Dad of 2 wonderful people. #Archaeology videos and other content. #Science & #Nature. Smiling. #Writing #Learning and leading with #AI & #edTechhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mubpac4kb226I love these double herm figures in greek pentelic marble…this one shows two men - bearded guy one side and beardless on the other, likely two intellectuals - no knowledge on who…my guess is from opposing political/philosophical standpoints. c. 120 CE. National Archaeology Museum Naples Italy.30 Aug 2026 05:53 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mubpac4kb226https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mrxoftbnh22aIris, the messenger goddess - equivalent of an angel in Hebrew Bible. Wonderfully carved c450 BCE. Her wings made separately in bronze and long since lost. Drapery clings to her body, beautifully defining her breast and abdomen, before billowing & flowing as if by the wind. Incredible artistry31 Jul 2026 19:21 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrxoftbnh22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mo5zxfogqk2yEgyptian book of the dead papyrus …which includes much of the 10 commandments - on murder, theft, adultery and lying/false witness. It also has looser parallels to not coveting and not disrespecting deity…originally written 1550 BCE, this example dates back to c. 100 BCE - Historisk Museum, Oslo.13 Jun 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5zxfogqk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mo5x5picl22fNorway’s oldest wheel…found in 2003 and dated to c. 400 BCE13 Jun 2026 09:32 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5x5picl22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mjrarlvnhk2bArguably, earliest eg of ‘revenge porn’. c1050 BCE King Ashur-bel-kala sent versions of this statue around his kingdom, over 3,000 years ago. The only surviving example shows a completely naked woman. The inscription suggests viewers would know who she was meant to be and “laugh at her expense”.18 Apr 2026 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrarlvnhk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mgku7xq2zs2rThe new, Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo - a wonderful museum, brilliantly designed and absolutely jam-packed with Egyptian history #archaeology #cairo #tutankhamun #GEM08 Mar 2026 17:23 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgku7xq2zs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mdpnpvqfbs27Petra - the ancient Nabataean city in Southern Jordan. A UNESCO World Heritage Site and one of the New 7 Wonders of the World #petra #archaeology31 Jan 2026 10:54 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdpnpvqfbs27https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3md3ywcndtk2xThe worst accident that could happen to potters is for the temp to rise in the kiln to ‘melting’ what they had crafted for days. Nabataean potters used agricultural waste - esp olive pressings - to fire their kilns; wind would have caused such unexpected rise in temperature. 3rd century CE.23 Jan 2026 15:22 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3ywcndtk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3md3vj2mdcs2xBronze statue of Artemis, swept by a flood, in a side wadi near Petra's city centre. The only known large cast-bronze statue from Petra; melting metal objects during this era was common practice. She was probably portrayed holding down an animal with her knee. Petra/ Roman period (2nd century CE)23 Jan 2026 14:21 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3md3vj2mdcs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3mc5kzrugzk26Antikythera mechanism @ Athens Archaeological museum #antikythera #archaeology11 Jan 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mc5kzrugzk26https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3m6rcwbgtdc2aThis 1st - 3rd CE lagynos jug caught my eye in the Archaeological museum in Tirana, Albania29 Nov 2025 11:41 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m6rcwbgtdc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lz6t6xwnqc2rKing Idrimi of Alalakh…the oldest autobiography in the world and the first cuneiform written mention of “Canaan”. #Idrimi #canaan #habiru #hebrew #BritishMuseum19 Sep 2025 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6t6xwnqc2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3llgrsf3wkk24@mrjamesob.bsky.social https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._G._Jones28 Mar 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3llgrsf3wkk24https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lk7hyrq2722mZeus or Poseidon…was it a thunderbolt or a trident in his hand originally, which would have provided the much needed insight…I go for Zeus personally. 