‘The theme of exile guides the utilitarian design of the new show. Around a hundred archaeological finds from Gaza are laid out in a ground-floor bunker space, complete with strip lights, cold grey-blue walls and chilly steel benches.’ @josephinequinn.bsky.social: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

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A statue of a god with a much more famous wife, once owned by a man with a much more famous wife. Marble bust of Serapis, 1st - 2nd century CE, formerly in the collection of William Hamilton, husband of Emma. 📷 Visions of Ancient Egypt exhibition, Sainsbury Centre, 2022 #AncientBluesky #Egyptology

A marvellous #Egyptian #frog amulet, made of porphyry (height 1.2 cm). Because of their numerous offspring, #frogs were considered a symbol of fertility. Dating ca. 1295–1185 BC, New Kingdom. 📷Metropolitan Museum 🏺 AncientEgyptBluesky

At Roman Isarnodurum in France, they discovered a # of wooden writing tablets and some really cute wooden shoes at a newly identified woodworking (lots of boxwood) workshop. The area is already known for comb-making and this is just a great Roman economic find. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/r...

Devastating news from Manchester. My thoughts are with the Jewish community and everyone impacted by this vile deed. We need to group together and stamp out antisemitism.

Statuette of the goddess Minerva which was found in the Commanding Officer’s house at Segedunum Roman Fort on North Tyneside. Now on display in the site museum. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #SegedunumRomanFort

Story exploring cultural ownership and museum replica has won this year’s 4thWrite prize. A great read.

Excommunication could make one a werewolf, in medieval Christian lore, a curse no one wanted because in some regions of Europe, particularly the Balkans and Greece, a werewolf had a restless spirit even in death, leading to undead werewolves. #WyrdWednesday

A very excited friend sent me this photo of the ‘From Toga to Robe’ catalogue. Last year’s exhibition in Slovenia featured the official dress of supreme court judges from 14 courts in the EU. An intriguing piece of classical reception. Has anyone else read it yet? #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky

Alright classicists and ancient historians, do you have someone you wish to nominate for the @scsclassics.bsky.social outreach prizes? The deadline is coming up on October 31, 2025, so please take a look at both the Forum and The Mary-Kay Gamel Outreach Prizes to see if your fav should be nominated.

A temptress in the desert, but be careful. Check out those feet! The Temptation of St Antony by Master Girard (c.1470-1500) on display in Sam Fogg Gallery, London. #LateAntiquityBluesky

Sad news about Terry Farrell. Some of his cheeky London po-mo buildings still bring a smile, especially TV-AM with its egg cups facing the Regents Canal.

Perfect little Roman period silver statuette of the Egyptian god Harpocrates with a tiny dog (or pard), hawk and tortoise, important animals possibly representing his powers over death. Found near London Bridge. 🏺 #AncientBluesky #Egyptology

Relief from Corinium Museum depicting a horned god holding two friendly snakes in each hand, identified as the Celtic god Cernunnos. Possibly related to fertility or just Iron Age / Roman British rock n roll 🏺 #AncientBluesky

Japanese figurine (Japan House, London) and ancient Egyptian figurine (Louvre).

No one makes a milk jug look quite as muddy and teeming with squirmy, slimy creatures as the Martin Brothers. (Currently on display in the Gallery of Everything.)

A goddess for #FindsFriday In 1882 antiquary Edward Cunnington dug at the #Roman temple at Maiden Castle hillfort in #Dorset Sadly his excavations were never published although one important find was this copper alloy plaque with repoussée figure, possibly Minerva Now in @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social

🏛️Funerary Relief Depicting a Gate🏛️ This gorgeous relief is in commemoration of the wife and children of a husband and father whose name is now lost. The gate is thought to symbolise the entrance into Hades’ realm. #ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #AncientGreece

One of the two lions of Pharaoh Nectanebo I (360-343 BCE), taken from the Nile delta to Rome in antiquity. They became an important inspiration for church art in medieval Rome. #Egyptology

A bronze figurine of Sobek-Kronos from Roman period Egypt, now held in the Louvre. The mighty crocodile god has been reimagined as a bearded man with a tiny crocodile on his arm. 🏺 #Egyptology #AncientBluesky

I would love to see a network of this to help understand which parrots were calling which. Like are some more popular than others? Do some receive more calls and others initiate more calls? Great stuff.

Why does Amol keep marking down teams for mispronunciation on #UniversityChallenge - is this a reflection that people access info from videos and podcasts now or just a subtle way to reinforce class boundaries?

A Roman temple has been discovered at the Saints Doctors site in Gironès. en.ara.cat/culture/roma...

