Jon Hawke
@archaeohawke.bsky.social
#Archaeology, #Ancient #Classical World & #Roman Frontier Studies MA. Former life Archaeologist doing a bit now and then. Every day above ground is a good day! Romanes eunt domus!😂
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Jon Hawke
@archaeohawke.bsky.social
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Stamped Dressel 20 amphora handle, dated early 3rd C AD. It was found in Carpow Roman Fortress, a legionary base on the confluence of the rivers Tay and Earn, Scotland.
The Scimnianii produced olive oil in Roman Baetica, southern Hispania.
📸 my own, Dundee.
#FindsFriday
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
The Scimnianii produced olive oil in Roman Baetica, southern Hispania.
📸 my own, Dundee.
#FindsFriday
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
November 28, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Stamped Dressel 20 amphora handle, dated early 3rd C AD. It was found in Carpow Roman Fortress, a legionary base on the confluence of the rivers Tay and Earn, Scotland.
The Scimnianii produced olive oil in Roman Baetica, southern Hispania.
📸 my own, Dundee.
#FindsFriday
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
The Scimnianii produced olive oil in Roman Baetica, southern Hispania.
📸 my own, Dundee.
#FindsFriday
#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
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The remains of the north gateway of Milecastle 37, just west of Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #HadriansWall
November 29, 2025 at 7:53 AM
The remains of the north gateway of Milecastle 37, just west of Housesteads Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #HadriansWall
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Early for #MosaicMonday.
Roman mosaic to go on permanent display in Colchester
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Roman mosaic to go on permanent display in Colchester
The project in Colchester is expected to be completed by the second half of next year.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Early for #MosaicMonday.
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Roman mosaic to go on permanent display in Colchester
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Roman mosaic to go on permanent display in Colchester
The project in Colchester is expected to be completed by the second half of next year.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Roman mosaic to go on permanent display in Colchester
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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"The sarcophagus held... two completely intact glass vessels, bronze figures and 140 coins. A bone hair pin, a piece of amber jewelry and traces of gold-threaded fabric, along with the size of the skeleton, point to the grave belonging to a young woman." www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Archaeologists finally lift lid on ancient sarcophagus hidden beneath capital city
During the Roman period, much of what is now Hungary formed the province of Pannonia
www.independent.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"The sarcophagus held... two completely intact glass vessels, bronze figures and 140 coins. A bone hair pin, a piece of amber jewelry and traces of gold-threaded fabric, along with the size of the skeleton, point to the grave belonging to a young woman." www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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#FindsFriday
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#FindsFriday
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
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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 ⚔️👌
Brilliantly written & includes the best description of the frenetic & brutal attack on Ynys Môn/ Anglesey by the Romans in AD60 ⚔️👌
November 28, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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 ⚔️👌
Brilliantly written & includes the best description of the frenetic & brutal attack on Ynys Môn/ Anglesey by the Romans in AD60 ⚔️👌
#FindsFriday
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
November 28, 2025 at 10:59 AM
#FindsFriday
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
Bronze head of Hadrian, from a larger statue. Hollow cast in the round. The pupils of the eyes, probably of glass, are now lost. The head has been roughly hacked from its body. 117-138 AD. Found in the River Thames at London Bridge.
(See Alt. For details)
#History #Art #Archaeology
Gone but not forgotten.
Miss the old man. 21 years. Can still hear is voice in my head if I try. Or think I can. Time just dulls the senses. But not the memories.
Go easy up there. ♥️
Miss the old man. 21 years. Can still hear is voice in my head if I try. Or think I can. Time just dulls the senses. But not the memories.
Go easy up there. ♥️
November 28, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Gone but not forgotten.
Miss the old man. 21 years. Can still hear is voice in my head if I try. Or think I can. Time just dulls the senses. But not the memories.
Go easy up there. ♥️
Miss the old man. 21 years. Can still hear is voice in my head if I try. Or think I can. Time just dulls the senses. But not the memories.
Go easy up there. ♥️
#FindsFriday
Pair of showy fibulae. Part of the Treasure of Untersiebenbrunn, from an East Germanic (Gepidic) grave discovered in 1910. #Gold plating on silver with inlaid garnet, glass, enamel.
