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An ancient Egyptian crocodile that bites! 🐊
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
September 16, 2026 at 7:39 AM
An ancient Egyptian crocodile that bites! 🐊
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
More than 3,000 years ago, someone carved this crocodile from wood and gave it a movable jaw. Perhaps a child’s toy, it offers a small glimpse into the playful side of ancient life.
From Thebes, c. 1540-1075 BC
Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me
#Archaeology
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@adam_franks shares 2 good Samaritans rescuing a stuck eagle: #AGoodPlace
September 15, 2026 at 11:22 AM
@adam_franks shares 2 good Samaritans rescuing a stuck eagle: #AGoodPlace
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Too good not to share: a wooden floor of a #Neolithic house.
Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
September 4, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Too good not to share: a wooden floor of a #Neolithic house.
Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Amazing survival. Can almost sense a waviness to its surface as if of differential wear. Showing busier and quieter corners of the house?
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Too good not to share: a wooden floor of a #Neolithic house.
Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
Unearthed in Alleshausen-Grundwiesen, a wetland settlement at the western rim of the Federsee marshlands, 3020-2700 BC.
📷H. Schlichterle/Landesamt für Denkmalpflege Baden Württemberg
🏺 #archaeology
September 14, 2026 at 9:18 PM
Amazing survival. Can almost sense a waviness to its surface as if of differential wear. Showing busier and quieter corners of the house?
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You will hear from us again.
September 5, 2026 at 10:02 PM
You will hear from us again.
Impressive, Katy!
September 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
Impressive, Katy!
Roadside respite on Penally's steep hill, nr Boscastle.
Beautiful water trough for horses & dogs; the shute's hexagonal spout at a height convenient for pails.
Displays the local geology: granite trough, quartz jambs and grey slate for everything else.
The strong arch earlier, reused?
Photo 2006
Beautiful water trough for horses & dogs; the shute's hexagonal spout at a height convenient for pails.
Displays the local geology: granite trough, quartz jambs and grey slate for everything else.
The strong arch earlier, reused?
Photo 2006
September 6, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Roadside respite on Penally's steep hill, nr Boscastle.
Beautiful water trough for horses & dogs; the shute's hexagonal spout at a height convenient for pails.
Displays the local geology: granite trough, quartz jambs and grey slate for everything else.
The strong arch earlier, reused?
Photo 2006
Beautiful water trough for horses & dogs; the shute's hexagonal spout at a height convenient for pails.
Displays the local geology: granite trough, quartz jambs and grey slate for everything else.
The strong arch earlier, reused?
Photo 2006
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September 1, 2026 at 10:06 AM
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The amazing rufous hornero bird building its iconic, oven-shaped clay nest on a tree branch. It’s waterproof and cozy
September 1, 2026 at 12:22 AM
The amazing rufous hornero bird building its iconic, oven-shaped clay nest on a tree branch. It’s waterproof and cozy
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How did prehistoric cultures perceive remarkable natural stones in the landscape?
I came across this incredible perched glacial erratic nr Cregennan Lakes yesterday in upland Gwynedd which closely resembles some regional Neolithic tombs 🧐
One for #TombTuesday
📷 My own
I came across this incredible perched glacial erratic nr Cregennan Lakes yesterday in upland Gwynedd which closely resembles some regional Neolithic tombs 🧐
One for #TombTuesday
📷 My own
September 1, 2026 at 6:18 AM
How did prehistoric cultures perceive remarkable natural stones in the landscape?
I came across this incredible perched glacial erratic nr Cregennan Lakes yesterday in upland Gwynedd which closely resembles some regional Neolithic tombs 🧐
One for #TombTuesday
📷 My own
I came across this incredible perched glacial erratic nr Cregennan Lakes yesterday in upland Gwynedd which closely resembles some regional Neolithic tombs 🧐
One for #TombTuesday
📷 My own
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Isbister Chambered Cairn on South Ronaldsay in Orkney. The Neolithic cairn is also known as the ‘Tomb of the Eagles’ on account of the bones and talons of sea eagles which were found alongside human remains. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
September 1, 2026 at 6:22 AM
Isbister Chambered Cairn on South Ronaldsay in Orkney. The Neolithic cairn is also known as the ‘Tomb of the Eagles’ on account of the bones and talons of sea eagles which were found alongside human remains. 📸 My own. #TombTuesday #Prehistory #Archaeology #Orkney
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The Nine Stones, Altarnun, Bodmin Moor. Usually when I visit these stones they are standing in water - so great to be able to not get soggy feet on this occasion. #StandingStoneSunday
August 30, 2026 at 7:21 AM
The Nine Stones, Altarnun, Bodmin Moor. Usually when I visit these stones they are standing in water - so great to be able to not get soggy feet on this occasion. #StandingStoneSunday
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Toot toot! 🐭 🎺 🎉
I’m delighted to reach the milestone of 15,000 followers! Thank you for joining me! Great to see so many of you interested in #Archaeology!
