Anne Cross
@archaeannie.bsky.social
Volunteer finds processor Enthusiastic but inadequate yarn crafter Lover of books and the great outdoors
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September 14, 2026 at 8:01 AM
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THIS THURSDAY September 17 at 7.30pm the annual joint lecture with @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social: 'The Massive Melsonby Iron Age Hoard' by Dr Sophie Adams (British Museum) in the Rattray Lecture Theatre at the University of Leicester. FREE, all welcome! #Archaeology
September 13, 2026 at 11:29 AM
THIS THURSDAY September 17 at 7.30pm the annual joint lecture with @prehistoricsociety.bsky.social: 'The Massive Melsonby Iron Age Hoard' by Dr Sophie Adams (British Museum) in the Rattray Lecture Theatre at the University of Leicester. FREE, all welcome! #Archaeology
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Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? | Charlotte Higgins
Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? | Charlotte Higgins
The tapestry is drawing crowds to the British Museum – and each person who sees it will draw a different meaning from this epic, vivid artwork, says the Guardian’s chief culture writer Charlotte Higgins
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September 12, 2026 at 7:55 AM
Bayeux tapestrymania has gripped Britain. But what does it say about our own age of war and upheaval? | Charlotte Higgins
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A note about me and my work. In my art practice I photograph landscapes to use as inspiration myself, I then use ink/watercolour on paper, with real brushes/pens. I write everything on my social media/website myself. I’ve never used ChatGPT. I really hate AI trends. I avoid AI as much as possible.
September 12, 2026 at 7:56 AM
A note about me and my work. In my art practice I photograph landscapes to use as inspiration myself, I then use ink/watercolour on paper, with real brushes/pens. I write everything on my social media/website myself. I’ve never used ChatGPT. I really hate AI trends. I avoid AI as much as possible.
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💧 Discover Richmond Park’s lost waterways!
CBA London invites you to explore 500 years of historic conduits, reservoirs & archaeology with Royal Parks project archaeologist Andrew Mayfield, and learn about the new Lost Waterways project.
🎟️ Book: buff.ly/9UO35Rp
#Archaeology #Heritage #History
CBA London invites you to explore 500 years of historic conduits, reservoirs & archaeology with Royal Parks project archaeologist Andrew Mayfield, and learn about the new Lost Waterways project.
🎟️ Book: buff.ly/9UO35Rp
#Archaeology #Heritage #History
September 7, 2026 at 9:42 AM
💧 Discover Richmond Park’s lost waterways!
CBA London invites you to explore 500 years of historic conduits, reservoirs & archaeology with Royal Parks project archaeologist Andrew Mayfield, and learn about the new Lost Waterways project.
🎟️ Book: buff.ly/9UO35Rp
#Archaeology #Heritage #History
CBA London invites you to explore 500 years of historic conduits, reservoirs & archaeology with Royal Parks project archaeologist Andrew Mayfield, and learn about the new Lost Waterways project.
🎟️ Book: buff.ly/9UO35Rp
#Archaeology #Heritage #History
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Only one of these volunteers makes you proud to be British - and it’s not the Facebook fascist. #RNLI
#Dover #Portsmouth
#Dover #Portsmouth
September 7, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Only one of these volunteers makes you proud to be British - and it’s not the Facebook fascist. #RNLI
#Dover #Portsmouth
#Dover #Portsmouth
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"Spontaneous and non-organized event"
- according to Kent Police.
- according to Kent Police.
Oh, look. Hundreds of men in matching, all-covering black outfits and face veils completely blocking public spaces in Dover. I thought these guys were supposed to be against the burqa? If you're going to protest, at least try not to dress exactly like the culture you're terrified of. 💀
September 6, 2026 at 7:43 PM
"Spontaneous and non-organized event"
- according to Kent Police.
- according to Kent Police.
