Steffan Ellis

Butrint, a UNESCO #WHS, is slowly sinking due to the natural geography of its site in Southern #Albania.
This niche is part of a Temple complex dedicated to Roman god of medicine, Aesclepius. Modern walkways keep visitors’ feet dry.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
📸 my own.

Celebrations at Caerleon, marking the 175th anniversary of the opening of the National Roman Legion Museum. Over 800 visitors came to activities at the amphitheatre, the church, the neighbouring school and the museum itself.
#RomanCaerleon #amgueddfacymru #Caerleon #ancientbluesky #museum

There was a racist pogrom in Ulster literally weeks ago. An actual violent pogrom. People fled their homes in terror.

www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Labour are now MORE Tory, than the Conservatives are!

YouTube video by Time Team Classics Rome’s Wild West (Full Episode!) | S19 EP9 | Time Team (Caerleon, South Wales)

The Time Team visit to Isca (Caerleon, Newport) is now up on YouTube.
#Isca #caerleon #caerllion #TimeTeam #cardiffuniversity #romancaerleon
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Simply this.

Local Authorities: Dealing with Heritage Crime | Historic England This page provides information for organisations, particularly local authorities, who deal with heritage crime and the consequences of crime.

There is some very good advice here from HE.

If you are interested in this area, especially in developing awareness and training in #HeritageCrime it is worth having a word with Mark Harrison, HE's subject lead, who has really driven this area of their work.

A statue of a man, whose arms are raised in exhortation and mouth is open as in speech. The statue is placed before a mural showing various union banners.

In Belfast, so went to see the statue of Big Jim Larkin, leader of the Dublin lock-out. His great rousing lines are more pertinent than ever: “The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise."

Tiberius Flavius Postumius Varus is thanked for restoring the Temple of Diana at Caerleon. A pity nobody thought to mention where the temple might be.
#epigraphytuesday
#caerleon #Isca #nationalromanlegionmuseum #amgueddfacymru

Venere

Venus with mirror. From the floor of Palazzo Gioia in Rimini,restored and conserved by students at Bologna University. Now displayed in the Rimini Museum.
#mosaicmonday

Caerwent head

A few years ago I had the good fortunate to l handle this Caerwent find, usually displayed at Newport Museum, when it returned 'home' on a day trip for a S4C TV programme. Celtic? British? Romano-British?

#stoneheadsunday

Much of the remains of the forum basilica of Roman Bologna, built in the first century BCE, lie beneath the floor of the Sala Borsa library at Piazza Nettuno.
#romansitesaturday
#Bologna

This is utterly horrifying

Musk is enabling election interference against political parties he dislikes. He will keep doing it until governments stop him.

Bella Ciao Via del Pratello Bologna

25 April in Bologna. 80th anniversary of liberation from fascism.
#Liberazione80
#bellaciao
#viadelpratello
#Bologna

The Last Hospitals in Gaza In the ruins of a health-care system, many medical facilities have become graveyards. Doctors continue to deliver lifesaving care—but they risk their own lives in the process.

Israeli forces have now dropped more explosives in Gaza than fell on London, Dresden, and Hamburg during the Second World War. The region’s hospitals have not been spared; most are no longer functional. Clayton Dalton writes about the devastation.

I often find that people of this opinion are also those who complain about jobs etc requiring Welsh, or a willingness to learn the language.
I learned Welsh as an adult and it has served me well in my various jobs.

Pope Francis dedicated his life to the marginalised, displaced and dispossessed.

A rare voice for humanity, he spent his final days on this earth calling for peace.

Let his enduring legacy — of empathy, courage and kindness — inspire us to build a more humane world for all.

Bologna mosaic

Part of a mosaic floor discovered in Bologna 1831. Context unknown it has been dated to the late 2nd century and depicts Triton. Now displayed at Museo Civico Archeologico Bologna .
📷 lamiafoto

#mosaicmonday
#Bologna

Welsh language musical launches national spring tour Welsh language theatre company Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn is bringing its acclaimed musical Pum Diwrnod o Ryddid (‘Five Days of Freedom’) about a Chartist uprising to Newport this spring as part of a short…

Welsh language theatre company Cwmni Theatr Maldwyn is bringing its acclaimed musical Pum Diwrnod o Ryddid (‘Five Days of Freedom’) about a Chartist uprising to Newport this spring, as part of a short national tour

Human head carved from sandstone.

#StoneHeadSunday, anyone? This the Bryn y Môr head on display at the wonderful Oriel Môn, Anglesey. Found on the farm of the same name near Valley in the 1950s. As with many heads, it is difficult to date, & suggestions range from prehistoric to medieval. Coarse sandstone 32kg.
#StandingStoneSunday

#OTD 1791 • Rev Dr Richard Price died aged 68.

He was an influential Welsh moral philosopher and theologian, well-known for his influence on both the French and American Revolutions 🇫🇷 🇺🇸

hellohistoria.substack.com/p/a-friend-o...

#Wales #History

My mum died of covid in January 2021 because her wonderful carers had inadequate PPE.

The VIP lane led to £3.8bn being spent on unusable PPE and 1000's of deaths.

Thank you @russellscott1.bsky.social for exposing. Suppliers and buyers need to be brought to justice.
@cbffjuk.bsky.social

Asclepio. Museo Schifanoia

A late second century statuette of Asclepius, heavily restored in the eighteenth century on display at Ferrara's Palazzo Schifanoia.

#museoschifanoia
#asclepio

A never-spoken-a-truer-word article.
Idiotic raid of a Quaker Meeting House by the @metpolice.bsky.social
And now nonviolent @youthdemand.bsky.social is famous and will be followed by many more, exactly what the police probably don't want.
And yes, Labour must repeal the repressive Tory legislation

He literally tweeted: This is a great time to BUY!
Just hours ago. And then he paused tariffs.

He’s literally committing crimes in front of the entire world. 😳

A mammoth auction of Welsh art is to go under the hammer in Cardiff this Sunday featuring original works from some of Wales' most celebrated artists including Kyffin Williams, Ernest Zobole, Claudia Williams and Gwilym Prichard

A third of teachers reported pupil misogyny last week - survey Teachers also told a survey commissioned by BBC News they feel ill-equipped to tackle the issue.

'About 40% of the teachers who responded also said they felt ill-equipped to handle such conduct.' Also a rising, largely unacknowledged problem in UK universities with especially obvious impacts for female students & staff, of much more immediate concern than often concocted threats to free speech.

📢 Announcing #Cambrians Walks and Talks 2025!

We have an amazing lineup of walks (free, led by experts) including Dinefwr (10 May), upland Blaenau Gwent (15 June), Llangollen Denbighshire (29 June), Hillfort at Moel Fenlli (9 Aug), and historic Bangor (16 Aug)! 😀

Info and booking: bit.ly/4ckpOAy

Books latest acquisitions

March's addiitions to the Ellis library.