A tiger from the Barton Farm Orpheus Mosaic which was discovered in 1825. Now part of the collections at Corinium Museum in Cirencester. 📷 My own. #MosaicMonday #RomanBritain #Cirencester #CoriniumMuseum

The Long Middle Ages is back for another seminar series in Autumn 2026 at @leedsims.bsky.social ! If you are interested in participating, please send us an abstract (250 words) and a short bio to thelongmiddlesages@gmail.com by Monday 17th August! #medievalsky #thelongmiddleages

Everyone needs to make a Lil Guy. It is a basic need of humanity across all time.

Alison Fisk@alisonfisk.bsky.social · 2d ago

A little Roman octopus to wish you a happy week! 🐙❤️ From a Roman villa mosaic at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, AD 100-200. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 by me #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Garfield by Jim Davis for Mon, 03 Aug 2026

A single piece of confetti is called a ‘confetto.’ spaghetti = spaghetto graffiti = graffito

S.John https://www.wikiart.org/en/byzantine-mosaics/s-john-1025

Charles II, 1630–1685 Grinling Gibbons, 1676 (The Royal Hospital Chelsea) Gibbons was born 4 Apr 1648 in Rotterdam, d. #otd 3 Aug 1721, London.

3 Aug 1550: burial of Thomas Wriothesley 1st Earl of #Southampton #otd (Met Museum - an exquisite miniature portrait)

The Virgin Mary learns to read, 17thC French (BM Pp,5.121)

This fragment of an embroidered panel depicts a bird. Part of the Oxburgh hangings. They were made between c. 1570 and 1585, the work of Mary Queen of Scots & Elizabeth (Bess) Talbot, Countess of Shrewsbury. (V&A Museum, London)

Gutterspout, South German c. 1600 (Victoria & Albert Museum, London) Would be nice for Halloween

3 Aug 1394: Eve of the funeral of Queen Anne (of Bohemia) - all peers are required to attend the procession. Next day at the funeral, Richard II struck the Earl of Arundel in the face for being late & drew blood #otd

Upper half of a view of the Sistine Chapel by Etienne Duperac, etching and engraving coloured by hand, 1578, Italian.

Sparks fly as yet another overhead power wire falls on yet another Blue Line train www.universalhub.com/2026/sparks-... #MBTA #EastBoston #WoodIsland @mattsanchez10.bsky.social

A royal Tudor link? 😀 The amazing array of ornate woodwork in the Church of St. Leonard, Old Warden, Bedfordshire, which was installed here in the 1840’s, includes some that may have come from a private chapel of Anne of Cleves. If you zoom in you’ll see the AC monogram 🤩

just came across a brand advertising their clothing in the funniest way possible

A month for the books!

Adjustable desk lamps are perfect for a proper lighting of your text work, and it increases productivity and work safety. Buy our (since the 1530s) bestselling flying lamp "the dove", and get an extra refill ink pod for free. #skystorians #writingsky

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Dress https://botfrens.com/collections/223/contents/98952

Early Medieval Norse Cross Returns to Isle of Man Chapel www.medievalists.net/2026/08/earl... #medieval #IsleofMan

Early Medieval Norse Cross Returns to Isle of Man Chapel - Medievalists.net

A 10th- or 11th-century Norse cross has returned to the Royal Chapel of St John on the Isle of Man following conservation work.

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Iron Age burials 3D-printed for tactile Wareham Museum display www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Iron Age burials 3D-printed for tactile Wareham Museum display

The 2000-year-old bones were found at Winterborne Kingston by Bournemouth University archaeologists.

bbc.co.uk

First find up this afternoon. A little medieval / post medieval buckle.

A 2nd C AD Roman mosaic floor in a communal latrine. The building may have been used by a collegium or guild for meetings and functions. The mosaic shows hunting and fishing scenes. I’m impressed by the marble toilet seats. 📷 my own, Italica, near Seville. #Rome #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

First a power wire fries, then a Blue Line train just dies www.universalhub.com/2026/first-p... #MBTA #OrientHeights