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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

The Viking Age gold 'Tissø Ring', found near Fugledegård on Zealand, Denmark, in 1977. 30 cm in diameter, it weighs over 1.8 kg and dates to around the 10th century. Archaeological investigations of the wider site indicate it was a royal residence. My 📷 @nationalmuseet.dk

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John Flynn Artist @johnflynnart.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Cant wait to be doing boss battles of @neiljackman.bsky.social Elden Ring: The Tuatha Edition

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 12/09/2025

This decorated copper axe dates to around 1900-1700 BC, the beginning of Ireland's Bronze Age. It was found deep in a bog in Brockagh, County Kildare. The anaerobic bog preserved the leather sheath and its strap remarkably well. See it on display in @nmireland.bsky.social #Archaeology 🏺 #Ireland

A decorated copper axe covered in tight chevrons, with a leather sheath and a leather strap.

A close up of the decoration on the Brockagh Axe

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Neil Jackman @neiljackman.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

I'm an immigrant, and I reckon theres a chance I'd know more about Ireland's culture over the millennia than Maria Steen. One important aspect of Irish culture is that it isn't a static fossil. It changes & flows, absorbing from other cultures at the same time as others adopt Irish culture in turn

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

⚔️ A really rather splendid Anglo-Scandinavian sword dating to c. AD 900-1000, found at Battersea, London. A true Viking-Age status symbol in a hyper-violent era. LI1089.1 (1884.121.21) On loan from @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social My 📷 | Ref. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

Skull of a titan

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

🧵 Thanks so much to BBC Radio Scotland for having me on to talk about beautiful Benbecula and those pesky #Vikings today! 📻 Part 2 of 2 🎙

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

🧵 Thanks so much to BBC Radio Scotland for having me on to talk about beautiful Benbecula and those pesky #Vikings today! 📻 Here's Part 1 of 2 🎙 I might be elsewhere on BBC Scotland (TV) News, too 📺 #Archaeology #History #Viking #Scotland

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

The Anglo-Saxon 'Abingdon Sword' (c. AD 875). With parallels to Galloway Hoard artefacts, the figurative (Evangelist) and foliate decoration on this Peterson L-type fragment is executed in engraved and nielloed Trewhiddle style. The blade is pattern-welded. My 📷 Ref. @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 23/08/2025

Boulder Burial • the Burren As their name suggests, boulder burials consist of large boulders supported by smaller stones, covering a small pit that contained cremated human remains. Though they may resemble a much smaller version of a portal tomb, Irish examples tend to be Bronze Age in date.

A large rounded boulder supported by smaller stones in a hazel copse in the Burren of County Clare

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 19/08/2025

Situated just off the Suck Valley Way walking route, not far from Roscommon, you can find the Castlestrange Stone. It bears intricate decoration from the Iron Age, known as La Tène art. The stone was moved here in the 18th or 19th century. Sadly, we do not know where it was taken from originally.

A rounded boulder decorated with La Tène art sits under a tree

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John Flynn Artist @johnflynnart.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Myself and the amazing Hannah Sims had great craic today talking all things archaeology and life in the graphics department for @rubiconarchaeology.bsky.social If anyone missed the livestream we'll have the full video up this week. #HeritageWeek

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 15/08/2025

In February 1896, two men ploughing a field unearthed one of the greatest prehistoric treasures ever found on the island of Ireland – the Broighter Hoard. #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm #Ireland

A small model of a boat with oars, all made out of gold. It is set against a dark green background

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Absolutely loved the new newsletter from Ulster Archaeological Society - brilliant and loved reading it over breakfast this morning. Well done to the editor @justrena.bsky.social & all contributors. 😁 @ulster-archaeology.bsky.social

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DH_Age @digitalheritageage.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Feeling left out Marion. No mention of Echoes of the Isles Exhibition at ATU Galway Dublin Road Library open 10-4 18th-22nd. Some amazing artwork by @johnflynnart.bsky.social and Roisin Doherty - Funded by @heritagecouncil.ie www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

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Echoes of the Isles - Exhibition | National Heritage Week 16th – 24th August 2025

This exhibition draws together digital heritage and art to celebrate and preserve the rich archaeological and cultural heritage Galway's Islands (Aran, Inchago...

