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In recent weeks the collapse of this policy has been demonstrated by the wave of redundancies engulfing British universities. liberalengland.blogspot.com/2025/02/runn...

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Exceptional new discovery in #Pompeii: large frescoed banquet hall with stunning wall paintings emerged www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo... 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

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Iron Age coin from the Dubonni tribe. Part of the Worcester Roman Conquest Hoard. #worcesterartgalleryandmuseum

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Detail of some of the coins in the Worcester Roman Conquest Coin Hoard on display at Worcester art gallery and museum until the end of March. #Worcesterartgalleryandmuseum #Roman

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Musk: The Royal Society, the UK’s oldest scientific academy, will meet on March 3 to review its guidelines on "public pronouncements and behaviors of Fellows" following an open letter signed by thousands of scientists questioning Elon Musk’s membership in the prestigious institution.

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Democracy and Ancient Athens Online Workshop (British School at Athens). #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics www.theclassicslibrary.com/democracy-an...

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A #Roman bronze medicine box, with a sliding lid and separate compartments to store medical substances like herbs and mineral products. Found in Nida, present-day Frankfurt-Heddernheim, dating 2nd/3rd century AD. On display at Archäologisches Museum Frankfurt. 📷 by me 🏺 AncientBluesky

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#ReliefWednesday - The 'Pillar of the Gods': surviving elements of a Roman triumphal monument (for campaigns under Tiberius, or perhaps Germanicus) at Nijmegen: ca. Early 1st Century AD. #Archaeology 🏺 Image: Valkhof Museum (PDB.2008.194.NIJM.182). Link - valkhofmuseum.nl/en/verdiepin...

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Someone pointed out that this poem is from 2014. It immediately captured a truth that was already important, so it feels 'timeless' but it was in the early days of this wave, more than 10 years ago now, so it feels prescient.

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Roman Gods and Religion in the Empire | Life in Ancient Times with ‪@DariusArya‬ - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=BcW5...

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I think this has to be one of the best digital reconstructions I've seen in a long time. Is that an enclosing embankment and rampart behind it? could this be one for #HillfortsWednesday?

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A blinder of a play. Brilliantly acted and stunningly re-imagined and directed. I loved the Oracle and Jocasta’s animosity towards it, her words of ‘it feeds on your fear’ was just so powerful. #theoldvictheatre

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“The opening of the Archaeological Park of the Celio and the new Museum of the Forma Urbis is part of a bigger project to develop the hilly area around the Roman Forum, Palatine Hill and Colosseum.” www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-...

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The juxtaposition of a mammoth reduced to the barest line, with the most human of symbols in blood-red ochre. Yes, there is probably something to decode, but first it's important to share the awe that human art can persist for such spans of time. That we can still encounter it. Chauvet ~32,000 🏺🦣

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#MosaicMonday some weekdays are rougher than others and arguably Monday might be the roughest! This Amazon warrior seems to be having a bit of a rough time as well, trying to fend off a well-armoured enemy. #AncientBluesky🏺

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#MosaicMonday - The delightful panel of Akratos ('Excess') and Euphrosyne ('Merriment') from the House of the Maenad at Zeugma: ca. 3rd Century AD. The panel sits within a lovely 3D maeander border. #Roman #AncientBluesky 🏺 Image: Directorate General of Cultural Assets and Museums of Türkiye

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UK is known for: Heritage tourism Universities and education *World Service UK blows them all up. Good luck with your growth strategy!

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#FrescoFriday - An absolute corker of a Roman fresco with this panel showing the myth of Admetus and Alcestis: likely from the Augusteum at Herculaneum, discovered 25 November 1739. What dazzling details! #Archaeology #AncientBluesky 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9027)

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#FrescoFriday - Panel of Venus and Mars from the south wall of the tablinum of the House of Punished Love, Pompeii (VII.2.23). But my eye's always drawn to the attendant with her box! Discovered 5 August 1844. #Pompeii #AncientBluesky 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Naples (9249)

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Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

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Jesus wept.

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Suddenly, out of nowhere, a declassified World War II-era CIA guide to sabotaging fascism in the workplace has become one of the most popular free ebooks on the internet: www.404media.co/declassified...

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Stop worrying about bats and newts? No Rachel Reeves MP – start worrying about the future of our economy if we tear down the nature it depends on. Nature isn’t a blocker; it’s the foundation of growth.

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It's a sign of the times that, pre-publication, this HE redundancies article started out as a story about UEA with Durham added. Then Kent was added...then Cardiff. A microcosm of UK HE right now, and a typical day in the life at the moment. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

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'Strange ‘liquid’ burial unearthed in England reveals secrets of Roman elite'

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Hay on Wye castle, love the fireplace.

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A #Neolithic rock crystal arrowhead found in the pile-dwelling settlement of Neuchâtel, Switzerland, dating from around 3500 BC. The raw material was not available in the immediate area, but came from the Alps. Rock crystal has been mined in the Swiss Alps since the early Mesolithic. 🧵1/3 🏺

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Officially a Masters of Classics. After being widowed 8 years ago this and the BA was the best thing I did for my soul. #OpenUniversity

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Divers Discover 2,500-Year-Old Shipwreck and anchors Off the Coast of Sicily - Arkeonews arkeonews.net/divers-disco...

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Have a chill out day at Lacock with the glorious Dr Watson. #NationalTrust #Lacock

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The magnificent Dorestad Brooch. c. AD 800. Gold, almandine, glass, enamel, and pearls. Diameter 8.4 cm. This beautiful Carolingian brooch was found at the bottom of a well in the Netherlands in 1969! Rijksmuseum van Oudheden, Leiden 📷 AlexanderVanLoon www.rmo.nl/en/collectio... #Archaeology

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Something to listen out for on Radio 3 all this week - Rose Ferraby looks at the connections between archaeological materials and landscape. She starts tonight (9.45pm) with Stone, tracing the marks and meanings of rock art in the Coquet Valley: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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Echoing in eternity: 2,100-year-old Alexander the Great mosaic analyzed for restoration. phys.org/news/2025-01...

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For Blue Monday we can't think of anything more appropriate than this charming depiction of a man getting his face eaten off by a leopard. #MosaicMonday

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Ashton Keynes, one of the possible sources of the Thames, and a pretty Wiltshire village. 📷 my own

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A 2nd century AD ivory knife handle depicting a Thracian gladiator. The gladiator has a griffin crest and the holes in the face represent his visor. He wears his arm-guard and carries the traditional parmula or square shield used by Thracians. Photo: Marie-Lan Nguyen #Ancientbluesky 🏺

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So intriguing!🙃 Analysis of ancient #DNA suggests female family ties were at the heart of Celtic #Britain, pointing to female empowerment: #women inherited land & husbands moved to their wives’ communities, a practice known as #matrilocality. @tcddublin.bsky.social @bournemouthuni.bsky.social

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As someone who's been obsessed with domestic baths at Pompeii for a long time (one day I'll get that article on the baths in the House of the Menander out!), this is so exciting. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

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Discoveries relating to industrial-scale Roman pottery production www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/01...

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Seminars on the Ancient Levant and Greece – The VIEWS project viewsproject.wordpress.com/2025/01/17/s...

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