The newest piece of interlaced stone found recently at the excavations at The Govan Stones ⚔🛡👑. This is a stylised render from #3d #photogrammetry data #earlymediaeval

A joy to see the #silkroads exhibition British Museum tonight & see old friends come alive again in new settings - and get acquainted with new ones too. Grand stuff Dr Sue Brunning. Go soon; go often!

Next up in our Scottish Archaeology Month researcher spotlight is Dr Sam Leggett, a The Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow HCAatEdinburgh Edinburgh Archaeology researching #ArchaeoFINS : medieval Archaeology of Fishing around the Irish and North Seas #ScotArchResearch

Necklace of beads & the reused rim of a Roman bowl that was 500 years old when it being worn by a woman buried in the seventh century at Hound Point on the coast west of Edinburgh. Discussed in Dr Alice Blackwell's superb thesis. Image National Museums Scotland nms.ac.uk/search-our-col…

The Society is delighted to be able to contribute to ongoing research on the recently-discovered Conan Stone. A funded MRes studentship on the Pictish symbol stone is now advertised by UHI !

This is a real podcast, not AI, I promise. Just a fun chat I had with Archaeology Professor Howard Williams, aka Archaeodeath of tiktok fame, enjoy!

Ten years ago, the Galloway Hoard was uncovered ✨ Over the past decade, National Museums Scotland researchers have been examining its contents and carefully conserving the 105 objects. Here are five highlights for #ScottishArchaeologyMonth 1. Silver lidded vessel

JOBS KLAXON - we are also now recruiting EIGHT - yes 8 - new colleagues to join the @ADS_update team and help us build the HSDS: See our recruitment site here: features.york.ac.uk/hsds-jobs/

A really nice film featuring *Prof* Morantango Dr Megan Kasten David Stifter 🍵📄🦊 and others summing up the script, the language it records and their project in 20 minutes - well worth a watch.

Another throwback Thursday. It has been busy this week as another 1400 images have been digitized! Here is a small sample from those photos, highlighting behind the scenes and getting some youngsters involved at the dig 🦴⛏ #TBT

I'm in this! I loved working on my chapter for this new book. Found loads of unexpected evidence for cremation in northern Britain.

Out now in 🅰ntiquity Journal! Looking at evidence that not everyone in early med England was buried in a cemetery, and that alternative Iron Age forms of disposal in the landscape persisted into the Roman period and beyond... cambridge.org/core/journals/…

The story of a Scottish glen through its archaeology and social history our latest book In the Glen of the Dark Goddess is on sale now from acfabaseline.info/in-the-glen-of…

Two veils from Egypt, both about 1500 years old, in Musée du Louvre & V&A discussed in a new article on veiling in Late Antiquity Past and Present. The takeaway: it wasn't all about religion, there was much diversity & churchmen didn't quite get it: academic.oup.com/past/article/2…

2 hogbacks in 1 weekend! Luss (L) & St Blane’s (R) v. happy early medievalist! Cheesy photos will go straight into my lecture slides #Vikings #sculpture #medieval #Scotland #LochLomond #IsleofBute #Bute #visitscotland #archaeology #ArchaeoFINS 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ⛪️ ⚔️ 🛡️🐷 🪦

read our latest article at /postmedieval/, where Alexander D'Alisera takes us into the cave of the old english legend of the seven sleepers, exploring real-life caves in medieval britain, their materiality, and relevance to the text's doctrinal message 👇 doi.org/10.1057/s41280…

The late Professor Dame Rosemary Cramp, a founder of Durham Archaeology and our first female professor, has been honoured by the City of Durham Parish Council with a blue plaque at her former Church Street home. Discover more 👉 brnw.ch/21wNB9y