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Natalie Boyd

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Archaeologist @SWARCH | PhD student @uwtsd | Near Eastern Archaeology | Materiality

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Suzanne ✨🌑 @tendermiasma.com · 16/01/2025
If we can take one thing from the way lynch talks about art I think it should be to never again dilute your vision and don't put off any art you want to make because it all dies with you, there's no other way, there's no one else
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Lorelei King @loreleiking.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
This so interesting. Crafts and art can really enhance the lived of those living with #dementia.
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Dr Wendy Morrison @hillfortian.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
#FindsFriday metal detected,mid 2020. Detectorist did the right thing so a friend and I went out to record and lift what turned out to be a scattered hoard. Excavation under pandemic rules was tricky. Better photos now exist but I like this one as it shows the crappy supplies which were all I had
Enameled copper alloy 'horse brooch' similar to Polden Hoard item
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Beloved #toys: a pair of #Roman ivory #dolls with articulated arms and legs found in a tomb of a little #girl from a wealthy family in Emona, Ljubljana/#Slovenia. The majority of the dolls in Roman times were made of less valuable materials such as clay, wood or linen. 🧵1/2 🏺 #archaeology
The picture shows two dolls with movable shoulders, elbows, hips and knee joints. The legs of both dolls are partially broken off. One doll's arm is almost completely missing. The limbs and torso are very long, the breasts small. The faces are largely destroyed. The hair is combed back behind the ears, reaching down to the shoulders at the nape. The ivory, which is actually white, has turned brown over time.
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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Come to our seminars in February and March - you can attend online! viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/s...
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Seminars on the Ancient Levant and Greece
We have two events this term, each held on Wednesdays at 16.00 in hybrid mode: in room 1.11, Faculty of Classics, Cambridge (with tea for in person attendees at 16.15), and online.26th February (do…
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Natalie Boyd @natalieboyd.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
#FindsFriday 🏺 #archaeology #crete #minoan Lots of incredible miniature vessels laid out in a tripod tray from Phaistos. These may have been used for cosmetics, spices, or as toys. Dating between 1800 and 1700 BC. On display in the Heraklion Museum. Photo by me.
A reddish ceramic tray with 3 tapering legs and two side loop handles, covered with an array of miniature plates, bowls, jugs and jars of different forms, colour and decoration.
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Butser Ancient Farm @butserancientfarm.co.uk · 16/01/2025
No you don't understand this is literally SO exciting 🤩 This research suggests that wealth and lands were passed down the female line, and instead of women leaving to join their new husband's family, the exact opposite was true.
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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
We have several bits from Fishbourne, but we always thought it was smurf poo. 😳
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Natalie Boyd @natalieboyd.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
#thiccthursday #archaeology 🏺 #israel These lovely ladies, who look to me as though they’re sharing gossip, are from the Neolithic Sha’ar Hagolan site in Israel, dating to around 8000 years ago. Now in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Photo taken by my friend, Cathy Graham.
Buff coloured clay figurines of women with accentuated bottoms and legs, seated. Arm across chest, conical heads and beak-like noses. Eyes like conch shells stuck on. Legs taper to a finish rather than modelled feet.
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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Discovered in 1994 at South Africa’s Drimolen site, DNH 7, known as “Eurydice,” is the most complete Paranthropus robustus skull found, dating between 2.04 and 1.95 million years ago.  This rare female specimen offers invaluable insights into early hominin anatomy and evolution. #FossilFriday
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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
46 signatures needed for 2,600!
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Gail Boyle FMA FSA @boyleg.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
BRISTOL FREE talk - 7.45pm 27 Jan 2025 "Lifting the lid on ancient diet: organic residue analysis of lipids from pottery" by Dr Lucy Cramp, Dept of Anthropology & Archaeology, University of Bristol bgas.org.uk/events/event...
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Tracing Ancient Diet in Britain through Preserved Molecules in Pottery
Speaker: Dr Lucy Cramp, University of Bristol Organic residue analysis involves extraction of preserved biomolecules absorbed into the fabric of pots, ...
