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A cute little bear figurine carved out of amber some 6,000 years ago! 🐻 ❤️ A hole runs through the bear’s torso, suggesting it was threaded onto a cord and perhaps worn as a protective amulet. Discovered in a peat bog near Slupsk in northern Poland. 📷 National Museum in

Two of the massive walls of Mither Tap Fort on Bennachie, near Inverurie, in Aberdeenshire. The fort was occupied by the Picts between the 7th and 8th centuries AD. 📸 My own. #HillfortsWednesday #Picts #Bennachie

Elegant Minoan ewer from Bronze Age Crete. The dense reed-type decoration was created with deftly painted brushstrokes by an ancient artist some 3,500 years ago! Heraklion Archaeological Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

Fragment of painted Roman wall plaster which was found at Catterick in North Yorkshire. Now part of the collections at the Yorkshire Museum in York. 📸 My own. #FrescoFriday #RomanBritain #YorkshireMuseum

Today is the final excavation day at Skipsea in East #Yorkshire, and we’ve dug our way into the Early Mesolithic. And here - an elegant flint point, a razor-thin slash through time, found lying exactly where it had been dropped, some 10,000 years ago. #FlintFriday #FindsFriday

Ancient Egyptian ceramic jar in the form of the god Bes. Dated 600 - 500 BCE, from Fayum. World Museum, Liverpool, England (1973.1.422). 📷 me. liverpoolmuseums.org.uk/artifact/bes-j… Info about the god Bes: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bes

We were privileged to find four beautiful Langton Down type brooches during a recent project in Kent. These aren't just decorative, they’re rich with stories of cross-Channel connections and identity. 🏺✨ #Archaeology #FindsFriday

A remarkably well-preserved 3,400 year-old linen tunic with contrasting bands around the neckline and along the side edges. It belonged to an ancient Egyptian official named Kha. Excavated from Theban Tomb TT8 at Deir el-Medina in 1906. Muzeo Egizio, Turin. 📷 by me

This small gold ring depicts an elegant fully-clothed Aphrodite holding what seem to be flowers in her outstretched hand (possibly roses, which are associated with the goddess). At her feet are two wrestling winged Erotes - Eros and Anteros? Greek, late 4th c. BCE. 📸 me

I think the final proofs my book on Tacfarinas have finally been signed off & so it will shortly be heading for the printing press. A book about anti-#Roman rebellion in northwest Africa in the early reign of Tiberius. Now available for pre-order pen-and-sword.co.uk/Tacfarinas-An-…

The remains of the Roman amphitheater at Chester. The amphitheater could sit around 7000 spectators and was the largest in Britain. Only two fifths of the site are currently visible. 📸 My own. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain #Chester

Milecastle 39 on #hadrianswall #nationaltrail in the N'land National Park