Here’s a tiny Roman bronze mouse playing a trumpet! Perhaps too loudly as he’s covering his ear with a paw! 1st-2nd century AD
#Archaeology
I’m delighted to reach the milestone of 15,000 followers! Thank you for joining me! Great to see so many of you interested in #Archaeology!
Here’s a tiny Roman bronze mouse playing a trumpet! Perhaps too loudly as he’s covering his ear with a paw! 1st-2nd century AD
#Archaeology
August 29, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Toot toot! 🐭 🎺 🎉
I’m delighted to reach the milestone of 15,000 followers! Thank you for joining me! Great to see so many of you interested in #Archaeology!
Here’s a tiny Roman bronze mouse playing a trumpet! Perhaps too loudly as he’s covering his ear with a paw! 1st-2nd century AD
#Archaeology
I’m delighted to reach the milestone of 15,000 followers! Thank you for joining me! Great to see so many of you interested in #Archaeology!
Here’s a tiny Roman bronze mouse playing a trumpet! Perhaps too loudly as he’s covering his ear with a paw! 1st-2nd century AD
#Archaeology
Remarkable survival.
Might the early Neolithic Cornish greenstone axeheads have been fitted up in a similar way?
Might the early Neolithic Cornish greenstone axeheads have been fitted up in a similar way?
A rare survival from Neolithic Cumbria some 5,000 years ago!
A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved!
Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
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A polished greenstone axehead, quarried in the Langdales, with its original wooden handle preserved!
Found at Ehenside Tarn in 1869, it is the only hafted Neolithic axe known from England to date!
📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
August 29, 2026 at 8:27 AM
Remarkable survival.
Might the early Neolithic Cornish greenstone axeheads have been fitted up in a similar way?
Might the early Neolithic Cornish greenstone axeheads have been fitted up in a similar way?
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The Moel Hebog Shield - a late Bronze Age shield which was found in a bog near Moel Hebog Mountain (Eryri National Park) in 1784. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📷 My own. #FindsFriday #Prehistory #Archaeology
August 8, 2025 at 6:27 AM
The Moel Hebog Shield - a late Bronze Age shield which was found in a bog near Moel Hebog Mountain (Eryri National Park) in 1784. Now part of the collections at the British Museum. 📷 My own. #FindsFriday #Prehistory #Archaeology
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The archaeology of archaeology
A shed used from 1910 by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray during excavations at Meare Iron Age Lake Village
Rediscovered in 1982 filled with tools and newspapers dating from 1890 😮
Now at Avalon Archaeology #Somerset
#IronworkThursday
#MetalworkThursday
A shed used from 1910 by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray during excavations at Meare Iron Age Lake Village
Rediscovered in 1982 filled with tools and newspapers dating from 1890 😮
Now at Avalon Archaeology #Somerset
#IronworkThursday
#MetalworkThursday
August 27, 2026 at 6:52 AM
The archaeology of archaeology
A shed used from 1910 by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray during excavations at Meare Iron Age Lake Village
Rediscovered in 1982 filled with tools and newspapers dating from 1890 😮
Now at Avalon Archaeology #Somerset
#IronworkThursday
#MetalworkThursday
A shed used from 1910 by Arthur Bulleid and Harold St George Gray during excavations at Meare Iron Age Lake Village
Rediscovered in 1982 filled with tools and newspapers dating from 1890 😮
Now at Avalon Archaeology #Somerset
#IronworkThursday
#MetalworkThursday
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Some buildings will show their stories through architectural strata – abandoned Roman fort to 7th century chapel to Tudor barn to 20th century reconsecration. Some buildings will show it through a parading of their ghosts – centurion to monk to hapless hiker. – Dr. M. Benn
August 24, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Some buildings will show their stories through architectural strata – abandoned Roman fort to 7th century chapel to Tudor barn to 20th century reconsecration. Some buildings will show it through a parading of their ghosts – centurion to monk to hapless hiker. – Dr. M. Benn
As is usually the case with platform cairns, the views from it are tremendous.
