Dr. Birgitta Hoffmann

Global medieval trade alert 🚨 “Archaeologists digging in the medieval city of Great Zimbabwe have discovered pieces of jade-green Chinese pottery, suggesting that the enigmatic empire had long-distance connections with East Asia more than 1,000 years ago.” Fab article by Dr. @killgrove.bsky.social

This week's offering for #AdoorableThursday comes from the Museum of Catalunya Art in #Barcelona and these internal doors designed by #Gaudi.

A lovely depiction of the Europeans, presumably the Scandinavians in the Southern settlements.

Bitte teilen ❤️ Die Schwester einer ehem. Klassenkameradin meiner Tochter wird seit gestern, 10.10.2026, ab 18.30 Uhr in #Augsburg vermisst. Zuletzt verließ sie ihre Arbeit in #Lechhausen, Nähe Ulrichsbrücke. Sie ist 19 Jahre, hier ein aktuelles Foto. www.augsburger-allgemeine.de/augsburg/aug...

These fragments from a Roman villa in Spain are not from a mosaic but from a fresco. If you look closely you’ll see a grid of lines, many following the contour of the figures, much as tesserae do on mosaics. This trompe-l’oeil technique simulates mosaics. 1/ 🏺 1st-2nd c. Museo de Málaga 📸 me

And now the news we all have been waiting for....it is officially autumn....hail the Fat Bear.

Sure you've seen the famous #BayeuxTapestry, but have you seen it in all its sensational high-res thread-glory? Breathtaking online resource, a joint effort of the City of Bayeux, DRAC Normandie, Fabrique de patrimoines en Normandie, University of Caen, & CNRS: www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeu...

Starting to think Kash might not know what bestiality is

To everyone who helped: The police just rang, they found #missing Amelia Mason following someone ringing in. You are all amazing. Thank you so much! #Blueskyrocks

Happy #FindsFriday 🥳 This medieval cross-slab at the side of the historic embarkation point of Martin's Haven slipway, Pembrokeshire, was unearthed by chance during rebuilding of a Victorian wall in 1984. It shows the deep antiquity of the maritime crossing point here. 📷 My own, yesterday

The ‘Winfarthing Pendant’ - a 7th century Anglo-Saxon disc brooch that was discovered by a metal detectorist in 2015 at Winfarthing, near Diss in South Norfolk. Now part of the collections at Norwich Castle. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Winfarthing #NorwichCastle

One of the largest coastal promontory forts in Cymru/Wales for #HillfortsWednesday 🤩🌊 The epic Deer Park fort at Martin's Haven, south-west Pembrokeshire - a centuries-old embarkation point for the islands, Ireland & beyond Did Pytheas the Greek ever stop here? 🤔🛶 📷 My own, yesterday

Thanks for that and good luck for tomorrow to everyone in Germany.

This ancient Egyptian bronze of a mother cat nursing her kittens is a scene which feels instantly familiar thousands of years later! 🐈‍⬛ 🐾😍 The cat represents the ancient Egyptian goddess Bastet in her role as protector of mothers and children. 📷 Brooklyn Museum #Caturday #Archaeology

There are Roman forts even out of Spain mainland. The Late Roman fort of Can Blai is in Formentera. It located almost in the center of the island. It housed a garrison of between 80 and 150 soldiers. Its excavation started in 1979. Aerial photograph by Gourguen Davtian. #RomanFortThursday

Archaeologist: what he said, but in past tense.(And the pot is probably broken) :-)

Moving the Swift space observatory higher would have been a step forward in developing Active Debris Removal capabilities - but for now it hasn't worked. #SpaceJunk 🧪 🔭

So that's what it was, I thought the phone was blowing up. So now we have a debate on the street if that cancels the food festival on the weekend, on whether our significant others now need to smoke indoors and whether lenses, reading glasses and convex (wine) glasses and tumblers are included

'The lance head was still inside the pelvis': Mass grave found in Austria may hold casualties of unknown ancient Roman battle | Live Science www.livescience.com/archaeology/...

For #MosaicMonday, a brand-new discovery from just days ago at the #VillaCelimontana. This shows a beautiful #Antonine black and white floral #mosaic overlaid and cut by later #Severan modifications. Was this a domus, or the barracks for the 5th Cohort of Vigiles? #AncientBluesky 🏺

Exceptionally low water levels on the Danube have exposed parts of the foundations of the ancient ​Constantine Bridge, giving archaeologists a rare opportunity ‌to document what they describe as one of the Roman Empire's most impressive engineering achievements. www.reuters.com/business/env...

Incredible sight: Brioc, a replica high medieval leather boat, has sailed from Brittany all the way round England, Wales and now Scotland. The crew navigate, dress and cook exactly as their medieval counterparts would have⛵️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cn0n259yx7no

This is the Rhine at Mayence yesterday. It is not supposed to be a puddle. #drought #climatecrisis

More bad news: The torc of the Lady of #Vix was this morning stolen out of the museum chatillonais. #archaeology #torc #arttheft www.ici.fr/bourgogne-fr...

The Madrid Deep Space Communication Complex at Robledo de Chavela municipality in the Community of Madrid, Spain on fire. Burgohondo wildfire. 📷 via Infues Avila

World Cup: Domestic abuse reached record high in UK

I guess we will now find out how many Madrilenos fit into the Puerta del Sol. :-) Congratulations and who needs to work tomorrow. :-) 😀 ⚽⚽⚽⚽

V happy this is now out in the world. TLDR: there’s a new big bit of Chester Castle which still survives! Inner Gatehouse was thought entirely demolished, but a pier for the drawbridge remains, deep in the foundations of a later building. www.chester.ac.uk/about/news/a... New gatehouse recon ⬇️

I am not modelling that on my model railway! I hope somebody pays these guys danger money.

Bronze plate from Demlfeld, near Ampass (Innsbruck, Austria) written in Sanzeno script in Rhaetian. From the turn of the fifth century BC. #EpigraphyTuesday

#MosaicMonday has come early.

Am I the only one who thinks Erdogan has a wicked sense of humour by casting the NATO leaders in his personal remake of 'The Magnificent Seven'(plus a few extras). Turkey's Erdogan gives NATO leaders revolver conundrum after summit - www.reuters.com/lifestyle/tu...

Finally! I am so glad this is back!

Erg veel bedankt!

As every game I watch gives #FIFA more money, I have decided to switch the World Cup off in protest. I want to watch football a game of 90 minutes with rules and referee decisions that may be at timed weird (even wacky) but not negotiable. I wish Belgium good luck, but that's it.

Rosa Parks Edna St.Vincent Millay Creola Katherine Johnson Harriet Tubman Isabel leGuin Louisa Alcott Emily Dickinson Alice Walker Pearl S Buck Jigonhsasee Sacagawea Rosalyn LaPier. 14th Amendment Oh well that whole constitution is the one huge achievement.

Dear American friend, Just in case something goes wrong with the fireworks on #4July....it appears your friends in the UK still have a backup. :-) enjoy the day and stay cool. BBC News - Rare copy of US Declaration of Independence found by volunteer in UK archives www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ornithological fact....if you are far enough north to enjoy the gloaming, you are far enough north to enjoy a dawn chorus of sea gulls at 2.30 am! Argh...

I never thought I would say this, but I think yellow and green may be my new favourite colours.