Tim C

Only infrequently do you get to say that you are from Area 51…

Narwhal tusk - on the wall at Fishmongers Hall - used to fend off the attacker in the London Bridge attack of 2019.

www.bbc.com/news/uk-5087...

Where it all began.

YouTube video by etnotube EtnoKultúra 43. epizód részlet - Afrika-kutatás

My first time on Hungarian TV from a few weeks ago now on YouTube. My talking head moment from 7.40. Also lots of 'Homes Under the Hammer' style wandering around. The episode of EtnoKultúra has me talking about the Hungarian Ethnographic Museum’s African collection

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Sheriff Hutton Castle near York. Once the grandest castle in Northern England and favourite residence of King Richard III.

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It has been said that the transition to agriculture was our species’ first big mistake (= life expectancy fell, disharmony with nature, resource competition, less free time, stratification of society etc etc). Interesting that it may have been a decision/ process made “under the influence”…

Huge thanks to
@chrisgpackham.bsky.social for his rallying talk at the APPG for Climate, Nature and Security at the House of Commons on Monday. He spoke on the topic of biodiversity and national security and urged action, collaboration and communication.

Disquiet over ‘PhDs by publication’ diminishes doctorate’s prestige Misuse of ‘cumulative PhDs’ should prompt debate over whether stacking research papers is really equivalent to writing a dissertation, says Brian Bloch

Lots to think about here.

www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/disq...

If ancient Romans didn't understand calories, how was their theory of nutrition so accurate? The people of ancient Rome didn’t have access to modern science, but they still developed complex – and incredibly intuitive – theories on how nutrition worked

Cold, wet, hot and dry Roman food…

www.historyextra.com/period/roman...

Soldiers from the Sky exhibition at the historic Grantham House opens to the public today. Artefacts, films, artworks, information on locations used by airborne forces in Lincolnshire during World War II and much more.
 
Exhibition:
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Project website: lnkd.in/eXK8i7aj

Editor copies of ‘Reporting Heritage Destruction’ have arrived and look great!

The e-book is available for free here -
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...

Christmas top designed with archaeologists and seasonal bad weather in mind?

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“I ain’t afraid of no ghost”

'Reporting Heritage Destruction' just published by Endangered Cultural Heritage of the Global South (ECHGS), University of Oxford

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The book explores who reports heritage destruction, how, why and with what consequences. It culminates in the #OxfordRecommendations for ethical reporting.

Participated at a climate change workshop at Oxford’s School of Engineering yesterday. Unexpected but welcome chance to see and hear about this year’s Formula Student car being built for Silverstone. This year the car is 100% battery powered.

Night time Oxford.

The “Major Oak” in Sherwood Forest. It’s at least 800 and possibly 1200 years old. A nice autumnal day for a visit.

Had the chance to see a bit of Budapest last week. The visit was linked to a forthcoming exhibition on the Museum of Ethnography’s Africa collection which I’m very excited to be involved with. More to follow.

Wild chimpanzees may get mildly intoxicated from alcoholic fruit Chimpanzees are consuming significant levels of alcohol from their diet of ripe fruit and the finding may help explain the origins of humans’ taste for alcohol

More on the drunken monkey hypothesis…

www.newscientist.com/article/2496...

Nice chop! (Palaeo- low taper fade?)

The East Sussex soldiers who were not allowed to fight in World War One Soldiers from the British West Indies Regiment were housed in Seaford and given non-combat roles.

Interesting historical context.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

AI satellite survey challenges long-standing estimates of Serengeti A pioneering study led by the University of Oxford in collaboration with international partners has applied AI for the first time to count the Great Wildebeest Migration from satellite images.

Worrying findings but nice application of AI

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...

Ritual sacrifice or propaganda? Oxford-led research uncovers Europe's A new study led by the School of Archaeology at the University of Oxford has revealed what may be the earliest evidence of victory celebrations in European prehistory, offering a striking new

Fascinating - ritual violence in the European Neolithic. Possibly the earliest evidence of conflict propaganda.

www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-08...

Nice find.

White stork - surprisingly graceful when airborne.

Haha!

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Belvoir Castle in Leicestershire from the weekend. I always think certain heritage buildings photograph well in black and white. Maybe it speaks to the dimension of time.