Dr Wendy Scott

For anyone interested in a 6 month post as an assistant with the Durham and Newcastle Finds Liaison Officers for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, please see www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Finds_Li...

Exciting book launch event!!

Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.

Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...

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I've just launched by first Crowdfunder campaign to acquire an Iron Age Hoard for Oxfordshire Museums Service. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-.... Please support us by donating and/or sharing the link. Thank you @justrena.bsky.social for all your help thus far.

🚨 BREAKING - 55 Arrests confirmed in London for holding signs to oppose genocide and the ban on Palestine Action

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The UK Government is complicit in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. They are attempting to silence those who expose this complicity.

Please visit the amazing exhibition currently on at the British Museum if you can, a must for fans of Japanese art and birds!

we need a groan button!

A photograph of a buckle plate, find DB925 from the Great Army camp at Aldwark. The tongue and loop of the buckle are missing, but deeply-incised designs of interlaced knotwork and ropework roundels can be clearly seen.

Sadly I don't have any more beautiful Insular harness fittings to offer for this week's Viking camps #FindsFriday - last week was a one-off! However, I thought we'd stay in the west and look at another find from Aldwark. This buckle-plate is ADB925, decorated with knotwork and roundel designs. /1

Festival of Archaeology Heritage Skills Day 2025 A day of three free, hands-on traditional skills workshops delivered by the Historic Environment Division's experts.

Want to try your hand at traditional crafts and learn from the experts?

Join us Sunday 20th July, 10am - 4:30pm at the Historic Environment Division’s Conservation Works Depot in Belfast for a FREE day of hands-on workshops! 👉

The Saga of the Earls of Orkney | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online This fascinating history of the Earldom of Orkney, which was established in the Viking Age, records the adventures, feuds and battles of powerful Norsemen during its first three centuries. The medieva...

From my forthcoming translation of the Saga of the Earls of Orkney ch. 100 birlinn.co.uk/product/the-... 2/2

Congratulations to my BM colleague Tunde!

Many congratulations to all winners! Not least 3 archaeologists who each receive $300,000: Tunde Babalola, whose work in Benin City I have reported on; Bar Kribus, researching Ethiopian Jews; and Caroline Sturdy Colls, whose work at Treblinka I was pleased to show in British Archaeology

Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England Cambridge Core - European Studies - Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England

Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England!

#medievalsky

At Greenlane Archaeology Ltd we also have a bookshop- mainly archaeology and history but also lots of local volumes, nature, gardens etc. Have a look at the catalogue on the website: www.greenlanearchaeology.co.uk/bookshop/
Get in touch if you find anything of interest!

The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document proving that President Donald Trump is wrong about Greenland In a high-security storage facility at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet) is a 100 year old sheet of paper with an American promise about Greenland. This is the fascinating story which Preside...

This was sent to me this a.m. by my Danish family. jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...

Iron Age Hoard Discovery Alters Our Understanding of Life in Britain 2,000 Years Ago | Historic England The Melsonby Hoard, a vast deposit of more than 800 items, provides an archaeological time capsule from the Iron Age around 2,000 years ago.

"Quite simply, this is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK"

Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇

historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...

Look at this door?! The fantastic St.Bees priory. An amazing building

#cumbria #Stbees

Glad to hear, but people may think you are referring to us!

Hi James,
Your image is my arch. Society. Is this post about us?

An open landscape around a bay with a boat on the water. Text repeated in post.

In collaboration with the University of Leicester, we are delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium!

Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30

Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium

This is an Early-Medieval inset lead weight dating to the 9th-11th centuries. They are an insular Viking phenomenon believed used to weigh precious metals for trading. #FindsFriday #Viking #Inset

The finds trays are working overtime at the Carlisle Roman Excavations this week. Here the destruction level is being removed to reveal the Hypocaust stacks. The site is open for visits except Sunday till the 1st March #HadriansWall #Archaeology

Chuffed to have been involved in this groundbreaking treasure case. The report was a team effort, but thats my photo!

A museum display case containing badges and labels on a bright pink background, some arranged on a denim jacket.

"Wearing our Pride" new display from the British Museum badge collection in the Money Gallery for LGBTQ+ history month, co-curated with community partners.

Rare medieval rolled manuscript found in York Bar Convent archive Fewer than a dozen of the documents have ever been discovered, York's Bar Covent says.

Rare medieval manuscript found in York convent shoebox. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

If Ukraine is forced to surrender its sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945.

The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.

A Bronze Age gold-worker’s hoard discovered near Urchfont, Wiltshire (WILT-C97E23). Wiltshire Museum hopes to acquire the hoard. The finder stopped digging when he realised what he had found, allowing archaeologists to block life the hoard and bring it to the British Museum for micro-excavation.

This gold half pound of Elizabeth I is one of the 1st coins minted by machinery. Eloy Mestrelle struck machine-made coins in England from 1561 to 1571. He was way ahead of his time, machinery did not supplant the hand-struck method in England until the 1660s. From the collection of The Hunterian.

Protecting Built Heritage Inquiry The CBA has responded to the government’s Call for Evidence on Protecting Built Heritage, highlighting key challenges and opportunities in managing historic buildings. From the skills shortages affect...

The CBA has responded to the government’s Call for Evidence on Protecting Built Heritage, highlighting key challenges and opportunities in managing historic buildings.

Read our recommendations 👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/pro...

Today saw the launch of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (2023) and Treasure (2022) annual reports at the British Museum, highlighting record levels of finds submitted for voluntary recording to the PAS (over 70,000) and those reported (1,358) in 2023. Available here: finds.org.uk/publications

Dean #Cumbria early 10th century coin hoard discovered in a lead vessel prior to 1790 (when a cow stood on the spot where they were hidden!) Now lost, the hoard of 34 or more coins was mix of English, Anglo-Scandinavia, Arabic, and an Italian issue. #medievalsky #vikingsky #coins