Chris Butcher

Fascinating research. And so many questions!

Hey UK archaeology. Let's all just cash in our years of knowledge, understanding, professionalism, trust, integrity, stakeholder partnerships, land owner networks, Professorial privilege, university accreditation.
Buy a metal detector and make some (more) money. 🏺

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Israeli spyware company Paragon posted its surveillance software's control panel by mistake. Their Graphite software has been used to target journalists, government critics, and human rights defenders in ongoing scandals in Serbia, Spain, Greece, Poland, Hungary, and Italy.

Nooo don't cry :(
I came to your birthday!

Manatees in South America? You betcha! And they are at the centre of an urgent conservation story. https://oceans.ubc.ca/2026/02/05/following-manatees-across-changing-coastlines/

Manatees in South America? You betcha! And they are at the centre of an urgent conservation story. oceans.ubc.ca/2026/02/05/f...

Meanwhile, still no word on the SBE GRFP programs (eg, archaeology) that disappeared without warning, as I reported back in November. 🫠🏺

Today is #SaferInternetDay! 🌐

Online bullying remains one of the most common and harmful forms of bullying children and young people face - and it requires urgent action. #OnlineSafety #AntiBullying

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Viking Age mass grave holds mysterious mix of dismembered human remains and complete skeletons, including a 'giant' who'd had brain surgery Archaeologists and student excavators uncovered a Viking Age pit full of dismembered remains near Cambridge, England.

Students on a training dig found a Viking-era pit of bones just outside of Cambridge. One of the skeletons was a man about 6'5" tall with a hole in his head. 🧪🏺

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painting of an otter lifting weights by the river near a frog and two ducklings, in the water there is another one and then on the other side of the river with trees and flowers.

otter lifting weights

PM Sanchez also said, Spain “misses” the UK as part of the European project

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Kennis & Kennis sculpture of Pontnewydd Neanderthal youngster. Modelled with brown skin, dark eyes, shoulder length dark hair. Figure is wrapped in a fur, holding a tool, and has a smile like they know something amusing about you and are trying not to laugh.

Photo of mirror with Neanderthal image on it, and reflection of a woman (me) visible.

Photo of upper jaw fragment with teeth, mounted inside a glass case. Behind it, blurred, is the furry body of the reconstruction.

Photo of butchered animal bone. Small slices visible on its surface.

🏺 Great visit yesterday to St Fagan's Amgueddfa Cymru /Museum of Wales.
Inventive themed galleries, including a close encounter with Pontnewydd #Neanderthals of 270,000 years ago.

Photo showing exhibition wall. A solid image of a Neanderthal boy stands next to profile outlines of the fauna in his world, to showing relative size. Above the boy image is a wall with post-it comments from visitors.

Photo showing post-it details, lots of names of children some with their schools, but also adults.

Photo looking down into display case inside which are a range of lithics from Pontnewydd including flakes and a large handaxe/ biface.

Nice interactive element here too, a feature of many of the displays in the museum.
(The last time I saw these lithics was during my PhD, on a trip with @beccyscottuk.bsky.social)

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'There's nothing like boredom to make you write': A rare interview with the elusive Agatha Christie Her murder mysteries have captivated audiences for more than a century, but, 50 years after her death, she remains an enigma. A BBC profile from 1955 reveals some of her secrets.

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painting: in a gym capybaras, cats, rats, crabs and rabbits exercise, there's a swimming pool and a treadmill. the painting is very chaotic

gym

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