That magical moment when the pumice is gently cleared away revealing, for the first time in nearly 2000 years, a white mosaic. #MosaicMonday #Pompeii

'Choirokoitia: Cyprus’ 9,000-Year-Old Neolithic Round-House Settlement' #archaeology 🏺 greekreporter.com/2025/09/20/c...

Sidney Nolan, Ancient mythologies, 1951 - connect.invaluable.com/deutscher_an...

Possibly the most chaotic #museum collection I've ever seen: a drawer containing literally thousands of pinned #flies, at the Chau Chak Wing Museum at @sydney.edu.au. True fact: this drawer contains more museum objects than the entire UK National Gallery.

Absolutely brilliant lecture this afternoon at the Chau Chak Wing Museum by @jackdashby.bsky.social on his new book on the role of natural history museums. I look forward to reading ‘Nature’s Memory’!

'Bronze age building and artefacts uncovered at Erimi' #archaeology 🏺 cyprus-mail.com/2025/09/18/b...

It’s interesting as a kid, long before I knew he was a movie star I have distinct memories of reading Robert Redford’s National Geographic article (less distinct memories of wondering why cowboys looked so good). So much more than just a film star. www.nationalgeographic.com/history/arti...

'Ancient coins found in donation box at Larnaca Airport' #archaeology 🏺 knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/news/anci...

The cleaning of the world’s largest #Roman floor mosaic, covering around 1050 sqm. It was discovered during the construction of a hotel in Antakya/Turkey. The shifting of the ground during an earthquake has caused a a ripple effect. Dating 4th c. AD. 🏺#mosaicmonday 📷 www.ntv.com.tr/galeri/sanat...

Wealthy ancient Roman’s tomb discovered in Albania

#RomanSiteSaturday The Odeon of Lyon is a small ancient Roman theatre (an odeon) near the summit of the Fourvière hill in Lyon, France. It forms a pair with the Ancient Theatre of Fourvière, one of only two such pairs in Gaul (the other is in Vienne). #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology

🚨 IOF plans to bomb the archaeological magasins of @ebafjerusalem.bsky.social! Huge respect for + immense solidarity w all the 🇵🇸 colleagues risking their lives on the daily to save what remains of their archaeological heritage from 🇮🇱 rampage & theft www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

It was a great night, thank you to our amazing presenters. The podcast will be coming soon!

The granite column reused in the containment wall of the ancient theatre of Paphos in Cyprus. An inscription bearing the name of Eustorgis w as added in Late Antiquity. Here it is being revealed during the 2006 field season. The inscription was published by JR Green and EW Handley. #FindsFriday 🏺

Edmund Berninger’s The Bay of Naples, with a hazy Vesuvius looming beyond, its smoky plume dwarfing the chimney smoke at far L (late 19C)

The while of Sagalassos seems to be getting a makeover, I'm guessing this is the next Ephesus. There are people working on the collapsed skene, but what I really want is for them to clear the orchestra so that I can check how it was adapted for Roman spectacle...

🌱Spring🌿 Today was the first real sign of spring in Sydney with a beautifully warm 29 degree sunny day. We’re celebrating with this wonderfully detailed mosaic from the The Late Antique Roman villa at La Olmeda (Pedrosa de la Vega, Spain). #MosaicMonday #AncientRome

An enchanting tiny garden, an often overlooked detail from the wonderful House of Aion at Paphos. (On the right is the damaged inscription naming Skirtos, posted here last week, along with his naked lower half.) #MosaicMonday

An archaeological dig on the Greek island of Naxos is overturning our assumptions about what it is to be human, writes Sophie Holloway for @newlinesmag. #Naxos #archaeology newlinesmag.com/essays/a-gre...

NEW Was Venice's iconic Winged Lion statue made in China? New research indicates this symbol of medieval Venetian statehood in fact originated far to the east, possibly sent back along the Silk Road by Niccolò and Maffeo Polo. A well-travelled #AntiquityThread 1/14 🧵 🏺 #Archaeology

The state of Australian culture c. 2025 CE

This Iron Age Levantine seal clearly shows the TARDIS in the vortex on the back. Specifically the Tom Baker title sequence.

I hope you can join us for this History Now presentation as part of the exciting program for @historynsw.bsky.social #HistoryWeek2025

'Bristol returns cultural artefacts taken from Larrakia people in Australia' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

It’s an event! Delighted to be giving a lecture on ‘Ideas of Cyprus in British-made ceramics, 1809 - 1920’ at the Centre for Visual Arts Research in Nicosia later this month - drawing on objects from the wonderful CVAR collection.

Spring has just sprung in the southern hemisphere today and its already starting to feel warmer down under where I am. For #MosaicMonday a chance to break out the Four Seasons mosaic from the House of Dionysos at Nea Paphos, Cyprus again; this time with spring personified! #archaeology 🏺

Sydneysiders, join us at the Chau Chak Wing Museum for the 2025 Antony McNicoll Lecture delivered by Prof Lloyd Weekes (UNE) speaking on archaeological work in the UAE in 'Saruq al-Hadid: Cult, Craft, and Community in the Rub’ al-Khali'. 4 September, 5.30pm events.humanitix.com/2025-mcnicol...

