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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Parthenon, Athens, Greece, 2026. Reconstructing the jigsaw. Will this alter the narratives from what was originally intended by the Athens polis?

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Really interesting research on Neanderthals at The Prehistoric Society conference on Saturday, to honour Prof Penny Spikins with the Europa prize, whose keynote lecture on Courage was great. Presentations by Jennifer French, Silvia Bello, Richard Wilson, Matt Pope, Chris Stringer....and me.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

And counting... petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A new version of George, the Turkish/Palestinian saint's flag.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A new version of George, the Turkish/Palestinian saint's flag.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 08/06/2025

#Gobeklitepe, #Sanliurfa,Turkey, 2024. Important #Neolithic settlement site, 9500-8000BCE. From my series on Ancient and #NuminousPlaces, part of my #evolution of #religion project. #archaeology

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

#Hattusa, Anatolia, Turkey, 2024. Hittite capital in the late bronze age. From my series on Ancient and #Numinous Places, part of my #evolution of #religion project. #archaeology

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

Zhong Guo Renmin Daxue (Peoples University of China), Haidian, Beijing, 1982. In memory of today. Today we remember Tiananmen 1989. A regime that stresses dialectic and self criticism, but suppresses dissent, dialogue and democracy. #china #tiananmen #1989 #dissent #democracy

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

York cathedral, 2025. From my photography project "Some Statements of Power and Influence", on religion as a central artefact within the evolution of culture. #religion #york #culturalevolution #cathedrals #yorkcathedral #power #influence #humanism

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Tre'r Ceiri, Lynn Penisular, North Wales, 2023. From my series of Numinous Places, within my work on the origins of religion. #trerceiri #wales #lynn #numinousplaces #religion #landscape #landscapehead #newtopographics #amanalteredlandscape #manalteredlandscape

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Handaxe of the Week. Neolithic Flint Book of Butter - 220 mm large handaxe from Grand Pressigny, France. A stone face has a story to tell! #archaeology #neolithic #grandpressigny #handaxe #MaterialCulture #storiesinstone #photography #blackandwhite

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 01/06/2025

Korean catholic pilgrim, Medugorje, Bosnia, 2024. From my photography project on religion as a central artefact within the evolution of culture. #religion #bosnia #culturalevolution #pilgrims #medugorje

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Handaxe of the week. Surface find, Olorgesailie, Kenya, 1956. Found by Louis Leakey and given by him to Peter Ellis, friend of his son, Richard. #archaeology #olorgesailie #kenya #oldowan #handaxe

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Actually its the wealthy that are hiding behind high walls, and gates like this one. (From my project "shut in shut out").

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

University of Brighton, 2021. Today, Feb 12th, was Charles Darwin’s birthday in 1809. #science #charlesdarwin #originofspecies

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Karahantepe, Sanliurfa,Turkey, 2024.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 06/11/2024

When I was there in September there were guards stopping us taking photos like that at Karahantepe. Hopefully she'll get to the fabulous archaeological museum in Sanliurfa as well.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 01/11/2024

Çatalhöyük, Konya, Anatolia, Turkey, 2024. A fascinating day in September at one of the most important archaeological sites of the Neolithic. #neolithic #catahoyuk #archaeology #culturalevolution

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 30/10/2024

Asikli Hoyuk 10ky neolithic archaeological site, Aksaray, Anatolia, Turkey.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 29/10/2024

Haggia Sofia, Istanbul, Turkey, 2024. Fascinating building, originally Greek Orthodox, most of west Turkey was part of Greece. Then an Islamic mosque, then a museum in the 1920's secular republic, now a mosque again thanks to Erdogan. Much Christian iconography remains, unlike any other mosque.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 16/10/2024

Some of my first attempts at a great flint knapping weekend workshop with Dr James Dilley at Ancient Crafts, Ludham, Norfolk last weekend. @ancientcraftuk.bsky.social

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 28/09/2024

Durham Cathedral, 2024. Some evidence of an evolved cultural artefact.

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Robert Ashby @robertashby.bsky.social · 27/09/2024

Whilst in Durham for the @culturalevolsoc.bsky.social conference two weeks ago, I had the chance to see the cathedral at night, and also visited during the day, as it's an important example of the artefacts of the cultural evolution of religion, that I am researching.

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