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Despite frequent remonstrations from digital archivists, Persephone never accepted that she could not photocopy a whole book in one go.

#TombTuesday #Visigoth sarcophagus discovered at Los VIllaricos #Roman complex in #Spain, 2021. The six-and-a-half-foot-long sarcophagus is intricately carved with a curving spiral motif. Ivy leaves decorate the lid. 📸 THE UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA 👀 #Archaeology #History

THIS. Und es gilt für ALLE unbefristet Beschäftigten, im Mittelbau & auf Professuren: Ihr werdet Wegfall der befristeten Stellen kompensieren müssen, der nun an vielen Standorten durch Kürzungen erfolgt. Obwohl viele von Euch schon am Limit sind. Schadet Euch, schadet Forschung & Lehre! #IchBinHanna

Wir sind nun ein ‚Thinktank‘. Glückwunsch an @christinahoelzel.bsky.social für die Auszeichnung!

#DigitalArchaeology #DigitalHumanities

Fascinating glimpse into everyday Roman life: This samian ware bowl was repaired with lead rivets, clear evidence that it was valued enough to mend rather than discard. The repair reflects either the practical mindset and economic realities of a Roman household, or it may have been a...🧵1/3 📷 me 🏺

The ‘Great Ludovisi Sarcophagus’ depicting battle scenes between Romans and Barbarians. The sarcophagus dates to the 3rd century AD, and is part of the collections at the Palazzo Altemps in Rome. 📸 My own. #ReliefWednesday #Rome

#TerracottaTuesday Striking C4 BC rhyton/drinking vessel w Actaeon metamorphosing into a stag. In common version of myth, it's his penalty for having seen Artemis/Diana bathing naked: he's fated to be torn apart by dogs. From Timmari Hill tombs; in archaeology museum, Matera Basilicata.

Fancy a #grasshoppers on a ring? The #Romans did. Between the 1st century BC and the 1st century AD, grasshoppers seem to have been pretty fashionable amongst the subjects carved on #intaglios.

Fish (ish) - late Roman tapestry work fragment, ca. 3rd-4th century AD. Picker Art Gallery, Colgate University. emuseum.colgate.edu/objects/2770...

📢 Job alert: Come join us as Professor of Ancient History in the Department of Ancient Studies at @uni-saarland.de! www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... And in German: www.uni-saarland.de/fileadmin/up... #AncientBluesky 🏺

Unterwegs zum Workshop "Sammlungen historischer Gipsabgüsse zwischen physischer Präsenz und digitaler Repräsentanz" am 6.-7.11. im Antikenmuseum @unileipzig.bsky.social - der krönende Abschluss unseres gemeinsamen Projekts zum Farnesischen Stier. Ich freue mich sehr und bin gespannt!

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

An extraordinary discovery was made in Ibiza: a 30-centimeter wooden sculpture representing Hercules. Considering the scarcity of wooden sculptures preserved from the Roman era, this discovery is truly remarkable. The figure was found in a Roman well that was later reused as a refuse pit. 🧵1/2 🏺

Floating up from the darkness of late antiquity is this #opussectile #octopus from the #domus of #PortaMarina in #OstiaAntica, now in the #MuseodelleCiviltà in #Rome. This sea creature in giallo antico comes from somewhere in the famous opus sectile room, dating from 385-388 CE. #MosaicMonday 🏺

(174) Creepy Animated Statues #shorts #archaeology - YouTube www.youtube.com/shorts/yJtp_...

#ClassicsTober25 Day 25 & 26: Tartaros & Punishment The right short side of this sarcophagus of Protesilaos & Laodameia shows the Tartaros with Sisyphos, punished by externally rolling a stone up the hill, Ixion tied to an eternally spinning wheel, and Tantalos who couldn't drink the water.

🚫 Rotstift: An der @htwberlin.bsky.social droht dem *einzigen* Studiengang für #Grabungstechnik in Deutschland die Schließung. - Für den #Kulturgüterschutz und die #Archäologie hierzulande sind das keine guten Nachrichten. 🏺 krg.htw-berlin.de

Auch im Rückblick noch immer eines der aufregendsten Jahre meines Lebens! Von den Erfahrungen profitiere ich noch heute in der Forschung, in der Lehre, und auch ganz persönlich.

#ReliefWednesday shows us the rich #relief work of the #cinerary #urn of one C. Iulius Saecularis, from c. 90 CE. The nude youth, a bit chubby, holds a #butterfly in his right hand, symbol of the #spirit. He doesn't want to let go of his earthly life. #Dionysiac symbols abound. #AncientBluesky 🏺

#ClassicsTober25 Day 21: Kerberos Herakles stepping out of the open door to the underworld, holding three-headed Kerberos on a leash as one of his 12 labors. Mid-2nd c. CE sarcophagus from the piazzale del Verano in Rome. Now in the Centrale Montemartini. #ClassicsTober #AncientBluesky 🏺

A Roman fibula shaped like a panther with a human rider on its back, crafted in bronze with colorful enamel inlay. Panthers were linked to the god Dionysus/Bacchus, often depicted as his favored mounts, suggesting a symbolic or protective function for fibulae ...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

ENDSPURT!! Knapp 800 Unterschriften in nur wenigen Tagen - helft uns dabei,die 1k zu knacken! Unterzeichnet unseren Brief an die Bildungsministerkonferenz (15.10.) & verbreitet den Link: c.org/PSwFM4FJFx Gegen das Prekariat der PDs & für 1 besseres #WissSystem!! #PDprekär #IchBinHanna #IchBinReyhan

#ClassicsTober25 Day 12: Styx On this sarcophagus, Protesilaos is accompanied to the banks of the Styx by Hermes Psychopompos, where Charon's boat waits to bring him back to the underworld, after he spent 3 hours with his wife Laodameia. #ClassicsTober #AncientBluesky 🏺

Wer sich für eine wissenschaftliche Laufbahn entscheidet, geht ins Risiko. Wer einen sicheren Job will, sollte nicht in die Wissenschaft gehen - so wenig wie in die Kunst oder die Politik.” Interessante Aussage eines Berufspolitikers, dessen Job keiner Höchstbefristung unterliegt.

