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Pat English

@Squirrelbasket

Journalist, editor, designer, trainer, former archaeologist, fan of nature, photography, scifi, genealogy & rugby - see my blog, too...

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Joined May 2009
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In The Observer today... Roman bathers’ gems lost 2,000 years ago found near Hadrian’s Wall bit.ly/3kTvD1z
Three of the semi-precious stones discovered by archaeologists near Hadrian’s Wall. Photograph: Anna Giecco

ALT Three of the semi-precious stones discovered by archaeologists near Hadrian’s Wall. Photograph: Anna Giecco

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Stone Age dots, lines and Y-shaped marks might represent a type of proto-writing... bit.ly/3GmpqSv
A 21,500-year-old cave painting depicting an aurochs, an extinct cattle species, in the Lascaux caves in France. Notice the four dots (within the digital yellow circle), which may have had a special meaning for ice age peoples. (Image credit: JoJan; Wikimedia Commons

ALT A 21,500-year-old cave painting depicting an aurochs, an extinct cattle species, in the Lascaux caves in France. Notice the four dots (within the digital yellow circle), which may have had a special meaning for ice age peoples. (Image credit: JoJan; Wikimedia Commons

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Rare explosion of colour in the Atacama Desert bit.ly/3FuKSWD
Photograph: Adriana Thomasa/EPA

ALT Photograph: Adriana Thomasa/EPA

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Stonehenge exhibition shows links with ancient Japan bit.ly/3UQQ9gw @guardian
This Jōmon cooking pot was built at around the same time as Stonehenge. This is the first time the pot has gone on display outside Japan. Photograph: Sam Frost/Sam Frost/English Heritage

ALT This Jōmon cooking pot was built at around the same time as Stonehenge. This is the first time the pot has gone on display outside Japan. Photograph: Sam Frost/Sam Frost/English Heritage

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Shipwreck of The Gloucester off Norfolk coast hailed as most important find since Mary Rose bbc.in/3zrMoGcc #Archaeology
The Gloucester sank in 1682 - Picture: Wikimedia Commons

ALT The Gloucester sank in 1682 - Picture: Wikimedia Commons

Romans ventured deeper into Wales than thought - Preseli road discovery bit.ly/3NtCeZR @guardian #Archaeology
Photograph: Mark Merrony

ALT Photograph: Mark Merrony

Jane Morris’s creative influence on her husband William’s design empire revealed in a new book bit.ly/3xhwYBs @ObserverUK
Jane Morris (The Blue Silk Dress) – a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of his lover

ALT Jane Morris (The Blue Silk Dress) – a painting by Dante Gabriel Rossetti of his lover

Doomed ship of gold’s ghostly picture gallery is plucked from the seabed bit.ly/3Iu7BAP #photography
Photograph: Paul Messier Studio for Columbus-America Discovery Group Inc

ALT Photograph: Paul Messier Studio for Columbus-America Discovery Group Inc

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Obituary from @guardian - Jan Pieńkowski #illustration bit.ly/3BHfnFc
Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian

ALT Photograph: Sarah Lee/the Guardian

Crocodile found under Rhondda school floorboards on display bbc.in/3FIz8g0
RHONDDA CYNON TAF COUNCIL

ALT RHONDDA CYNON TAF COUNCIL

Roman town’s remains found below Northamptonshire field on HS2 route bit.ly/3tfiyBL
Photograph: HS2/PA

ALT Photograph: HS2/PA

Ichthyosaur: Huge fossilised ‘sea dragon’ found in Rutland reservoir bbc.in/33sBceg
MATTHEW POWER PHOTOGRAPHY

ALT MATTHEW POWER PHOTOGRAPHY

Sparrowhawk in my Cardiff garden today. Captured on camera at last, but slightly out of focus. #birds #BirdsSeenIn2022
Sparrowhawk in Cardiff garden, 060122

ALT Sparrowhawk in Cardiff garden, 060122

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Dramatic red sky at dawn in Cardiff today. Now there's a cold rain...
Dawn in Cardiff, 060122

ALT Dawn in Cardiff, 060122

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200 million-year-old dinosaur footprints found on South Wales beach bit.ly/3pNBLsc
A 3D image of a footprint found on the trackway on the beach in Penarth

ALT A 3D image of a footprint found on the trackway on the beach in Penarth

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Unlike most people I resolve to Tweet MORE in 2022 after a grim 2021...
Archaeologists discover hundreds of rare coins from Iron Age on HS2 route aol.it/3ic5sy0
Picture: HS2/Press Association

ALT Picture: HS2/Press Association

World’s biggest sandcastle built in Denmark bit.ly/3hscboc
Photograph: Claus Bjoern Larsen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty

ALT Photograph: Claus Bjoern Larsen/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP/Getty

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Amazing mini replicas of famous Italian buildings found hidden in Welsh woodland bit.ly/34Nd9nV
Image: Ian Lilley

ALT Image: Ian Lilley

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Mary Anning: Fossil hunter celebrated with Jurassic 50p coins bbc.in/2ZYipm8 #Dorset
The 50p coins were designed by paleo-artist Robert Nicholls

ALT The 50p coins were designed by paleo-artist Robert Nicholls

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