WE HAVE MADE AN OFFER TO ACQUIRE THE FOUNDRY AT MARKET VALUE. The judgement of the Secretary of State’s Public Inquiry into the future of the foundry in 2020 obligates the owner to ensure foundry activity continues at this site. More at our new website: thelondonbellfoundry.co.uk

Two people indicate the breadth and depth of the eluvial tin streamworks between Buttern and Leskernick on Fawymore (historic and stannary name for Bodmin Moor).

"But HOW did the ancient Egyptians move enormous statues???? It's a mystery!!!!!" Ancient Egyptians:

(Taken from a wall painting from 1880 B.C. on the tomb of Djehutihotep. in case you were wondering) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Djehutiho…

Love the way the only person not doing any work, presumably the manager, is stood on the statue with a lackey handing him a couple of beers while everyone else grafts. Plus ca change...

Also, the bloke on the front of the sled is pouring water onto the sand. It's been shown it's loads easier to move sleds on wet sand than it is on dry phys.org/news/2014-04-a…

There's a long and interesting discussion of the tomb and the painting here if you're in need of a bit of reading. osirisnet.net/tombes/el_bers…

Found this nugget hidden in student code comments😭

Extraordinary interview where the Secretary of State for education essentially confirms that universities have more than enough money to pay their staff, and that we should look at their accounts to see where the money is going… We agree👏 #ucuRISING

Today is the memorial service for John Pollard, who served the community of Hayle for over 40 years as a councillor. All welcome, the service will be also live-streamed. We will close at 13:30 for general visiting. Evening Prayer will be at 17:30. buff.ly/3Z4zp7H

Why is the answer always "no more hybrid conferences," which excludes disabled, precariously employed, and caregiving colleagues (among others), and not "let's make hybrid conferences better"? Why not "let's fix these IT issues"? It's not hard to care about other people.

Another of #Cornwall's famous historic bench-ends. This one at Portloe.

Exciting news from Norway today: the discovery of the oldest known rune stone! Up to 2000 years old, it covered a grave of burnt bones. One of the inscriptions translates as idiberug - maybe the name of a woman called Idibera. Was this her grave? 🤯 📸 KHM/Alexis Pantos

There’s much more to the story, see details in English here: historiskmuseum.no/english/exhibi… AND follow some of the brilliant people involved, including runologist Kristel Zilmer, for more details!

500,000 workers on strike tomorrow. RT if you support every single one of them.

3D reconstruction of a Cornish mining landscape of the 1860s with flythrough youtube.com/watch?v=eDjSWU…

Ready to welcome new students at Penwith College to chat all things #Archaeology Caradoc Peters

Attending the EXARC Conference online, 2 days of fantastic papers, for me to watch and learn from. Thank you all Eric exarc.net/meetings/eac13… and youtube.com/c/ExarcNetoffi… Caradoc Peters Truro&PenwithCollege

I had the huge privilege of visiting the newly discovered room at villa Civita Giuliana and just the detail of the blanket left untidily on the bed was incredibly touching and elicited such a strong human connection to whoever it was who once occupied this room.