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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Here are the contents of an elite Minoan burial on the island of Aegina. They date to between 1850-1550BC and show the skill, delicacy & beauty of Minoan craftsmanship. The jewellery is of the very finest quality - dazzling & breathtaking in equal measure. 🏛️BM 📷mine #AncientBlueSky 🏺
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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Signed this one as well. Smaller campuses needed as cultural hubs and local centres of research
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Lampeter is such an important part of Cultural, Academic, Scientific and Theological life. Sign, Share and Help save it. We call on UWTSD & the Welsh Government to create a viable, sustainable plan for the future of the campus petitions.senedd.wales/petitions/24...
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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Today I'm finishing Roman cooking jars, by burnishing the, almost dry, clay surface and incising the lattice-work decoration. They will be fired in a kiln where they will be starved of oxygen, to produce much loved, black burnished cooking jars. potted-history.co.uk
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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
Something lovely for the weekend! A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍 An amazing c. 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian dog carved from ivory. This leaping hunting dog opens and closes its mouth, as if barking, by using a lever below its chest. 📷 by me #Archaeology
Ancient Egyptian ivory sculpture of a leaping dog. The ivory is now biscuit coloured. Dimensions: 18.2 cm  (L) × 6.1 cm (H) × 3.6 cm (W) A lever under the dog’s chest opens and closes the mouth. The inside of the mouth is red. The eyes are outlined in black. Dated Late Dynasty I8, I400-I350 BC.
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Jasmine 🌌🔭 @astrojaz.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
WAKE UP BABE, THE FIRST NEW HUBBLE IMAGE OF 2025 DROPPED!!!
Many mostly small, bright objects scattered over a dark background in space. In the top half on the right is an elliptical galaxy, a round light larger than the others, with a slightly warped ring of light around it. In the bottom half there is a barred spiral galaxy, big enough that we can see its bluish arms and its core in detail. Other objects include distant galaxies and nearby stars.
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Dr. Oliver Dietrich @oliverdietrich.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Minoan art has probably the finest depictions of sealife of the whole European Bronze Age. Faience inlay in the form of a flying fish. Knossos, around 1600 BCE. #Archaeology
A miniature of a fish with wing-like fins.
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millyallen.bsky.social @millyallen.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
#FindsFriday This beautiful barbed & tanged flint arrowhead found in east Devon. So named for its triangular shape with a central projection at base (tang) flanked by two points (barb) to the sides. A proper time travel find. #flint #prehistory #arrowhead #archaeology #history
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Natalie Boyd @natalieboyd.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
#FindsFriday 🏺 #archaeology #iran this beautiful conical jasper conglomerate beaker with a bronze pin in its base was recovered as part of the excavations of Hasanlu, Iran in the 1960s. Dating to the 9th Century BC. Now at the Metropolitan Museum in New York, 65.163.51.
Stone conical beaker, tapering to rounded base. Haphazard mosaic pattern of the reds, yellows and whites of the jasper.
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Dr Tess Machling @tessmachling.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Totally out of my period, but I really enjoyed this - written in such a wonderfully accessible & yet learned, way & raises a lot of possibilities. We still don't look at the one offs, those who travelled for work, family, military action... #Archaeology academic.oup.com/ehr/advance-...
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A gorgeous Late Iron Age / Early Roman copper alloy enamelled clothing accessory from the Cotswold Water Park #Gloucestershire @coriniummuseum.bsky.social for #FindsFriday Described as *a double owl* all we can see is a muscular (and vaguely disappointed) looking #Batman 😳 #DarkKnight 🦇
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Andy Marshall @fotofacade.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
The jaw dropping early C16th angel roof at St. Wendreda's in March, Cambridgeshire - Sir John Betjeman said it was "worth cycling forty miles into a headwind to see." It's hard to believe that this beautiful example of medieval craftsmanship is under threat #thread
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Karl @karlhannant.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
A French-Swiss archaeological team in Egypt has uncovered the tomb of a “wizard-doctor” Inscriptions on the tomb identifys its owner as "Tetinebefou", a physician during the reign of King Pepi II of the Sixth Dynasty, 2305 BC to 2118 BC. 🏺⚱️ www.euronews.com/culture/2025...
