🧶☺️ #knit
Enjoying a treat this #NationalSnackDay? Don't forget to dispose of your waste! Archaeological survey at the Iron Age hillfort of Castell Henllys found lots of plastic waste from modern visits, suggesting we now live in the 'Plastic Age'.
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#HillfortsWednesday🏺#Archaeology
Over 100 works of art being put up for auction by (cash strapped) Reform-run Kent County Council.
Kent Greens: "While the total financial value of the art is only around £35k, the historic and social value of the art, most of which depicts Kent, is far higher."
#teamMelsonby @currentarchaeology.bsky.social winners 🏆❤️👏🏻
The winner of the 2026 CA Award for Rescue Project of the Year (sponsored by Udig Excavations Ltd) is… ‘The Melsonby Hoard: exploring unprecedented insights into Iron Age Yorkshire’ (@durham.ac.uk /British Museum/Historic England) #CALive26
Check out our artefact archive!! 🤩
(serious face...)
Archives like ours are filling up fast. Soon there will be no space in Britain to store newly-excavated artefacts and this will be catastrophic for research in archaeology as well as innovation, society, growth and the renewal of nature 😢
1/3 🧵
Four years ago Russia began it's full scale invasion of Ukraine. They expected it to fall in days. They were wrong. Long live Ukraine.
I've said it before but, in the absence of proper regulation and the licensing of metal detecting, then we must rely on the good old fashioned fairy curses attached to each and every hoard. Let the folk beyond the veil sort it out. 🏺🪙🧚🏼♂️☠️
*Academic sells history off to the highest bidder*
There, BBC, we sorted that headline for you
If he truly feels *a connection* to the find, as the article claims, would he not have donated it to a museum?
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The Melsonby Hoard will go on public display at the Yorkshire Museum later this year. This internationally significant Iron Age find was excavated by @arcdurham.bsky.social, including our Archaeological Services team. Find out more 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
And in other news, thanks to Storm Chandra, our colleagues from @bournemouthuni.bsky.social Maritime Archaeology have found a part of the Fame of Hoorn, an armed Dutch merchant ship that sank in 1631
#Archaeology
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As a volunteer archaeologist who has survived a heart attack, this did make me smile 😃
Should we make politicians, especially potential world leaders, take a history test before the elections, to decide if they even qualify?
How much do we think Trump's desire to "own" Greenland is a result of the distortions of the Mercator projection?
#MapsMatter
Oooh good question for historians and archaeologists... what's the oldest thing you've accidentally been injured by?
I've cut myself with numerous flint flakes and implements ranging from 6000-3500 years old) - I'm sure someone can outdo that...
Something beautiful for the weekend! ✨
A rare rock crystal tool made by Neanderthals between 200,000 - 40,000 years ago.
From a Mousterian level at the Merveilles rockshelter, Sergeac, Dordogne, France. 6 x 3.3 x 1.5 cm.
Musée d’Archéologie Nationale, Saint-Germain-en-Laye 📷 by me
#Archaeology
... and in case you missed the chatter -
BBC News - Thetford dig unearths Iron Age war trumpet and boar standard - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
We have a brand new series of Digging for Britain ready for your delectation, and an expanded team of expert presenters bringing you the latest on a range of exciting discoveries from across the UK.
Coldrum long barrow – people buried their dead here 6,000 years ago and it's still drawing us to visit and leave flowers today. #TombTuesday
Christmas can be a beautiful season, but it can also feel painfully loud when your heart is quiet, tired, or hurting.
If you are alone this Christmas, or struggling in ways others may not see, please know this: you are not failing the season. You are surviving it. And that matters.
#EastCoastKin
Yummy! And if you were to find out that you had any slices that were "left over or stale", I've discovered they are delicious crumbled over a bowl of hot custard. Enjoy.
Cast your vote to make the Melsonby Hoard @currentarchaeology.bsky.social's Rescue Project of the Year 2026!
Unearthed by our archaeologists, the hoard is one of the UK’s largest and most important Iron Age finds 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
@proftommoore.bsky.social
The next CHAS lecture is a not-to-miss event! Join us on December 1 to hear British Museum curator Dr. Sophia Adams talk about the amazing Melsonby Hoard - and, as always, it's free!
More info and a link for tickets here:
ehas.org.uk/ehas.org.uk/...
#archaeology #ancientBluesky
Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.
Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
How about "Where is our heritage demonstrably most risk from metal detecting"? It isn't lost, it's part of the archaeological record.
Cc @Tess_Machling🏺
#FindsFriday
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
In the UK detecting has become this weird sensationalised treasure hunt, where so much emphasis is put on monetary value. That isn't what makes the past interesting.
Denmark has a more robust process, and a better working relationship with the detectorists in general, but still isn't immune 4/
On 13 November, join Prof. Tom Moore FSA and Dr Sophia Adams FSA as they share recent finds in Melsonby, North Yorkshire - one of the largest hoards of Iron Age metalwork ever encountered in Britain!
www.sal.org.uk/event/melson...
Medieval floor tiles (still in situ) at Melrose Abbey in the Scottish Borders. 📸 My own. #TilesOnTuesday #MelroseAbbey #ScottishBorders
A haunted house but for archaeologists 👻⛏️
We have primula and hellebore still in flower - have been continually flowering all summer