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British law, 2026
Terrorist Peaceful protestors
Hope this helps
Terrorist Peaceful protestors
Hope this helps
September 5, 2026 at 6:29 PM
British law, 2026
Terrorist Peaceful protestors
Hope this helps
Terrorist Peaceful protestors
Hope this helps
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“This email sent from my tablet”
This Finnish guy has been teaching himself Sumerian, and sent a cuneiform tablet to the British Museum to check his progress.
They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
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They just emailed him that they've sent him something in the post.
I'm now thrilled and excited for a total stranger! Clay tablet mail!
www.reddit.com/r/Cuneiform/...
September 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
“This email sent from my tablet”
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"Honey Bee"
hand embroidery artwork
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#FlyDay #WildlifeArt #embroidery #art
hand embroidery artwork
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p215/h...
#FlyDay #WildlifeArt #embroidery #art
September 4, 2026 at 10:56 AM
"Honey Bee"
hand embroidery artwork
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p215/h...
#FlyDay #WildlifeArt #embroidery #art
hand embroidery artwork
www.emilytull.co.uk/store/p215/h...
#FlyDay #WildlifeArt #embroidery #art
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The remains of an Iron Age cauldron - one of 800 objects discovered in 2021 near the village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire. The ‘Melsonby Hoard’ is currently on display as part of an exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #MelsonbyHoard #Yorkshire
September 4, 2026 at 6:22 AM
The remains of an Iron Age cauldron - one of 800 objects discovered in 2021 near the village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire. The ‘Melsonby Hoard’ is currently on display as part of an exhibition at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #MelsonbyHoard #Yorkshire
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It's quite petty (to many of you), but I'm going to get quite irritated by the England=Britain=UK equation on the Bayeux Tapestry.
It never left the UK because the UK didn't exist when it was created. So it cannot 'return' to the UK, which has only existed in its current borders since 1922). 🗃️
It never left the UK because the UK didn't exist when it was created. So it cannot 'return' to the UK, which has only existed in its current borders since 1922). 🗃️
August 31, 2026 at 7:38 AM
It's quite petty (to many of you), but I'm going to get quite irritated by the England=Britain=UK equation on the Bayeux Tapestry.
It never left the UK because the UK didn't exist when it was created. So it cannot 'return' to the UK, which has only existed in its current borders since 1922). 🗃️
It never left the UK because the UK didn't exist when it was created. So it cannot 'return' to the UK, which has only existed in its current borders since 1922). 🗃️
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It's the end of Week 5 of #Bodiam100, the rain has arrived & our work is largely complete! First, we'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary team effort - with 210 participants digging, finds washing & sharing discoveries, this has been a HUGE undertaking, THANK YOU! 🧵
📷 Ellis Briley
#OutInTheField
📷 Ellis Briley
#OutInTheField
August 30, 2026 at 3:41 PM
It's the end of Week 5 of #Bodiam100, the rain has arrived & our work is largely complete! First, we'd like to acknowledge the extraordinary team effort - with 210 participants digging, finds washing & sharing discoveries, this has been a HUGE undertaking, THANK YOU! 🧵
📷 Ellis Briley
#OutInTheField
📷 Ellis Briley
#OutInTheField
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The silent treatment doesn’t work on introverts. We call that peace and quiet
August 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
The silent treatment doesn’t work on introverts. We call that peace and quiet
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(We Are Just) A Minute to Midnight - Single by Ke~To | Spotify
Ke~To · single · 2026 · 1 songs
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August 27, 2026 at 11:36 AM
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Happy International Dog Day! 🐩🐕🐕🦺
From guard dogs to good dogs, humans have had a special relationship with our canine friends for a long, long time.
This brick, which appears to show a chase in pursuit, shows that dogs and cats have also had a (not quite as cuddly) relationship over the centuries.
From guard dogs to good dogs, humans have had a special relationship with our canine friends for a long, long time.
This brick, which appears to show a chase in pursuit, shows that dogs and cats have also had a (not quite as cuddly) relationship over the centuries.
August 26, 2026 at 8:44 AM
Happy International Dog Day! 🐩🐕🐕🦺
From guard dogs to good dogs, humans have had a special relationship with our canine friends for a long, long time.
