Dr Alice Blackwell
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Senior curator, Medieval Archaeology & History @ National Museums Scotland. All views my own
Edinburgh
Joined November 2014
Very excited to plug the next Galloway Hoard online event @NtlMuseumsScot! With help from the legendary Jane Kershaw @jk_viking we're now able to answer the question: Where Did the Silver Come From? 29 May online at 19:30 - FREE tickets available now 👇 https://t.co/eDeeX7aHkJ
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For this #FindsFriday I would like to share something from my new blog post about coin counterfeiting and contemporary copies in Britain. This is a plated contemporary copy noble of Henry V. Read the blog at https://t.co/fJC29d6mBo
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Are we laughing with - or at - the Bullion Man? Great episode of Ian Hislop's Oldest Jokes @BBCRadio4 starring the funniest Pictish* stone in @NtlMuseumsScot with Martin Goldberg and Jane Geddes *unless it's post-Pictish [runs away] https://t.co/tkUfGQJ0aO
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This Roman arm guard has not been seen in full for almost 2000 years. The only intact example of its kind, it has carefully been reconstructed by our conservators who spent weeks reassembling over 100 fragments. 🔗 Read all about it in @ObserverUK: https://t.co/FHGn2aXom9
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The Alasdair Ross Prize funds #research into #scottishhistory and/or #environmentalhistory. Open to all #phd students and #ecr academics All email and DM queries welcome!
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The Brooch of Lorn, an object of wonder, then & now - 💎💍a 16th century brooch with an older history? New research & visualisation @NtlMuseumsScot @Sketchfab @earlymedieval
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I’m so looking forward to this. If in London, please do come along!
Our next lecture is from @SarahALaurenson on 'Crafting colour worlds in Scottish Stones', a topic explored in her brilliant book 'The Material Landscapes of Scotland’s Jewellery Craft, 1780-1914'. Join us on 6pm, Tues 23 Jan in person @SocAntiquaries or online for members.
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Congratulations to our 2023 R B K Stevenson Award winners! 🎉 Small socketed axeheads from northern Britain: some finds ‘of more than ordinary interest’, by @EllaPaul01, @mgknight24 and Trevor G Cowie (with Lore G Troalen) is available to read online now: https://t.co/a9xWSAyTdg
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Amazing research about a truly astonishing #Viking-Age hoard: Join Dr. Adrián Maldonado (@amaldon of @NtlMuseumsScot) and I as we talk about the stunning contents of the spectacular #GallowayHoard and how its #archaeology is rewriting the #history of the Irish Sea region.
🆕️ First listen! 🚨 I speak to Dr. Adrián Maldonado of @NtlMuseumsScot on the truly spectacular #Viking-Age Galloway Hoard for The Shindig - An #Archaeology Podcast. Download wherever you get your podcasts! https://t.co/VvI8LaSBH4
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Get wayyyyy up close and personal with the Lewis chess pieces with our #Sketchfab 3D models! ♟️ https://t.co/5Hp14VqCq8
#archaeology #SketchfabFriday #FindsFriday
The Lewis chess pieces, c. late 12th – early 13th century AD. Found in 1831, on a beach at Uig, Lewis, Scotland. Made in Probably Trondheim, Norway. Made from Walrus ivory and sperm whale tooth. Height: 60-100mm. National Museum of Scotland.
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🎉 It's #MuseumMeme Day, and we're diving into the fun headfirst! Brace yourselves for a day filled with history, humour, and some iconic artefacts like you've never seen before. Let's have a ball together! 🏛️😂
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Thanks to you weirdos who've already bought tickets to my upcoming Cabaret of Dangerous Ideas spot: Did the Vikings Exist? @CODIfringe #EdFringe2023 Read my inspiration by the legendary Alex Woolf for @HistoryToday:
historytoday.com
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Did the Vikings even exist? @amaldon takes on the chat during Festival with Susan Morrison @CODIfringe . Should be lively, fun and rather brilliant @TheScotsman
https://t.co/QXW8kTtXGo
scotsman.com
As stereotypes surrounding the Scandinavian invaders who arrived in Scotland towards the end of the 8th Century start to crumble, a leading expert asks if it is now time to drop the capital ‘V’ from...
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Doodles in the accounts of the royal household, 1530s: A unicorn, thistle and rose. Archivist Dr Alison Rosie explained what these symbols may have meant, when King James IV had recently wed Margaret Tudor, daughter of Henry VII. Find out more 👇 https://t.co/AIVauw0h12
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Delve into the new issue of @ScotHistReview free featured article: Scottish Women’s and Gender History and Women Historians in Scotland: Past, Present and Future Directions: https://t.co/dBbGb6QWwh
euppublishing.com
The Royal Historical Society’s Gender Equality report in 2018, as well as a number of smaller surveys, suggests that while women now make up a significant proportion of those studying advanced...
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We've got LOTS of books [c.200,000 'bibliographic items' to be precise]. From today it should be a lot easier to find out whether we have what you're looking for. Welcome to our NEW LIBRARY CATALOGUE: https://t.co/s12ZaKtLOH
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Good news: @YArchaeology York Archaeological Trust is digitising its Archaeology of York fascicules:
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Seeking an Archaeology Technical Manager! https://t.co/JsRxgo1vft
#Archaeology #Job #Vacancy #Edinburgh #EdinburghUniversity
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Fancy working with a world-class archaeology collection @YorkshireMuseum? Come and work with us. Details - https://t.co/XPw4EKoXPL
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Only 2 days to see the Declaration of Abroath before it closes 5pm Sunday. Free entry, no booking required @NtlMuseumsScot Don't miss out!
Only *four* days until the #DeclarationOfArbroath display @NtlMuseumsScot closes! Don't miss this once in a generation opportunity to see it up close. Open 10-5, every day til Sunday, free, no booking required 📜
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