England 🏴 wrap-up Zimbabwe 🇿🇼 at Trent Bridge 🏏
Michael Lewis
@tostig1066.bsky.social
archaeologist, medievalist, longbow archer and virtual cricketer, something to do with PAS… and uni Reading & Helsinki
www.sidestone.com/books/dorest... - excited to see this!
Dorestad and Everything After @ Sidestone Press
Dorestad was the largest town of the Low Countries in the Carolingian era. As an inland port on the edge of the Frankish Empire, it functioned as an international hub, connecting the North Sea World w...
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Bit late to the party here but finally have a copy & it's a fabulous read! 50 LGBTQ+ Finds from the Portable Antiquities Scheme by @benpaites.bsky.social, copies available from www.amberley-books.com/50-lgbtq-fin... #archaeology
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"A precious piece of our shared history”: will France still loan the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK?
As Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gives a status update on the loan of the Bayeux Tapestry to the UK, David Musgrove explains the historical significance of the embroidery’s potential arrival on Brit...
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Walking the via Francigena - amazing medieval town of San Simignano from the Great Tower
Loved hearing about your PhD thesis - sounds brilliant! 🤩
Rebecca Tyson@tyguson.bsky.social · last yr.I’ve spent a lovely morning catching up with @tostig1066.bsky.social talking about the Normans and viewing the Chew Valley hoard at the British Museum. A selection of the coins are on display alongside information about the conservation process and casts of the Bayeux Tapestry. #Medievalsky
Is this the future? A virtual Stuart Wyatt (London FLO) identifying finds in @londonmuseum.bsky.social Mudlarking exhibition @findsorguk.bsky.social
Trier Cathedral. Gothic church next door - very sensible…
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
Great to see the Chew Valley article out. Amazing find and so pleased SWHT have acquired it in its entirety
Raksha Dave@rakshadigs.bsky.social · last yr.Very pleased to receive a copy of this months #BritishArchaeology magazine. I’ve been busy editing this for the past few weeks. There are some amazing features and archaeological stories a big thanks to @neilhenty.bsky.social who has put up with my front cover arty whims #Archaeology 🏺
Very pleased to receive a copy of this months #BritishArchaeology magazine. I’ve been busy editing this for the past few weeks. There are some amazing features and archaeological stories a big thanks to @neilhenty.bsky.social who has put up with my front cover arty whims #Archaeology 🏺
It was good to meet up with MeRit colleagues at Reading Uni yesterday
Westminster Abbey looking fantastic in a crisp evening in London
Magnificent medieval glass at All Saint’s North Street, York
Its so hard to keep a secret this good, so we are super glad that the Sizewell C coin hoard is out tonight 8pm on Digging for Britain. Tune in to learn more about this wonderful find. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hoard of 11th Century coins found at Suffolk Sizewell C site
Archaeologists believe the coins belonged to a local figure who was trying to hide his money.
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Frosty day for some archery - risking it a bit with my yew longbow 😦 in -degrees
Time for another #FindsFriday with our first record of the year! A complete Medieval to early Post Medieval lead-alloy ampulla dating between AD c. 1350 - 1530. Ampulla were used as flasks to contain holy water, as a souvenir of a pilgrimage. See the full record!: finds.org.uk/database/art...