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Nigel Monaghan @nigelmonaghan-nh.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Stunning images by Julian Friers of extinct and lost Irish animals from #Megaloceros, #Mammoth, to Great Auk, with the full story of Ireland’s ice age animals and human impacts on the fauna by Mike Simms. Published by National Museums Northern Ireland August 2025 ISBN 0-900761-69-5

Book cover with painting of giant ice age deer Megaloceros

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

A an exhibition in Paris telling the story of Gaza, part of Palestine. Hopefully these artefacts can one day return there, to a museum in a safe, peaceful nation free from occupation🏺 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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‘Restoring humanity’: Paris exhibition showcases 5,000 years of history in Gaza

Saved Treasures of Gaza aims to preserve territory’s historical identity against backdrop of war and famine

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 08/08/2025

High Cross Shaft • Banagher • Offaly The carved depictions are superb, they show: • four human figures who are tangled with legs and interlaced hair. • a stag with its leg caught in a trap. • a man on horseback carrying a crozier • and a lion or similarly fierce beast with a protruding tongue.

The Banagher Cross shaft. Carefully carved sandstone pillar decorated as described in the caption

Two bearded figures entangled in interlace ornament

A figure on horseback carrying a crozier

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

#CastlepookCaveProject2025 Prof. Frank McDermott, @ucddublin.bsky.social Geology, one of our collaborators on the project, visited us to take speleothem samples. Great to see & collab with Frank. He was one of my lecturers when I was an undergrad in UCD Science! @ria.ie @researchireland.ie

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 07/08/2025

Tomb effigy • Ardfert Cathedral • Kerry This fine effigy depicts a person in the garb of a bishop, wearing a low mitre and carrying a crozier. With a ring visible on his right hand. #Archaeology #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #IrishHistory 🏺

A medieval stone effigy of a man in the garb of a bishop

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

The ancient Byzantine Church of St Porphyrios, Gaza. Founded 425CE. Photographed by the Ecole Biblique 1922. Bombed by the IDF 2024. From the exhibition Trésors Sauvés de Gaza - 5000 ans d'histoire at L'Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris

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Damian Shiels @irishacw.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

There's still time to sign up for my 3 workshops at the Milwaukee Irish Fest Summer School next week on Irish America--Pioneers of Irish America: From St. Brendan to Jamestown--Irish in the U.S. Civil War--“Dangerous” Irish Women--Registration Details: irishfestsummerschool.com/Summer-Schoo...

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 06/08/2025

Teaghlach Éinne • Inis Mór The graveyard that surrounds Teaghlach Éinne is said to be the burial place of St Éanna and over a hundred other saints. Inis Mór is a true island of saints and scholars! #SpéirGhorm #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺

The gables of a ruined medieval church soar from swallowing sand

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

A 'travel stone' type of runestone! Elite Vikings liked to show off (a) that they were well travelled, and (b) that they were both literate and able to afford a rune-carver. www.facebook.com/share/r/1FsN...

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

Digitising old archaeological drawings by hand isn’t easy, but it’s crucial work! 🖥️ For #ADayInArchaeology, @ullamr.bsky.social shares how they're bringing the Nepi Survey (1999-2000) findings to life despite key challenges 👉 shorturl.at/HdQhs #FestivalOfArchaeology

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Digitising away…

Learn more about the diverse work we carry out at the CBA.