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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
We cleared out a ton of clothes from our closet and donated them to a friend who’s helping people who have lost everything in these fires. They don’t even have the basics, and the loss is overwhelming. Getting them clothing, shelter, food - those are the priorities. See how to help below. #lafires
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
An absolutely fantastic #Roman barge, "De Meern 1", lenght 25m. It was wrecked in a winding tributary of the Rhine around the year 190 AD, possibly due to navigational error. Much of the barge's interior and the captain's personal belongings were preserved in...🧵1/2 📷 taken by me 🏺 AncientBluesky
A photo of a well-preserved wooden barge displayed inside a building. The barge is long and narrow, with wooden benches running along its length. It appears weathered. There are some people watching the barge, giving a sense of scale to the barge.
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millyallen.bsky.social @millyallen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
Carved post of the 16th century screen to Penshurst Place Great Hall, with faded remnants of its former coloured decorative scheme. #archaeology #history #Kent #colour #timber #medievalcolour
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millyallen.bsky.social @millyallen.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
#adoorablethursday Trompe l’oeil - French for decieve the eye, is an art technique bounded in realism. This is the beautiful illusion of a violin hanging from a door in the State Music Room at Chatsworth House. #art #history #archaeology #door #painting
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Natalie Boyd @natalieboyd.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
#thiccthursday #archaeology #turkiye 🏺 A number of generously proportioned female figurines with bold geometric decorations were recovered from c6thMill BC contexts at Hacilar in the south west of modern Türkiye. Examples found in museums including Neues, Berlin and National Archaeological, Florence
Overtly female ceramic figurines with emphasised breasts, hips, bellies and bottoms. Zigzag and striped paint to highlight curves. Conical heads, lozenge shaped eyes and short, tapered legs.
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alexandra @bigmoodenergy.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
here come old laptop he come bootin up slowly he got broken touchpad he need one more update he got no space on this pc one thing i can tell you its got no warranty
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Average Aussie Egyptologist (aka Thérèse Clarke)🦋 @ausegyptology.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Our lovely friends from Universidad de Alcalá have made the videos from the Shaped Conference available at the link below! www.youtube.com/@mortexvar74...
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Friends of Friendless Churches @friendlesschurches.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
One of the highlights of our year was the creation of the Straeon Mewn Maen (Stories in Stone) short film that showcased our work in Wales and the beauty of our Welsh churches. Please enjoy this introductory scene and follow the link in the thread below to watch the full documentary.
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michaeljflynn @michaeljflynn.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
Copper safety-pin (1200 BCE) found in Paphos…designed for longevity - over 3000 years and still relevant and effective
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Natalie Boyd @natalieboyd.bsky.social · 27/12/2024
#findsfriday 🏺 Not quite 5 gold rings but 4 fabulous ones from the Griffin Warrior grave at Pylos. Of Minoan style if not origin, these are part of a large assemblage of semi precious stones, precious metals and ivory found deposited with a male in his mid 30s. #archaeology #prehistory #mycenae
Image of 4 gold signet rings with Minoan style ritual designs. Image from griffinwarrior.org.
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Natalie Boyd @natalieboyd.bsky.social · 26/12/2024
#thiccthursday this seated, corpulent, nude lady was found by James Mellaart in Çatalhöyük in 1961. Likely c.8000 years old. The head of the woman and the cat to the right (orange) are modern reconstruction. Use and meaning up for debate. Museum of Anatolian Studies, Ankara.
Seated figurine depicting a plump, probably mature lady with unidentified object between her feet. Large cats either side of her used as armrests. Front view.Seated figurine depicting a plump, probably mature lady with unidentified object between her feet. Large cats either side of her used as armrests. Rear view.
