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The Genetic History of Rome, with Hannah Moots www.medievalists.net/2025/01/the-... #Podcast

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#AncientBluesky #RomanHistory #History #Archaeology Ancient Rome was not the best place to be a woman, to put it mildly. But did they ever fight as gladiators? Let's find out! open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...

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The phrase: “Stuck between a rock and a hard place” is used to describe a choice between two unfavorable options and comes directly from Greek mythology: the narrow passage of water between Italy and Sicily where two sea monsters lurk. #FolkloreSunday mythcrafts.com/2017/12/28/s...

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If you’re a teacher, professor, researcher, communicator, student or even just a fan of Classics, Classical Studies, Mythology, Ancient History / the Ancient World… Please say hello! I want to follow you! 🙏 🏛️🏺

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New here! If you’re a fan of these things, let’s connect! 🏛️ Mythology 🏛️ Ancient History 🏛️ Folklore 🏛️ Classical Studies 🏛️ Ancient Greece 🏛️ Ancient Rome 🏛️ Ancient Egypt 🏛️ Norse myths 🏛️ Gods, Demigods, Heroes & Monsters 🏛️ Art, Music, Poetry, Theatre 🙏

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Put together some thoughts about the Roman era skeleton found in York with a lion bite on it. #ancientrome #york #gladiator #venator ancientblogger.com/venator-glad...

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Found this magnificent list. www.imdb.com/list/ls00515...

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It is my immense privilege to share this particular proofs day! For @platanoclassics.bsky.social and I’s chapter! Will be happy to share when it’s appropriate to do so!

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Popped down to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum this morning to catch the Ray Harryhausen exhibit. Got to meet Bubo the Owl and all the models from the original Clash of the Titans and Jason & the Argonauts. Of course I wore my Attacker “Armor of the Gods” shirt for the occasion. It was a real hoot!

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✨ proofs day ✨ for God, Slavery, and Early Christianity! I’m thrilled that the dissertation-turned-book will be out in the world some time this fall, and hope that folks enjoy wading through hundreds of pages about the Shepherd, slavery, spirit possession, and the formation of Christian ethics.

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Popped down to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum this morning to catch the Ray Harryhausen exhibit. Got to meet Bubo the Owl and all the models from the original Clash of the Titans and Jason & the Argonauts. Of course I wore my Attacker “Armor of the Gods” shirt for the occasion. It was a real hoot!

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"One could argue that the Iliad contains the structures and ideas that have led to the rampant inequality and extractive expansion characteristic of modern, state-abetted capitalism." open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

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First time back on the MSU campus since I accepted the job. Met some of my new colleagues, discussed my Fall courses, and took care of some bureaucratic stuff. Beautiful spring day on just as beautiful a campus.

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Register now for our 'Myth and Mythology' online course by Professor Susan Deacy! Weekly sessions, starting Wed 14 May, 6.00pm - 7.30pm (UK time) + recordings available. www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event... (Getty Museum, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons)

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The Cleveland Museum of Art will display the ancient bronze Draped Male Figure one last time before returning it to Turkey. Once thought to depict Marcus Aurelius, the statue was linked to looting from Bubon. On view through July 8 after a legal settlement. buff.ly/ASAXj90

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Looking for some weekend listening? The BBC's In our Time explores the lives of Tiberius and Gaius Gracchus - Roman tribunes (late 2nd century BC) whose legacy marks a turning point in Roman history. At tinyurl.com/29ohwwhs or on major podcast apps. #RomanHistory #AncientHistory #Classics

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Available now | Ionian Islands in the Bronze Age and Early Iron Age by Christina Souyoudzoglou-Haywood publishes today - a fundamental work for anyone interested in the archaeology of the Aegean Bronze Age and Early Iron Age. Discover more here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

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Something a little different for you this week: a series spotlight! Explore the volumes in Oxbow’s MAtAS series, which promotes a completely innovative collection of studies on ancient societies with special, but by no means exclusive, reference to Egypt. Learn more ➡ ow.ly/VxkT50VGpPG

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I really enjoyed being in conversation with @tinariversryan.bsky.social to discuss my article in the April issue of @artforum.com. You can check out the recording of our conversation here! www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP2y...

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Roman Gladiator Remains Show First Proof of Human-Animal Combat #Science #Biology #Zoology #Archaeology #AncientHistory #Gladiators

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Congratulations to Sarah Derbew, Daniel Orrells, Phiroze Vasunia and their contributors on the publication of their new #OpenAccess book Classics and Race today. Read and download free at: uclpress.co.uk/book/classic... #Classics #Race #IntellectualHistory

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Wishing you were choosing your next adventure from the Illithid? Join Dr. Richard Cole & Dr. Alexander Vandewalle at Hitpoints & History this weekend to discuss #Baldursgate3. Tickets 20% starting today! Https://hitpointsandhistory2025.eventbrite.com

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I'm excited to announce my co-editor & I are hosting a virtual author panel for "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays," on May 21st. Come listen and join our brilliant authors for a detailed discussion. More information & registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/qa-panel-w...

