Dr Wendy Scott
@wendreda.bsky.social
Cumbrian, Museum Archaeologist, Numismatist, early Medievalist. Former Leicestershire FLO now Curator: hoards (post Roman coins), British Museum. Commitee member Leicestershire Arch. & Hist. Soc./SCBI/BNS
All views my own.
All views my own.
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For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
November 27, 2025 at 3:29 PM
For anyone interested in vikings: a symposium on the impact of the viking Great Army, to be held at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge on 24 April 2026.
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Lovely to see Treasure: History Unearthed celebrated as winner of the @socmusarch.bsky.social annual award for excellence in the exhibition project category. It has great to work with a fantastic team & special objects!
Book your tickets here👇
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...
Book your tickets here👇
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...
December 8, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Lovely to see Treasure: History Unearthed celebrated as winner of the @socmusarch.bsky.social annual award for excellence in the exhibition project category. It has great to work with a fantastic team & special objects!
Book your tickets here👇
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...
Book your tickets here👇
www.liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/whatson/muse...
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Fire! 400,000 years ago, not just used but made, the first compelling evidence for such control this old: heated sediments, burnt handaxes, iron pyrite fragments. Excavated with care at Barnham, Suffolk by a brilliant team mostly from London (BM, NHM, QMUL) 1/3
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Earliest evidence of making fire - Nature
Baked sediment, heat-shattered artefacts and introduced pyrite in a 400,000-year-old Palaeolithic occupation site in Suffolk, UK provide evidence of intentional fire-making, marking a pivotal moment i...
www.nature.com
December 10, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fire! 400,000 years ago, not just used but made, the first compelling evidence for such control this old: heated sediments, burnt handaxes, iron pyrite fragments. Excavated with care at Barnham, Suffolk by a brilliant team mostly from London (BM, NHM, QMUL) 1/3
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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For anyone interested in a 6 month post as an assistant with the Durham and Newcastle Finds Liaison Officers for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, please see www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Finds_Li...
Finds Liaison Project Assistant - Durham County Council - North East Jobs
Finds Liaison Project Assistant - Durham County Council - North East Jobs
www.northeastjobs.org.uk
September 22, 2025 at 11:41 AM
For anyone interested in a 6 month post as an assistant with the Durham and Newcastle Finds Liaison Officers for the Portable Antiquities Scheme, please see www.northeastjobs.org.uk/job/Finds_Li...
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Exciting book launch event!!
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
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September 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Exciting book launch event!!
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
(1/2)
Dr Victoria Whitworth: The Book of Kells: Unlocking the Enigma is finally out, and you can celebrate it (and snag a copy) at the Tarbat Discovery Centre on 11 October.
Tickets at www.tickettailor.com/events/tarba...
(1/2)
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I've just launched by first Crowdfunder campaign to acquire an Iron Age Hoard for Oxfordshire Museums Service. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-.... Please support us by donating and/or sharing the link. Thank you @justrena.bsky.social for all your help thus far.
July 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
I've just launched by first Crowdfunder campaign to acquire an Iron Age Hoard for Oxfordshire Museums Service. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-.... Please support us by donating and/or sharing the link. Thank you @justrena.bsky.social for all your help thus far.
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🚨 BREAKING - 55 Arrests confirmed in London for holding signs to oppose genocide and the ban on Palestine Action
wedonotcomply.org
The UK Government is complicit in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. They are attempting to silence those who expose this complicity.
wedonotcomply.org
The UK Government is complicit in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. They are attempting to silence those who expose this complicity.
July 19, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🚨 BREAKING - 55 Arrests confirmed in London for holding signs to oppose genocide and the ban on Palestine Action
wedonotcomply.org
The UK Government is complicit in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. They are attempting to silence those who expose this complicity.
wedonotcomply.org
The UK Government is complicit in Israel’s genocide against Palestinians. They are attempting to silence those who expose this complicity.
