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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

When I’m not posting regularly it’s because I’m writing. #writinglife #amwriting #fiction #histfic

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Although it is Augustan in origin, the Piazzale delle Corporazioni in #OstiaAntica was enlarged and the buildings subdivided to house local and foreign shipowner’s and merchant’s collegia or guilds. The black and white mosaics date from the mid 2nd C AD. 📷 my own. #MosaicMonday #Archaeology #Rome

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This historical novel is about a former slave who challenges Scottish society in a landmark court case. At the same time, Sir John Wedderburn's past in Jamaica haunts him and a solicitor searches for the missing Joseph Knight. Highly recommended read. #BookSky #HistFic

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

1/2 History can make us deeply uncomfortable, even ashamed, although a historian is not supposed to judge people in the past by modern standards. There’s no doubt it’s hard to read about slavery and our links to this horrific abuse. But it must be acknowledged. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i...

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The royal crown branded on enslaved Africans: Britain’s monarchy and the slave trade

From Elizabeth I’s backing of early voyages to royal investment in trafficking companies, generations of monarchs were central to Britain’s slave trade

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

The barn owl was out early last night. This fuzzy shot is my phone from about 40 M away. It could be an omen. The #owl is a symbol for a main character in one of two novels I’ve written. Is this is the one I need to focus on finessing in the second half of 2026? #AmWriting #WritingLife 📷 my own

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

This is one of several bronze shields from the Idaean cave, #Crete. The shield dates from the late 9th/early 8th C to mid 7th C BC, roughly the same era when the oral epics, The #Iliad and The #Odyssey, found their more fixed written form. My 📷, Heraklion Archaeological Museum #Archaeology

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

After the rain, it was a beautiful evening. I heard a Sparrow Hawk and took in the sun as it set over the parched fields. Then, back home after my walk, I sat down to write. #AmWriting #WritingLife 📷 my own, #Northumberland

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

DOMINA VOTUM and DOMINA MALACI - inscriptions recorded by scholars in a cave in Valencia and deposits of spindle whorls tell the story of a goddess and women who followed her. She is otherwise unattested in #Archaeology. 1st-2nd C AD. #EpigraphyTuesday #Rome archaeology.org/news/2026/07...

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News - Latin Graffiti Recorded in Underground Cave - Archaeology Magazine

VALENCIA, SPAIN—Some 120 Latin inscriptions on the walls and ceiling of Cova Dones, an underground […]

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Rain is bliss for our little apple tree.

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Roman sarcophagus with relief carving of individuals praying, Jesus’s baptism in the river Jordan, and the prophet Jonah. Made in a Roman workshop, AD 250-300, it is one of the first sarcophagi that is explicitly Christian in nature. #TombTuesday #Rome #Archaeology My 📷 Santa Maria Antiqua, Rome.

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 03/08/2026

A 2nd C AD Roman mosaic floor in a communal latrine. The building may have been used by a collegium or guild for meetings and functions. The mosaic shows hunting and fishing scenes. I’m impressed by the marble toilet seats. 📷 my own, Italica, near Seville. #Rome #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Italica’s Roman amphitheatre was built by Hadrian, who was born in Italica, ruled AD 117-138. 25K people watched regular gladiator fights, wild beast hunts, and presumably criminal executions. It was the Dragonpit, Kings Landing, S7-8, Game of Thrones. My 📷 #RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #Rome

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

It’s all about #Odysseus and #TheOdyssey right now. Last October I saw this fresco in the museum at #OstiaAntica. It depicts Odysseus tied to the mast, his crew with their ears plugged, as they sail past the deadly Sirens. Romans loved #Homer too. From the Domus Fulminata, 3rd C AD. 📷 my own.

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Glass luxury perfume bottles with wavy coloured and gold bands. Bottles with gold band and white lid with a hole for the perfume are rare and were probably made in an Alexandrian glass workshop. Crete, Hellenistic (3rd-2nd C BC). My 📷, Heraklion Archaeological Museum. #FindsFriday #Archaeology

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jessstilllife.bsky.social @jessstilllife.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

Socks and sandals; proof the Romans were at it long before Gen Z, especially in chilly North East Britannia. This little razor handle with herringbone pattern sock and ‘solea’ sandal was found in the River Tees near Darlington and now lives in Durham Archaeology Museum. #FindsFriday

A small copper alloy razor or knife handle, in the form of a lower leg with chunky knitted sock in a herringbone pattern and the outline of a basic Roman ‘solea’ sandal, in a museum display case

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

Each Roman fort had an aerarium (strong room) sunk below the rear rooms of the Principia (headquarters). The room provided secure storage for soldiers' pay, cohort savings, and valuable administrative records. My 📷, 1. Corbridge, 2-3. Chesters Fort. #RomanFortThursday #Archaeology #RomanBritain

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Light relief for #ReliefWednesday 🏺 Structor ('master builder') Diogenes signed his limestone panel showing tools of his trade, eg trowel, plumb line, cudgel or axe/hammer, scalpel - and the essential apotropaic phallus. Clearly proud of his trade... From Casa del Marinaio, Pompeii, in Antiquarium

A thick stone slab, crudely carved to illustrate the tools of a builder's trade in low relief, eg trowel, plumb line, cudgel or axe/hammer, scalpel. There is also an apotropaic phallus.

