The Ancient Mediterranean Incarceration Database is live at historyofincarceration.com. Both the platform and the data are very much a work in progress, and we will continually update it over the coming years. I hope that it is useful, and if you would like to contribute, please do be in touch.

#Congratulations to Prof. Alison Salvesen who has been elected as a Fellow of the British Academy. Alison has worked closely with us over the years, publishing a monograph, edited volumes, and as part of our Antioch Bible Translation Oversight Committee. www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/prof...

Syriaca.org has been committed to curating linked data in the field of Syriac studies for over a decade. We are thrilled to see researchers using this infrastructure to do amazing work!

Exciting news! @unileiden.bsky.social now has its very own Leiden Center for the Study of Ancient Religions (L*CeSAR), run by my wonderful colleagues Kim Beerden and Rafał Matuszewski. Working on ancient religion, and looking to connect? Check out the website: ancientreligions.lucdh.nl

Roman Empire did not end in 476.

Digitization & cataloging are complete for three #Syriac #manuscripts in the collection of the Diocese of Adiabene of the Ancient Church of the East in Erbil, Iraq. One colophon testifies to the scribe's recent escape from the Sayfo genocide during WWI. Learn more: hmml.org/collections/...

Absolutely ecstatic to announce that we here at Religion for Breakfast are offering an online Intro to Coptic class...using the Gospel of Thomas as the primary text! Taught by the amazing scholar of early Christianity Dr. Lydia Bremer-McCollum. Learn more here: www.religiondepartment.com/coptic

Free Workshop: Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies Syriaca.org invites applications for a virtual workshop on “Digital Encoding for Syriac Studies” on Tuesday, July 29th and Thursday, July 31, 2025. For details and registration information, see blog.syriaca.org/2025/06/digi...