#Archaeology
#Art #History #artwork #Jewellery
Pair of showy fibulae. Part of the Treasure of Untersiebenbrunn, from an East Germanic (Gepidic) grave discovered in 1910. #Gold plating on silver with inlaid garnet, glass, enamel.
#Archaeology
#Art #History #artwork #Jewellery
November 28, 2025 at 10:00 AM
#FindsFriday
Pair of showy fibulae. Part of the Treasure of Untersiebenbrunn, from an East Germanic (Gepidic) grave discovered in 1910. #Gold plating on silver with inlaid garnet, glass, enamel.
#Archaeology
#Art #History #artwork #Jewellery
Pair of showy fibulae. Part of the Treasure of Untersiebenbrunn, from an East Germanic (Gepidic) grave discovered in 1910. #Gold plating on silver with inlaid garnet, glass, enamel.
#Archaeology
#Art #History #artwork #Jewellery
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#ReliefWednesday
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
November 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
#ReliefWednesday
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
1st C #Roman tombstone set up by 'Demetrius to Heraclia his wife at expense of her own estate', missing her head.
In All Hallows by the Tower.
From foreshore where spolia from 19th C building of Tower Hill station (nr church) was dumped - and not far from future Chinese embassy...
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Lovely.
This one offered welcome shelter from the regular downpours at Flag Fen on Sunday
This one offered welcome shelter from the regular downpours at Flag Fen on Sunday
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Lovely.
This one offered welcome shelter from the regular downpours at Flag Fen on Sunday
This one offered welcome shelter from the regular downpours at Flag Fen on Sunday
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For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
November 26, 2025 at 6:20 AM
For a chilly 🥶 #HillfortsWednesday I thought everyone could warm their toes on this Iron Age fire, crackling & smoking inside the Bryn Eryr roundhouse at St Fagans Museum yesterday 🥰🔥
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
Despite having only one fire this double roundhouse was warm & cosy, a pretty good place to live!
🎥 My own
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The impressive, multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Cadbury Castle encloses a roughly triangular hill above the river Yeo in #Somerset
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
The impressive, multivallate Iron Age hillfort of Cadbury Castle encloses a roughly triangular hill above the river Yeo in #Somerset
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
We absolutely love it 😍
📷 © Frances Griffith 1989 / Somerset HER 49223
somersetheritage.org.uk/record/55105
#HillfortsWednesday
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Runsa hillfort lies high above the Lake Mälaren in Uppland in Sweden. During the early Iron Age there was a farm inside the walls. At Runsa are the largest boat setting graves in Sweden. In the photo the excavations in 2015. #HillfortsWednesday
November 26, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Runsa hillfort lies high above the Lake Mälaren in Uppland in Sweden. During the early Iron Age there was a farm inside the walls. At Runsa are the largest boat setting graves in Sweden. In the photo the excavations in 2015. #HillfortsWednesday
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Another hilltop 360 for #HillfortsWednesday, this time from Mither Tap, Bennachie, Aberdeenshire, taken 2 weeks ago. I do declare that each Scottish hillfort I ascend is windier than the last, & this was definitely windier than Eildon Hill, which was pretty windy, tbf.
November 26, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Another hilltop 360 for #HillfortsWednesday, this time from Mither Tap, Bennachie, Aberdeenshire, taken 2 weeks ago. I do declare that each Scottish hillfort I ascend is windier than the last, & this was definitely windier than Eildon Hill, which was pretty windy, tbf.
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To celebrate #HillfortsWednesday, here's a fantastic recreation of the ramparts of Cadbury Castle in #Somerset under construction in the Iron Age, painted by the late great Victor Ambrus 🤩
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
To celebrate #HillfortsWednesday, here's a fantastic recreation of the ramparts of Cadbury Castle in #Somerset under construction in the Iron Age, painted by the late great Victor Ambrus 🤩
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
From the cover of *Drawing Somerset's Past* published by #HistoryPress and @museumofsomerset.bsky.social
#HillfortsWednesday
Liddington Castle, locally called Liddington Camp, is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Liddington parish in the English county of Wiltshire, and a scheduled monument.
See Alt. For more details
📸 Mik Peach CC BY-SA 4.0
Liddington Castle, locally called Liddington Camp, is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Liddington parish in the English county of Wiltshire, and a scheduled monument.
