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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 3h

Clever girl! 👏🏼 #BookSky

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 19h

Recreation of Richborough Roman coastal fort #Kent c AD 250 The fort enclosed an earlier triumphal arch Anyone who's read Rosemary Sutcliff's 1959 novel *The Lantern Bearers* will know the arch probably became a signal tower © Ivan Lapper 2001 (for the English Heritage guide) #RomanFortThursday

Aerial reconstruction painting of a rectangular Roman fort with a large white marble arch at the centre and buildings, some being demolished, surrounding the triple ditches and sea to the left

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 19h

These are two examples of the 30 existing Ain Ghazal sculptures. Discovered in Jordan, they are c.9,000 years old & are the first known example of large scale production of human forms. They are made of lime plaster & reed making their survival all the more remarkable 🏛️📷Amman Museum (L), Louvre (R)

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 8h

This Phrygian painted terracotta rhyton is in the shape of a sacrificial bull's head, and painted in laurel garlands, ceremonial bands, and ribbons. It was probably used in libation rituals. The form Persian rhyta made of metal, e.g. silver or gold.🏺 1/ 425-375 BCE. 📸 me #MuseoArqueológicoNacional

A rhyton (drinking/libation vessel) shaped like a bull's head. It is adorned with infulae (ceremonial bands), laurel branches, and vittae - ornaments associated with sacrificial rites - rendered in matte red and black paint that stand out against the white slip used to depict the animal's coat. This polychrome Phrygian rhyton was used in libation rituals to pour wine into a patera or phiale (libation bowls) through a small opening at the bottom of the vessel, corresponding to the animal's mouth.

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Kate North @curatorkate.bsky.social · 7h

The gorgeous 14th century south porch of the Church of St. Mary in Ashwell, Hertfordshire 💕

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 8h

Thank you for leading the team that wrote the onboard software for the Apollo missions, guiding Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin to a safe landing on the moon. Yours is an amazing legacy & everyone should know your name. Goodnight and godspeed, Margaret Hamilton. 🕯️

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Margaret Hamilton, Whose Software Guided the Apollo Missions, Has Died (Gift Article)

Margaret Hamilton, the first female programmer hired to work on the space project at M.I.T., was 90.

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Coral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 9h

Yesterday’s foggy “snow in the lane” pic went down well so here’s a clear day one from two years prior. In 2022, we had snow twice and it lasted a good 48 hours each time. Absolutely gorgeous ⛄️😍 #snow

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 7h

Apparently it's #WorldOctopusDay! A jug with an octopus motif, dating ca 1200-1100 BC. On display at National Museum Copenhagen. A lovely weekend to all of you! 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

A beige pottery with two handles and a narrow neck, decorated with intricate dark brown patterns depicting a stylized octopus. The vessel is displayed on a white pedestal in a museum setting.

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Ritterton here and elsewhere! @ritterton.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#hatm gets ten from yesterday's visit to the @lucasmuseum.bsky.social and what an incredible collection. Will post a thread of highlights.

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 16h

7 Oct 13BC Drusus Julius Caesar, aka Drusus the Younger, was born. Son of Tiberius & Vipsania Agrippina, he became consul, governed Illyricum & was named heir after Germanicus's death (his cousin & brother in law). He died suddenly in AD 23, aged 36. Sejanus & Livilla were suspected of his death.🏺

Bust of Drusus the Younger over a gradient grey background

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Rae Radford @raeradford.bsky.social · 12h

Wise words… 💬 #BookSky

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Admirable Women @admirablewomen.bsky.social · 10h

Congratulations to Anne Carson! She was awarded the #Nobel Prize in Literature this morning! 🥳 The Canadian poet and essayist won "for her bold and inventive oeuvre that, in playful dialogue with the classical tradition, has created new forms for contemporary literature." #LitSky #Canada

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Canadian Poet Anne Carson Is Awarded Nobel Prize in Literature (Gift Article)

The writer joins a list of laureates that includes Toni Morrison, Samuel Beckett and Bob Dylan.

