Kate Sheehan-Finn
@katesfwriter.bsky.social
Writer, Historical Fiction, Roman Archaeology, Ancient History, Books, Travel, Walking, Landscapes, Photography.
Winner Jericho Writers Competition #LFOW24
https://linktr.ee/katesfwriter
Writing sprinkles life with stardust.
Winner Jericho Writers Competition #LFOW24
https://linktr.ee/katesfwriter
Writing sprinkles life with stardust.
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From Submission to Spotlight: The Journey of a Festival Friday Night Live Winner – Jericho Writers
If I can win a writing competition, then you can too. I received notification that I was in the Friday Night Live (but on Saturday) Final at London Festival of Writing on 21 June 2024. I was visiting ...
jerichowriters.com
Fab memory from last year’s festival of writing hosted by @jerichowriters.bsky.social - thanks for asking me to write about the experience of winning Friday Night Live in 2024.
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
jerichowriters.com/from-submiss...
#WritingCommunity #WritingLife #AmWriting
jerichowriters.com/from-submiss...
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Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
November 29, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Something ancient and wonderful for the weekend! 🤩
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
The world’s oldest known sculpture of a horse!
This tiny figurine was carved from mammoth ivory by an Ice Age artist some 40,000 years ago!
📷 by me
#Archaeology
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
The Arch of Septimius Severus was erected in 203 AD at the end of the Via Sacra in Rome to celebrate the victories of the emperor and his sons, Caracalla and Geta, over the Parthians in ancient Persia.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Arch of Septimius Severus was erected in 203 AD at the end of the Via Sacra in Rome to celebrate the victories of the emperor and his sons, Caracalla and Geta, over the Parthians in ancient Persia.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
The Arch of Septimius Severus was erected in 203 AD at the end of the Via Sacra in Rome to celebrate the victories of the emperor and his sons, Caracalla and Geta, over the Parthians in ancient Persia.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
November 29, 2025 at 10:27 AM
The Arch of Septimius Severus was erected in 203 AD at the end of the Via Sacra in Rome to celebrate the victories of the emperor and his sons, Caracalla and Geta, over the Parthians in ancient Persia.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
#RomanSiteSaturday #AncientRome #Archaeology
📸 my own, October 2025.
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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
These brave women aren’t allowed share their story on SM if they want to remain in their previously abandoned convent near Salzburg.
But we can share their story.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
But we can share their story.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Rebel nuns who busted out of Austrian care home win reprieve – if they stay off social media
Trio given leave to stay in their abandoned convent near Salzburg until further notice, church officials say
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
These brave women aren’t allowed share their story on SM if they want to remain in their previously abandoned convent near Salzburg.
But we can share their story.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
But we can share their story.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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A pair of gold armbands from the Colchester Fenwick hoard, buried before Boudica’s attack in AD60. As the Roman last stand took place where Colchester Castle now sits, the owner may have perished where their jewellery is now displayed @ColMuseums.bsky.social
#FindsFriday #BoudicaFriday #Echolands
#FindsFriday #BoudicaFriday #Echolands
November 28, 2025 at 3:45 PM
A pair of gold armbands from the Colchester Fenwick hoard, buried before Boudica’s attack in AD60. As the Roman last stand took place where Colchester Castle now sits, the owner may have perished where their jewellery is now displayed @ColMuseums.bsky.social
#FindsFriday #BoudicaFriday #Echolands
#FindsFriday #BoudicaFriday #Echolands
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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1. Vindolanda fort and vicus a decade ago. It’s a Stanegate fort. Earlier forts lie beneath the later fort of Coh IV Gallorum (built 3rd C AD).
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
1. Vindolanda fort and vicus a decade ago. It’s a Stanegate fort. Earlier forts lie beneath the later fort of Coh IV Gallorum (built 3rd C AD).
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
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Piazzale delle Corporazioni #OstiaAntica faces the river Tiber.
Floor mosaics were laid in rooms flanking the square. Motifs were linked to commercial activities. Inscriptions name corporations of traders, ship-owners & entrepreneurs from Ostia & other significant trading communities.
#MosaicMonday
Floor mosaics were laid in rooms flanking the square. Motifs were linked to commercial activities. Inscriptions name corporations of traders, ship-owners & entrepreneurs from Ostia & other significant trading communities.
#MosaicMonday
November 10, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Piazzale delle Corporazioni #OstiaAntica faces the river Tiber.
Floor mosaics were laid in rooms flanking the square. Motifs were linked to commercial activities. Inscriptions name corporations of traders, ship-owners & entrepreneurs from Ostia & other significant trading communities.
#MosaicMonday
Floor mosaics were laid in rooms flanking the square. Motifs were linked to commercial activities. Inscriptions name corporations of traders, ship-owners & entrepreneurs from Ostia & other significant trading communities.
#MosaicMonday
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Some of my favourite my favourite retellings/reworkings of Ancient Greek stories and myths. I never get weary of these stories from the past.
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
November 23, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Some of my favourite my favourite retellings/reworkings of Ancient Greek stories and myths. I never get weary of these stories from the past.