See Alt. For more details
📸 Mik Peach CC BY-SA 4.0
November 26, 2025 at 9:41 AM
#HillfortsWednesday
Liddington Castle, locally called Liddington Camp, is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Liddington parish in the English county of Wiltshire, and a scheduled monument.
See Alt. For more details
📸 Mik Peach CC BY-SA 4.0
Liddington Castle, locally called Liddington Camp, is a late Bronze Age and early Iron Age univallate hillfort in Liddington parish in the English county of Wiltshire, and a scheduled monument.
See Alt. For more details
📸 Mik Peach CC BY-SA 4.0
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A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
November 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
A dog’s paw print on a Roman clay tile 🐾 🐕 😍
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
About 2,000 years-ago, a dog made its mark for ‘pawsterity’ when it wandered across the wet tile laid out to dry before firing.
From Richborough Roman fort
📷 by me
#TilesonTuesday
#Archaeology
Pyramid of Djoser c.2667 – 2648 BCE
Location: Saqqara Necropolis, Egypt (northwest of the city of Memphis) and the bent Pyramid. c.2600 BCE
Location: Dashur Necropolis, #Egypt
#TombTuesday
Location: Saqqara Necropolis, Egypt (northwest of the city of Memphis) and the bent Pyramid. c.2600 BCE
Location: Dashur Necropolis, #Egypt
#TombTuesday
November 25, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Pyramid of Djoser c.2667 – 2648 BCE
Location: Saqqara Necropolis, Egypt (northwest of the city of Memphis) and the bent Pyramid. c.2600 BCE
Location: Dashur Necropolis, #Egypt
#TombTuesday
Location: Saqqara Necropolis, Egypt (northwest of the city of Memphis) and the bent Pyramid. c.2600 BCE
Location: Dashur Necropolis, #Egypt
#TombTuesday
#Ancient Egyptian burial chamber in the tomb of Nebenmaat and his wife.
at Deir El Medina.who They lived sometime during the reign of Ramesses II during the New Kingdom (1279–1213 BC).
#Archaeology #History
#TombTuesday #Egypt
at Deir El Medina.who They lived sometime during the reign of Ramesses II during the New Kingdom (1279–1213 BC).
#Archaeology #History
#TombTuesday #Egypt
November 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
#Ancient Egyptian burial chamber in the tomb of Nebenmaat and his wife.
at Deir El Medina.who They lived sometime during the reign of Ramesses II during the New Kingdom (1279–1213 BC).
#Archaeology #History
#TombTuesday #Egypt
at Deir El Medina.who They lived sometime during the reign of Ramesses II during the New Kingdom (1279–1213 BC).
#Archaeology #History
#TombTuesday #Egypt
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For #MosaicMonday we are on the #Lateran estate of the #domusAnniorum in #Rome. The enterprising noblewoman Domitia Lucilla, mother of #MarcusAurelius, built a #fullonica or washhouse on the edge of the property, and had it paved with this huge black and white geometric #mosaic. #AncientBluesky 🏺
November 24, 2025 at 9:21 PM
For #MosaicMonday we are on the #Lateran estate of the #domusAnniorum in #Rome. The enterprising noblewoman Domitia Lucilla, mother of #MarcusAurelius, built a #fullonica or washhouse on the edge of the property, and had it paved with this huge black and white geometric #mosaic. #AncientBluesky 🏺
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#MosaicMonday
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
November 24, 2025 at 8:03 AM
#MosaicMonday
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
Floor mosaic with 4 #horses. The horses are identified by name and represent the 4 factions, each indicated by a color: Pupillo the blue faction, Cupid the white, Amatore the green and Aura the red.
📸Archaeological Museum of Sousse, #Tunisia ##Roman #History
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I just took a photo of this myself this vwry morning!
November 24, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I just took a photo of this myself this vwry morning!
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#MosaicMonday
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology
November 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
#MosaicMonday
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology
Fragment of a floor mosaic depicting a woman with a sistrum, probably priestess of Isis cult -Late #Roman period, 4th century AD - from a domus in #Carthage, #Tunisia - now in the British Museum.
#History #art #Archaeology