This brick, which appears to show a chase in pursuit, shows that dogs and cats have also had a (not quite as cuddly) relationship over the centuries.
From guard dogs to good dogs, humans have had a special relationship with our canine friends for a long, long time.
This brick, which appears to show a chase in pursuit, shows that dogs and cats have also had a (not quite as cuddly) relationship over the centuries.
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Happy weekend!
Here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up blue hedgehog! Look at the little face and paws! 🦔💙
Made of faience around 3,600 years ago.
National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up blue hedgehog! Look at the little face and paws! 🦔💙
Made of faience around 3,600 years ago.
National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me
#Archaeology
August 22, 2026 at 1:36 PM
Happy weekend!
Here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up blue hedgehog! Look at the little face and paws! 🦔💙
Made of faience around 3,600 years ago.
National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Here’s an ancient Egyptian bead in the form of a curled-up blue hedgehog! Look at the little face and paws! 🦔💙
Made of faience around 3,600 years ago.
National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me
#Archaeology
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Archaeologist: The problem is you’ve only found half the cup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Archaeologist: The problem is you’ve only found half the cup
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Excel: The cup is January 2nd.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Excel: The cup is January 2nd.
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Science Fiction Writer: The cup is a crystalline super computer and the liquid is hyperintelligent, they want to know why humanity should be allowed to exist, you have 30 minutes to respond and the answer must be danced by a cat
August 22, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Archaeologist: The problem is you’ve only found half the cup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Archaeologist: The problem is you’ve only found half the cup
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Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Archaeologist: That's not a cup, it's a pot.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Archaeologist: That's not a cup, it's a pot.
August 22, 2026 at 1:08 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Archaeologist: That's not a cup, it's a pot.
Pessimist: The cup is half empty.
Archaeologist: That's not a cup, it's a pot.
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The gatehouse of Ightham Mote, Kent for #ADoorableThursday. A 16th century insertion into a 15th century lodging range. One of my earlier pencil studies.
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtShare
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtShare
August 20, 2026 at 7:03 AM
The gatehouse of Ightham Mote, Kent for #ADoorableThursday. A 16th century insertion into a 15th century lodging range. One of my earlier pencil studies.
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtShare
#ArchitecturalIllustration
#pencil #drawing
#ArtShare
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Right everyone the wine harvest is about to start.
Have we got our hedgehogs at the ready?
Have we got our hedgehogs at the ready?
August 18, 2026 at 1:06 PM
Right everyone the wine harvest is about to start.
Have we got our hedgehogs at the ready?
Have we got our hedgehogs at the ready?
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Apparently £5million can’t buy you enough security to protect you from an imaginary threat.
August 14, 2026 at 6:31 AM
Apparently £5million can’t buy you enough security to protect you from an imaginary threat.
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Checkmate, Nige.
August 13, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Checkmate, Nige.
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Nope, it’s the weeks of hot, dry weather made more severe by global heating due to fossil fuel burning that has increased the risk of wildfires. The landscape is so dry that any ignition can start a fire that becomes uncontrollable. Fields of crops and grasses are not “rewilded” but have burned
August 13, 2026 at 2:24 PM
Nope, it’s the weeks of hot, dry weather made more severe by global heating due to fossil fuel burning that has increased the risk of wildfires. The landscape is so dry that any ignition can start a fire that becomes uncontrollable. Fields of crops and grasses are not “rewilded” but have burned
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Thinking of @countbinface.bsky.social and his run against a sewer in a human meatsack, Nigel Farage. My cat left a Farage on the carpet this AM, it was disgusting and we had to flush it away. I hope he gets close to winning... glorious British humor in action against fascism.
August 13, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Thinking of @countbinface.bsky.social and his run against a sewer in a human meatsack, Nigel Farage. My cat left a Farage on the carpet this AM, it was disgusting and we had to flush it away. I hope he gets close to winning... glorious British humor in action against fascism.