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
What’s on your TBR pile?
#Myth #Stories #HistoricalFiction #Books #AmReading
Good morning 🌅
Happy #Thanksgiving to all my family and friends across the Atlantic. May you have a peaceful celebration.
My photo is from earlier this week. It’s grey and rainy on this late November morning. No photo needed to show the murk. I’m tucking into #WritingThursday.
Happy #Thanksgiving to all my family and friends across the Atlantic. May you have a peaceful celebration.
My photo is from earlier this week. It’s grey and rainy on this late November morning. No photo needed to show the murk. I’m tucking into #WritingThursday.
November 27, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Good morning 🌅
Happy #Thanksgiving to all my family and friends across the Atlantic. May you have a peaceful celebration.
My photo is from earlier this week. It’s grey and rainy on this late November morning. No photo needed to show the murk. I’m tucking into #WritingThursday.
Happy #Thanksgiving to all my family and friends across the Atlantic. May you have a peaceful celebration.
My photo is from earlier this week. It’s grey and rainy on this late November morning. No photo needed to show the murk. I’m tucking into #WritingThursday.
1. Vindolanda fort and vicus a decade ago. It’s a Stanegate fort. Earlier forts lie beneath the later fort of Coh IV Gallorum (built 3rd C AD).
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
November 27, 2025 at 7:50 AM
1. Vindolanda fort and vicus a decade ago. It’s a Stanegate fort. Earlier forts lie beneath the later fort of Coh IV Gallorum (built 3rd C AD).
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
2. Housesteads/Vercovicium fort on #HadriansWall, constructed between AD 122-130.
#RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #Archaeology
📸 my own
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
#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...
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity
A team of Spanish researchers has presented the discovery of an extraordinary object from the Roman period that sheds light on the history of ancient Cartagena (southeastern Spain). It is a metal cont...
www.labrujulaverde.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
November 26, 2025 at 8:18 AM
A relief sculpture of a blacksmith at work in his workshop. He’s surrounded by the tools of his trade. It was found in Tomb 29 at the Necropolis of Portus on the Isola Sacra. AD 160-180.
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
‘What we do in life echoes in eternity.’ 😊
📸 my own, #OstiaAntica.
#ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #Archaeology
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
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
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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A #Roman wooden ship, excavated from the bottom of the Rhine near Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2003. It sank about 1850-1800 years ago - probably very quickly, as a lot of artefacts were found inside, suggesting the crew were not able to salvage them in time 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
November 25, 2025 at 10:36 PM
A #Roman wooden ship, excavated from the bottom of the Rhine near Utrecht (Netherlands) in 2003. It sank about 1850-1800 years ago - probably very quickly, as a lot of artefacts were found inside, suggesting the crew were not able to salvage them in time 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
A Roman Inscription Found in Cartagena Reveals the Name of an Unknown Governor and the Use of a Urn for Casting of Lots in Antiquity
A team of Spanish researchers has presented the discovery of an extraordinary object from the Roman period that sheds light on the history of ancient Cartagena (southeastern Spain). It is a metal cont...
www.labrujulaverde.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
An interesting inscription reveals new information about a previously unknown Roman governor at Carthago Nova (Cartagena), Spain.
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
#EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/11/a...
Finished this book last night. #AmReading #BookSky
I’m almost finished reading @elodieharper.bsky.social historical fiction novel, Boudicca’s Daughter. I was not expecting the story this wonderful author has written. It’s an original take on the story the Roman victors left for us, and the subsequent creation of Boudicca and her daughter victims.
November 24, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Finished this book last night. #AmReading #BookSky
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A bonus post for this #MosaicMonday. Ever puzzled over why Neptune has crab claws and Oceanus has a trident in some RB mosaics? My thoughts have just been published in the latest Journal of Mosaic Research. Open access, so feel free to enjoy! 1/2
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmr/i...
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmr/i...
Journal of Mosaic Research » Makale » Neptune and Oceanus in Romano-British Mosaics: A Special Case?
dergipark.org.tr
November 24, 2025 at 1:19 PM
A bonus post for this #MosaicMonday. Ever puzzled over why Neptune has crab claws and Oceanus has a trident in some RB mosaics? My thoughts have just been published in the latest Journal of Mosaic Research. Open access, so feel free to enjoy! 1/2
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmr/i...
dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/jmr/i...
Floor mosaic depicting the story of Polyphemus and Galatea; AD 2nd C from a town house in Roman Cordoba, Baetica Province, Spain.
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
November 24, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Floor mosaic depicting the story of Polyphemus and Galatea; AD 2nd C from a town house in Roman Cordoba, Baetica Province, Spain.
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
📸 my own, taken in the Alcazar palace, Cordoba where many Roman mosaics are now on display.
#MosaicMonday #RomanEmpire #Archaeology
Reposted by Kate Sheehan-Finn
This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
November 17, 2025 at 10:06 PM
This was the ancient Roman forum on a sunny late afternoon/early evening in October.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.
#AncientRome #Archaeology #RomanEmpire
📸 my own, #Rome 2025.