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Michael Ventris Memorial Lecture: Palace and Town at Phaistos: a retrospective of research over the last twenty years | Institute of Classical Studies ics.sas.ac.uk/events/micha...

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More working, less basking now. I am looking at this bronze die with a woman's name on it - Tullia Tacita' and wondering whether anyone has done any research on it already. It looks like a maker's stamp but Curle's suggestion in 1931 is a bit vaugue... romaninscriptionsofbritain.org/inscriptions...

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Last day on the GVSU campus. Giving my last final and clearing out my office. Let’s bring on the summer.

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New book: Eleni Kefala, The Open Veins of Modernity: Ecological Crisis and the Legacy of Byzantium and Pre-Columbian America (Cambridge University Press, 2025) maryjahariscenter.org/blog/the-ope...

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Attend: Gentle Research in Rough Cilicia. Guyer & Herzfeld in Byzantium - The Archaeology of Ayathekla, University of Freiburg via Zoom, May 8, 2025 maryjahariscenter.org/blog/gentle-...

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If you’re a Barnes & Noble rewards member, you can preorder MAKE YOUR MANUSCRIPT WORK today for 25% off! www.barnesandnoble.com/w/make-your-...

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New Medieval Books: The Hippodrome of Constantinople, by Engin Akyürek published by @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.medievalists.net/2025/04/new-... #Byzantine #Constantinople

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The Catholic school to metalhead pipeline is extremely real

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SBL Awards are now open for submissions! Applications including a CV and anonymized paper of no more than 10,000 words must be submitted before the 15 June deadline. Apply today! buff.ly/opSS7ZH

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Here's our latest book review on Rhea! Jesse Obert reviews David A. Blome, "Greek Warfare beyond the Polis: Defense, Strategy, and the Making of Ancient Federal States" (@cornellupress.bsky.social 2020). Don't miss the author-reviewer dialogue at the end of the review!

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Edirne was Adrianople Now it's Edirne, not Adrianople Been a long time gone, Adrianople Now a Turkish retreat, since the Romans' defeat

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Some incredible folks and topics in this years’ programme, we were honoured to be asked to give the keynote speech! Catch @misterconnor1.bsky.social at 5pm (GMT) tonight (Q&A to follow) and save the link for a wonderful collection of speakers across the following two days.

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Today marks the first day of the Annual Conference of Contemporary Research in Classics, organised by the Malta Classics Assoc. Free to attend and 100% online, how's that for accessibility? Programme + zoom links available in the link below: classicsmalta.org/fifth-annual... ancientbluesky

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It was a delight writing this article in response to Alexander Demandt. Together with other colleagues we were invited to reflect on a recent essay of his. An opportunity to engage in "courteous polemic". The entire theme-issue is open access, but give a shout if you like a PDF of this piece!

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Today on Ancient Office Hours, two-time Grammy winning composer Christopher Tin discusses the evolution of film music, particularly the transition from orchestral scores to synth-driven scores, scoring for the Civilization series and Old World, and the intersection of music, history, & creativity.

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Missed it live? Now available on YouTube! #NonReligion #ReligiousStudies #Ottawa

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Have I worked my way through even half of the books on my bedside table? No. Am I fully going to buy The Library of Ancient Wisdom by Selena Wisnom in @blackwelloxford.bsky.social today? Yes, yes I am.

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I don't care if Jutland is named after the Jutes, for me it will always be the Land that Juts Out from Mainland Europe

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Emotion in Early Modern Science? Join us for a 2-day conference at the Warburg Institute exploring how Kepler, Kircher, and Boyle used pathos, praise & wonder in their scientific writing. 📅 15–16 May 🎟️ Free (in person or online)

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seneca the younger (60s CE) wrote a long essay on why not to entrust secrets to habitual drinkers, because they will eventually let slip those secrets to your enemies

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New volume of thersites Vol. 20 (2025) thersites-journal.de/index.php/th... #openaccess @baladria.bsky.social @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social @alexvandewalle.bsky.social @joelagordonnz.bsky.social @dsaarchaeology.bsky.social

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your last day to download @andytobo.bsky.social's element "Israel and Its Heirs in Late Antiquity"! You don't even need to read it today, just download that PDF and save it for a special treat! @cambridgeup.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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