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Roman legions and auxiliary cohorts were divided into centuries that contained 80 soldiers. Each century had its own standard carried by a standard bearer. The standard symbolised identity and honour. This relief shows a standard. 📷 my own, Corbridge. #RomanBritain #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

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C E Draycott writes @claredraycott.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

The final of three episodes about #JaneAusten dropped on the Hidden Heroines of History #podcast today. We discuss the possibility that a portrait of Jane Austen, given to historian Paula Byrne, is authentic. Find it on Spotify, iHeartRadio, iTunes & YouTube. Link to YouTube in the comments!

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Roman mosaic showing a masked actor in a tragic play. It is 2nd-3rd C AD, found below modern Cordoba. Possibly representing Oedipus, the actor wears theatrical cothurni (knee high boots) and holds a staff, as blind actors often do. He wears a short tunic and cloak. My 📷 #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is the place to be in a heatwave. Here, the heat is a ripple. 📷 my own, Applecross peninsula. #scotland #westerros

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

When did rain become a precious commodity in #northumberland? I’ve almost forgotten how the earth smells after a summer deluge. 📷 my own. #climatechangeisreal #weather

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

A #Roman clay tile, on which someone wrote out in Latin cursive the first lines of the 'Aeneid' before it was fired - well, that's one way to get some handwriting practice in! It was found in Italica (Spain), where it was written about 2000 years ago #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Out now, Claire Fuge’s debut novel is historical fiction with heart for anyone who loves a story about women navigating the world they inhabited at a time when women of high status were pawns in power games played by noblemen. At the same time, these women had agency. #historicalfictionbooks #books

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

I can’t believe I did not read I Let You Go until this month 12 years after it was first released. @claremackwrites.bsky.social wrote a book that kept me guessing all the way. #Books #AmReading

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

Shieldaig Island is a 13-hectare, uninhabited island in Loch Shieldaig on the west coast of Scotland. Owned by the National Trust for Scotland, the mature Scots pines were planted in the 1870s. These are a vital sanctuary for birds, seals, and nesting sea eagles. 📷 my own. #Scotland #Shieldaig

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max koss 🦩 @maxkoss.com · 06/07/2026

The nice things about books: once you own them, you own them, forever. No one will be eye tracking your reading habits. No one will make money of you reading the book as many times as you'd like. And the very same book can be read by generations to come. It can last centuries, literally. It's great.

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

I was in Applecross, northwest Highlands, lately and was lucky enough to come across this young stag, who was curious enough to watch me while I took his photo. #Scotland #Photography

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 05/07/2026

1/ This lichen-stained cross slab known as The Abbot's Stone is in Clachan Churchyard, Applecross, northwest Scotland. Irish monk, Maelrubha, established a monastery here in AD 673. #scotland #ireland #standingstones #standingstonesunday #archaeology 📷 my own.

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

We’ve had power outages, torrential rain, and thunder and lightning. Dramatic thunderstorms across northwestern Highland Scotland this evening. ⚡️⚡️⚡️ 📷 my own.

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

A dilapidated fisherman’s hut at Kenmore near Applecross in Highland Scotland. Originally serving as storage and net-mending spaces for local crews, these are scattered throughout historic fishing villages. They testify to a way of life that’s almost vanished. 📷 my own #Archaeology #Scotland

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

This is the place to be in a heatwave. Here, the heat is a ripple. 📷 my own, Applecross peninsula. #scotland #westerros

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

Good morning from the Applecross area in the northwest Highlands of Scotland. The Isle of Skye is over the water. Weather is set fair, and I’m in landscape heaven. Have a lovely Monday wherever you find yourself today. #MondayMotivation #MondayVibes

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Dad passed away in February 2018. Not a day goes by where he’s not with me in some way, still gently advising and supporting, his wisdom still present. He was always in my corner. Thanks Dad. #FathersDay #Dad

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Happy #SummerSolstice northern hemisphere people. I’m in Wester Ross, northwest Highlands of Scotland where it barely darkened last night. In the past, people marked the apex of daylight creating solar calendars in the landscape like #Stonehenge. 📷 mine (Right) #StandingStoneSunday #Archaeology

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

1. Frag. of inscription from E gate, Carpow Roman Fortress. 2. Frags. of relief panel from S gate, probably had same inscription as 1. Emblems (Pegasus) of Legio II Augusta, the first evidence of their building work in the Severan campaign (early 3rd C AD). #RomanBritain #RomanSiteSaturday My 📷 1/2

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Kate Sheehan-Finn @katesfwriter.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

I’m in #Scotland 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 this week. #HappyPlace

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