Alex Rowson

Producer - Historian - Author

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THE YOUNG ALEXANDER is out now in paperback! #BookTwitter #nonfiction #history #archaeology #TheYoungAlexander #williamcollins #AlexanderTheGreat #ancienthistory #Macedonians #books #readingcommunity

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Full episode available here👇👇👇

https://t.co/Ixi7hp65R2

#podcast #roman #museums #exhibitions #listen

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New podcast alert!
Museum Muse-ings Pt.1
Blockbuster Exhibitions.

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The Barber and Crawford cups in the British Museum (50-100 AD). Carved from fluorite, they are believed to be the only surviving examples of luxury Murrhine ware to have survived from antiquity.

#roman #museum #treasure

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New podcast alert!

Full episode here 👇👇👇👇

https://t.co/ySOoBR8rhc

#rome #archaeology #dig #discovery #roman #exhibition #museum #culture #papaljubilee #podcast #new #2024 #news #listen #historybythepint #chat #ancienthistory #historylovers #history

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Snippet from History by the Pint’s latest podcast - Notes From Rome 2024.

Dr Chris Siwicki recaps all the latest archaeological news from the Eternal City.

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The hulk of MA James on the Torridge foreshore, N.Devon. The schooner was built in 1900 for the Newfoundland cod trade. It was later used for coastal trade around Britain and, finally, to tether barrage balloons during WWII.

#archaeology #tidal #MaritimeMonday

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Bideford Bay at the end of the rainbow.

#devon #estuary #photography

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Sandy Brown’s studio in Appledore, North Devon.

#arts #ceramics #devon

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The East Okement River, fresh from Dartmoor.

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The jewels of the Mughal emperors - currently on display at the V&A, London.

#gems #treasure #thegreatmughals

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#antiquesroadshow just featured a fantastic chat about Boudicca’s destruction of Colchester with @GlynnJCDavis. If you’d like to learn more listen here 🎧👇

https://t.co/99WVPVDJIz

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Our very own PhD researcher, Alan Endacott, in the news with his amazing new discoveries on Dartmoor. Two new stone circles.
https://t.co/kw1Q4tjRc3

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The Kingsteignton Figure - an Iron Age oak idol (or toy?) dating to between 420-350 BC. Discovered in 1867 by quarrymen digging for clay at Kingsteignton, Devon.
One of the treasures of the RAMM in Exeter.

#archaeology #prehistory #museum

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The Tarka Trail near Torrington, North Devon.
#photography #autumn #devon

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@lezgayppelin Thanks so much! Really pleased you enjoyed the book!

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Baggy Point, North Devon.
#saltpath #october #photography

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How big was Nero’s Golden House?
The answer is rather extraordinary.
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The incredible Fenwick hoard from Colchester is discussed in the latest episode of History by the Pint. Here’s a snippet:

#podcast #history #archaeology

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Boudicca’s sack of Colchester, the Maya underworld and Nero’s golden house - three new History by the Pint podcasts have just gone live.

https://t.co/q74sbXw3aA

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2,300 years ago, Takht-i Sangin was one of the most important sites in the Oxus River basin. The temple here was dedicated to the Graeco-Bactrian god Oxus, & the Oxus Treasure thought to have been found here is now in the @britishmuseum.