Bryan Sitch

@ArchaeoManc

Tweets from Archaeology Collection . Still coming to terms with technology, enjoys finding entertaining links between objects and current events.

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  1. 13 hours ago

    Smell of burning peat on moorland noticeable in centre of Manchester this morning. Now I can see where it's coming from on my way home across Pennines.

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    Jun 24

    So pleased and looking forward to supporting this event and working together to raise awareness in our forthcoming South Asia gallery and work with schools

    I’m delighted to announce that, due to the huge public reaction to , with the support of MP, I will be hosting event in Parliament on 18th July to call for a formal Partition Commemoration day & for this history to be taught in schools 1/10
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  3. Jun 22

    is this a case where common humanity - thinking about Charles Byrne's descendants - trumps legal arguments based on possession and ownership? Similar debate in relation to Lindow Man in 2008-9.

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  4. Jun 22

    Red Gold - A Story of Sacred Shells via

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  5. Jun 20

    Here's the grown up Herakles in action with his club on the vase The vase painter has even painted blood flowing from the wounds on the centaur.

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  6. Jun 20

    Brilliant to see the refugee's life jacket collected on the island of Lesvos for the project generating interest during You can help in practical ways by buying bags made of recycled life jackets:

    On a reminder of how heritage and archaeology have an important contribution to make to issues of today. .
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  7. Jun 19

    Delighted to see infant Herakles strangling a python sent to devour him in his cradle. He would later go onto even greater things such as beating up on the poor centaurs who tried to gatecrash his wine drinking session, and the scene is depicted on a vase

    Thanks to Dara from our Visitor team for fascinating insight into snakes
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  8. Jun 19

    “Funny really, people think it’s a token thing including women, but it turns out they’re much better at geometry than the men.” Heart-warming story about a Barnsley stonemason who is training Syrians to restore historic buildings damaged in the fighting:

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  9. Jun 18

    Looking forward to it because these heart warming mini documentaries are the antidote to the intolerance and ugly racism that influenced the Brexit debate, elected Trump and now sees Italy turning away ships carrying refugees.

    Replying to @EgyptMcr @UoMhistdept @ArchaeoManc
    We'll arranging another screening
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    Jun 18

    Feeling inspired after the screening of & the Modern City, a series of short films shot by postgraduate students with advice from . Students captured the diversity of by working with the Irish, Pakistani, Syrian & homeless communities

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  11. Jun 15

    Great session earlier and live radio interview on Radio Sheung Lok at Old Levershulme Library about the new China Gallery Thanks to our Chinese Visitor Services Assistant Fang Zong for translating into Mandarin.

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  12. Jun 13

    This reminds me of how Easter Island statues are represented in popular culture - which featured in the Making Monuments on Rapa Nui exhibition

    Thinking a lot about sphinxes lately, and their representation in pop culture...
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  13. Jun 12

    You can find out more about the Elder and his amazing writing about Natural History in the 'Nature Through Roman Eyes' exhibition until November 2018.

    Pliny the Elder was among the first to popularise the identity of the northern colossus of Amenhotep III at Kom el-Heitan as 'Memnon', a nickname that has stuck until today
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  14. Jun 12

    I didn't know Lego dated back to ancient Egyptian times...

    This 2,300-year-old has a modern equivalent – what do you think it might have been used for? 🤔
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  15. Jun 12

    The Year of the Four Emperors features in 'Nature Through Roman Eyes', a temporary exhibition which explores relationships with nature through the writing of Pliny the Elder. Coins of the four emperors: -

    Rome in Chaos: The Year of the Four Emperors
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    Jun 11

    Our Living Cultures gallery is now closed so we can make the necessary preparations for our project. There's still plenty of our outstanding Living Cultures collection on display in our other galleries!

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  17. Jun 10

    An aptly named public house in Beverley

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  18. Jun 10

    Enjoying talking to members of the public with volunteer Amelia Celebration Day. Showing ancient Greek artefacts from collection exploring roles of men and women 2,500 years ago.

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  19. Jun 7

    The town of Beverley in the East Riding is named after the beaver (Beaver-lac=Beverley) and beaver teeth were found in a Neolithic barrow on the Yorkshire Wolds.

    This cheeky little fellow over is a Eurasian beaver- a species that until fairly recently was extinct in the UK. The display in the Life on Earth Gallery looks at the importance of the species and the mistakes which led to their extinction
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  20. Jun 7

    Turtles in the lagoon at Argostoli in Cephalonia come right up to the quayside to scavenge for scraps from fishermen. One lady dropped her mobile phone in the water whilst filming.

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