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Dr Tess Machling
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"Funding came from Arts Council England, V&A Purchase Grant Fund, Leeds Philosophical & Literary Society, and the Friends of Leeds City Museums."

AKA

The detectorist and landowner were paid an undisclosed amount to hand over what should be ours...

#Archaeology 🏺

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Saxon cross discovered in Leeds field to be displayed in museum
The pendant is believed to date from the 8th Century and have been a worn by a high status person.
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November 2, 2025 at 7:37 AM Everybody can reply
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Q
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Destruction of cultural sites is only a small part of what is lost in severe weather events, but in a world where climate change driven catastrophic weather events are becoming more common, we need more and better methods for dealing with the impacts. 🏺

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Archaeological site in Alaska that casts light on early Yup'ik life ravaged by ex-Typhoon Halong
A Yup'ik community near the Bering Sea in southwest Alaska was spared the widespread devastation other communities experienced from the remnants of Typhoon Halong earlier this month. But it suffered a...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:21 PM Everybody can reply
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antiquity.ac.uk
Antiquity Journal
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📰 The first excavation at the historic palace of Benin City in 50 years sheds light on urban development, architecture, artisanal practice, trade, diet and more

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via phys.org

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Pre-construction archaeology reveals Benin City's historic urban development and heritage
Archaeological excavation in Benin City, Nigeria, ahead of the construction of the Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) has uncovered previously un-investigated sectors of the Kingdom of Benin's…
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October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM Everybody can reply
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Dr Matt Pope
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"A metal detectorist convicted of stealing part of a Viking hoard valued at £3m is back in jail after not paying back his share of the proceeds." And a curse on him too. 🏺
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Viking hoard thief back in jail for not repaying profits
George Powell failed to repay £600,000, his share of the treasure found in a Herefordshire field.
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October 28, 2025 at 6:50 PM Everybody can reply
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Craig Barker
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I haven't seen archaeologists 'stumped' in a while. We are normally 'puzzled' or 'mystified'. Sometimes 'baffled', but rarely 'stumped'.

'Archaeologists stumped by ‘extremely rare’ circular Roman-era tomb'

#archaeologynews 🏺

www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
Archaeologists stumped by ‘extremely rare’ circular Roman-era tomb
Burials with stone ring walls of this scale are extremely rare, researchers say
www.independent.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 10:59 PM Everybody can reply
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MU-Peter Shimon 🀄
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Why is the sky blue?
Same reason some eyes look blue.

Yet, neither is actually blue.
What if the blue of someone’s eyes isn’t color at all,
but a trick of light?

Why Blue Eyes Aren’t Really Blue:
The Surprising Reason Blue Eyes Are Actually an Optical Illusion 🏺🧪
www.zmescience.com/science/news...
Blue-eyeed baby
October 29, 2025 at 12:32 PM Everybody can reply
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Dr Matt Pope
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One symptom of lacking good leadership in the heritage sector in Britain is that it's all too easy for important discoveries to be turned into a circus revolving around ego. Hope this goes some way to readdressing a wrong. 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Man wins 'substantial damages' over portrayal in Steve Coogan Richard III film
Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.
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October 27, 2025 at 5:39 PM Everybody can reply
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Amanda Chadburn 🏺
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“we have established in court that The Lost King is a misleading, defamatory, untrue portrayal of what happened in Leicester back in 2012." 🏺
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Man wins 'substantial damages' over portrayal in Steve Coogan Richard III film
Richard Taylor sued Steve Coogan and two production companies over his portrayal in the movie.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 3:17 PM Everybody can reply
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Antiquity Journal
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📰 3 shipwrecks discovered off the Carmel Coast, near the ancient port city of Dor, shed new light on Iron Age maritime trade in the Mediterranean

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

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Three Shipwrecks Discovered Off the Coast of Israel Shed New Light on the History of Iron Age Maritime Trade
An anchor, basket handles, jars and other artifacts were found among the cargoes at the three sites, the oldest of which dates to the 11th century B.C.E.
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM Everybody can reply
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Dr Tess Machling
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Better write up than is usual, with more detail about the Treasure Act, although not including 'significance'...

... but this sentence made me shudder:

"The pair then spent six-and-a-half hours excavating the coins."

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#Archaeology 🏺

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Roman coins found by detectorist could be Wales' biggest find
David Moss discovered 15,000 coins at a
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October 23, 2025 at 4:36 PM Everybody can reply
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Antiquity Journal
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📰 Whilst searching for the remains of a 400-year-old castle at Derrygonnelly, Northern Ireland, archaeologists have discovered a "mind-blowing" 8,000-year-old Mesolithic settlement!

🏺 #ArchaeologyNews via the BBC

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Derrygonnelly : 'Mind-blowing' discovery of 8,000-year-old settlement
A QUB team was hoping to find the ruins of a castle, but they discovered artefacts dating back to the Mesolithic period.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 1:25 PM Everybody can reply
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better. publishing
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🏺 Deep beneath the ruins, we found it.
A 3x3 grid. ⚫ Symbols in gold. Pieces that moved… on their own.

Was it a game - or a message? 👁️

Find out more:
store.steampowered.com/news/app/210...

#WishlistWednesday #indiegame #games #strategy #roguelike #turnbasedstrategy
October 22, 2025 at 7:20 AM Everybody can reply
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Dr Tess Machling
@tessmachling.bsky.social
Now this is rather fabulous. Multiple ingots, tools etc.

1st thoughts - Yay, a chance to provenance the lead! Was it desilvered? What's it doing in Norfolk & how did it get there??

One of those REALLY useful finds. Nice!

