An animal footprint on a #Roman tile from Dalton Parlours, a villa in West Yorkshire - amazing to think of it walking over the drying clay more than 1600 years ago!

You are invited to join CIfA’s Heritage Crime Group CIfA Heritage Crime Special Interest Group for their online AGM on 21 January from 13:00 - 15:00, followed by a CPD talk: ow.ly/TN5J50XZIvw. For further information about the Group and how to join: ow.ly/j29K50XZIvv

Okay, we've seen Roman cemeteries before, so 𝘸𝘩𝘺 has the one discovered along the #A66 got us so animated? ⚱️👀 With nearly 340 burials recovered, we have the rare opportunity to study an entire community, and the sheer range of burial styles is telling us a lot about

This is a really important find. It's unique & if museum can't buy it, it could be sold, exported, or even melted down. We shouldn't have to buy back our shared heritage - that museums have to scrabble around for cash is a disgrace. #Archaeology crowdfunder.co.uk/p/help-save-le…

The altar will be displayed in the upcoming exhibition ‘Roman Scotland: Life on the Edge of Empire’, which opens at the National Museum of Scotland in November 2026. 🏛️

When a student's homework makes history. Sometimes, the most important historical discoveries come from the most ordinary places. This small, nine-line clay tablet is likely an ancient student exercise. Dating to the early-to-mid 1st millennium BC, it was written in

Free Tour Mondays are back for the new season! From March to October 2026, we’ll be running free guided tours of the Villa every Monday. Join us for a relaxed hour exploring why the Villa was built here and who may have lived, worked, and played here. #FreeTours #RomanBritain

#LoveYourPetDay - A child holding a puppy, detail of the 6th-century mosaic floor from the Palatium Magnum (Constantinople's Great Palace). Palace Mosaic Museum, Istanbul.

Gold octopus plaque from the ancient city of Mycenae, Greece, c.16th century BC, Athens Archaeological Museum.

𝗧𝗵𝗲 "𝗔𝟲𝟲" 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗰𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟮𝟬'𝘀, 𝗯𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁... 🚗✨ The #OCAArchTeam have uncovered 𝟳𝟬𝟬𝗺 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗼𝗺𝗮𝗻

A close-up of a #Roman mosaic fish, part of a wider marine scene #MosaicMonday

Imagine digging Iron Age and Roman pits in central Bedfordshire, and coming across 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 Neolithic beauty? 🤯 This polished Late Neolithic axehead is made of a volcanic rock called gabbro. These axeheads were widely exchanged around the British Isles, and sometimes even

Digital Publication of Ottoman Jerusalem: The Living City 1517-1917 cbrl.ac.uk/news/digital-p… #Jerusalem #Ramadan #KenyonInstitute #BSAJ #CBRL

The Fasces: Ancient Rome’s Most Dangerous Political Symbol antigonejournal.com/2023/07/roman-… via Antigone Journal Excellent article by Prof Corey Brennan and a recommended read for anone interested in the power of images in the age of the apprentice autocrats.

Applications are now open to join our 2026 UCL Master's programme in human evolution. Covering the Palaeolithic, Palaeoanthropology & other key disciplines, the course is designed to equip you for a career in the deep human past. #PaPa 🦣📷tinyurl.com/5duy6twh

Here’s a fuller view of the mosaic floor in the women’s changing room (apodyterium) at the Central Baths in Herculaneum. The monochrome floor mosaic depicts a marine scene featuring the spectacular octopus together with the sea god Triton, a cherub, dolphins, and a squid. 📷 by

What stories those beams could tell! Hatfield Old Palace, built in 1485 by Bishop John Morton, childhood home of Queen Elizabeth I. Most of the beams in the Great Hall are original. 📷 from last year’s research visit #woodensday #alwayslookup

A beautiful #Roman metal brooch in the shape of a horse - animal brooches were popular in the Roman world #Archaeology

A mysterious cipher on an infill panel of a gable in a mid-17th century Worcestershire house. Buildings archaeology is gradually revealing many examples of folk traditions. To find out more, join us online for The Folklore of Ancient Buildings on 2 April: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-folklore…

Gertrude Bell's Christmas in Bethlehem, 1899 eleanorscottarchaeology.com/els-archaeolog…