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Writing about #Celtic art it strikes me just how often the Waterloo Helmet and Battersea Shield @britishmuseum appear in pop culture pics of the #IronAge as if they were somehow in everyday use and everyone had their own copy...
...a random thread for #FindsFriday
@BUOsteo @FedoraChicken @MmaltbyM Is this the Roman @MmaltbyM funky chicken of whom you speak?
Asking for a friend
A dramatic illustration by #AngusMcBride of Ulster hero Cú Chulainn in full beserker mode from the epic Táin Bó Cúailnge:
“his flesh trembled about him like a pole against the torrent ...He made a mad whirling-feat of his body within his hide’
#FolkloreThursday #StayIndoors !
Had forgotten how much I like the dramatic reconstructions of the late great #AngusMcBride. In this pic a Scot is chased towards a deserted #IronAge #Broch by two Picts NW scotland 7th c AD
#Broch #HillfortsWednesday #stayindoors !
A Celtiberian chieftain and warrior break through the Roman siege of #Numantia N Spain in 133 BC - another epic reconstruction by #AngusMcBride (from 1986)
#HillfortsWednesday
@TheCastleGuy Absolutely right :) :)
#Asterix #JuliusCaesar #Uderzo
RIP Albert #Uderzo (and thank you)
If people ever ask what first got me into archaeology, I simply say this:
@OldOswestryFort FANTASTIC ! Brilliant news 👍👍👍 Sometimes fighting for a #hillfort does indeed bring excellent results !! 😁😁😁
#Alchemy - Artefacts Reimagined. An excellent little exhibition illuminating the significance of Wessex by @annmariejames and presented by @WessexMuseums is currently on at @PooleMuseum until 20 April. Pictured the #BushBarrow lozenge from @WiltshireMuseum