#Archaeology 🏺

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Bronze Age lead ingots found at Dereham excite experts
The 3,000-year-old hoard includes axe heads and three
www.bbc.co.uk
October 19, 2025 at 12:20 PM Everybody can reply
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The Roman Society
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'Amateur archaeologists make Roman finds'

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#ClassicsBluesky #Archaeology 🏺
Roman artefacts unearthed at Attingham Park
People were invited to take part in a two-week dig at Attingham Park in September.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 16, 2025 at 5:09 PM Everybody can reply
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Antiquity Journal
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📰 Sediment cores trace British metal production from the post-Roman to post-medieval period, shedding light on industry during periods for which we have little historical evidence

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @currentarchaeology.bsky.social

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Ore mining continued in post-Roman Aldborough | The Past
A new study, which was recently published in Antiquity, has examined a sediment core from a palaeochannel of the River Ure, near Aldborough in North Yorkshi ...
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October 15, 2025 at 1:25 PM Everybody can reply
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Oscar Lozada
@oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social
#humanevolutionnews This Denisovan skull from China is far older than we imagined!!

If Denisovans are this old then what else?

"There are likely to be million year-old fossils of Homo sapiens somewhere - we just haven't found them yet" 😮

#archaeologynews #archaeology #news🏺 tinyurl.com/ytn78zh6
Million-year-old skull rewrites human evolution, say scientists
New analysis suggests our species began to emerge at least half a million years earlier than we thought
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October 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM Everybody can reply
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Jens Notroff
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Long time no #Pompeii news, right? 😉

This time it's the discovery of a "waiting room" outside the "Villa of the Mysteries", where client would wait for an appointment with the "dominus", the master and wealthy patron of the house:

🏺 archaeology.org/news/2025/09...

And just look at this pavement!
Overhead view of a stone pavement made of irregular light-gray slabs in a rectangular room with rough walls. A low bench runs along the top edge.
October 12, 2025 at 2:02 PM Everybody can reply
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Antiquity Journal
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📰 What was thought to be a Palaeolithic oil lamp was likely in fact a 13,000-year-old paint pallet, and contains the oldest instance of blue pigment in Europe!

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

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These Archaeologists Set Out in Search of Animal Fat. Instead, They Found the Oldest Blue Pigment Ever Discovered in Europe
Blue residue on a 13,000-year-old stone artifact, long believed to be an oil lamp, may paint a new picture of Paleolithic art and culture
www.smithsonianmag.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:25 PM Everybody can reply
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Oscar Lozada
@oz-of-the-ancients.bsky.social
#archaeologynews Well this wasn't a headline I expected today 😅

"The 'afterglow' would have lasted weeks... instilling increased openness and empathy in feast participants" researchers say

BUT: worth noting this is just a hypothesis & others are sceptical!

#archaeology #news🏺 tinyurl.com/bdet4dcm
Psychedelic beer may have helped pre-Inca empire in Peru schmooze elite outsiders and consolidate power
The Wari used beer mixed with psychedelics to help build an empire in Peru around 1,200 years ago, a new study suggests.
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October 9, 2025 at 1:29 PM Everybody can reply
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Helsbels
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Dig at Attingham Park near Shrewsbury unearths evidence of Roman habitation and an Iron Age roundhouse 🏺
#Roman #Shropshire #NationalTrust
#archaeology www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Roman artefacts unearthed at Attingham Park - BBC News
People were invited to take part in a two-week dig at Attingham Park in September.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 9, 2025 at 7:57 AM Everybody can reply
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National Trust Archaeology
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*NEWS* #AttinghamUnearthed🏺
Recent excavations have uncovered remarkable insights into life on the fringes of #Wroxeter: archaeologists worked alongside volunteers & members of the public revealing an Iron Age roundhouse, a #Roman industrial complex & a shrine.
#archaeology @nationaltrust.org.uk
A ring key, a clever combination of a piece of jewellery with a working key, often used to secure small boxes or personal items. (NT/ Jayne Gough)
October 9, 2025 at 8:51 AM Everybody can reply
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Dr Tess Machling
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Charged!!!! But still the gold hasn't been located... 🤞🙏

#Archaeology 🏺

www.south-wales.police.uk/news/south-w...
St Fagans burglary: Two men charged
St Fagans burglary: Two men charged
www.south-wales.police.uk
October 8, 2025 at 10:36 AM Everybody can reply
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Dr Tess Machling
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"We’ve had several discussions here ... warnings because of cuts to the sector that the safety of the collections was under threat"

Heritage: Value it, protect it, invest in it ...or or will be gone!

#Archaeology 🏺

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Fears over safety of artefacts after midnight museum heist
Two men have been arrested on suspicion of burglary after the break-in at St Fagans National Museum of History in Cardiff.
www.independent.co.uk
October 8, 2025 at 7:44 AM Everybody can reply
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Steph Halmhofer, Big Archaeology
@cultarchaeo.bsky.social
"...they are finding about 30 new holes in the ground each day... the activity has drastically increased over the past couple of weeks."

Hmmmm, this is concerning 🤔

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Parks Canada warns against unauthorized digs at parks along N.B.-N.S. border | CBC News
Parks Canada is raising the alarm over unauthorized archaeological activities at Fort Beauséjour–Fort Cumberland National Historic Site and Beaubassin and Fort Lawrence National Historic Sites.
www.cbc.ca
October 8, 2025 at 12:18 AM Everybody can reply
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Dr Tess Machling
@tessmachling.bsky.social
YES!!! Now keep everything crossed they can find the gold!
🙏🤞🙏🤞

#Archaeology 🏺

www.south-wales.police.uk/news/south-w...
St Fagans burglary update: Two men arrested
St Fagans burglary update: Two men arrested
www.south-wales.police.uk
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM Everybody can reply
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