Thanks so much to the judges who have selected my novel in progress for the Historical Adventure category.
#Manumission is set in the years following the global pandemic that ancient historians call the Antonine pandemic.
#HNS2026#AmWriting#HistoricalFiction
CONGRATULATIONS to the writers who have been selected for the CATEGORY SHORT LISTS in the 2026 HISTORICAL NOVEL SOCIETYโS First Chapters Competition! Visit https://t.co/CBySmX41Wt for the full lists
#historicalfiction#hnsfirstchapterscompetition
This torc is known as The Snettisham Great Torc named for where it was found. Other Iron Age hoards have been found close by. It is made of circa 1 KG gold mixed with silver. It was made c. 150-50 BCE, and buried around 50 BCE.
๐ท Mine, British Museum.
#FindsFriday#Archaeology
These frescoes adorn the covered walkway of the Majolica Cloister, in Santa Chiara, Naples. They date to the 17th C. Showing St Francis of Assisi, St Honorius, and above them the virtues Sincerity and Justice respectively. Pic 3-4: roof fresco plus aisle.
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#FrescoFriday
Part of Roman dedicatory inscription from Hotbank on Hadrianโs Wall.
It translates:
Built by Emperor Caesar Trajan Hadrian Augustus...the Second Legion Augusta under Aulus Platorius Nepos, propraetorian legate.
Nepos was governor of Britannia AD 122-125.
#RomanFortThursday
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Aerial shot of Vercovicium (Housesteads Roman Fort). The fortโs north wall is contiguous with Hadrianโs Wall. It was planned without auxiliary forts. Wall construction began by AD 122, but changed to include forts. Constructed by AD 130.
#RomanFortThursday#Archaeology
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@KPW1453 The last time I was at Brinkburn Priory I met the peripatetic organist who plays in churches and abbeys throughout the region. He played for us and the other visitors. It was a wonderful experience. Hereโs my shot of the entrance to #BrinkburnPriory
@KPW1453 The last time I was at Brinkburn Priory I met the peripatetic organist who plays in churches and abbeys throughout the region. He played for us and the other visitors. It was a wonderful experience. Hereโs my shot of the entrance to #BrinkburnPriory
Diplomas are discharge certificates inscribed on bronze issued to auxiliaries after 25 years service, granting citizenship to soldiers & children plus legal marriage.
My ๐ท Replica: from Trajan (AD 98-117) to Spanish officer, Reburrus, 1st Pannonian cavalry.
#RomanFortThursday
Aerial shot of Vercovicium (Housesteads Roman Fort). The fortโs north wall is contiguous with Hadrianโs Wall. It was planned without auxiliary forts. Wall construction began by AD 122, but changed to include forts. Constructed by AD 130.
#RomanFortThursday#Archaeology
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The marble statue called the Capitoline Galatian is maybe better known as The Dying Gaul. Itโs a 1st C BCE Roman copy of a sculpture on a monument of Attalus I, king of Pergamon (230-220 BCE).
Found in an area once known as Caesarโs Garden.
๐ท my own.
#Archaeology#Rome
Look whatโs landed in my postbox today!
Ireland, mapping, the year is 1865 - and all written by brilliant author, Maggie Oโ Farrell.
I canโt wait to curl up to read #Land.
#AmReading#Books
This village pub belongs to my son. Heโs put heart and soul into bringing it back to life with a small team. Itโs been 4 years of work to stay afloat against the tide of pub closures.
We need pubs like this.
Happy 4th ๐๐
Queen's Head, Great Whittington https://t.co/PW8B90v2CU
Santa Chiara was built 1313โ1340 by Queen Sancha of Majorca and her husband King Robert of Naples, who is buried there. The complex was redecorated (17th C) in Baroque style by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro who also added majolica tiles to the cloister.
My ๐ท, #Naples#TilesOnTuesday
Engagement here is fairly poor
I posted the same post on two platforms at almost exactly the same time this morning:
Photo 1 - the X post
Photo 2 - the BlueSky post
Click to see the different responses.
This X place isnโt showing many people my posts.
@gmortonclassics Itโs so gorgeous there. Naples is a manic place, but inside Santa Chiara and the cloisters itโs calmer even with other tourists.
I say book that flight. โ๏ธ
Santa Chiara was built 1313โ1340 by Queen Sancha of Majorca and her husband King Robert of Naples, who is buried there. The complex was redecorated (17th C) in Baroque style by Domenico Antonio Vaccaro who also added majolica tiles to the cloister.
My ๐ท, #Naples#TilesOnTuesday
This quote from the finder bothers me:
โOne of the boys I was with was screaming: โWeโre rich, weโre rich.โโ
Be excited, but are you detecting for reward? What about knowledge gleaned from finds recorded in context? The value isnโt just monetary. Donโt encourage โget rich fast.โ
3rd C CE gold Roman ring with intaglio depicting winged Victory driving a chariot led by two horses. Destined for a local museum after touring local schools.
Found with other objects by detectorists who reported their finds.
#Archaeology#RomanBritain https://t.co/KvtafCbQk1