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NorseMap @norsemap.bsky.social · 1d

What is a viking to you? Has your perception of them changed over the years? NorseMap is a @erc.europa.eu funded research project where we want to map the legacy of vikings in areas like literature & art, branding, tourism & politics. Comments below -what comes to mind when you think of vikings?

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Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 2d

What a beautiful building!

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St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem - BBC News

Police are investigating a burglary at St Fagans museum in the early hours of Monday morning.

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David Quantick @quantick.bsky.social · 2d

"And all because the lady loves... Mlik Tary."

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 2d

Other work by the Ladybird artists
‘October’
(From a 1958 calendar by the always fabulous Ronald Lampitt)

A scene on a busy, beautifully tended allotment. The star of the scene is the wonderfully delicate, slightly hazy October light.

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Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 2d

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derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 2d

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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 3d

“A full harvest moon is rising, though it is still only twilight”

Artist: CF Tunnicliffe
Writer: EL GrantWatson

A barn owl is perched on a wall at dusk. A full moon has risen in the still blue sky above a small village.

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Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 3d

#Peacocksofbluesky Plenty of #Peacocks out and about on the #PeacockArtsTrail today!!🦚🦚🦚
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George Conway 👊🇺🇸🔥 @gtconway.bsky.social · 4d

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 4d

Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 3d

A 3,500 year-old Egyptian glass cosmetic jar with two little duck heads!

Glass was a relatively new material at that time, so this jar would have been a precious possession.

From Merit’s beauty case, found inside Theban tomb (TT8) of Merit and her husband Kha in 1906. 📷 Museo Egizio

#Archaeology

Museo Egizio Turin photo showing a small, dark-blue, core-formed, round glass jar which tapers in at the shoulders below the neck. It has yellow, white, and light blue festoon decoration trailed around the main body. There is a single yellow trail just below the neck of the jar. There is a dark-blue circular glass lid, the top of which is adorned with two dark-blue duck heads with yellow bills, a yellow trailed stripe on the top of each duck’s head, and indents for their eyes. The jar is displayed on a perspex (?) stand against a grey background. Glass jar dimensions: 7.6 cm x 9.6 cm.

Core-forming is one of the earliest glassmaking techniques. Glassmakers shaped the body of the vessel around a core, wound colored trails around it. They then let the vessel cool and removed the core.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 8d

The 2025 Dorothy Whitelock Lecture @engfac.bsky.social will be given by Prof. Jane Roberts. All welcome. In person and online. Registration details below.
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Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 8d

BBC News - 'Incredibly rare' medieval hair tool found at Highland castle
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'Rare' medieval hair accessory uncovered at Eilean Donan Castle

The gravoir was used for neatly parting hair and creating elaborate hairstyles.

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Helen Gittos @helengittos.bsky.social · 8d

A new statue of Dervorguilla, the founder of @ballioloxford.bsky.social has been erected in Oxford by the marvellous sculptor Alex Wenham. Some of John Milnes' evocative photos of the process of creating it are here: theoxfordsausage.com/a-new-public...

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Elizabeth Trueman @etrooms.bsky.social · 9d

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Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 9d

Very good stuff from Sadiq Khan at the Labour Irish society event. He said there are two reasons he loves coming to Labour Conference.

“One is the reception at the Labour Party Irish Society reception.

“The second is to get away from all the Sharia Law in London”

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 10d

If you'd like me to work out some more of these 'top' lists from our site data please share this one. Requests welcome for {type of ancient site} in {name a country} #StandingStoneSunday

The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 11d

The Megalithic Portal's Top 15 Stone Rows in England: Something we did in our book The Old Stones, #StandingStoneSunday was to attempt objective ratings of the best of various types of megalithic monuments to visit in Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland.

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Steffen Hope @hopesteffen.bsky.social · 15d

This is true. Moreover, it does not have to be a sausage, it can be anything.

Adam Sharp @adamcsharp.bsky.social · 17d

In Swedish, a word for what you eat to bridge the gap between meals (or while waiting for the main course to cook) is stödmacka. It means "support sandwich."

A similar word in Norwegian is ventepølse, or "waiting sausage."