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That it does!

I appreciate the offer! I've got people who have looked over my CV, given advice. I'll think about a mentor. The most frustrating thing I think is the use of the Automated Scoring Systems many places use. You spend hours writing an application only to fall at not writing the exact word they want

I have also experienced that pain!

I think I'm going to be able to quote this verbatim eventually 😔 how am I supposed to know how to improve my applications and get further if no one is willing to even provide a basic level of feedback!

"We cannot simply ignore the nonsense with the idea that it will shrivel and die if we don’t give it light." - never were more true words spoken

I've been speculatively applying to new jobs in the heritage sector, primarily for better pay but also to see if all the work I've done in the last three years have paid off...received yet another rejection email having not secured even an interview 😮‍💨 it is disheartening to say the least

Cool #zooarchaeology discovery from the Studying History & Archaeology in Lympne site I've been assisting with!

A big thanks to Thomas Vaughn for his pending report and the heads up on this find!

How do people honestly afford commuting to London? Seen a rather intriguing job, but if I was to get it, I'd be spending £600 a month for 3 days p/w train travel (that's on season ticket) which would make my take home £300 lower than it already is 🙄 heritage pay is broken. Difficult upward travel

I was sent pictures of this statue today at work, offering it for sale by a gentleman claiming to be in Egypt. His description claims its King Khasekemwy, but doesnt match the images shown so clearly a scam.

Who would be best to report to? #Egyptology #AntiquitiesTrade

Erich von Däniken, Swiss writer who spawned alien archaeology, dies at 90 Erich von Däniken, the Swiss author whose bestselling books about the extraterrestrial origins of ancient civilizations brought him fame among paranormal enthusiasts and scorn from the scientific comm...

Famed pseudoarchaeological content creator Erich von Däniken, best known for his popularization and promotion of ancient aliens claims, has died at age 90.

He predated Hancock, writing in the 60s and 70s. Ripping off earlier ideas as @cultarchaeo.bsky.social mentions. Probably the most famous/infamous of the Ancient Aliens crowd who Hancock, while not espousing aliens, follows the path of with his ideas of precursor civilisations.

Expedition Magazine | “Scholars Will Call it Nonsense” <p>In 1968 an obscure Swiss hotel manager published a book entitled Erinnerungen an die Zukunft. An English edition appeared under […]</p>

With the recent passing of Erich von Däniken, here's a short article from 1987 dissecting his claims about aliens in Chariots of Gods (1968). It's a reminder that archaeologists have been debunking pseudoarchaeology for nearly 40 years.

The Kent Archaeological Society thanks Kent County Council's Heritage Team and Dana Goodburn-Brown for donating archive boxes. KCC and Dana are digitising the HS1 project archive and have condensed materials, freeing up boxes for KAS's use. We look forward to more progress on the HS1 project!

Thank you for your interest in our Christmas Jumpers.

Proceeds support archaeological research and public engagement carried out by the Kent Archaeological Society.

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I am easily pleased it seems! #Archaeology #curator

One for my #Geospatial specialists...can you use an RTK GNSS to record individual contexts rather than features/finds in plans etc.if yes, do you need extra tools on top of the standard GNSS such as Leica? #Archaeology

A dark grey and pale white Pottery fragment held in a hand wearing a dark green latex glove. The Pottery features raised decoration in the form of the hind legs and rump of a deer.

I love these little Nene Valley Colour coated ware hunt cups. I think we have a fragment of the rear hind legs of the deer that is unfortunate enough to find itself being chased by a hound.

📸 courtesy of the trustees of the Kent Archaeological Society Kent Archaeology

#SmallFinds #Archaeology

All set up and ready to go for this year's @lpfgsocmedia.bsky.social Symposium!

Still time to join if you wish:

Go to MS Teams > Calendar >Join with ID and enter the below:

Meeting ID: 364 396 620 178 1

Passcode: bG2gD3ZU

Ready for a slightly rejigged day 2 at the @socmusarch.bsky.social conference due to rain affecting the trains!

Looking forward to another fascinating day!

And now the nerves kick in 😅

Already for the start of the @socmusarch.bsky.social 2025 conference!

I'll be speaking on community archaeological archives in Kent at 2.50pm 😀

#SMACon2025

Taking place tonight with @profdanhicks.bsky.social a wonderful talk on Pitt-Rivers in Kent!

Or someone is out there making silicone moulds / cast copies of this coin and flooding eBay etc with them. 3/3

#RomanCoins #Numismatics #Numismatists #Septimius #Forgery #AntiquitiesTrade #archaeology #detectivework

It should read INVICT IMP but both mine and the reddit one reads INOI(damage)T T IMP.

The obverse should read IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II but both read AE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II.

So we either have contemporary copies of Severan Denarii (fairly common) with identical damage (unlikely) 2/3

Is there any way of reporting / recording possible modern copies of #Romancoins? I've just seen this one on a reddit post, and I have am almost exact copy (down to the same damage roughly) which was reportedly found in an attic by the new owner. The reverse on mine is the exact same 1/3

ankylosaurus magniventris run cycle poster showing different angles of the dinosaur ALT: ankylosaurus magniventris run cycle poster showing different angles of the dinosaur

Ankylosaurus, because who doesn't like a walking armoured tank with a big hammer tail (also because my 7 year old sister-in-law loves telling people how to pronounce the name properly!)

If it isn't what's my favourite dinosaur it's usually what's my favourite find, why did people bury their houses, why do they leave behind so many bones. Kids often come up with the most direct and sometimes curveball questions, I love it!

Human remains on social media-ethical reflections A while ago, Alison Atkin raised the question of: how we approach the use of social media (and other related arenas, including blogs, online new media, etc) as individuals who work with human remai…

Human remains on social media-ethical reflections – Bodies and academia share.google/McK4cQzcSSRr... an interesting discussion on depictions of human remains on social media in #archaeology and #museums. I'd be interested in other people's thoughts!

#socialmedia #ethics #museums #archaeology

Major grant to explore the discovery of Wales’ first complete ancient chariot The University of Manchester and Amgueddfa Cymru – Museum Wales have been awarded a  £1.25 million research grant by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) following the discovery of an Iron ...

www.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/w... exciting #IronAge chariot news!

Made a little custom plastazote foam insert for our #earlymedieval gold and Garnet cross pendant, dating from the middle 7th century CE

#prevantineconservation #museumlife #earlymedieval