460 BCE. @Archeological Museum Athens12 Mar 2025 21:00 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk7hyrq2722mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lk6ne2hyos2mFound in the 'House of the Poseidoniastai of Beryttos' (Beirut), Delos. Aphrodite attempts to fend off the goat-footed god Pan who makes erotic advances to her. She holds her sandal threateningly in her right hand, while the winged god Eros comes to her aid. About 100 BCE.12 Mar 2025 13:03 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk6ne2hyos2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3ljcwb3dqks2jDISCOBOLUS Roman, 2nd century CE. It would’ve been copied from a Greek statue from c.500 BCE. Romans loved the Greek works. This statue was discovered in 1791 in the Villa of the Roman Emperor Hadrian (AD 117-138) at Tivoli outside Rome. @BritishMuseum01 Mar 2025 12:28 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcwb3dqks2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lj63cdyyw225King Idrimi’s cuneiform inscription tells his dramatic rise from exile. Forced to flee with his mum’s family, he sought refuge in Canaan. There, he lived among the Habiru, who some scholars believe were early Hebrews. 7 years later, Idrimi reclaimed his land as king of Alalakh. 1570 - 1500 BCE.27 Feb 2025 14:14 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj63cdyyw225https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3liqw7lim422wGold Indo-Pacific nautilus associated with the Avars, nomads who migrated west from the northeast Asian Steppe. In the late 700s, Charlemagne waged war against them. Treasures like this bankrolled Charlemagne's imperial ambitions, including gold ink used in some luxury Carolingian manuscripts. 750CE22 Feb 2025 08:39 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3liqw7lim422whttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3li5aptwxoc2o@mrjamesob.bsky.social martyn lewis the money mensch14 Feb 2025 12:54 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3li5aptwxoc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lhylwdztgs2n4 x dwarf god Bes, guardian of mothers and infants. Brandishing sword while seizing a snake. A ferocious protector of the family, relied on to ward off evil. Featured at shrines concerned with childbirth and sexuality, and his powers served humans as well as the gods. 1st century BCE #BritishMuseum12 Feb 2025 16:31 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhylwdztgs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lgyhtydfwk2uJewish community of Fustat (Cairo's earlier twin city) placed all old texts in a geniza, in the synagogue. Not to dispose of anything with the name of God in, they kept over 400,000 texts…Bibles, private letters, bills, slave receipts etc …over 400,000 texts from spain to India. From c.900 CE. #BM30 Jan 2025 21:53 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgyhtydfwk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lgk54ndva22fThe Book of the Fixed Stars 964 CE. describing northern and southern constellations, and constellations of the zodiac. The author, al-Sufi, produced dual illustrations of constellations - the upper image as portrayed on a celestial globe, and the lower as viewed directly in the night sky.25 Jan 2025 05:03 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgk54ndva22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lgctj372j22xDeciphered Egyptian Hieroglyphs by Jean François Champollion - 1824. The first stages of his Rosetta Stone understanding. Showing both the hieroglyphic and the later Demotic alphabet, allowing him to start reading texts. #archaeology #BritishMuseum22 Jan 2025 07:23 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgctj372j22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lgbitn3xms2t4 figures of the Egyptian dwarf god Bes, guardian of mothers and infants, brandishes a sword while seizing a snake. A ferocious protector of the family, much relied upon to ward off evil. Seen at shrines for childbirth and sexuality: his powers served humans & gods. 1st century BCE #archaeology #BM21 Jan 2025 18:39 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgbitn3xms2thttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lfpf3pbtgk24Temple of Mithras built here underneath Bloomberg’s offices, on the banks of the Walbrook river, around AD 240, in the ancient Roman city known as Londinium….quite a cult, males only…14 Jan 2025 13:44 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfpf3pbtgk24https://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lfmknlhrf22gThe Red Lady of Paviland …actually a Man…and the oldest ceremonial burial in Britain. 32,000 BCE. Found in between Port Eynon and Rhossili now in a surprisingly non-descript museum case at Oxford University Natural History Museum #archaeology #archeology13 Jan 2025 10:46 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfmknlhrf22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lfkgywoj5k2oSumerian proverbs tablet still relevant - written over 4000 years ago: In the city where there are no dogs, the fox is boss. A malicious wife living in the house is worse than all diseases. He who possesses many things is constantly on guard. One does not return borrowed bread #Ashmolean museum12 Jan 2025 14:35 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfkgywoj5k2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/michaeljflynn.bsky.social/post/3lfflkwlqzs24Babylonian map of the world - shown in bird's-eye view as a disc surrounded by a ring labelled 'bitter-river. Babylon straddles the Euphrates. Beyond edge of the known world is mountain where the Ark landed after the Flood beyond Urartu (Ararat in Hebrew bible), where I’m pointing to. @BM c 650 BCE10 Jan 2025 16:13 +0000at://did:plc:tgikh7ae4lblu74dhc77v6xb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfflkwlqzs24