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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Boundary wall at Hardknott Roman Fort, courtesy of Ruth Riddle. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

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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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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CBHC / RCAHMW @rcahmwales.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Wales’s archaeology from the air! Discover this summer’s remarkable drought discoveries with @drtobydriver.bsky.social in Current Archaeology and the Time Team Podcast. 📖 zurl.co/vrp3d 🎧zurl.co/s7ff7 #Archaeology #Wales #hanescymru #yagym

Image of Caerhun Roman fort, near Conwy (Crown Copyright: RCAHMW).

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Matt Peeples @pattmeeples.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

I’m doing an archaeology day event at my son’s school and decided to throw the kids a curveball at the “guess the purpose of this artifact” table. Who knows? Maybe they’ll have some good ideas.

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Butser Ancient Farm @butserancientfarm.co.uk · 06/10/2026

Enter a world of ancient spirits and winter folklore by the glowing hearth this Yuletide… This December we're welcoming back award-winning performer Jason Buck for The Horns of Yule – A Winter Tale. 📅 Friday 18th December 🕰️ 7-9pm Book your tickets now!🔥 www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/cal...

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

🌍 #GlobalDiversityAwarenessMonth At #Trimontium diversity is written into the archaeology: Syrian archers, Gaulish cavalry, soldiers of Legio IX Hispana & local communities living alongside Rome’s military presence. Different peoples, languages, traditions & beliefs on Rome’s northern frontier

Syrian style arrowhead over a red background

images of 2 Roman altars in black and white

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#TombTuesday Roman tomb on Dere Street, near High Rochester, Northumberland. #RomanBritain #Archaeology #History (see Alt.)

Dere Street Roman Road
was built by occupying Romans in AD 7981. It was reused during the time of the Antonine Wall, some 60 years later. It also found use in 1298, when King Edward
of England marched his forces north along Dere Street to the Battle of Falkirk.
A Roman cemetery is an area of ground set aside for the disposal, celebration and remembrance of the dead. Under Roman law it was illegal to bury or burn the dead within a town, so throughout the Roman
occupation
cemeteries were set up outside the settlement to which they belonged, usually alongside an approach road. The monument is situated on a rocky eminence some 400m SE
of High Rochester Roman fort close to Petty Knowes farmhouse, and comprises a Roman cemetery located on either side of Dere Street Roman road. Around I00 small barrows have been identified, these being largely low circular mounds averaging 3-4m dia. some of which also exhibit a shallow external ditch and low external bank.

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Rupert Ferguson @druidtombraider.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Late Roman Chicken mosaic within geometric floor patterns from the Bishop's Basilica of Philippopolis, a vast early Christian basilica built in the 4th century CE at Plovdiv, Bulgaria; courtesy of Carole Raddato. #RomanArchaeology #Archaeology #MosaicMonday

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Tania Weston @tania-w.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

A fantastic Roman mosaic from the Musée de la Romanité in Nîmes. #MosaicMonday #Nîmes #Roman

A very detailed square Roman mosaic. The centre is a circle made up of multiple triangular black and white sections surrounded by a circle with a wave pattern. You can only just see different bids in each corner. This is all surround by various brown, white and black borders.

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Continuing the discussion about the Dewlish figure with three pointy things: here's Steve Cosh's drawing of how it fits this corner of the mosaic. Click to enlarge. Leopard/gazelle off to the right. Grateful thanks to Steve for providing this and for permission to reproduce it here. 📷 S R Cosh ©️

Drawing of part of a mostly lost Roman mosaic showing a square compartment with a circle in the centre flanked by two rectangular compartments, all with traces of figure-work. At lower right of the drawing is the fragment we are discussing, showing the curved legs of a suggested triton possibly holding a lost circle in his lost arms. To the right of this was the compartment with the splendid leopard and gazelle now in Dorset Museum & Art Gallery, posted recentlyby Kevin Wilbraham (@kpw1453.bsky.social).

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As some of us have been discussing the possible Dewlish triton recently, who might have supported a circle, for this #MosaicMonday here's a snaky-legged person to compare and contrast. From the Horkstow mosaic, holding up the circular scenes in the central panel. 1/2

A detail from a coloured engraving of a Roman mosaic. A short-haired figure is kneeling in a spandrel, with part of a circular border of simple guiloche above and multi-strand guilloche borders at lower left and lower right forming parts of the enclosing square. The figure's arms are raised to hold the circle. The figure's lower legs take the form of snakes terminating in splendid crested heads with long red tongues. The heads are placed just below the figure's hands.

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Ray Purvis @raypurvis.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

276/365: From the archives: Walking west beside the north ditch., in Wall mile 24. Portgate to Heavenfield section of Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail. #hadrianswall #followtheacorn

From the archives: Walking west beside the north ditch., in Wall mile 24. Portgate to Heavenfield section of Hadrian's Wall Path National Trail.

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#OTD 5 Oct the #Romans marked #MundusPatet 💀 when the sacred mundus was opened, symbolically creating a gateway between the world above & the underworld — a time when the spirits of the dead were thought to come closer to the living. 👻 A time when Romans felt especially close to their ancestors.

Roman mosaic depicting a skeleton holding jugs

Roman mosaic in full colour depicting a skeleton reclining

Roman relief depicting the gates of Hades

Roman mosaic depicting a skull and a wheel

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Dr Pat Witts @wittspat.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Some #MosaicMonday offerings here.

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Dr. Elle, Her Celestial Majesty ✨👑🌌 @abstractica.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

ㅤ Ancient intaglio depicting a grasshopper driving a chariot being pulled by two butterflies — Roman, 1st c. bce - 1st c. ce, carnelian ㅤ

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Graham Taylor @pottedhistory.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Loved making this video for Corbridge Roman site with Frances McIntosh, English Heritage Collections Curator for Hadrian’s Wall. 🏺 This head pot, made by local potters at Corbridge has some really interesting features. #Archaeology #AncientBluesky vimeo.com/708232125/eb...

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Join Frances McIntosh, English Heritage Collections Curator for Hadrian’s Wall, as she visits expert potter Graham Taylor to discover how a modern potter uses historical methods to recreate distinctiv...

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

An altar dedicated to Jupiter from the Roman fort at Maryport in Cumbria which was set up by Marcus Maenius Agrippa, Tribune and Commander of the First Cohort of Spaniards. Now part of the collections at Senhouse Roman Museum in Maryport. 📸 My own. #EpigraphyTuesday

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Beware of the dog! The Cave Canem entranceway from #Pompeii is such a timeless #Roman mosaic; the dog still symbolically protects his owner's house, nearly 2000 years after it was destroyed when Mt Vesuvius erupted in AD 79 🐶 #Archaeology #MosaicMonday #AncientBlueSky

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#MosaicMonday – Detail of the Procession of Dionysus mosaic from Augusta Traiana (modern Stara Zagora, Bulgaria). This scene from the Dionysiac thiasos shows female attendants alongside a satyr. Dated to the first half of the 4th century AD. Regional History Museum, Stara Zagora.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

These two 1st-2nd c. CE Roman marble theatrical masks represent comedy and Melpomene, muse of tragic theater. They were discovered in the peristyle of a ruined Roman villa of La Estación in Antequera, Spain. Note the little face of the actor behind the large open mouth of the comedy mask! 😆 🏺 📸 me

Marble mask of the personification of comedic theater. It’s somewhat grotesque, the mouth opening in a large open and wide grin, with bugged-out eyes and deep laugh lines around the eyes and forehead. He has a pompadour hairstyle, taller than the face itself, and it falls to the level of the mask’s chin, with incised wavy lines. A small frowning face of an actor with a snub nose can be seen inside the large mouth.

Centro de Interpretación del Teatro Romano, Málaga, Spain

Marble mask representing the personification of tragic theater. It’s the face of a woman, specifically Melpomene, muse of tragic theater, her eyes open wide and her mouth opening in a horrified scream. She has a two-tiered wig of wavy or ringleted hair with a center part.

Centro de Interpretación del Teatro Romano, Málaga, Spain

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Natalie Haynes @nataliehaynes.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Ah, the illusion of plenty! Who doesn’t want to reach for food, only to discover it is mosaic food?

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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Tiger mosaic from the 'House of Dionysus' (3rd cent. CE) at Nea Paphos, Cyprus - a site with fantastic mosaics (and a lot more to see). 📷 my own 2013 #MosaicMonday

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Ian Ebbage @ianebbage.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The funerary stele of Gaius Iulius Crescens who was a carrier (AD 160, Thessaloniki Archaeological Museum) #memorialmonday #31DaysofGraves Day 5 vehicle

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Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Day4 begins, at Newport - the surviving north gate to the Roman fortress at #Lincoln. Getting here from the digs was a time consuming faff, due to road closures for a race in and around the city. I started at 11.25, with 21 miles to go

A stone gateway, with two arches - a large one fit for (modest) traffic to the left, and a much smaller one to the right.

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#Lion Mosaic found at 5th Century AD #Antioch. 📷 Display at the Baltimore #Art Museum #MosaicMonday

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Its #GrandparentsDay today! The role of #grandparents in Ancient #Rome was interesting. Due to Roman cohabitation and marriage patterns, multi-generational households were commonplace, and children would often have been born into the house of their paternal grandparents.

Ara pacis detail showing the family of Augustus

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

The ‘Dorchester Prison Mosaic’ which was discovered under the Dorchester Prison cemetery in 1856. Now part of the collections at Dorset Museum & Art Gallery in Dorchester. 📸 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Dorchester

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Jon Hawke @archaeohawke.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#MosaicMonday The #Lion and stag mosaic from room 4, south west wing, Building XXI 2, Verulamium (late 2nd Century AD. Verulamium museum). #Archaeology #RomanBritain #artwork #art #History

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George Harris @historylecturer.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#MosaicMonday Vienne, where we were yesterday, has the most wonderful collection of mosaics. Here are four.

A portion of black and white mosaic with larger, irregular-shaped stones, among the tesserae

A large mosaic with four heads at the ends and a river god, with lady friend, in the middle

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

A beautiful #Roman glass bottle, in green & gold with small patches of blue - a lovely thing, although I suspect the original owner would be stunned to know that it had survived nearly 2000 years, & was now on display to the public... #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Sassy snake A rather cheeky red-crested serpent on a mid 4th century AD #Roman mosaic floor Found in Durngate Street, Dorchester in 1905, he's now safely housed in Dorset Museum 📷 Sept 2026 #MosaicMonday

A crested red and white checkered snake facing right on a Roman mosaic floor

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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

An excellent day spent celebrating the life, work and legacy of Ivan Donald Margary, unsung hero of 20th century archaeology, history and heritage at the @cbasoutheast.bsky.social and #SussexArchaeologyandHistory conference

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Eleanor Ghey @eleanorghey.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

This year's Roman Research Trust Joan Pye lecture will be by Richard Madgwick on 18th Nov.

Poster with details: Feeding the Roman Army on the Frontiers: Isotope research on animal provisioning in Britannia and beyond, 18.11.26 7pm free on Zoom https://tinyurl.com/FeedingtheRomanArmy

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

It’s just one of the allegorical symbols of India in the Roman mind. And Dionysus of course is also heavily associated with India due to his triumph.

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Dr Jo Ball @drjeball.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

A #Roman pie or pastry mould in the shape of a pig - probably used to create a 'showstopper' dish for a dinner party, some 2000 years ago #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

#AmphitheatreSaturday – The El Djem amphitheatre (ancient Thysdrus) in Tunisia, built in the 3rd century AD, is one of the largest Roman amphitheatres, seating up to 35,000 spectators. Its three tiers of arcades and underground passages for animals and gladiators showcase impressive engineering.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

No one rocks leopard 🐆 print quite like Bacchus and a few years ago while at the RISD museum I got to see my favorite late antique Bacchus mosaic up close (photo is my own, from a villa at Daphne near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey) now at RISD, 325-330 CE).

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Economic prosperity in the city of Antioch, a vital agricultural and commercial center at the crossroads of the Roman Empire, created an expansive middle-class population with a taste for luxury and beauty.
Villas in this region were often opulently decorated with stunning wall frescos and floor mosaics, like this medallion of the wine god Bacchus (the Greek Dionysos). While today this mosaic is displayed on the Museum's wall, it was originally located in the entrance hall of a Roman villa, as part of a much larger floor pavement that also included the mosaic to the right. As guests walked across the floor mosaic, these images of the wine god Bacchus and his thiasus, or followers, would have created an atmosphere of wine-drinking revelry and merriment, inviting them to enjoy the pleasures of life.

Roman, from a villa at Daphne near Antioch (modern Antakya, Turkey)
BACCHUS, 325-330 CE

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

3rd century wall plaster from the Romano-British villa at Tarrant Hinton in Dorset, possibly depicting Narcissus, a hunter from Roman mythology. Now part of the collections at East Dorset Museum in Wimborne, Dorset. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #RomanBritain #TarrantHinton

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Colchester Museums @colmuseums.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Moon, Magick & Mystery returns on 9 and 10 October 2026. Explore talks, workshops, readings, traders and paranormal investigations across a weekend celebrating folklore and the unexplained: colchester.cimuseums.org.uk/mmm/

Promotional poster for Moon, Magick & Mystery at Colchester Castle. The illustration shows a large full moon rising behind the castle, a werewolf in the foreground, and a flying saucer in the sky. Text reads: “Moon, Magick & Mystery, 9–10 October 2026”.

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Butser Ancient Farm @butserancientfarm.co.uk · 02/10/2026

Introducing The Butser Gathering! Come dressed as a Viking, Roman, Saxon, or anything history inspired. A day of costumes, creativity, games, food, drink, conversation and a chance to meet new people! 📅Saturday 14 November 🕰️11am-8pm Tickets are LIVE! 🔥 www.butserancientfarm.co.uk/whats-on/cal...

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Trimontium Trust & Museum @trimontiumtrust.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Happy Kalends of #October! 🍂 From the Latin octo, “eight” — October was the 8th month in the earliest Roman calendar. Even after the calendar expanded to 12 months, it kept its name & its 31 days. October marked the close of the military & farming seasons & was under the protection of Mars. ⚔️🌾

Mosaic of the month representing October

Another mosaic representing October as a personification

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Discovered at the Roman villa of Finca El Secretario in Fuengirola, Spain, this ‘fake mosaic’ fresco might have meant the villa owners could find or afford a mosaicist, but the villa had many mosaic floor. The technique was perhaps used due to avoid the heaviness of mosaic walls. 🏺 3/

Ancient Roman floor mosaic with geometric patterns, in situ in the ruins of a Roman villa. The fresco would have been on the walls of one of these rooms.

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

These fragments from a Roman villa in Spain are not from a mosaic but from a fresco. If you look closely you’ll see a grid of lines, many following the contour of the figures, much as tesserae do on mosaics. This trompe-l’oeil technique simulates mosaics. 1/ 🏺 1st-2nd c. Museo de Málaga 📸 me

Fragment of a fresco depicting part of a human face, mostly the eyes. Thin lines form a grid pattern, simulating the edges of tesserae.

Fresco fragment showing a naked torso of a woman, her legs and pubic area covered in a red himation (cloak). Her right hand carries a basket laden with fruit, which look like giant globes of grapes. Grapevine leaves appear in the background. A Dionysian scene. The faux tesserae grid lines follow the curves of the body.

Fresco fragment depicting some sort of half-human creature with wild hair and bare torso, gesturing upwards with his right hand and holding a branched stick with his left. The faux tesserae grid lines follow the curves of his garment and body.

Fresco fragment with the torso of perhaps a god with golden skin, a red himation flowing outwards and partially covering his or her legs. Perhaps Dionysos?

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

The timeless beauty of ancient glass! This Roman glass scent bottle is around 2,000 years old, yet its elegant design feels surprisingly modern! British Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

My photo shows a small Roman scent bottle made of cobalt-blue mould-blown glass in the form of a scallop shell. At the top it has a cylindrical neck with an out-turned rim. There is a thin, curved, handle either side of the neck. The top of each handle is attached to the neck, and the bottom is attached to the top of the scallop shell. Bottle dimensions: height 8.5 cm, diameter 5.2 cm. Dated AD 25-100. It is displayed on a circular, clear perspex (?) stand in a British Museum display case. The bottle was bequeathed to the British Museum by Felix Slade in 1869.

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

#PortraitThursday – Marble portrait of an unknown ruler, possibly Sauromates II of the Cimmerian Bosporus, from the late 2nd century AD. He has idealised features, including flowing hair and a short beard. It was discovered at the Theatre of Dionysus in the 19th century. 📍 Acropolis Museum, Athens.

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National Trust Archaeology @nattrustarch.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

We certainly enjoy our time #outinthefield, whether that’s undertaking geophysical surveys, building recording, walkover surveys, or excavation (among many other things!), but that’s not the end of the story. What happens to all the 'stuff' we find?

Filing cabinets full of brown boxes with writing on them relating to which site the finds were recovered from.

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Roman Sites @romansites.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A look at the Yorkshire Museum's excellent Roman collection: inscriptions, mosaics and more! Pics: dedication to Serapis and Four Seasons mosaic (winter) (📷 my own 2026) New blog at: visiting-roman-sites.blogspot.com/2026/09/york... #ReliefWednesday #MosaicMonday (late entry) #RomanBritain

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Kevin Wilbraham @kpw1453.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Scale armour from the Roman Fort at Carlisle (Luguvalium) which was found in the fort workshop. Now part of the collections at Tullie House Museum in Carlisle. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Carlisle

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