Anyone in Athens I do hope you will be able to attend this presentation by my amazing colleague Candace who is doing significant work rethinking how ancient cities reused and recycled. #archaeology

In November 2002 the Paphos theatre team revealed the reused fragment of the Antonine dedicatory inscription of the theatre. It had been placed facedown as a threshold onto the orchestra during a later phases of use. It is the largest marble inscription ever found in Cyprus. #findsfriday

I had the most amazing day yesterday with NSW's incredible History Extension students. The Museums of History NSW and the State Library of New South Wales' The Project: History Extension Seminar Day was incredible. It's inspiring hearing from the students about their history research projects!

🏺 Look at this gorgeous Iron Age jug from Cyprus whose spout is formed by another jug held by a tiny woman! #Matriarcha

Syria is home to deep antiquity, which makes this lawlessness tragic.

Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ was published 145 years ago #OnThisDay The period epics of #Hollywood’s golden age were born of the popularity of swords and sandals on the Victorian stage. 🔓 This archive article is free for 7 days www.historytoday.com/archive/hist...

What was the purpose of the iconic Andean monument of Monte Sierpe (aka Band of Holes)? New research supports a new interpretation: it was a barter marketplace, later developing into a monumental system of accounting under #Inca rule. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology @sydney.edu.au

'Mysterious holes in the Andes may have been an ancient marketplace, study suggests' Congratulations to my @sydney.edu.au archaeology colleague Jacob Bongers for this amazing research at Peru's Monte Sierpe ('Band of Holes') #archaeology 🏺 www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion...

We invite Sydneysiders to the Chau Chak Wing Museum @sydney.edu.au for the annual Sir Charles Nicholson Lecture. Professor Donna Yates on "The Palmanova Precedent? Expert Testimony and the Future of Antiquities Repatriation" #archaeology #museums 🏺 www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...

What a brilliant photograph capturing the power in those legs

For #AncientSiteSunday the #Hellenistic theatre at Pergamon, #Türkiye, built in the 3rd century BC, alterations were made in the #Roman period. It's one of the steepest known ancient theatres. The capacity was about 10,000 spectators. 📷 C. Bredfeldt 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

🛥️ We are thrilled to announce the next History Now session for 2025 will feature Professor Wendy van Duivenvoorde on the topic of Technological Innovation, Human Connectivity, and the Maritime World: From the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean Book via buff.ly/gt3Lm82 @drcraigb.bsky.social

'Massive New Map Reveals 300,000 Km of Ancient Roman Roads' 🏺 And the actual research paper is here: www.nature.com/articles/s41... www.sciencealert.com/massive-new-...

Such a brilliant presentation. Thank you James and Sophie for an engaging conversation about how Australia's convict past was captured in film and television. James' book is out now!

'34 years for our museum Three decades of promises and postponements for a museum that's still waiting to open its doors' A recent Kathimerini op-ed piece on the new Cyprus Museum 🏛️🏺 knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/comment/o...

'Excavations at Pyla-Vigla (Cyprus) concluded: new findings on Hellenistic military life' #archaeology 🏺 www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...

Can’t believe I missed Godzilla day yesterday. Still looking good for a 71 year old

‘Google Street View now covers more of the island’ including Cypriot archaeological sites like Tombs of the Kings and Choirokitia. cyprus-mail.com/2025/11/04/g...

Sleeping Cupid Unearthed in Pula: A Rare Masterpiece of Ancient Roman Art - Arkeonews arkeonews.net/sleeping-cup...

I’m hearing a lecture by William Dalrymple tonight so for #MosaicMonday the personification of India mosaic in the Villa Romana del Casale at Piazza Armerina in Sicily. 4th century CE.

We are delighted to announce the CCWM's 2025 Sir Charles Nicholson Lecture will be delivered on 20 November by Associate Professor Donna Yates (Maastricht University) "The Palmanova Precedent? Expert Testimony and the Future of Antiquities Repatriation" www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow night at the next History Now event at the Chau Chak Wing Museum Tickets are still available, but if you are unable to join us in-person, this event will also be live-streamed Learn more via buff.ly/WtAmOqw @drcraigb.bsky.social

‘‘I try to make them feel as ignorant as possible’: German museum’s ‘grumpy guide’ is surprise hit’ 🏛️ a completely different and innovative approach to a museum tour www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...

A denizen of 1st-century columbaria in #Rome is a pop-eyed apotropaic "Pinocchio"-like figure who wears a conical hat & carries a noise-maker. Columbarium of Scribonius Menophilus, V. Aurelia. 🏛️ #AncientBlueSky @anthonymajanlahti.bsky.social @lightacandle.bsky.social @tonylarch.bsky.social

The Grand Egyptian Museum opening weekend www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...

