History – Page 2 – the dim pause

Posted on March 12, 2023

shiny — day 12 of the micro.blog march 2023 photoblogging challenge #mbmar 📸

Silver Roman denarii, coins on a white background

Posted on November 9, 2022

Linkblog 🔗: Oldest known written sentence discovered – on a head-lice comb

Posted on November 6, 2022

Linkblog 🔗: Philologist Irene Vallejo: 'Alexander the Great's library was the first step towards the internet'

Posted on September 8, 2022

Linkblog 🔗: Exposed by Caroline Vout review – the real Greek and Roman body

Posted on February 12, 2022

Neolithic chalk drum hailed as most important prehistoric art found in 100 years 🔗

Posted on February 4, 2022

More than 18,000 pot sherds document life in ancient Egypt 🔗

Posted on February 3, 2022

Three ladies dancing, two couples cuddling, one piper piping in ancient feast mosaic 🔗

Posted on January 6, 2022

A visit to King's Quoit, the Neolithic burial chamber overlooking Manorbier beach, Pembrokeshire. September 2021. More photos in this album on Flickr 📷

Ian Mason at King's Quoit Neolithic burial chamber overlooking Manorbier Bay

Posted on June 14, 2021

Currently reading: Ancestors by Alice Roberts 📚

Posted on February 25, 2021

Micro.blog February Photoblogging Challenge Day 25: **code** — Not exactly code but the 3rd century BCE Brahmi script Edicts of Ashoka did need deciphering in the 19th century. _British Museum, June 2015._ 📷

Carved script on Pillar of Ashoka fragment