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Howard Williams BSc MA PhD FSA
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Howard M. R. Williams is a British archaeologist and academic who is Professor of Archaeology at the University of Chester in England. His research focuses on the study of death, burial and memory in Early Medieval Britain. .. more

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 1d

Relics of a Lost England: Archaeology in Robin Hood (2010) howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/10/r...

Relics of a Lost England: Archaeology in Robin Hood (2010)

In times of tyranny and injustice when law oppresses the people, the outlaw takes his place in history. England at the turn of the 12th century was such a time. Archaeologies are prominent dimensio…

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 2d

Fabulous - I didn't notice the Devaronian dimension at all! Likewise the 'Hall of History', Superb sleuthing!

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 3d

Sweet Child of Mine: Perinatal Burials in Iron Age Mallorca with Marga Coll Sabater www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPwv...

Sweet Child of Mine: Perinatal Burials in Iron Age Mallorca with Marga Coll Sabater

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 3d

Aw, thanks!

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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 3d

Shout out to @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social for the quote on a Star Wars galaxy that is "both saturated in pastness but also bears an uncanny amnesia...a near-complete ignorance" of its archaeological heritage howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2024/09/29/a...

Ahsoka Archaeology

The Star Wars universe introduces us to a fictional deep-time and complex set of societies and species spread over thousands of inhabited worlds. In their representation, built up through art, book…

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 3d

What is an ‘archaeologist’ and what are the alternatives? howardwilliamsblog.wordpress.com/2026/01/08/w...

What is an ‘archaeologist’ and what are the alternatives?

Archaeology is dead awesome… That’s because archaeology is about dead people and how they lived in the past. It’s about dead ruins – overgrown and abandoned to the bats and …

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 4d

Archaeodeath public talk! 💀📢

Unearthing 'Sad and Sepulchral Pitchers': The Untold History of Cremation'

1pm-2pm - Friday 30th January 2026, Leeds Library

Book your ticket(s) here: events.humanitix.com/unearthing-s...

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · 7d

A major use-case for AI is reality destabilization.

Shayan Sardarizadeh @shayan86.bsky.social · 7d

This video, viewed millions of times on TikTok, Facebook and X, claims to show Venezuelans taking to the street to thank the US for detaining Maduro.

But the video is a combination of four AI-generated clips and was first posted on TikTok by a user who frequently shares AI videos. It's not real.

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 8d

Horse sacrifice in Viking Iceland - a discussion on Archaeodeath with Dr Irina Manea www.youtube.com/watch?v=eX4i...

Horse Sacrifice in Viking Iceland

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David Leavitt @davidleavitt.bsky.social · 8d

Trump just kidnapped President Nicolas Maduro of Venezuela

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 9d

"Don’t you like it, Hamas whore?"

Per the Freedom Flotilla Coalition, that's what Israeli guards said to Flotilla member Vincenzo Fullone as they horrifically sexually assaulted him.

He was one of at least 3 members of the Flotilla who were subjected to sexual violence by Israeli authorities.

Statements from Anna, Vincenzo, and Surya

Anna: “After I was kidnapped by Israeli forces, I was subjected to repeated physical and sexual abuse. During a forced strip search, I was raped by Israeli female guards. I am coming forward not for myself, but for all the women who have endured sexual violence and sexual torture in Israeli prisons—for those who did not survive these attacks, for those who are experiencing this abuse now, and for those who cannot speak about it.”

Vincenzo: “On three separate occasions, I was ordered to enter a small, specially arranged room where I was completely stripped and subjected to invasive and painful anal searches. I remained silent each time to avoid provoking further violence and to deny the guards the satisfaction of my suffering. During the third search, the pain became unbearable and was compounded by mockery, verbal abuse—including the words, ‘Don’t you like it, Hamas whore?’—and the photographing of my body. I am still unable to find peace because if they were willing to do this to me, I can’t imagine what they’ve done – and continue to do – to the Palestinians under their complete control.”

Surya: “I was stripped naked and sexually assaulted by Israeli officers while being held hostage. One held a gun to my head, angrily threatening that he would kill me, while the other yanked and pulled on my genitals, perversely and almost gleefully. While there is a psychic cost to this experience, I absolutely refuse to feel shamed, lessened, or stained by it, as these all belong solely to the perpetrators. This small taste of the sadism that Zionist colonisers inflict en masse on Palestinians has not weakened my commitment, but rather strengthened my resolve to work toward liberation.“

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 9d

I like the original reconstruction but BlueSky is blocking me from seeing the videos: graphic content. Thanks for sharing nonetheless.

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Almost Archaeology @almostarch.bsky.social · 9d

I spent the holiday break thinking about Andor, and so should you! The latest post on #AlmostArchaeology by @archaeonado.bsky.social, with a sequel to follow

Luthen and the Louvre: How Andor foretold 2025 (part 1)

By Adrián Maldonado It is long ago, and we are far away. In the imperial capital of Coruscant, the gallery of Galactic Antiquities and Objects of Interest receives some visitors. One of them admires.....

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Mel Roxby-Mackey @archaeoborders.bsky.social · 11d

Good news from @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social! Offa’s Dyke Journal volume 7 for 2025 has been published online: (revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/od...). The journal is proudly open access so available to all. There is excellent work in this volume that encompasses

Vol 7 (2025)

- ODJ promotes high-quality research in the archaeology, history and heritage of the Anglo-Welsh border and also comparative investigations of frontiers and borderlands elsewhere around the globe from...

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Sharon Greene @shazarch.bsky.social · 11d

Congrats and happy new year 🥳

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 11d

I'm delighted to announce the publication of 'Offa's Dyke Journal 7' for 2025 containing an Introduction, three original articles, two reports, an interview and a 'classics revisited' article. revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/od...
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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 12d

Archaeodeath Review for December 2025 www.patreon.com/posts/decemb...

December 2025 Archaeodeath Review | Archaeodeath

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 12d

Story of my life!

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 12d

Swift and fab sharing! Thanks! Volume 7 will be officially out tomorrow! Excited for this! revistas.jasarqueologia.es/index.php/od...

Offa's Dyke Journal

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 12d

For the next 25 months, I'm a father of 5 teenagers. The world is a scary place.

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 12d

With permission to share from @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social Offa's Dyke Journal open access interview between Prof Howard Williams, Paul Sherman (Director NW Heritage CIC) and me works.hcommons.org/records/6765... #medievalsky #wirral #cheshire #merseyside #archaeology

Viking Wirral in Public Archaeology and History An interview with Clare Downham and Paul Sherman

Edited interview conducted by Prof Howard Williams (Chester) with Paul Sherman and Clare Downham

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Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 13d

I shall scream from the back of the Forbury Lion! GOOOOD MORNING READING!

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 13d

I really want to hit a population size equivalent to Slough in 2026! Then, one day, Oxford, and maybe one day later, READING!!!!

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 13d

It's official. My following on TikTok is now equivalent to the 2021 ONS population of ... TELFORD! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...
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List of ONS built-up areas in England by population - Wikipedia

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Clare Downham @downham.bsky.social · 15d

Special offa.

Archaeodeath @archaeodeathprof.bsky.social · 15d

I believe strongly in the Editor of the only open-access journal dedicated to the study of linear earthworks, frontiers and borderlands should receive samples to review.