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

Homotherium hadarensis ambushing unfortunate Australopithecus afarensis #Sciart

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Ville Sinkkonen @villesinkkonen.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Messy start

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Claude ✡️🦖🦕 @cascoclauda.bsky.social · 29/07/2025

AMAZING NEWS! apple tv has just announced a NEW pleistocene-focused series of #prehistoricplanet! streaming on november 26th

a pair of machairodontines laying in a snow-covered field; they look quite robust, but i'm unsure if they are smilodon or a different taxon like homotherium

a baby giant ground sloth (unsure of taxon) clings to its mother's back as the mother climbs a cliff-face

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 25/07/2025

The Cross of Cong • Mayo Named after the historic Mayo village where it was kept for centuries, the Cross of Cong is thought to have been made for the important diocescan centre at Tuam. It was commissioned by the King of Connacht, Toirrdelbach Ua Conchobair in c.1123. #SpéirGhorm #Medieval

The intricate Cross of Cong on display in the National Museum of Ireland

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I thought I'd try a WhatsApp channel, which you can join at the following link! Dr Tom Horne's Viking Age: An Early Medieval Archaeology & History Channel channel on WhatsApp: whatsapp.com/channel/0029...

The Bogle Stone, an early medieval recumbent carved cross stone in the Govan Stones

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

Yesterday, Catherine McGuinness Research & Education Officer with Cavan County Museum & I brought 18 cave bones from last year’s @ria.ie (RIA) funded Castlepook cave excavation to 14CHRONO for radiocarbon dating. 1/n 🏺

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Dr Ross Barnett @deepfrieddna.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

Happy "End of the Ice Age" to all who celebrate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNTI...

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Father Ted | End Of The Ice Age

YouTube video by Hat Trick Comedy

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 19/07/2025

Thrilled to see my picture of the Rock of Cashel adorns the cover of this important new book by Dr Patrick Gleeson! Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland brings together multidisciplinary evidence to examine the evolution of kingship and society. #Ireland #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm

An aerial view of the medieval complex on the Rock of Cashel in Tipperary

The cover of the new book Landscapes of Kingship in Early Medieval Ireland by Patrick Gleeson

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Day 10: #CastlepookCaveProject2025 Lots of collabs &visitors to site past few days incl today with Cavan County Museum Education & Research Officer Catherine Cahill & early career commercial archaeologist Andrew Downey. Many well preserved bones found. 2 days left, final push! @ria.ie #zooarch 🏺

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

This message was brought to you by the Hawk Stone appreciation society, est. 1998 www.megalithic.co.uk... (thanks Celia Haddon and Paul Bennett) 4/4

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Standing Stone (Menhir) in Oxfordshire, England

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Day 7: day off and rest, read, take a walk, wash clothes … rest #CastlepookProject2025 @ria.ie

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

Day 2 current view … The rain and high humidity this morning gave way to a glorious afternoon with a cooler breeze. Castlepook cave research archaeological excavation 2025, funded by @ria.ie #PALAEOIreland #IrishCaveBones

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 08/07/2025

End of Day 2 & we found some reindeer and hare teeth and bones. A good day at Castlepook cave, Co. Cork funded research archaeological excavation. #PALAEOIreland @ria.ie @ucddublin.bsky.social

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 06/07/2025

The tomb effigy of Honoria Grace (d.1596) in St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny. Honoria's elaborate headdress, the rings on her fingers, and the voluminous sleeves all show that she was a wealthy woman and a bit of a fashionista. Or maybe a batman fan.

A stone medieval effigy of a woman in a tall headdress

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Dr Tom Horne @hornesupremacy.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Happy 4th of July to my American pals! Here's my chat with a US chum, Dr Terence Christian, about his hunt for George Washington in Pennsylvania with my Canadian pal, Dr Amanda Charland 🔎 🏠 youtu.be/NOsjewDGKQQ?...

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American Archaeology: Finding George Washington's Lost Tavern - with Dr. Terence Christian

YouTube video by Rubicon Archaeology Limited

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Ruth Carden 🦴 🐾 🐚🦪 | 🦣🏺 @ruthfcarden.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Rathgurren, Co. Galway, Ireland Archaeology excavation led by @michellecomber.bsky.social of NUI Galway 🏺 #IrishArchaeology

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Tuatha @tuatha.ie · 27/06/2025

A c.16–17th century hunting or drinking horn found in the vicinity of Rossmore Castle, County Monaghan. On display in the Monaghan County Museum. #Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺

A curved horn incised with decoration in Monaghan County Museum

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