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!😂
#EpigraphyTuesday
This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the #Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot.
This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the #Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot.
December 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
#EpigraphyTuesday
This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the #Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot.
This small vase, inscribed with the twenty-six letters of the #Etruscan alphabet, may have been a container for ink. The head acts as a stopper and could be attached to the bird’s body by a cord. The missing tail no doubt curved downward to form a third foot.
#TombTuesday
#Visigoth sarcophagus discovered at Los VIllaricos #Roman complex in #Spain, 2021. The six-and-a-half-foot-long sarcophagus is intricately carved with a curving spiral motif. Ivy leaves decorate the lid. 📸 THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA 👀
#Archaeology #History
#Visigoth sarcophagus discovered at Los VIllaricos #Roman complex in #Spain, 2021. The six-and-a-half-foot-long sarcophagus is intricately carved with a curving spiral motif. Ivy leaves decorate the lid. 📸 THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA 👀
#Archaeology #History
December 9, 2025 at 5:51 PM
#TombTuesday
#Visigoth sarcophagus discovered at Los VIllaricos #Roman complex in #Spain, 2021. The six-and-a-half-foot-long sarcophagus is intricately carved with a curving spiral motif. Ivy leaves decorate the lid. 📸 THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA 👀
#Archaeology #History
#Visigoth sarcophagus discovered at Los VIllaricos #Roman complex in #Spain, 2021. The six-and-a-half-foot-long sarcophagus is intricately carved with a curving spiral motif. Ivy leaves decorate the lid. 📸 THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA 👀
#Archaeology #History
#MosaicMonday
Mosaic of the 9 #Muses - from the entrance to a #Roman villa in Torre de Palma, Monforte, Portalegre - 4th C AD - Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, #Lisbon, #Portugal.
At the base of the mosaic there is a legend: SCO [pa a] SPRA TESSELLAM LEDERE NOLI VTERI F [elix]
Mosaic of the 9 #Muses - from the entrance to a #Roman villa in Torre de Palma, Monforte, Portalegre - 4th C AD - Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, #Lisbon, #Portugal.
At the base of the mosaic there is a legend: SCO [pa a] SPRA TESSELLAM LEDERE NOLI VTERI F [elix]
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
#MosaicMonday
Mosaic of the 9 #Muses - from the entrance to a #Roman villa in Torre de Palma, Monforte, Portalegre - 4th C AD - Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, #Lisbon, #Portugal.
At the base of the mosaic there is a legend: SCO [pa a] SPRA TESSELLAM LEDERE NOLI VTERI F [elix]
Mosaic of the 9 #Muses - from the entrance to a #Roman villa in Torre de Palma, Monforte, Portalegre - 4th C AD - Museu Nacional de Arqueologia, #Lisbon, #Portugal.
At the base of the mosaic there is a legend: SCO [pa a] SPRA TESSELLAM LEDERE NOLI VTERI F [elix]
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
December 7, 2025 at 2:32 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
Stood at Cwrt Dafydd farm, south of Margam, where they were found reused to form a footbridge across a stream. They are known as 'cart-wheel' crosses, and so named from the radial form of the cross head, like the wheels of a cart. 10thC.
📸My own #History
#RomanSiteSaturday
Carsium was a fortress built in the #Roman province of Moesia in the 1st C AD by the #Emperor #Trajan on campaign against Dacia.
The Ist Italica #legion stationed there. It defended the province and the River #Danube.
#Archaeology #Military #History #Romania
Carsium was a fortress built in the #Roman province of Moesia in the 1st C AD by the #Emperor #Trajan on campaign against Dacia.
The Ist Italica #legion stationed there. It defended the province and the River #Danube.
#Archaeology #Military #History #Romania
December 6, 2025 at 3:37 PM
#RomanSiteSaturday
Carsium was a fortress built in the #Roman province of Moesia in the 1st C AD by the #Emperor #Trajan on campaign against Dacia.
The Ist Italica #legion stationed there. It defended the province and the River #Danube.
#Archaeology #Military #History #Romania
Carsium was a fortress built in the #Roman province of Moesia in the 1st C AD by the #Emperor #Trajan on campaign against Dacia.
The Ist Italica #legion stationed there. It defended the province and the River #Danube.
#Archaeology #Military #History #Romania
#FrescoFriday
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
December 5, 2025 at 2:41 PM
#FrescoFriday
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
#Roman fresco excavated dating back to the late 1st century BC. It depicts a human figure against a vibrant red background. This is one of the finest #paintings ever found in #ancient Gaul
(Arles Departmental Museum of Antiquities) #France
#Archaeology #art
The Wandsworth Shield, a 2nd century BC #Celtic bronze boss found in the River Thames on display at the British Museum.
#Archaeology #History #artwork #art #FindsFriday
#Archaeology #History #artwork #art #FindsFriday
December 5, 2025 at 1:15 PM
The Wandsworth Shield, a 2nd century BC #Celtic bronze boss found in the River Thames on display at the British Museum.
#Archaeology #History #artwork #art #FindsFriday
#Archaeology #History #artwork #art #FindsFriday
#RomanFortThursday
Satala - Some remains of the walls of the rectangular #Roman #legionary #fortress survive, though much ruined. Their line can be traced on all four sides of the fortress that encompassed an area of 15.7 ha. Originally home to the 16th legio Flavia
#History
Satala - Some remains of the walls of the rectangular #Roman #legionary #fortress survive, though much ruined. Their line can be traced on all four sides of the fortress that encompassed an area of 15.7 ha. Originally home to the 16th legio Flavia
#History
December 4, 2025 at 8:30 AM
#RomanFortThursday
Satala - Some remains of the walls of the rectangular #Roman #legionary #fortress survive, though much ruined. Their line can be traced on all four sides of the fortress that encompassed an area of 15.7 ha. Originally home to the 16th legio Flavia
#History
Satala - Some remains of the walls of the rectangular #Roman #legionary #fortress survive, though much ruined. Their line can be traced on all four sides of the fortress that encompassed an area of 15.7 ha. Originally home to the 16th legio Flavia
#History
#TombTuesday
Chambered cairn on the summit of Ronas Hill, the highest mountain in Shetland. Is this well-preserved #Neolithic burial monument comprising a stone built chamber within a mound of stones.