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 10h

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: A #Roman glass beaker from Ehingen-Rißtissen, dating to the 1st century AD. It’s amazing how modern some ancient glass vessels still look today. On display at Landesmuseum Württemberg 📷 me

Blue translucent glass beaker, mounted on a black metal rod. The scratched and cracked surface is visible against a softly blurred background.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 15h

Starting life as a fort. Corbridge was the most northerly town in the Roman Empire and one of only two on Hadrian’s Wall, the other being at Carlisle. The most famous finds include a hoard of Roman armour and other equipment and the stone Corbridge Lion #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology

• First Forts (c. AD 77–105): The earliest military occupation started around AD 77–83 at the nearby Red House site, followed by a permanent timber-and-turf fort built around AD 87 at the critical junction of the Stanegate road and Dere Street, guarding the River Tyne crossing. This early fort was destroyed by fire around AD 105 and subsequently rebuilt.

• Hadrian's Wall Era (AD 122 onwards): Located about 2.5 miles south of Hadrian's Wall, Corbridge lost its primary frontline defensive role after the Wall was built, though it continued to serve as a vital military supply and logistics hub.

• Transition to Town and Legionary Base (AD 160s–3rd Century): By the 160s AD, the military base was converted to support legions (such as Legions VI and XX), and a thriving civilian town (vicus) grew around it. It eventually developed into a self-governing administrative capital (civitas) and one of the most northerly urban settlements in the Roman Empire.

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 14h

This Maya ceramic funerary urn originates from the Quiche department in the highland region of Guatemala. Created during the Late Classic Period between 600 and 900 CE, the vessel features relief carvings of jaguars, human skulls, and molded spines to represent deities of the underworld, Xibalba.

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Andy Sawyer @sawyerxx.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

King Menkaura and Queen, 4th Dynasty, 2490-2472 BC Sculpture Museum of Fine Arts - Boston

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 20h

The late Anglo-Saxon west doorway at Holy Trinity Church in Colchester. Dating to the mid-11th century, the doorway incorporates re-used Roman bricks. 📸 My own. #AdoorableThursday #HolyTrinity #Colchester

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 20h

The remains of Hardknott Roman Fort in Cumbria. Located on the western side of the Hardknott Pass at 800 ft, the fort was built between 120 and 138 AD. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Hardknott #Cumbria

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Becky Wallower @bwallower.bsky.social · 15h

#AdoorableThursday In fact a false door, painted to left of tablinum, in house of local #Pompeii official C. Giulius Polybius w early style facade. As in recent discoveries in the city, owner was in process of upgrading 2C BC property, hence amphorae + heap of lime piled in the corner. #Roman 🏺

A painted door, included in the layout of the tablinium for symmetry. It's actually plaster, showing four panels within a red and white doorframe.
The four panels have the appearance of being on two doors, white with red borders bounded by darker outlines, and three circles on the section dividing upper and lower panels on each one.
A heap of building material and some broken amphorae are shown to the left of the false door.

A view showing the layout of the tablinium and the painted false door. The room has white painted walls with a red border at the top, a large entrance through the facing wall leading to other parts of the site. The painted false door is to the left of this, and an empty doorway is on the right - clearly intended to hold a 'real' door.
Remains of an upper level are also evident, with five window openings in the wall over the doors/entrance.

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Peter Metz @pgmetz.bsky.social · 14h

Fantastic photo! What a smile!

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Malcolm Stoneman @malcolmstoneman.bsky.social · 20h

Llandaff Cathedral, Cardiff, Wales 12th century external Norman south door. According to the cathedral guidebook -“Bishop William Saltmarsh either extended or rebuilt the church, using masons from St Augustine’s Abbey, Bristol” #Architecture #Romanesque #AdoorableThursday #IronworkThursday

Five orders of round arches with zig-zag, diamond & rectangle designs. Wooden doorway with metal cross hatching attached.

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Peter Metz @pgmetz.bsky.social · 21h

My great great grandfather’s toolbox. He was a wheelwright.

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Antique toolbox IG: @woodsteamandhardware www.instagram.com/woodsteamand...

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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#OnThisDay - 7 October - ca. 14 BC Drusus the Younger, son of the Emperor Tiberius, was born. His death in AD 23 was thought natural, though it was later alleged that he had been poisoned by Sejanus. #AncientHistory 🏺 Image: RIC Tiberius 45; ANS 1957.172.1519. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....

Obverse of a Roman As: Head of Drusus, bare, left.

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Coral King @rocketcoral.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Someone has suggesting showing the lane behind my house with snow so here it is. Snow is rare on my bit of the North Wales coast so I don’t have lots of pics to choose from but it’s beautiful when it happens, particularly when combined with fog like this. Snow days are very exciting here ⛄️😍 #snow

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Peter Metz @pgmetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I just had to rewatch that scene. You’re so right. Absolutely monstrous and bone chilling.