Time for a ruin photo ... This one was at Wongyarra, South Australia.

🎬 Tickets are still available for the next History Now presentation to hear Dr James Findlay speak about the research from his new book ‘Caught on Screen’ with historian Dr Sophie Loy Wilson This event will also be live-streamed so register your spot now via buff.ly/WtAmOqw @drcraigb.bsky.social

Although World Teachers Day was earlier in the month; in Australia it is marked today. From the Met [28.9.4] is this Middle Kingdom writing board; coated with gesso so it could be whitewashed and reused by students. A teacher has corrected the student in red ink. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

The Japanese word “tsundoku” describes the secret habit of acquiring books and then letting them pile up without necessarily ever reading them. I plead guilty! For some, just possessing a book is sometimes enough (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

I haven't seen archaeologists 'stumped' in a while. We are normally 'puzzled' or 'mystified'. Sometimes 'baffled', but rarely 'stumped'. 'Archaeologists stumped by ‘extremely rare’ circular Roman-era tomb' #archaeologynews 🏺 www.independent.co.uk/news/science...

📕 #BookReview Anastasia Christophilopoulou (ed.)'s 'Islands and communities: perspectives on insularity, connectivity, and belonging' explores island communities in the Mediterranean to re-evaluate concepts of insularity, connectivity and mobility 1/2 (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum on Halloween to hear the OG ghost stories! 'The first ghost stories: A Halloween talk on ghost stories from the ancient Near East' with Dr Louise Pryke. Friday 31 October, 1-2pm All welcome www.sydney.edu.au/museum/whats...

🎬 Come along to the next History Now presentation to hear Dr James Findlay speak about his new book ‘Caught on Screen: Australia’s Convict history in film and television’ on Tuesday 4th November at Chau Chak Wing Museum Bookings are essential via buff.ly/xDXbrHA @drcraigb.bsky.social

On this day in 1975, part one of Pyramids of Mars was broadcast.

The Roman Theatre of Verulamium was built in AD 140 it is the only example of its kind in Britain, being a theatre with a stage rather than an Amphitheatre. From AD 180 the stage came into greater use and the auditorium was extended. AD 300 the Theatre could seat 2000 spectators. #RomanSiteSaturday

'Century-old time capsules were discovered in a Sydney wall. But how did they get there?' Sydney #archaeology 🏺 (paywalled) www.smh.com.au/national/nsw...

So immensely proud of the work done by colleagues and the wonderful @sydney.edu.au archaeology students who were part of the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project 2025 study season over the past three weeks in Cyprus. Exciting publication news soon too.

I cannot wait for this one - James Findlay’s new book is an entertaining presentation of Australia’s convict past through visual storytellers over the decades

Our new study of an Australian boomerang 🪃 is out! ‘How forensic analysis & traditional knowledge reveal the story of a unique boomerang’ in The Conversation: theconversation.com/how-forensic... And our in-depth research article in ‘Australian Archaeology’: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 🏺

'Art, history and archaeology at Paphos exhibition' I had the great pleasure of seeing Aqua Memoria: Echoes of a Sacred Hill before leaving Paphos and its a wonderful example of an exhibition in situ within an archaeological context. Very exciting to see. cyprus-mail.com/2025/10/20/a...

The Mediterranean is looking particularly inviting this morning The seafront at Paphos, Cyprus

Happy International Archaeology Day! #InternationalArchaeologyDay 🏺 #Archaeology

At the site of Gabii (Italy), new archaeological news! TL;DR: They found a very important pool dating to 250 BCE. "This man-made structure may represent one of the first known examples of Roman monumental architecture, designed not only to function but also demonstrate power, identity and influence"

‘Northern Aegean Found to Be Earliest Producer of Commercial Amphorae’ #archaeology 🏺 greekreporter.com/2025/10/15/n...

After a day at the games, little Flavius was thrilled when his father bought him a souvenir lamp with a man being devoured alive by lions. Just like it happened in the amphitheater! Such fun. 😳 🏺 Roman, 1-50 CE. #BritishMuseum #ancientbluesky 📸 me

‘Contemporary Australian art finds a home among ancient ruins in Cyprus’ I am so very proud of the artists who worked with us on the Paphos theatre project in 2023 and our wonderful team of students who installed this exhibition in Paphos recently. greekherald.com.au/culture/art-...

Given its rare I can post a live image for #MosaicMonday from Australia, this week here is a detail of the triumph of Dionysos scene in the House of Aion in Paphos in Cyprus. Part of a 16m sq triclinium mosaic of the 4th century.

So lovely to be at @caari-cyprus.bsky.social today even just for a flying visit to Nicosia

'Restitution row: how Nigeria’s new home for the Benin bronzes ended up with clay replicas' www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...