Please visit the amazing exhibition currently on at the British Museum if you can, a must for fans of Japanese art and birds!
'View of Shiba Coast' from the series 'One Hundred Famous Views of Edo' - Utagawa Hiroshige, 1856. From the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston collection.
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
#JapaneseArt #ukiyoe
June 23, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Please visit the amazing exhibition currently on at the British Museum if you can, a must for fans of Japanese art and birds!
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Sadly I don't have any more beautiful Insular harness fittings to offer for this week's Viking camps #FindsFriday - last week was a one-off! However, I thought we'd stay in the west and look at another find from Aldwark. This buckle-plate is ADB925, decorated with knotwork and roundel designs. /1
June 20, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Sadly I don't have any more beautiful Insular harness fittings to offer for this week's Viking camps #FindsFriday - last week was a one-off! However, I thought we'd stay in the west and look at another find from Aldwark. This buckle-plate is ADB925, decorated with knotwork and roundel designs. /1
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Want to try your hand at traditional crafts and learn from the experts?
Join us Sunday 20th July, 10am - 4:30pm at the Historic Environment Division’s Conservation Works Depot in Belfast for a FREE day of hands-on workshops! 👉
Join us Sunday 20th July, 10am - 4:30pm at the Historic Environment Division’s Conservation Works Depot in Belfast for a FREE day of hands-on workshops! 👉
Festival of Archaeology Heritage Skills Day 2025
A day of three free, hands-on traditional skills workshops delivered by the Historic Environment Division's experts.
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June 21, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Want to try your hand at traditional crafts and learn from the experts?
Join us Sunday 20th July, 10am - 4:30pm at the Historic Environment Division’s Conservation Works Depot in Belfast for a FREE day of hands-on workshops! 👉
Join us Sunday 20th July, 10am - 4:30pm at the Historic Environment Division’s Conservation Works Depot in Belfast for a FREE day of hands-on workshops! 👉
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From my forthcoming translation of the Saga of the Earls of Orkney ch. 100 birlinn.co.uk/product/the-... 2/2
The Saga of the Earls of Orkney | Birlinn Ltd - Independent Scottish Publisher - buy books online
This fascinating history of the Earldom of Orkney, which was established in the Viking Age, records the adventures, feuds and battles of powerful Norsemen during its first three centuries. The medieva...
birlinn.co.uk
June 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
From my forthcoming translation of the Saga of the Earls of Orkney ch. 100 birlinn.co.uk/product/the-... 2/2
Congratulations to my BM colleague Tunde!
Many congratulations to all winners! Not least 3 archaeologists who each receive $300,000: Tunde Babalola, whose work in Benin City I have reported on; Bar Kribus, researching Ethiopian Jews; and Caroline Sturdy Colls, whose work at Treblinka I was pleased to show in British Archaeology
June 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Congratulations to my BM colleague Tunde!
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Many congratulations to all winners! Not least 3 archaeologists who each receive $300,000: Tunde Babalola, whose work in Benin City I have reported on; Bar Kribus, researching Ethiopian Jews; and Caroline Sturdy Colls, whose work at Treblinka I was pleased to show in British Archaeology
June 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Many congratulations to all winners! Not least 3 archaeologists who each receive $300,000: Tunde Babalola, whose work in Benin City I have reported on; Bar Kribus, researching Ethiopian Jews; and Caroline Sturdy Colls, whose work at Treblinka I was pleased to show in British Archaeology
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Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England
Cambridge Core - European Studies - Natural and Supernatural in Early Medieval England
www.cambridge.org
May 30, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Free to download for the next two weeks: Rick Sowerby's excellent new book Natural and Supernatural in Early #Medieval England!
#medievalsky
#medievalsky
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At Greenlane Archaeology Ltd we also have a bookshop- mainly archaeology and history but also lots of local volumes, nature, gardens etc. Have a look at the catalogue on the website: www.greenlanearchaeology.co.uk/bookshop/
Get in touch if you find anything of interest!