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Peter Metz @pgmetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This is just magnificent! How beautiful!

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Andrew Curry @andrewcurry.com · 07/10/2026

Neanderthals were talented hunters AND home decorators. Evidence from a Spanish rock shelter includes new tool types and evidence for windbreaks and other domestic arrangements. “Now we can start to imagine the spaces they were living in,” says archaeologist @annemiekemilks.bsky.social. @science.org

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Neanderthals were skilled woodworkers, first-of-its-kind tool trove reveals

Find in Spanish cave provides rare window into the domestic lives of our closest relatives

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Angels Worshipping (and lots of birds) by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1461, Magi Chapel-Palazzo Medici-Riccardi. The work displays lots of gold ☀️ to catch the flickering light of candles. 🕯️ 🦆 Read more: ideasroadshow.substack.com/p/three-hidd... 🗃️ #arthistory #medievalsky #skystorians #art #italy #birds

Angels Worshipping (and lots of birds) by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1461, showing lots of angels coming down to earth while there are quite a lot of birds around as well.

Peacock in the Angels Worshipping by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1461,

More birds in Angels Worshipping (and lots of birds) by Benozzo Gozzoli, 1459-1461,

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Ideas Roadshow @ideasroadshow.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Minimalistic fresco decorations in a #Roman villa beneath the Basilica of San Sebastiano, c. 235 AD. Join us on Exploring Art History: ideasroadshow.substack.com 🗃️ #arthistory #skystorians 🏺 #medievalsky #archaeology

Detail of Minimalistic fresco decorations in a Roman villa beneath the Basilica of San Sebastiano, c. 235 AD.

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Daniel Álvarez @dalvarez-01.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A beautifully painted Maya bowl from the Late Classic period (600–800 CE), decorated with imagery and hieroglyphic elements. #Maya #Archaeology

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Peter Metz @pgmetz.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Now that would be a happy Halloween

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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This 1673 French merchant's scale set was used to verify silver and gold coins by weight, a common anti-counterfeit practice before standardized currency when clipping metal from coins was widespread. IG: @redbeardsrelics www.instagram.com/redbeardsrel...

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Bart van Zwieten @bvzw.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

This pottery vessel shaped like a human skull features polychrome lacquer decoration. It was crafted in Cholula, in the state of Puebla, during the Postclassic period between 700 and 1540 CE. The piece reflects the Mixteca-Puebla style and was traded into the Tehuacan region through ancient commerce

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Museum Bums @museumbums.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

When you're *almost* certain you parked on the 5th floor of the multistorey carpark today, right?? 👍🏛️🍑 #MuseumBums Model for the Fountain of the Moor, 1653, by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, at Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, America 😁

A statue of a figure, in a concrete art gallery with strip lighting

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Carausius @carausius286.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

These plaques are from an Etruscan tomb. The sphinxes flanked the interior of the doorway, while the three plaques show Greek myths - the Judgment of Paris (left), with Paris & Hermes; Athena, Hera & Aphrodite behind him; & Helen, with three attendants. This is worth a zoom 🕰️c560-550BC 🏛️BM 📷mine

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#HillfortsWednesday & the curious case of Hardings Down 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 On the Gower Peninsular there's a hill which has 3 separate enclosures all within a few yards See more of our Journeys across ancient places in Wales & the rest of Britain >>> www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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jessstilllife.bsky.social @jessstilllife.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Definitely not a British hillfort, part ll. The ancient mud brick ruins of Ayaz-Kala, built at the end of the 4th century BCE to protect Khorezm and the Silk Routes, now Uzbekistan. #HillfortsWednesday 📸 intrepid daughter

Pinkish beige ruined mudbrick walls with arrow slits? and tower fortifications in a desert landscape with blue sky and high clouds

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Oscar Lozada @oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

A dog(?) riding an ox atop two pillars... 🤔 Is anyone more familiar with Romano-Celtic mythology than me? I'm not sure what this could be! This is the other side of the cavalryman stele I posted last week for #ReliefWednesday 📍 1st century CE, found near Burgos, northern Spain 🏺 #archaeology

A roughly circular stone disc with the images of a cow with large horns, and what may be a dog, carved in the centre. Held on a cross-shaped museum stand in the middle of a room

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