Living History Starter Pack
A list of people who bring history alive in your feed. Ruins, manuscripts, folklore and legends.
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@paulmmcooper.bsky.social
@folklorewales.com
Welsh folklorist • Author • Honorary Research Fellow, Amgueddfa Cymru • Antiquarian book collector • Rheibio'n Gymraeg • The Folklore of Wales: Ghosts (2023) • Represented by jonathanclowes.co.uk folklorewales.com
@calthalas.bsky.social
Late antiquity, early Middle Ages, manuscripts, cities and monasticism. A bit of digital humanities and maps as well. Assistant Professor at the University of Erfurt
@pseudo-isidore.bsky.social
Professor of History at the University of Edinburgh https://www.ed.ac.uk/profile/charles-west
@medievalists.bsky.social
Hello from Medievalists.net, where the Middle Ages begins - check out our website at www.medievalists.net
@doccrom.bsky.social
Classicist, archaeologist, sci-fi and horror nerd and, most importantly, ginger. Oh, and... "Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn". #EdgyPedlar #AncientStuff
@eaho.bsky.social
A Scottish/Florentine literary life; an extraordinary network of artists, writers, engineers, scientists; a micro-history of the East India Company and its overlooked influence on British culture Eaho.substack.com
@drtobydriver.bsky.social
🛩️ Aerial Archaeologist @ Royal Commission, Wales | Trustee: Cambrians & AARG | Author: HILLFORTS OF IRON AGE WALES | Prehistory | Landscape archaeology | Personal account https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-toby-driver-fsa-9394203b
@annadillon.bsky.social
Landscapes. Paintings. Art. Wildlife, especially moths & butterflies. History, Heritage. Military history. British countryside. Walking. Chalk. Downland. Ridgeway. http://www.annadillon.com/
@annieknk.bsky.social
Researching antifeminism, conspiracy theories and the far right. PhD from UEA, former postdoc on Everything is Connected project. UK correspondent for QAA Podcast + MAN CLAN and writer of Vaccine: The Human Story
@alisonfisk.bsky.social
Recent Masters in Archaeological Practice at Birkbeck @bbkhistorical.bsky.social. Volunteer at PCA Archaeology @pcaarchaeology.bsky.social and Ham House, Richmond. Here for Archaeology. I often post my own photos of museum artefacts and ancient sites
@jessiechilds.bsky.social
Writer. Historian. Books: The Siege of Loyalty House God’s Traitors Henry VIII’s Last Victim Reviews for the Times and LRB jessiechilds.co.uk IG @jessiechildshistorian
@stori3dpast.bsky.social
Harold Johnson. Maine (from away!). Bookseller. Pilgrim. Word Guy. Skeptic. History & Archaeology. Tolkien. Trek. Italy. Old English. Used to make YouTubes, now I make typos. 19th C antiquarian — Sideburns included! 🏺📖🧙🏻♂️
@deliciouslegacy.bsky.social
An archaeogastronomical podcast. Listen on Acast, support on Patreon! By Thom Ntinas. (Pronounced Dinas) Sound Engineer, Podcaster, Broadcast Sound Supervisor. Love food, history, music. Support on: https://ko-fi.com/thedeliciouslegacypodcast
@butserancientfarm.co.uk
Learning about the past by recreating it! Experimental archaeology, traditional crafts, reenactments & more. Hampshire, UK. https://bio.site/butserancientfarm
@jodarchaeology.bsky.social
Lecture in geospatial archaeology at the University of Glasgow, interested in landscape archaeology, GIS, remote sensing, hillforts, causewayed enclosures and anything big on top of a hill
@hippychick.bsky.social
Reader poster of art on Twitter. Well Fed ( husband DrS cooks ) Artist son@houseofhawks on Instagram.
@londonmudlark.bsky.social
Found in the Thames by mudlark Lara Maiklem, Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and bestselling author. NEW BOOK OUT NOW: https://bit.ly/3WqTsyu
@theduncanmackay.bsky.social
Writer, archaeologist, wild swimmer, wild gardener. New book Echolands, A Journey in Search of Boudica out now from Hodder & Stoughton. https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/duncan-mackay/echolands/9781399714143/ Rep. Jim Gill at Felicity Bryan Associates
@mumblerjamie.bsky.social
BA Classical Civilisations, MA City of Rome. Views my own. Flickr - https://www.flickr.com/photos/mumblerjamie/ "Every road does not lead to Rome, but every road in Rome leads to eternity"
@classicsacademy.bsky.social
Founder of H.M. Classics Academy: we teach ancient languages and the ancient world. helenmcveigh.co.uk subscribepage.com/classicsacademy #Ancientbluesky I always want to see pictures of your dogs. 🐶 Snowball 🐕 Edith
@chapps.bsky.social
Former tech drone, living in L.A. I now create digital reconstructions of ancient Greek and Roman sculpture. No, really. 🏳️🌈 Flickr account (museum photos, mainly, free to use and high res): https://www.flickr.com/photos/125386285@N02/
@drdan.bsky.social
Historian of undertakers and funerals in Eighteenth Century England. Researching the trade and their goods. Visiting Research Fellow at CDAS, University of Bath. Associate Fellow of Royal Historical Society
@mattpope.bsky.social
Archaeologist & Associate Professor in Palaeolithic Archaeology at UCL, where we run the PaPa MSc programme. Researching Neanderthal archaeology in La Mancheland & Western Doggerland, from Boxgrove to La Cotte. Provide Geoarch expertise to ASE. He/Him 🏺
@moudhy.bsky.social
Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet. My book is now out! 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
@mark-walters.bsky.social
Archaeologist at Heneb: The Trust for Welsh Archaeology. Into: Sound & Music, Photography, Botany, Environment, Palaeontology, Geology, Astronomy, Art, LiDAR, 3D, 15th-19th c. Fortifications & Industrial Archaeology, Ancient History, Numismatics, Gaming
@drnwillburger.bsky.social
Archaeologist | Permanent Representative of the Director, Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg | Adjunct lecturer State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart | Private account, views are mine 🖖
@lemoustier.bsky.social
Archaeologist, word-witcher 📚 author of KINDRED (PEN Hessell Tiltman Prize 2021). Science consultant. Current 🖋️: MATRIARCHA: PREHISTORY RE-IMAGINED. 🏛️ Honorary Researcher U. Cambridge & U. Liverpool 1/4 @Trowelblazers.bsky.social Rep: PEW Literary
@sarahebond.bsky.social
Roman historian, digital humanist & contributor at Hyperallergic Book 📕 Strike: Labor, Unions & Resistance in the Roman Empire (Feb. 2025) : https://yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300273144/strike/ Pasts Imperfect: https://pastsimperfect.substack.com
@florencehrscott.bsky.social
Historian of queenship in early medieval England. Based in York UK. Antiracist. Disabled. Non-binary. Marxist. Free Palestine 🇵🇸 Author of Ælfgif-who?, biographies of medieval women: florencehrs.substack.com Agent: @tomkillingbeck.bsky.social
@themedievaldrk.bsky.social
manuscripts, early print, coconuts, nautiluses, media archaeology Above: BL, Royal 18 D II, Lambeth MS 532 For more on the banner artist, read https://differentvisions.org/aging-artists-and-impairment-in-fifteenth-century-england/
@garius.bsky.social
He/Him. Author. Historian (inc of obscure Military Holy Orders). Strategy streamer. Tech/Transport Strategist. Editor of @lonrec. Orient fan. Business/Writing: business@longformist.co.uk. Agent: @pastpreservers.bsky.social
@bretdevereaux.bsky.social
Ancient & military historian specializing in the Roman economy and military. PhD from UNC History. More impressive credential is that I have beaten both Dark Souls and Elden Ring. Blogs at acoup.blog
@fallofcivspod.bsky.social
A history podcast by @PaulMMCooper.bsky.social looking at a different collapsed society each episode. Now in book form: https://linktr.ee/fallofcivilizations
@gilgameshbot.bsky.social
I destroyed Humbaba in the Cedar Forest, I slew lions in the mountain passes! | A bot that tweets randomly using the vocabulary of the Gilgamesh Epic wikipedia.org/wiki/Epic_of_Gilgamesh
@followinghadrian.bsky.social
Hadrianophile "omnium curiositatum explorator" #Hadrian1900 https://followinghadrian.com/
@samuelpepys.bsky.social
The diaries of Samuel Pepys in real time, 1660-69. Currently posting 1662. Run by @philgyford.bsky.social. More at https://www.pepysdiary.com Daily emails at buttondown.com/pepysdiary Support at https://ko-fi.com/pepysdiary
@trowelblazers.bsky.social
Pioneering women in archaeology, palaeontology & geology — past & present. Posts by Tori Herridge, Becky Wragg Sykes, Brenna Hassett, and Suzie Birch. www.trowelblazers.com
@josephinequinn.bsky.social
Historian at Cambridge. In Search of the Phoenicians (2018) and How the World Made the West (2024). I like cats.
@flintdibble.bsky.social
⛏️ Archaeologist at Cardiff University. Ancient Greek animals, food, & environment Fighting Atlantis pseudoscience 🌊🏛 2024 Ockham Award for skeptical activism Tavros is our rescue 🐈 from Knossos It's my real name | he/him www.youtube.com/@flintdibble
@floatingworlds.bsky.social
Ukiyo-e (Pictures of the Floating World), is a genre of Japanese art from the 17th-19th centuries that has produced and inspired some of the most treasured woodblock prints. I also share bits of Japanese culture. & Living Artists: @uridev.urieldana.com
@workingclasshistory.com
History isn't made by kings or politicians, it's made by us: billions of ordinary people. https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory
@ticiaverveer.bsky.social
Archaeologist, author. Collector of stories, old and new. Middle East, N- Africa. Religion, Conflict & Peace 🏛️ Maternal Health Ambassador Global Fund for Women (2012-22)🏺WW II historisch journalist, cultuur & erfgoed. www.ticiaverveer.com
@fakehistoryhunter.net
I hunt fake history and correct it, but also post amazing real history stuff. Rude, obscene, vulgar, racist people who can't act like grown-ups get blocked. https://fakehistoryhunter.net/
@goingmedieval.bsky.social
That one medieval historian you've heard of. Co-host We're Not So Different and Gone Medieval podcasts. Author of The Once and Future Sex. (Out now!) George Michael stan. Cutie. https://eleanorjanega.com/
@indyfromspace.bsky.social
Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
@mobydickatsea.bsky.social
Random lines from Moby Dick. Bot conceived, coded, and curated by @samplereality.bsky.social. Follow the companion bot @findmobydick.bsky.social for sources.
@paulmmcooper.bsky.social
Novelist & podcast maker｜Wrote River of Ink (2016), All Our Broken Idols (2020), Fall of Civilizations (2024)｜Creator of the Fall of Civilizations Podcast Signed paperbacks: welbooks.co.uk/shop/p/fall-of-civilizations-by-paul-cooper