Poor Catherine may have been cast aside by Henry Viii, had her grave desecrated in th Civil War and been re buried thanks to a Daily Mail readers’ call-out 😳 - but this is pretty cool to have at your graveside 500 years on
Alongside Catherine of Aragon! This is utterly wonderful.
NEW Archaeologists uncover one of Scandinavia's oldest ship burials at Herlaugshaugen, Norway, indicating cultural connections around the North Sea prior to the Viking Age.
Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
🏺 #Archaeology
A striking Hellenistic/#Roman glass bowl, made about 2100-2200 years ago. It has an almost hypnotic blue, green, & clear spiral pattern #AncientBlueSky
An adorable little #Roman dog figurine, some 1700+ years old - once an ornament, a lucky charm, or a child's toy, perhaps..?
This extraordinary, striking Roman glass bowl is made with the millefiori (or thousand flowers) method. Its decoration looks to me like hundreds of little sea anemones or coral.
It dates to the 1st century AD.
🏛️📷 Thorvaldsen Museum
#FindsFriday
WALL FRESCO FROM THE "CUBICULUM" OF THE HOUSE "OF AUGUSTUS", 30 BCE. PALATINE HILL In this rather unclear scene, we can make out two female figures. One, at centre left, is taller and facing away from us, her hair tied behind her head. She's wearing a white peplos and himation, and the elegant line of her neck draws our attention down to her shoulder and along her arm. Facing her is a shorter girl we see in profile, tilting her head as if listening as she looks at the woman in white. The girl has her brown hair in a bun and her white peplos leaves a shoulder uncovered. Her peplos is, however, red-brown with a flower or leopard-skin pattern on it. She carries a silver plate. I hope these two women are having a conversation that isn't about men, but we'll never know.
For #FrescoFriday I present this small #fresco from about 30 BCE, in the corner of the "cubiculum" of the so-called #HouseofAugustus on the #Palatine in #Rome. Two elegantly attenuated female figures stand outdoors in a somewhat illegible space. Perhaps a #Dionysiac scene. #AncientBluesky 🏺
My photo shows an ivory handle of a light whip or fly whisk carved in the shape of a horse. The ivory body of the horse is stained reddish-brown, and the mane and tail are black. The horse is seen in profile facing left. Its legs are outstretched in front and at the back in a ‘flying gallop’ position, with a gracefully arched back. The eyes are inlaid with garnet, one of which is missing (not seen in my photo). This beautiful object is dated to the New Kingdom period, Dynasty 18, reign of reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC. Dimensions: L. 14.7 × H. 5.5 × W. 2 cm
Wonderful ancient artistry!
Some 3,400 years ago, an Egyptian artisan captured a sense of speed and elegance in this beautifully carved whip handle in the shape of a horse!
New Kingdom, Dynasty 18, reign of Amenhotep III, c. 1390–1352 BC.
The Met 📷 by me
#Archaeology
Hello - I don't have any involvement in pictures / layout but can forward to colleagues if you email me details esther.addley@theguardian.com
This silver coin was likely struck in Syracuse in the 460s BC. Its depiction of a highly realistic octopus shows the incredible skill of the artist and the city’s close relationship with the sea. A mini-masterpiece.
#AncientBlueSky 🏺
2007: This'll be fun...
2008: Financial crisis
2009: I can see green shoots...
2010: Austerity
2015: Maybe the worst's over...
2016: Brexit
2019: Let's level up...
2020: Covid
2021: Build back better...
2022: Russia invades; PM Liz Truss
2022: Jesus wept
2024: Labour's got this...
2026: Iran War
Court 16 of the Royal Courts of Justice has a tiny press bench so when Gerry Adams gave evidence yday in his civil case the public gallery was crammed w/ reporters, Adams supporters wearing shamrocks and, next to me, the father of a child killed by an IRA bomb
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
A huge privilege to speak to three incredibly impressive, very tired women (and many other families) for my piece about their anxieties for their children with special needs under the government's new reforms
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Thanks John x
Kamares crater banquet vessel with decorative lillies
Phaistos. , South Central #Crete.
Old-Palace period (1800-1700 BC)
#ancient #pottery #artwork
#Archaeology #art #History
Or a woman in a fresco from Pompeii? #MCRNetwork
The ‘Balmaclellan Mirror’ - an Iron Age mirror which was found as part of a hoard at Balmaclellan in Kirkcudbrightshire. Now part of the collections at the National Museum of Scotland in Edinburgh. 📸 My own. #BalmaclellanMirror #IronAge
Absolute chills
Archaeologists have discovered 3,400-year-old tombs in Cyprus yielding extraordinary riches: imported pottery—including this octopus krater—along with lapis lazuli from Afghanistan, Baltic amber, and more!
archaeology.org/news/2026/01/29/bronze-age-tombs-containing-luxury-goods-unearthed-in-cyprus/
A British Museum photo showing the reverse side of a silver stater coin from the ancient city of Eretria on the island of Euboea, Central Greece. The coin is roundish in shape, and in the centre there is a relief image of an octopus within a recessed square. The octopus has a bulbous head with a small round eye on either side. Beneath the head, eight arms curve gracefully, symmetrically arranged with four arms on each side, curling into a tight spiral at the tip. Diameter: 26 millimetres. Weight: 8.670 grammes. Dated circa 500-480 BC.
Ancient Greek silver stater (coin) with an octopus on the reverse side. 🐙
Minted in Eretria, Euboea, Greece, 500-480 BC.
Photo: British Museum www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...
#Archaeology
#ReliefWednesday
A gleaming greyish-green polished stone axehead, lying on a pink baise background on display in the National Museum of Ireland.
Jadeitite Axehead • Donegal
This beautiful axe tells a story of trade, travel, and value in Neolithic Ireland.
Analysis revealed that it came from the Italian Alps, over 1500km away from where it was found in Donegal.
On display in @nmireland.bsky.social
#Ireland #SpéirGhorm #Archaeology 🏺
I came to Minneapolis to report on what's going on, and one of the main questions I showed up with is "just what is the scale of the resistance?" After all, we're all used to the news calling Portland a "war zone" or whatever when it's just some protests in one part of town.
Also - amid all the rest of the Trump insanity, don't forget his absolutely repulsive racism
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
"An agent had taken Liam out of the car, led the boy to his front door and directed him to knock on the door asking to be let in, “in order to see if anyone else was home – essentially using a five-year-old as bait”, the superintendent said in a statement."
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Cage cup from Cologne, dated to the mid-4th century. Collection Staatliche Antikensammlung, Munich
#Roman #Glass #artwork #art #History #Archaeology
I love this SO much! @theduncanmackay.bsky.social has excelled - the story of THAT carnyx. In playmobil…
The Aughnacliffe Dolmen a megalithic tomb in County Longford. It consists of an enormous boulder used as a capstone perched on top of a tall portal stone at the front and a smaller arrangement at the rear
Aughnacliffe Dolmen • Longford
Aughnacliffe is one of the most remarkable and distinctive of all of Ireland’s portal tombs.
Despite looking somewhat precarious, it has stood here for more than 5,000 years.
#Ireland #Archaeology 🏺 #SpéirGhorm
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
