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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 8h

'Darling! Bring me my hunting outfit,
yes...
Yes, the very-sheer-and-also-flesh-coloured-unitard
...I don't know,
...hunting reasons

Also could you pack my full get-caught-in-a-storm-outfit in a separate bag
...
...DID I STUTTER??'

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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And while we're at the Somerset Museum lets appreciate this rather nice aspect of Taunton
(though had to colour correct this rather vigorously due to the purple window tints)

#MedievalMonday

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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Elsewhere the museum also has this hunting mosaic from the East Coker villa
Clothes believed to be typical of the second half of C4 AD

#MosaicMonday
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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and of course, we've got to give it up for a nice bit of guilloche border

#MosaicMonday
🏺AncientBluesky

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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The central panel shows Venus, with the two cupids: a torch pointed down to represent Dido's death & one pointed up to resemble the founding of Rome

#MosaicMonday
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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Perhaps the most famous image from the floor, Dido & Aeneas kissing in the woods after sheltering from the storm

#MosaicMonday
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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Continuing anti-clockwise, as part of a plot by Venus to make Dido & Aeneas fall in love, Cupid leads them on a hunt

#MosaicMonday
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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The next panel then assembles the main cast:
Aeneas, Cupid, Venus & Queen Dido of Carthage

#MosaicMonday
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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So to go through the panels & story of this remarkable survivor from a bath block of a villa, laid around 350 AD

The first pannel shows the ships leaving troy

#MosaicMonday
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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

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First of all, we're going to be in Somerset looking at its Hillforts in just a couple of weeks, but for now you can catch our Journey with this episode & the playlist with all the others so far >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

How do you build a massive Hillfort anyway?

YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective

www.youtube.com

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 13h

Had a great time at the Somerset Museum on the weekend, so for #MosaicMonday a short thread on its mosaics which of course include this, the Low Ham mosaic of Dido & Aeneas

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 1d

This weekends adventure: having our hearts stolen by Treyarnon, North Cornwall

realised i said to a nice couple who ran a nice coffee place in Bampton that i was heading to ...Tregaron (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿)
a small change of consonants that would've in fact represented a 273 mile / 5hr 25min detour if true

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 1d

#AncientSiteSunday & the rumps early this morning, not quite the sunrise promised earlier in the week, but still great to be back

We'll get to Cornwall soon but to catch up with our hillfort journey so far it's all here >>>
youtube.com/playlist?lis...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 3d

#RuinedPrioryFriday with Shaftesbury Abbey, not in great shape but what remains has been arranged into a very nice garden space

To catch more from the edge of North Dorset into Wiltshire, check out our latest Hillforts episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 3d

[I hesistate to even type it lest i somehow manifest this as a future, but i can pretty much gurantee some tech oligarchs have already envisaged it / pitched it as a revenue model

"Imagine if everyone had to pay for every photo they took, imagine if we could monetise observing stuff 📷+🏛=💰 " ]

Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 3d

pfff 🙄

i have this nightmare of a future when all (digital) cameras are constantly connected to the cloud and land owners / local authorities paywall / prohibit certain angles or geo-areas inside your device
...everyone clings on to legacy tech where available 📽

and it totally sucks 🤖🤖🤖

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 3d

I've been wanting an excuse to get back there 😊
The above pics were an accidental 2nd visit to Verona after a cancelled flight from Venice meant we had to scramble to get to Verona airport instead

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 4d

#AncientTheatreThursday & the spectacular amphitheatre of Verona 🇮🇹
I don't know if its like this all year round but sadly the inside has been left considerably less spectacular - you can see it in our episode on Verona & Lake Garda >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ynu4...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 5d

Did not see that coming 😳
Here's hoping

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 5d

#HillfortsWednesday with Yarnbury Camp
No hill to speak of, just rocking a very attractive multivallate enclosure a short way down the A303 from Stonehenge

See more in the new episode >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 5d

guess this is what happens when you spend this much time around you Bluesky / #HillfortsWednesday types 😁

new episode up, continuing through the Hillforts of Wiltshire but also a bit of an explainer on types of Hillfort, how they were constructed etc.
its here >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 6d

too sad 😔
Always assume that something like this isn't possible, then turns out it is

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man in the woods @maninthewoods.co.uk · 7d

If you’ve always wanted to get into Iron Age hillforts, the first half of this video by @forestcollectiv.bsky.social is a really great, accessible introduction to what they are, and the varying forms the take: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

How do you build a massive Hillfort anyway?

YouTube video by Forest Archaic Collective

www.youtube.com

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 7d

#MosaicMonday & the mosaics at Rockbourne Roman Villa

See more of Ancient Hampshire & Wiltshire in our Hillforts Episodes >>> www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

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Forest Archaic Collective @forestcollectiv.bsky.social · 8d

Cloud Inversion at Bratton Camp
i'll never forget this one, this was an incredibly special evening

See more in the new episode, which also includes a bit of an explainer on Hillfort types & how they were constructed >>>
www.youtube.com/watch?v=qldg...

#AncientSiteSunday

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