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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 2d

Terrible news from Wales 😓

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

St Fagans: Bronze Age gold jewellery stolen from musuem

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

www.bbc.co.uk

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Bristol Centre for Medieval Studies @bristolcms.bsky.social · 6d

Start of term = time for a new CMS photo! We love getting the CMS family back together! #medievalsky #skystorians

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 8d

That’s great news, congratulations Alex!

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 10d

The site has reverted to the départment, so it will be up to them what happens next.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 10d

Here is the press release

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 10d

The group building the reconstruction of the Mora, William the Conqueror's flagship, has announced that the project has gone into receivership due to financial difficulties.
I've followed the project closely for several years and visited last month while Saga Farmann was moored outside. What a shame

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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 13d

Impressed by how my sharp-eyed students spotted today how the Vatican Vat. 6018 map (c. 770) includes size estimates for some Mediterranean islands, taken from Orosius.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 13d

Congratulations 🥳

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Chapps @chapps.bsky.social · 16d

Something seems fishy for #MosaicMonday! This mosaic emblema depicts eight fish, two squid/cuttlefish, and an eel. An example of the delights of the sea that were destined for the plates of an elite dinner party.

From a Roman villa at Cecchignola, Rome. 🏺 1/

50 BCE-50 CE. #BritishMuseum
📸 me

Mosaic 'emblema' - a decorative central panel of a mosaic floor - which shows sea creatures on a white background: eight fish, two squid (or cuttlefish) and an eel. The palette is realistic, dominated by reds, oranges, greens, greys, and browns. The panel has a black crenellated border.

Attributed in the early 19th century to Sosus of Pergamon.

British Museum (2009,5005.1)

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 17d

There are only 4 more days to submit an abstract for our #IMC2026 panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies.
We would love for this session to facilitate some interdisciplinary conversations, so please do get in touch with your ideas.
#Medievalsky

Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 27d

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 19d

The amazing Roman pharos (lighthouse) at Dover, still standing after almost 2,000 years! 🤩

The tallest surviving Roman structure in Britain, and one of only three surviving lighthouses from the former Roman Empire! Dated 1st-2nd century AD.

📷 by me

#RomanSiteSaturday
#Archaeology

My photo shows the ruin of an eight-sided Roman brick lighthouse with four stepped levels. There is a doorway at ground level, above which, on the upper three levels, are narrow rectangular window openings. It stands 15.8 metres high and is 12.2 metres wide at the base. Roman fabric survives to a height of 12.5 m. The brickwork of the uppermost level was reconstructed for use as a church bell tower for the adjacent Anglo-Saxon church of St Mary in Castro of which a small portion can be seen in my photo on the right hand side. The Pharos is dated 1st century - early 2nd century AD and is one of a pair originally built on the headland flanking each side of the Roman port of Dubris (Dover). It now stands within the grounds of Dover Castle.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 21d

The site photos are from that carefree summer on the Dorset coast, when I split my time between digging at Worth Matravers and making a photo-record of the stonework at Corfe Castle as part of the major conservation project that had just started.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 21d

So pleased to discover this article (doi:10.15184/aqy.2025.10133) on the results from an archaeological dig at Worth Matravers that I was part of in 2007! A rare stone anchor was found with one burial and it's very interesting that the C14 dates didn't require marine correction so close to the sea.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 23d

I was lucky enough to hear Matthew and Corinna present on this last year and was really struck by how important their oral history work has been for recording both place-names as pronounced by islanders and those islanders’ lived experiences that are on the brink of being lost.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 23d

Congratulations Matthew, Corinna, and Judith. I’m so pleased to see that your brilliant project has a lasting legacy in these publications and the forthcoming website. I am really looking forward to reading Judith’s new translation and exploring the places on the map!

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 23d

A little person who is very special to me is in hospital at the moment and had only very recently discovered the joy of conkers, so this treasure will be going to them on my next visit.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 23d

Treasure!

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you for the message, Alex. If you have an idea for a paper please do submit an abstract. Here is a link to the Advice for Speakers section of the IMC website from last year that may be useful www.imc.leeds.ac.uk/preparing-fo...

Advice for Speakers | International Medieval Congress

www.imc.leeds.ac.uk

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 27d

Thank you, Lewis. It looks like a fascinating project. I actually received the first publication on the Sutton Hoo reconstruction this week, so I’m really looking forward to learning more about it.

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 27d

Call for Papers @imc-leeds.bsky.social

Following my recent fieldwork sailing down the Seine in a reconstructed tenth-century ship, @stevedehailes.bsky.social and I are organising a panel on practice-based/experiential research in medieval studies. We welcome abstracts from any field. #Medievalsky

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28d

Far better viewing than King and Conqueror 🤮

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28d

The ship has landed!

#Medievalsky

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 28d

Exciting times at the new Museum of the Viking Age vikingtidsmuseet.no/english/

There is a live feed of the Oseberg ship being (very slowly) moved into its new position.

#Medievalsky

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · 29d

This sounds great. I look forward to reading it in due course 🙂

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Rebecca Tyson @tyguson.bsky.social · Sep 6

I’m so sorry to read this Ben. As someone who was forced (as a child) to lose their regional UK accent due to prejudice, I’m sad to say that it has been there all along. That these people now think it’s acceptable to be small-minded bigots publicly is something we should all be very worried about!

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