Today is Wear it Purple Day in Australia and we are so pleased that the Chau Chak Wing Museum can join the University of Sydney’s support for young LGBTIA+ people in schools, universities and workplaces. www.minus18.org.au/campaigns/we...

It was a wonderful night - thanks to all my amazing colleagues in History at @sydney.edu.au who did all of the hard work to make this magical night happen

events.humanitix.com/2025-wood-me... Tomorrow. Really looking forward to chairing this event featuring three radical historians: André Dao, Shauna Bostock, Katerina Teaiwa

Dog days are over… Not really - 26 August is #InternationalDogDay! Celebrating is this good boy - a Cypriot painted limestone figurine of late Classical or early Hellenistic date. He is seated at attention guarding or waiting for a treat? www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

'Cyprus secures return of antiquities from U.S., Belgium and Germany' #archaeology 🏺 knews.kathimerini.com.cy/en/life/cypr...

'Archaeologists Are Investigating an Ancient Mosaic Depicting Sandals That Look Strangely Like Modern Flip-Flops' More on the Villa Romana del Casale mosaic depicting flip flops, or thongs as we call them in Australia! #MosaicMonday #archaeology 🏺 www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/a...

'Bringing the history of Cyprus to life: What happens when experts on theatre and museums get their hands on texts, archaeological finds and photographs of Cyprus’ largest archaeological survey ever conducted?' #archaeology 🏺 cyprus-mail.com/2025/08/23/b...

Great new Sea Peoples World Tour t-shirt! Thanks Dutch and Brenda!!

“The wicket woman in the world”. My Sunday market purchase - a 1965 paperback of ‘Agrippina: Empress of Shame’ by Australian R. Wilkes Hunter who published books under more than 25 pseudonyms! The cover by the equally prolific Col Cameron #classicalreception #pulpfiction #RomanEmpire

I made some short explanations of Ancient Greek Pottery shapes for my classes: ✨Part 1: common shapes✨

Marble sculpture of a foot from the Antonine phases of the theatre at Nea Paphos in Cyprus. Possibly part of the Imperial portraiture program on the theatre. #FindsFriday #archaeology 🏺

'In a first, the city’s biggest cultural institutions are run by women' A piece on the transformation of Sydney's cultural leadership (paywalled) www.smh.com.au/culture/art-...

'Could an ancient cow’s tooth unlock the origins of Stonehenge?' Unlikely but interesting research nonetheless 🏺 www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Register your spot to the next History Now event on the topic of 'Creative Histories' Hear @sophieloywilson.bsky.social sit down with Shauna Bostock, André Dao, and Katerina Teaiwa on Wednesday August 27th at 5:30pm Book your spot via buff.ly/T05cVQI 📷 Katerina Teaiwa @drcraigb.bsky.social

The second volume of 'Dhoombak Goobgoowana', the Indigenous history of the University of Melbourne, subtitled 'Voice', now available entirely open access @mupublishing.bsky.social At: www.mup.com.au/books/dhoomb... @austhistassoc.bsky.social @humanitiesau.bsky.social

Today is the last day to submit your abstracts for our free online digital archaeology conference (2-4 October)! CfP closes tonight at midnight! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... @caaint.bsky.social @caa-lac.bsky.social @caapoland.bsky.social @caa-ssla.archaeo.social.ap.brid.gy @caadk.bsky.social

Now in Limassol Museum but found appropriately in the baths in a Roman villa at Alassa in Cyprus is this 5th century mosaic of Aphrodite bathing while Eros holds a mirror for her. EP AGATHOIS reads the inscription. #MosaicMonday 🏺

#MosaicMonday #Roman mosaic depicting flip flops from one house in Timgad, #Algeria. 🇩🇿 The #mosaic was located at a threshold, presumably for a private thermal bath complex. BENE LAVA translates to "'wash well" when you enter. #Archaeology #Art #History 📸 Dr. Sophie Hay.

We are delighted to announce the creation of our new podcast channel 'First Nations Conversations'! Our new podcast series explores the histories of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resilience, survival, and resistance Keep an eye out for our first episode being released shortly!

“Think arts degrees are useless? Let me change your mind”. It was lovely to bump into Richard Glover & grandchildren at the CCWM recently. He is 100 percent right and I am pleased to see increasing numbers of alumni coming out to defend the value of a BA (paywalled). www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/li...

So very excited about the next History Now panel - a collaboration with the Wood Memorial lecture by the Discipline of History at @sydney.edu.au Thanks @historymatterssyd.bsky.social Tickets are selling fast

Introducing Deep Time Detectives! 🔎 Deep Time Detectives is an educational resource developed by CABAH on Australia's deep history, featuring a series of animated videos. I drew a collection of original illustrations and animated elements for these videos #SciComm emmarehn.com/portfolio/de...

Thank you for teaching generations of Australians, myself included, the joy of world cinema David Stratton www.abc.net.au/news/2025-08...