Over 3000 observations this year though large whites very low @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social 1500 more needed to equal 2025 @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
David Gill
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Professor of Archaeological Heritage researching the history and ethics of collecting material culture. Heritage and its impact. Museums & Archives. FRSA FSA https://linktr.ee/davidwjgill
While numbers for some species are up, this does not seem to be a good year for butterflies where I am ... but perhaps numbers will increase during August @savebutterflies.bsky.social @bc-suffolk.bsky.social
More objects linked to Dietrich von Bothmer and Fritz Bürki deaccessioned by New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/07/two-...
Two more Bothmer donations returned to Italy
Cup attributed to near Psiax. Source: MMA. In February 2026 two fragmentary Attic cups that had been given to New York's Metropolitan Museum...
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2100 butterfly observations this year. Painted lady numbers are striking; but overall numbers seem to be down @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social
The scale of classical returns from New York's @metmuseum.org is staggering @manhattanda.bsky.social lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/07/clas...
Classical Returns from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art
Over 900 classical items - and perhaps as many as 1,200 if the Lydian haul material is included - have been deaccessioned from New York's Me...
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Protection for the site of the battle of Granikos #AlexandertheGreat www.aa.com.tr/tr/kultur/bu...
Büyük İskender'in ilk büyük zaferini kazandığı Granikos Savaş Alanı koruma altına alındı
Kültür ve Turizm Bakanı Mehmet Nuri Ersoy, "Büyük İskender'in Perslere karşı ilk büyük zaferini kazandığı ve Asya'ya uzanan seferinin kapılarını açan Granikos Savaş Alanı artık 'tarihi sit alanı' olar...
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Over 1,000 butterfly observations this year - and especially with large numbers of Painted Lady @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social Here is my list of top 10 sightings.
Presumably a hawk-moth feeding on the valerian in our garden @bc-suffolk.bsky.social
First painted lady of the year basking on the Suffolk coast at Hollesley Marshes @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Volcanic activity on the Methana peninsula, Greece www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...
Greece’s Methana shows volcanoes can slumber a long time before reawakening | eKathimerini.com
For people living in communities in the shadow of a volcano, a long silence may give the impression that the geological beast is not merely sleeping but has gone extinct. But, as research detailing th...
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Well over 100 observations - 9 species - today bringing this year's total to 450. Plenty of male and female orange-tips with a few holy blues. @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
First sightings of green-veined white and red admiral today at Flatford; numerous female orange tips; this year's count just went over the 200 mark @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @suffolkwildlife.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
Late Roman portrait excavated in the agora at Izmir in the early 1930s has been returned to Türkiye from the Denver Art Museum @denverartmuseum.bsky.social lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/04/denv...
Denver Art Museum Returns Roman Portrait to Türkiye
Source: Denver Art Museum A fifth century CE Roman portrait excavated in the agora at Izmir in the early 1930s has been returned to Türkiye ...
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First 100 observations this year: Peacock (65), sm white (21), brimstone, orange tip, sm tortoiseshell, comma, sp wood @bc-suffolk.bsky.social @savebutterflies.bsky.social
The life and legacy of Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith was celebrated at Choral Evensong on Sunday 22 March. Bishop Timothy served as Archdeacon of Norwich from 1973 to 1981, and as Bishop of Thetford until 1991, and during his lifetime he wrote more than 450 hymns. cathedral.org.uk/news/bishop-...
Tell out my soul, the greatness of the Lord! A great joy to preach at Evensong at @norwichcathedral.bsky.social with Pam Rhodes reading a lesson, and then to dedicate a stunning plaque in memory of Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith (Bishop of Thetford). Lord of our lives, to live for Christ alone.
All are welcome to join us for Evensong at 3.30pm on Sunday 22 March, when we will dedicate a memorial stone for Bishop Timothy Dudley-Smith, Archdeacon of Norwich from 1973 to 1981. This service will also be live streamed on our YouTube channel. Read more at cathedral.org.uk/news/bishop-...
Association with Becchina overlooked at the Cycladic conference @metmuseum.org discussing the Stern collection of Cycladicising material #provenance lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2026/02/draw...
Drawing attention to "provenance" at the Met
Courtesy of Christos Tsirogiannis One of largest group of repatriated material from New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art was dervied from P...
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#wildlife #Athens #urban #fox www.ekathimerini.com/news/environ...
Wildlife increasingly wandering into cities | eKathimerini.com
Police trying to capture a wild boar near a school in Evosmos, Thessaloniki, recently drew online attention and renewed debate over the growing presence of wildlife in Greek cities.
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Well, well, well. While I've been off trying to fight the advance of authoritarianism, there's been a development in this complex story. VMFA nobly "does the right thing," US authorities celebrate the step, but no one realizes that these aren't what they seem... cc @davidwjgill.bsky.social
ARCA@arca-artcrime.bsky.social · 8mo agoThe Virginia Museum of Fine Arts returns trafficked 6th-century terracotta reliefs to Turkey. 34 of these were purchased in 1978 from Bruce McNall (Summa Galleries) whose reputation was less than stellar. Another 6 were gifted by Harlen J. Berk. Later the same year. www.wric.com/news/local-n...
Huge thanks to @hedgehogpress.co.uk for sending advance copies of my POLAR CORONA, my #poetry pamphlet. The 🐧 popped out of the package about an hour ago. www.hedgehogpress.co.uk/2025/12/06/p...
PRE-ORDERS OPEN: “Polar Corona” – Caroline Gill I am so verily chuffed to say that Pre-orders are NOW OPEN, which means that Caroline Gill's gorgeous wee collection, Polar Corona can be Signed and yours in time for Christmas if you get in touch with Caroline today 🙂 Here is all that you need to…
PRE-ORDERS OPEN: “Polar Corona” – Caroline Gill
I am so verily chuffed to say that Pre-orders are NOW OPEN, which means that Caroline Gill's gorgeous wee collection, Polar Corona can be Signed and yours in time for Christmas if you get in touch with Caroline today 🙂 Here is all that you need to know.. Order Signed Copies Direct From Caroline Gill by contacting her via her website
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More thoughts on the Stern Collection of Cycladicising Art on loan to @metmuseum.org #Cycladic lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/an-a...
An Analysis of the Stern Collection of Cycladicising Art
The loan exhibition of the Leonard N. Stern collection of Cycladicising art at New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art has been drawing much a...
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Why has an Attic bf cup fragment been returned to Italy when it was known in 1957? Is Italy changing its approach to cultural property? #Hecht lootingmatters.blogspot.com/2025/11/hech...
Hecht fragment returns to Italy
Source: MMA In January 2024 New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art deaccessioned the foot of an Attic black-figured band cup related to the L...
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