#HillfortsWednesday Castle an Dinas at St Columb Major. Dates from around the second and third centuries BC and consists of three ditch and rampart concentric rings, 850ft in diameter and standing 700ft above sea level. #Archaeology #History
Bexhill Museum
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We are an independent museum in Bexhill, East Sussex. Our collections include natural history, clothing and transport. Our opening hours are Tuesday to Sunday from 11-4.
The remains of the late medieval Church of St. Mary on the Island of Rousay in Orkney. 📸 My own. #WallsOnWednesday #Rousay #Orkney
#OwlAwarenessDay 🏺 Greeks + Daunians were very aware of owls, symbol of Athena, and feature of any posh tomb. Set of red figured skyphoi 'a civetta' (owl drinking cups) are from male tomb 669, full to brim w objects for the journey, in Lavello, ancient Forentum, conquered end C4 BC by Samnites.
"Among the varied competitions in the rally staged on Saturday by the East Sussex Country Federation of Young Farmers' Clubs was a thatching dolly-making contest." These are not corn dollies, these go on top of a thatched roof. Bexhill Observer 19.5.1956. #WyrdWednesday
"Dollies with a corny past. As the grain harvest came to an end in ancient times, the workers would try and thank the spirits for its success and to win their favour for the coming year...Originally made in the image of the goddess..." Bexhill Observer 10.11.1988. #WyrdWednesday #CornDolly #1980s
An #IceAge masterpiece: This small carving (4.7cm) of a water #bird was made from mammoth ivory some 40,000 years ago. It's thought to be a #diver, #cormorant, or #duck. Found in the Hohle Fels cave on the Swabian Jura. It's the oldest known representation of a bird. 🧵1/2
This year's Edinburgh International Book Festival kicks off shortly and for the first time ever Orkney Library & Archive is delighted to be holding several FREE events where you can come along to the library and watch LIVE STREAMS of the events as they happen! 🎉
Who could resist? Sound on. [AD= black cat with green eyes meows for strokes]
Workers at the archaeological site of Dura-Europos, Syria, during 1920s-30s Yale-French Academy excavations. They were vital to the project, but were never named and local voices are largely absent from publications on the site. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... #WaybackWednesday 🏺 #Archaeology
Just submitted a review of the Princeton Field Guide to Mesozoic Plants. Short version: a book heavy on plant reconstructions is a great idea (and potential #paleoart reference), but it's let down by formatting issues and problematic plant recons. Thanks to @palaeojules.bsky.social for discussion.
Wheelbarrows at dawn for #HillfortsWednesday during the first week back at Buckspool coastal promontory fort, Pembrokeshire. Excavations by @henebtwa.bsky.social & @richardosgood.bsky.social with Op Nightingale are focusing on two Romano-British houses on the fort summit 🛖 📷 This morning
Sunbeam, Johnstone Point, #Australia 5.8.1887. "The pilot left us at 10.30, & we proceeded out to sea under sail. There was a strong wind...& I was glad to stay in bed all day. We passed through the Cumberland Isles, & Tom had a rather anxious night, as the navigation was very intricate." #Brassey
📸 1974.102 Huipil, San Martín Itunyoso, Oaxaca, Mexico. Collector and donor: Dr Sir John Thompson. 🔗 collections.maa.cam.ac.uk/objects/489043/
On this day in 1944, the Gestapo found Anne Frank and her family in their Secret Annex. Her diary stands as a warning against hatred and persecution. Eighty years later, we should recognize the warning signs before it’s too late.🙂↕️
Most Pompeiians lived in multi-story dwellings without kitchens and got their food at thermopolia, essentially taverns with ready-made food and wine. There is a fine fresco and colored plaster lararium - shrine - above the counter at the thermopolium of Lucius Vetutius Placidus.🏺 1/ 📸 me
Join us tomorrow from 1.30–3.30 pm for a FREE family art activity with Mounts Bay Marine Group! Explore artworks that reveal where you can find local seagrass, then make your own 3D seagrass-filled ocean scene using air dough and mixed materials! penleehouse.org.uk/event/art-in...
Art in the Park: Super Seagrass Craft - Penlee House
Explore our artworks that reveal where to find local seagrass and make a 3D seagrass-filled ocean scene using air dough and mixed materials.
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2 back to back tours today at #Whitby. What will we find? Here's a lovely Peronoceras #ammonite some one found last time. #Geology #Paleontology
If you'd like something even more dangerous, our archive is so old that we don't use these fancy modern rolling stacks. Ours are attached to a motorised chain that runs the length of the room. This means sometimes they like to move by themselves just a little, enough to keep you on edge.
alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · yesterdayi don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys
Is it the cutest arrowhead I’ve ever found? Yes! Is it light, lethal and still sharp af? Also yes! Such skilled technique and artistry to make this charming killer from a single flake of volcanic stone 😍 Recovered in Tl'kemtsin / Lytton, Nlaka'pamux territory.
"Although Hecate later became widely known as a goddess associated with crossroads, magic, and the underworld, archaeological and literary evidence suggests her earliest cult emphasized protection, liminality, and lunar associations." wildhunt.org/2026/08/afte...
After 113 Years, Hecate Regains Temple Long Attributed to Demeter - Europe, News, Paganism, TWH Features, Uncovering the Past, Witchcraft, World
Witchcraft & Pagan News - After more than a century of uncertainty, archaeologists have identified a temple in Türkiye once attributed to Demeter as a rare sanctuary of Hecate, reshaping understanding...
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Pottery lamp from Roman Cirencester (Corinium) with a lion motif. The lamp is on display at the Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #RomanBritain
This is a depressing read but we all need to be aware of the terrible potential of the bird flu that has finally made its way to Australia and New Zealand. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08...
'List of doom' outlines birds facing extinction if deadly flu spreads
A list of thousands of Australian species have been ranked by threat level as the deadly H5 bird flu spreads.
abc.net.au
Detailed model of Hastings Tramways open top tram car. This is on display in our transport and technology gallery. #Bexhill
4 Aug 1396: William Courtenay Archbishop of #Canterbury is interred in his cathedral #otd in a ceremony attended by Richard II & many courtiers (photo (c) Canterbury Historical & Archaeological Society (CHAS))
This afternoon! All welcome. #Bexhill
Bexhill Museum@bexhillmuseum.bsky.social · 2d agoTomorrow afternoon is our fun Positively Puzzling event, a light-hearted social afternoon with tea/coffee & biscuits included in the cost of £5. There’s no need to book, just turn up at 2pm. It’s all kinds of word puzzles as well as sudoku & visual puzzles etc. Go at your own pace. #Bexhill
