Carved in Cotswold Stone, this is the head of the Roman God, Mercury, found at Uley, Gloucestershire, England, where from the 2nd-4th century AD there was a Romano-British temple to the god. The style dates the head to the 2nd century - it was found during excavations in 1979

John McCone, Kim McCone's son, is digitising his fathers works and making them available on his behalf, free to read and distribute online: kimmccone.org

Will no one remember Shagrat and Gorbag?

Ahead of the conference, we're showcasing our fabulous line-up of talks. Starting with our first keynote by Roberta Gilchrist of Archaeology@Reading: Medieval Ritual Objects in the Landscape - Mapping Meaningful Deposition. 1/3

A shot from the archives taken in 2011 at Vindolanda showing consolidation work on what was nicknamed “temple avenue” by excavators as the temple of Jupiter Dolichenus was found at the north end. The round structures are the remains of the short lived round houses dating to the

The remains of a Romano-Celtic temple at Vindolanda in Northumberland. #RomanSiteSaturday #RomanBritain 📸 My own.

The Mullaghmast Stone • Kildare This decorated limestone pillar is thought to date to around the 6th century, based on the style of the art. The stone once stood within the ancient royal enclosure at Mullaghmast, where the Uí Dúnlainge kings of Leinster were inaugurated.

I had no idea we had a crested serpent in Britain! They're mainly a feature of southern Italy, and in Flower's book they argue that they represent the genius of wild places, where as Lares are the genius of domestic places.

Day 1 of #ClassicsTober24 - Regina of South Shields

'A History of Folklore': a new 10-week online course run by The Folklore Society in partnership with Oxford Continuing Education begins Thu 23 Jan 2025, with course tutors Prof. David Hopkin & Dr Paul Cowdell. Fee: £285 + optional extra £30 to gain CATS points. More info: conted.ox.ac.uk/courses/a-hist…

Aquae Sulis around the 3rd century, nowadays the city of Bath in England.

Quite pleased with this one - but that was 8 years ago! Can I beat it today?

New post on my Substack! "What is a pagan?" religionoffthebeatentrack.substack.com/p/what-is-a-pa… Please retweet and subscribe! 😀

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 ritual amalgam of the Tyne Gap frontierland: a Roman pagan altar repurposed as a baptismal font, Haydon Old Church.

essay on relic belief and skepticism in the late antique/early medieval west now up on s*bst*ck. wrote this for my master's. link in bio; no paywall!

Look what book came early 😍 some really interesting bits in here