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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Philippos was nestled all snug on his kline, when he was awoken by such a clatter: the sound of eight tiny fallow deer on his roof, with a little old Silenos bringing joy and wine … 🏺🍇 🎄 (no, it doesn't rhyme!) Merry Christmas, everyone! #MetMuseum 📸 me (see ALT for more)
Corinthian Greek terracotta plate with black figure decoration depicting a man snuggled under the covers of his bed, his lyre hanging on the wall above him.

Possibly by the Chimaera Painter
ca. 595–570 BCE

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Memento (spooky) Morty 🌙 @mementomorty.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
when the star on the tree is an actual star lol A NASA photo of the Christmas Tree Cluster 🎄
A NASA photo of NGC 2264- a cosmic tree that has been named the Christmas Tree Cluster which lives in our galaxy about 2,500 light-years from Earth. It contains baby stars that are between 1 and 5 million years old 🥺
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Natalie Boyd @natalieboyd.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all who celebrate this week. Seasons greetings to all those of other faiths or atheists. I hope you and your families are safe, warm, happy and healthy and that we can all spread some kindness and joy in the last days of 2024 ❤️
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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
With seven days remaining and 88 per cent of funding secured, can we help @shropshirewildlife.bsky.social get their fund to purchase Betchcott Hill over the line lovely #Shropshire people? www.shropshirewildlifetrust.org.uk/appeals/betc...
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Betchcott Hill Land Appeal | Shropshire Wildlife Trust
Help us purchase and restore 50 hectares of land in the iconic Shropshire Hills.
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VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social · 23/12/2024
I will be sharing not one but three videos for the penultimate day of our advent calendar! All deal with writing systems that have suffered from excessively narrow definitions of what writing is...
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Dr. Oliver Dietrich @oliverdietrich.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The „totempole“, a nearly 2m high composite sculpture from Göbekli Tepe, Türkiye, was originally placed in the wall of a rectangular building of the 9th millennium BC. It was found covered by a wall mantle and the face of the uppermost depiction destroyed. Museum Şanlıurfa. #archaeology
Photo from a museum: a complex sculpture showing three people one above the other.
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Seth Chagi (World of Paleoanthropology🏺) @sethchagi.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Exploring Neanderthals: Shanidar Cave Insights with Dr. Emma Pomeroy | Secrets of the Neanderthals youtu.be/TdBxOkvWxb0 One of my more recent episodes of #TheStoryofUs, I’ve been on a little hiatus; but more to come! Interested incoming on? DM me!
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Exploring Neanderthals: Shanidar Cave Insights with Dr. Emma Pomeroy | Secrets of the Neanderthals
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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 21/12/2024
Well, and if you're little bit sad now about missing the chance to be there and explore the #Newgrange Passage Tomb on your own - here's your chance to do so virtually, with the great 3D model provided by @discoveryprogramme.bsky.social here. 🏺🙌
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Michael Lewis @michael-lewis.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
A few #Mesopotamian - #Iranian favourites from the Brussels Art & History museum. The choir of figurines is definitely the pick of the bunch! #archaeology
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The Met: Ancient Near Eastern Art @metancieneast.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Rectangular prism seal engraved on five faces www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/se…
The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76
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Fannie Jack Hammer @0hbetave.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Get a library card even if you're not planning to use it. It impacts their funding.
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Gail Boyle FMA FSA @boyleg.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
Happy Winter Solstice! This Bronze Age gold bulla is one of the most amazing objects I have had the privilege to handle as a member of the Treasure Valuation Committee. It is most frequently called the Shropshire Sun Pendant since the engraving looks like a sunrise/set. finds.org.uk/database/art...
CC License: CC BY 2.0 - Rights holder Birmingham Museums Trust. A semicircular pendant with fine engraved lines that look like a sunburst.
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hookland.bsky.social @hookland.bsky.social · 21/12/2024
For this may be the divide of enchantment – those of us who look at the fabulously strange beasts carved at the end of pews and think only of the art of their craftsmen and those of us who wonder if such animals ever lived at all. – Dr. Michael Benn, BC Two, 1978
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