Get in touch if you find anything of interest!
May 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
At Greenlane Archaeology Ltd we also have a bookshop- mainly archaeology and history but also lots of local volumes, nature, gardens etc. Have a look at the catalogue on the website: www.greenlanearchaeology.co.uk/bookshop/
Get in touch if you find anything of interest!
Get in touch if you find anything of interest!
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This was sent to me this a.m. by my Danish family. jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
The Danish National Archives holds a ground-breaking document proving that President Donald Trump is wrong about Greenland
In a high-security storage facility at the Danish National Archives (Rigsarkivet) is a 100 year old sheet of paper with an American promise about Greenland. This is the fascinating story which Preside...
jyllands-posten.dk
March 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This was sent to me this a.m. by my Danish family. jyllands-posten.dk/indland/ECE1...
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"Quite simply, this is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK"
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Iron Age Hoard Discovery Alters Our Understanding of Life in Britain 2,000 Years Ago | Historic England
The Melsonby Hoard, a vast deposit of more than 800 items, provides an archaeological time capsule from the Iron Age around 2,000 years ago.
historicengland.org.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Quite simply, this is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK"
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
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In collaboration with the University of Leicester, we are delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium!
Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30
Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30
Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
March 5, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In collaboration with the University of Leicester, we are delighted to announce the return of the Midlands Viking Symposium!
Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30
Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
Saturday 17 May 2025, 10am - 5pm
Senate Chamber, Trent Building, University of Nottingham
Registration: £30
Find out more: nott.ac/midlandsvikingsymposium
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This is an Early-Medieval inset lead weight dating to the 9th-11th centuries. They are an insular Viking phenomenon believed used to weigh precious metals for trading. #FindsFriday #Viking #Inset
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February 28, 2025 at 8:30 AM
This is an Early-Medieval inset lead weight dating to the 9th-11th centuries. They are an insular Viking phenomenon believed used to weigh precious metals for trading. #FindsFriday #Viking #Inset
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The finds trays are working overtime at the Carlisle Roman Excavations this week. Here the destruction level is being removed to reveal the Hypocaust stacks. The site is open for visits except Sunday till the 1st March #HadriansWall #Archaeology
February 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
The finds trays are working overtime at the Carlisle Roman Excavations this week. Here the destruction level is being removed to reveal the Hypocaust stacks. The site is open for visits except Sunday till the 1st March #HadriansWall #Archaeology
Chuffed to have been involved in this groundbreaking treasure case. The report was a team effort, but thats my photo!
News | Norwich Castle Museum to acquire first find declared ‘treasure’ under new definition – Portable Antiquities Scheme's annual report shows another record year for archaeological discoveries
Norwich Castle Museum to acquire first find declared 'treasure' under new definition - Museums Association
Portable Antiquities Scheme's annual report shows another record year for archaeological discoveries
www.museumsassociation.org
February 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Chuffed to have been involved in this groundbreaking treasure case. The report was a team effort, but thats my photo!
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"Wearing our Pride" new display from the British Museum badge collection in the Money Gallery for LGBTQ+ history month, co-curated with community partners.
February 15, 2025 at 3:28 PM
"Wearing our Pride" new display from the British Museum badge collection in the Money Gallery for LGBTQ+ history month, co-curated with community partners.
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Rare medieval manuscript found in York convent shoebox. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rare medieval rolled manuscript found in York Bar Convent archive
Fewer than a dozen of the documents have ever been discovered, York's Bar Covent says.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 15, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Rare medieval manuscript found in York convent shoebox. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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If Ukraine is forced to surrender its sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945.
The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.
The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.
February 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
If Ukraine is forced to surrender its sovereign territory to Russia, it will be the greatest betrayal of a European ally since Poland in 1945.
The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.
The UK must lead in Europe in defence of Ukraine. We cannot stand back and watch as Zelensky is bullied by Trump.