📸 Bill Griffiths
#Archaeology #History #architecture
Chambered cairn on the summit of Ronas Hill, the highest mountain in Shetland. Is this well-preserved #Neolithic burial monument comprising a stone built chamber within a mound of stones.
📸 Bill Griffiths
#Archaeology #History #architecture
December 2, 2025 at 12:53 PM
#TombTuesday
Chambered cairn on the summit of Ronas Hill, the highest mountain in Shetland. Is this well-preserved #Neolithic burial monument comprising a stone built chamber within a mound of stones.
📸 Bill Griffiths
#Archaeology #History #architecture
Chambered cairn on the summit of Ronas Hill, the highest mountain in Shetland. Is this well-preserved #Neolithic burial monument comprising a stone built chamber within a mound of stones.
📸 Bill Griffiths
#Archaeology #History #architecture
#TombTuesday
Barpa Langais, Isle Of North Uist is the best preserved Neolithic chambered cairn in the Outer Hebrides. It is typical of tombs built all over the islands by #Neolithic farming communities.
#Archaeology
Barpa Langais, Isle Of North Uist is the best preserved Neolithic chambered cairn in the Outer Hebrides. It is typical of tombs built all over the islands by #Neolithic farming communities.
#Archaeology
December 2, 2025 at 12:44 PM
#TombTuesday
Barpa Langais, Isle Of North Uist is the best preserved Neolithic chambered cairn in the Outer Hebrides. It is typical of tombs built all over the islands by #Neolithic farming communities.
#Archaeology
Barpa Langais, Isle Of North Uist is the best preserved Neolithic chambered cairn in the Outer Hebrides. It is typical of tombs built all over the islands by #Neolithic farming communities.
#Archaeology
Ariarathes I. 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.40 g, 4h). Gaziura mint.
Baal of Gaziura seated left, torso facing, holding grapes, grain ear, and eagle in extended right hand, lotus- tipped scepter in left; B'L GZYR to right / Griffin left attacking stag kneeling left; "Ariarathes" below.
Baal of Gaziura seated left, torso facing, holding grapes, grain ear, and eagle in extended right hand, lotus- tipped scepter in left; B'L GZYR to right / Griffin left attacking stag kneeling left; "Ariarathes" below.
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Ariarathes I. 333-322 BC. AR Drachm (19mm, 5.40 g, 4h). Gaziura mint.
Baal of Gaziura seated left, torso facing, holding grapes, grain ear, and eagle in extended right hand, lotus- tipped scepter in left; B'L GZYR to right / Griffin left attacking stag kneeling left; "Ariarathes" below.
Baal of Gaziura seated left, torso facing, holding grapes, grain ear, and eagle in extended right hand, lotus- tipped scepter in left; B'L GZYR to right / Griffin left attacking stag kneeling left; "Ariarathes" below.
House of Antiope, a #Roman villa decorated with floor #mosaics. Bulgaria’s Devnya.
The #villa was built in the late 3rd or early 4thC AD, perhaps during the rule of #Emperor #Constantine the #Great (r. 306–337).
The best-known of the mosaics is the depiction of the #gorgon #Medusa #MosaicMonday
The #villa was built in the late 3rd or early 4thC AD, perhaps during the rule of #Emperor #Constantine the #Great (r. 306–337).
The best-known of the mosaics is the depiction of the #gorgon #Medusa #MosaicMonday
December 1, 2025 at 8:12 AM
House of Antiope, a #Roman villa decorated with floor #mosaics. Bulgaria’s Devnya.
The #villa was built in the late 3rd or early 4thC AD, perhaps during the rule of #Emperor #Constantine the #Great (r. 306–337).
The best-known of the mosaics is the depiction of the #gorgon #Medusa #MosaicMonday
The #villa was built in the late 3rd or early 4thC AD, perhaps during the rule of #Emperor #Constantine the #Great (r. 306–337).
The best-known of the mosaics is the depiction of the #gorgon #Medusa #MosaicMonday
#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
#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
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
#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
#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
#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
Danes stone - This large stone stands just to the north-west of the village of Moulin, in the field where the Moulin Market used to be held in days gone by. Coles reported in 1908 that several more stones were said to have stood in the field.
#StandingStoneSunday
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
November 23, 2025 at 2:02 PM
#StandingStoneSunday
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
Laughter Tor Longstone: A large standing stone stands 2.4 metres tall on the slopes of Laughter Tor. Dartmoor.
#FindsFriday
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
November 21, 2025 at 10:17 AM
#FindsFriday
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
The Lurgan canoe was discovered in 1901 by Patrick Coen as he worked in a Co. Galway bog that had once been a shallow lake. It is carved from a giant oak trunk and measures over 14 m long by 1 m wide. Date - Early Bronze Age. #Ireland
#Archaeology #History
#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
November 21, 2025 at 10:11 AM
#FindsFriday
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork
National Museum of #Wales ( Cardiff ). Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit ( 200 BC - 100 AD).
#Archaeology #History #artwork