“A Dark Saint David’s Day"

In the early hours of 01 March 1927, an underground gas explosion at Marine Colliery, Cwm, killed 52 men. Rescue teams from Abertillery, Abercarn, Crumlin, Six Bells and more came to assist. The cause of the explosion was never found.

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My photo shows a Roman Rippenschale (ribbed) blue glass drinking cup with a rounded body and slightly flaring rim. There is some breakage to the rim. The ribs run vertically around the body of the cup, with horizontal bands of white trail decoration around the cup. At the rear of the museum display case, part of a larger ribbed dark blue glass bowl can be seen.

A 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass drinking cup found in Trier, Germany.

Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
📷 by me

#Archaeology

So excited to get this online! Merch for my upcoming Valleys show in Clwb Ffoto, Newport (launch event March the 6th)- definitely as a print, and hopefully as a tea towel! All the colours are picked from my own actual photos, and as such are part of the fabric of the Valleys!

Now in the care of Newport Museums & Heritage Service - stored in the same facility as the Medieval Ship. It would be good to see it on display one day.

More footage- Student led peaceful protest in Quakertown, Pennsylvania. The police chief showed up in plain clothing and assaulted two students.

Barlands Farm boat which dates from the 3rdC AD belongs to a "Romano-Celtic' tradition. With its mast step confirming propulsion by sail, this relatively sophisticated vessel may owe more to late #IronAge traditions.

#Archaeology #RomanBritain
#FindsFriday #History #Sailing

Police investigate damage at castle from unauthorised metal detecting Police investigate 59 holes at Aberystwyth Castle in suspected illegal metal detecting, a potential heritage crime.

FFS #ancientbluesky #archaeology

Margam park Roman villa find could be 'Port Talbot's Pompeii' The largest Roman villa ever found in Wales lies less than a metre under Margam Country Park.

Many congratulations to Dr Alex Langlands & team from Swansea for this stunning new discovery from Margam Park in south Wales 😮🥳.

The coastal belt in south Wales is very heavily ploughed, but it sounds like this villa complex has been preserved below old parkland 👌

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

How Celtic languages spread across Britain and Ireland: why we need to reconsider the early story New insights from archaeology, genetics and early inscriptions are helping to uncover the story of Celtic languages in Britain and Ireland.

For any friends who don't know, Simon Rodway is a leading scholar in this field.

When will this crisis get any attention whatsoever!? A THOUSAND ACADEMIC STAFF AT ONE INSTITUTION SERVED REDUNDANCY RISK NOTICES! And that's not counting what's surely being visited on professional services staff too. This is an economic catastrophe, to say nothing of the intellectual catastrophe!

Farage's protégés, colleagues & close friends.
Not sure shouting "Bernard Manning" like a closing time drunk will help much here.

I'm assuming this incredible book is on everybody's shelves (or devices) - & if not it's on your Christmas list🎄🧐

Brilliantly written & includes the best description of the frenetic & brutal attack on Ynys Môn/ Anglesey by the Romans in AD60 ⚔️👌

Yesterday, a chance for me to take an image I've had in mind for months- Matthew and Michael in homage to Richard and Dic Bach

An incredible end to an incredible tour. Back to where it all started in Pontrhydyfen, Burton's birthplace- incredible stuff from Matthew Rhys as Burton

‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’

Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going

Thanks for asking, but not just now.

No.

Yes, I am doing some Roman cooking with herbs from the Museum garden.

Butrint, a UNESCO #WHS, is slowly sinking due to the natural geography of its site in Southern #Albania.
This niche is part of a Temple complex dedicated to Roman god of medicine, Aesclepius. Modern walkways keep visitors’ feet dry.
#RomanSiteSaturday #Archaeology #AncientBlueSky
📸 my own.

Celebrations at Caerleon, marking the 175th anniversary of the opening of the National Roman Legion Museum. Over 800 visitors came to activities at the amphitheatre, the church, the neighbouring school and the museum itself.
#RomanCaerleon #amgueddfacymru #Caerleon #ancientbluesky #museum

There was a racist pogrom in Ulster literally weeks ago. An actual violent pogrom. People fled their homes in terror.

www.amnesty.org.uk/press-releas...

Labour are now MORE Tory, than the Conservatives are!

Rome’s Wild West (Full Episode!) | S19 EP9 | Time Team (Caerleon, South Wales) YouTube video by Time Team Classics

The Time Team visit to Isca (Caerleon, Newport) is now up on YouTube.
#Isca #caerleon #caerllion #TimeTeam #cardiffuniversity #romancaerleon
youtu.be/pAaV0x9WOv8?...

Simply this.

Local Authorities: Dealing with Heritage Crime | Historic England This page provides information for organisations, particularly local authorities, who deal with heritage crime and the consequences of crime.

There is some very good advice here from HE.

If you are interested in this area, especially in developing awareness and training in #HeritageCrime it is worth having a word with Mark Harrison, HE's subject lead, who has really driven this area of their work.

A statue of a man, whose arms are raised in exhortation and mouth is open as in speech. The statue is placed before a mural showing various union banners.

In Belfast, so went to see the statue of Big Jim Larkin, leader of the Dublin lock-out. His great rousing lines are more pertinent than ever: “The great appear great because we are on our knees: Let us rise."

Tiberius Flavius Postumius Varus is thanked for restoring the Temple of Diana at Caerleon. A pity nobody thought to mention where the temple might be.
#epigraphytuesday
#caerleon #Isca #nationalromanlegionmuseum #amgueddfacymru

Venere

Venus with mirror. From the floor of Palazzo Gioia in Rimini,restored and conserved by students at Bologna University. Now displayed in the Rimini Museum.
#mosaicmonday

Caerwent head

A few years ago I had the good fortunate to l handle this Caerwent find, usually displayed at Newport Museum, when it returned 'home' on a day trip for a S4C TV programme. Celtic? British? Romano-British?

#stoneheadsunday

Much of the remains of the forum basilica of Roman Bologna, built in the first century BCE, lie beneath the floor of the Sala Borsa library at Piazza Nettuno.
#romansitesaturday
#Bologna

This is utterly horrifying