To tell the story of what happened in New York in the fall of 1875, we have to go back many centuries to Roman Egypt. #Egyptology

Just a reminder that in the midst of waves of anti-migrant, anti-refugee and anti-asylum-seeker rhetoric and activism, there are also many charities working quietly, stoically and hard to fuel a better conversation and a better future. Actively supporting them makes a difference.

A terracotta from Roman Syria showing two goddesses on a camel. Held by the Louvre (AO6619) 🏺 #AncientBluesky

I am led to understand that this is the first time the Dubliners have been played on BBC 6. Massive if true. Great song.

A great light has gone out. Terribly sad news for #Egyptology - an extraordinary soul who will be missed beyond measure by all who loved him. I feel so very sad for his friends and loved ones, and especially his husband John.

This is a lovely piece of public history: “A blue plaque dedicated to a gay couple who "defied convention" during the 1950s and 60s has been unveiled at the site of the shop they ran.”

Even if the Bayeux Tapestry cannot be lent to the UK due to its condition, the proposed exhibition should still go ahead. It’s a great opportunity to explore the use of copies in museums, not least Reading Museum’s fabulous recreation of the tapestry, plus some tasteful VR and immersive light shows.

Be kind to the dogs you see in the American Southwest and in Mexico, for when you begin your trek into the afterlife, the first place you will come is the Land of Dogs—where only those who were kind to dogs may cross. #FolkyFriday

We’re very sorry to share the sad news that former Vice-Chair and long-time supporter of the Society, John J Johnston, passed away this morning following a short illness. Aidan Dodson has kindly provided a short memorial to John here: www.ees.ac.uk/resource/joh...

Devastating news. Got to know John through Claudius watch during the pandemic. A generous and supportive scholar, an inspiring public historian and an all round nice guy. His passing is a great loss to Egyptology, film, horror studies and more.

When I think about the fact that universities are ALSO supposed to be repositories of knowledge and expertise you can't get elsewhere (and not just job training or even educational enterprises) I immediately go to ancient languages. I don't think ppl realize you can just lose them

Visited Palestinian Childhoods: Solidarity and Ṣumūd at UCL East. A poignant and powerful exhibition countering the dehumanisation of the Palestinian people. I recommend visiting when it opens to the public next week.

The Egyptian House in Strasbourg, an art nouveau masterpiece designed by Franz Scheyder with painted decorations by Adolf Zilly. The balconies are designed in a bat shape. Gorgeous. #Egyptology

Went to the Ithell Colquhoun exhibition. Magic stuff. Lots of beautiful art, from figurative to abstract, surrealist to symbolic. In Aaron Meeting Moses, from 1932, she paints the prophet with horns, a mistranslation of the Hebrew 'rays of light’, which linked him with Amun. Plus snake.

Found him!

From the portico of the Temple of Isis in Pompeii, an image of a priest, possibly a scribe with his feather headdress (if we can trust Clement of Alexandria). Behind him a divine cat is about to pounce on his scroll. 🏺 #AncientBluesky #Egyptolgy

#RomanSiteSaturday: the #Roman burial chamber of a wealthy family in Cologne-Weiden. The subterranean burial chamber (hypogaeum) dates back to the 2nd century AD. It's considered the best preserved of its kind north of the Alps. It was discovered... 🧵 1/2 #archaeology 🏺

New exhibition in Cambridge exploring ancient Egypt through the lives of its craftspeople opens in October. Looks brilliant. #Egyptology

This is a fascinating article about EF Benson, author of the great Mapp and Lucia series, and a very fascinating man in his own right. He was also briefly an archaeologist in Athens and Egypt.

Protector by Evie Anderson, a piece of millinery art inspired by Brizo, an Ancient Greek goddess from Delos similar to Isis, protector of those who sail on the seas with oracular powers. In the Turner Contemporary Margate. #Egyptology #ClassicsBluesky

Love this little bust of Serapis from Egypt, now held in the Louvre. Looks like he’s had a few too many and wants to punch someone. Don’t mess. 🏺 #Egyptology #AncientBluesky

Arresting nearly 500 protesters yesterday is absolutely messed up. Peacefully holding up signs protesting against war crime is in no way terrorism. The right to protest is a fundamental right in an open and democratic society. These arrests are unjustifiable. Source: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

First century Egyptian terracotta, in the Louvre, of a person with a donkey’s head holding a lyre, which I cannot help but see as a guillotine. Be careful! 🏺 #AncientBluesky #PhallusThursday

A funerary stele acquired by Edward VII. It belonged to Nakhtmontu and dates from the 3rd century BCE. The king wrote in his diary that he was present at its excavation in Thebes. On his return to London he commissioned a kitsch Egyptian-inspired frame. 🏛️ Edwardians, The Kings Gallery #Egyptology