Sometimes the subtle remains are the most intriguing. Platform cairn on East Moor, Altarnun in Cornwall. #TombTuesday
August 25, 2026 at 7:55 AM
As is usually the case with platform cairns, the views from it are tremendous.
Also commenced a plane-table survey of the subtle earthworks of parterre gardens at Penans.
The former gardens have been meadows and orchards for a quarter millennium.
The earthwork survey complements the geophysical one, adding raised walks and other features absent from the other.
The former gardens have been meadows and orchards for a quarter millennium.
The earthwork survey complements the geophysical one, adding raised walks and other features absent from the other.
August 7, 2026 at 1:10 PM
Also commenced a plane-table survey of the subtle earthworks of parterre gardens at Penans.
The former gardens have been meadows and orchards for a quarter millennium.
The earthwork survey complements the geophysical one, adding raised walks and other features absent from the other.
The former gardens have been meadows and orchards for a quarter millennium.
The earthwork survey complements the geophysical one, adding raised walks and other features absent from the other.
Last weekend CAS members dug two test pits in early 18C walled garden of Penans, nr Grampound.
Recorded a water feature and foundation trench of building visible on geophysical survey.
More expected this weekend.
Recorded a water feature and foundation trench of building visible on geophysical survey.
More expected this weekend.
August 7, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Last weekend CAS members dug two test pits in early 18C walled garden of Penans, nr Grampound.
Recorded a water feature and foundation trench of building visible on geophysical survey.
More expected this weekend.
Recorded a water feature and foundation trench of building visible on geophysical survey.
More expected this weekend.
On the western slopes of Dartmoor, from where the historic landscapes of Bodmin Moor and Cornwall stretch enticingly away towards the setting sun.
Two days in the Walkham valley on Dartmoor in the company of farmers and commoners interested in the history of their 'ancient semi-natural grasslands'.
A prehistoric pastoral landscape with woods and trees jumping their historic confines to re-colonise stony slopes.
Great photo (c) Chris Chapman.
A prehistoric pastoral landscape with woods and trees jumping their historic confines to re-colonise stony slopes.
Great photo (c) Chris Chapman.
August 7, 2026 at 12:55 PM
On the western slopes of Dartmoor, from where the historic landscapes of Bodmin Moor and Cornwall stretch enticingly away towards the setting sun.
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Sheepfold & hafod archaeology in the Berwyn Mountains. All of these are along the Afon Disgynfa valley west of Pistyll Rhaiadr & there were plenty more hidden in the head height bracken. They are mostly late Medieval & Post Medieval in date, but frequently incorporate or robbed earlier structures.
July 30, 2026 at 12:18 PM
Sheepfold & hafod archaeology in the Berwyn Mountains. All of these are along the Afon Disgynfa valley west of Pistyll Rhaiadr & there were plenty more hidden in the head height bracken. They are mostly late Medieval & Post Medieval in date, but frequently incorporate or robbed earlier structures.
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The land at drought cries to the sky for rain. Cries through cracks in fields, through its dusty lane coughing. Everywhere distressed spirits at lamentation. Everywhere a tormenting thirst. In this time of withering, we forgive the coming of storms. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982
July 31, 2026 at 6:18 PM
The land at drought cries to the sky for rain. Cries through cracks in fields, through its dusty lane coughing. Everywhere distressed spirits at lamentation. Everywhere a tormenting thirst. In this time of withering, we forgive the coming of storms. – #EmilyCBanting, 1982
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Huge congratulations to @mattpope.bsky.social, who has been promoted to Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology 🎉
Matt's new appointment recognises decades of research, teaching and fieldwork, as well as his longstanding commitment to the @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology community.
#Archaeology
Matt's new appointment recognises decades of research, teaching and fieldwork, as well as his longstanding commitment to the @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology community.
#Archaeology
July 24, 2026 at 7:25 AM
Huge congratulations to @mattpope.bsky.social, who has been promoted to Professor of Palaeolithic Archaeology 🎉
Matt's new appointment recognises decades of research, teaching and fieldwork, as well as his longstanding commitment to the @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology community.
#Archaeology
Matt's new appointment recognises decades of research, teaching and fieldwork, as well as his longstanding commitment to the @ucl.ac.uk Institute of Archaeology community.
#Archaeology