walker @ianwalker.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The clear nights earlier this week enabled me to get another 7 hours on my Iris Nebula photo. Pretty happy with this now. You're looking at a cloud of dust that is 6 light years across, sitting 1300 light years from us - all photographed from my garden in Wales

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Astronomy Bot @astronomybot.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

Hubble - The Ghostbuster Image date: 7 November 2002, 06:00 The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has caught a glimpse of a colorful cosmic ghost, the glowing remains of a dying star called NGC 6369. The glowing apparition is known to amateur astronomers as the 'Little Ghost Nebula', because it a...

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Starship Celtica ☀️ @starshipceltica.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The Vela Supernova Remnant apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap26060... About twelve thousand years ago, a relatively normal star in the constellation Vela suddenly exploded, creating a strange point of light briefly visible to humans living near the beginning of recorded history.

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Patrick Kapty @patrickkapty.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

Tablet with calculation and addition of the areas of five fields clay 3200-2900 BCE proto Sumerian culture Jemdet Nasr, Ancient Mesopotamia present day Iraq #handmade #ancient #ancientculture #ancientwriting #cuneiform #tablet #clay #mesopotamia #sumerianculture #jemdetnasr #iraq #mathematics #art

Ancient Sumerian cuneiform tablets represent one of humanity's earliest writing systems. Developed in Mesopotamia (modern-day Iraq) around 3200 BCE, they began as administrative pictographs on clay before evolving into abstract, wedge-shaped phonetic symbols.
Early tablets like this one were used for administrative purposes to record the storage and distribution of goods, animals and people.
This tablet comes from Jemdet Nasr, the remains of an ancient site in southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).
Tablets such as this list quantities of different commodities using an early form of the cuneiform script, and the circles and half circles that you can see across the document indicate numerals.
This tablet is known as the 'field of the EN. It contains calculations for the areas of five fields. The scribe added these figures together and divided the grand total into thirds.
Two thirds were allocated to a person called the EN, which is Sumerian for 'lord', while the remaining third was divided unevenly among other individuals, including the wife of the EN. It clearly reflects a hierarchical society, with EN as a leading figure.
from the Ashmolean Museum
See it on display in Gallery 19, Level G

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

This vast 8m figure is known as a Telamon. It was one of many used as anthropomorphic columns to support the Temple of Zeus in Akragas (Agrigento). The temple was started in 480BC but the roof never constructed. It was the largest Doric temple ever built. A model shows how the figures fit in. 📷mine

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