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Archaeologist, particularly medieval, post-medieval/modern, industrial and churches.

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1/ Donald Trump isn't the first person to be given someone else's Nobel Prize medal. The last recipient of an unearned Nobel medal was none other than Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels, at the instigation of Norwegian author Knut Hamsun. ⬇️

16.01.2026 18:33 👍 523 🔁 230 💬 22 📌 25

Not watched it for years, but made me smile that #AntiquesRoadshow is trending. Makes a nice change from the usual headliners…

13.01.2026 17:36 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Spidey?

11.01.2026 08:36 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Meet the Ancestor That Connects Us to Neandertals and Denisovans Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans

"Fossils of a human ancestor from 773,000 years ago may be near the base of the Homo sapiens lineage, representing a common ancestor of modern humans, Neandertals and Denisovans"
www.scientificamerican.com/article/foss...

09.01.2026 23:36 👍 160 🔁 45 💬 7 📌 2
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Heavy Metal in #Victorian #Bristol! #Archaeology of Capper Pass &Son’s #Bedminster Smelting Wotks - free to read here wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/plugins/book...

09.01.2026 12:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ah, that’s how they work!

22.03.2025 12:22 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The TESLA (a/k/a "TESLER") TAKEDOWN is working... WORLDWIDE!
Turns out people really resent an unelected weirdo running our Government & creating economic chaos. Hit Elmo where it really hurts: in his big, fat wallet. If we #TankTesla, It's Ex-X! (a/k/a Twitter) #WinWin

Visit www.takedowntesla.com

17.03.2025 19:37 👍 68899 🔁 15492 💬 2286 📌 769
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Tom the Dancing Bug FDR denounces Poland for starting war.

FDR denounces Poland for starting war with Germany

This Friday's comic comes courtesy of the wonderfully sardonic @rubenbolling.bsky.social

28.02.2025 16:06 👍 316 🔁 61 💬 5 📌 1
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Pass it on.
#StandWithUkraine

28.02.2025 20:44 👍 80335 🔁 34285 💬 1177 📌 1666
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Not mine, but very apt.

19.02.2025 21:06 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Kingsmead Quarry, Horton, Berkshire Volume 1

New #WessexArchaeology publication featuring no less than 5! super rare early #Neolithic houses in #Berkshire UK. Available as #free download or hardcopy to buy here: wessexarchaeologylibrary.org/plugins/book...

08.02.2025 08:25 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Ooh, thanks for posting @thehistorymouse.bsky.social - I’ve been looking for an exact parallel for the compound piers of Bath’s Romanesque cathedral priory (precursor to #BathAbbey) and these look spot on! :)

17.01.2025 13:10 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Bristol’s Bedminster Mill: Unearthing 170 years of technological ingenuity and urban transformation In 2023 Wessex Archaeology was asked by Galliard Homes as part of their Land at St Catherines Bristol development, to look at a site in the heart of Bedminster, between Dalby Avenue and East Street. A...

You read more about Bedminster Mill here www.wessexarch.co.uk/node/35541

13.01.2025 10:13 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What rivers lie beneath Bristol ? In episode 5 of #DiggingForBritian @profaliceroberts.bsky.social finds out about a former mill on the River Malago. I too had never heard of this culverted river.

An 1828 Ashmead map of Bristol can be found on Know Your Place - Bristol maps.bristol.gov.uk/kyp/

07.01.2025 18:39 👍 60 🔁 14 💬 7 📌 0