If you haven't seen the exhibition with the amazing finds from San Casciano dei Bagni in #Berlin, you should absolutely go! The bronze votives are more than incredible 💓 Just prolonged until November 9th, 2025: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio... #AncientBluesky 🏺 #Archaeology

So soccer was Roman after all!? Bronze votive statuette from San Casciano dei Bagni, 1st c. BCE. Currently on view in the exhibition "The Bronzes of San Casciano dei Bagni" in #Berlin: www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio... #AncientBluesky 🏺 #Archaeology

Nee. Was Chancen blockiert, sind Perspektivlosigkeit und ständiges Umbewerben. Projektstrukturen, d.h. Stückwerk ohne Nachhaltigkeit. Die Notwendigkeit, immer wieder neue Leute suchen und einstellen zu müssen. Ganz zu schweigen davon, dauernd denselben unsinnigen Pseudo-Argumenten zu widersprechen.

"Wer Wissenschaft wirklich liebt, setzt sich dafür ein, dass sie unter Bedingungen gemacht werden kann, die Menschen beflügeln, statt sie auszubremsen."

Wichtige und dringende Kampagne! Bitte teilen und unterschreiben!

Die Exzellenz ist müde Die Exzellenzstrategie war ein Versprechen auf Wettbewerb und Aufbruch. Heute ist ihr Ende wissenschaftspolitisch absehbar. Doch was könnte, was sollte danach kommen? Im Wiarda-Blog: www.jmwiarda.de/blog/2025/10...

Bald ist es soweit: um 18 Uhr eröffnet unsere Ausstellung zum Farnesischen Stier in der Gipsabguss-Sammlung des Antikenmuseums der @unileipzig.bsky.social ! www.gkr.uni-leipzig.de/antikenmuseu...

For #ClassicsTober25 Day5, I repost this votive relief of the 3 Moirai (or Parcae)! #ClassicsTober

The deceased child is wrapped in a shroud on this sarcophagus in the museum of Agrigento. As was the social ideal, the grieving parents sitting at the sides of the bed are composed. Only the nurse and pedagogue are openly showing emotions. #ClassicsTober25 Day 4 #ClassicsTober #SarcophagusSaturday

Antoine Wiertz, Premature Burial, 1854, 160 cm (62.9 in) x 235 cm (92.5 in) (Antoine Wiertz Museum, Brussels). The inscription of the coffin reads: “MORT DU CHOLERA / Certifié par nous Docteurs / Sansdoutes” (“DEAD FROM CHOLERA / Certified by us Doctors / Without a doubt”)

For #ClassicsTober25 Day 1 Hypnos is pouring slumber from a horn over the young shepard Endymion on this mid-2nd c. Roman sarcophagus in the @metmuseum.org. Endymion falls asleep while the moon goddess Selene arrives for her nightly visit. www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #ClassicsTober

Share illustrations, poetry, stories, videos, translations, ancient artefacts… anything, for any prompt that inspires you. Share it on the day with the hashtags #classicstober #classicstober25 (and tag us here)

#ClassicsTober prompts for October ‘25 #ClassicsTober25

I think of you night and day. #SarcophagusSaturday offers us a #sarcophagus striking in its simplicity, now in the #BathsofDiocletian but originally in a #necropolis along the ancient #viaPortuensis outside #Rome. #Helios has a radiate crown and #Selene a crescent moon. #AncientBluesky 🏺

This blue-green Egyptian faience amulet was meant to protect its owner (apotropaic) and bring good luck. It was in the form of the head of the hero Hercules, identifiable by his beard and the Nemean lionskin - a symbol of power. 2nd-3rd c. CE, Karanis, Egypt. V&A Museum. #ancientbluesky 📸 me

Glas bead depicting swans 🦢 From a 3rd c. CE tomb in Bennungen, Southern #Harz. On display at the Spengler-Museum in Sangerhausen. #AncientBluesky 🏺 #Archaeology www.spenglermuseum.de/en/

Jetzt in der Debatte zur #Freiheit in der #Geschichtspolitik: @martinawinkle14.bsky.social , @andreageier.bsky.social , #DeboraGerstenberger für die @hist4dem.bsky.social, #MarenRoger und #JohannesGrave mit #AnneHilbrenner in der Diskussion!

#MosaicMonday Stobi, is considered by many to be the most famous archaeological site in North Macedonia. The Episcopal Basilica, dating from the 5th and 6th centuries, with a baptistery to the south. A peacock from the baptistery's mosaic floor. #Art #Archaeology #History

Small-scale portrait of the Roman emperor Septimius Severus, 'Serapis type', made of plaster! Was this how imperial portrait types were transmitted to the provinces? From the Faiyum in Egypt, now in the Liebieghaus in #Frankfurt. #AncientBluesky 🏺 #Archaeology

And here's some more Roman flip flops, recently discovered in the Villa del Casale on Sicily: news.artnet.com/art-world/fl... #AncientBluesky 🏺

An impressive #Roman cavalry helmet with a face mask that was made of iron and plated with silver (Nijmegen-Kops Plateau type). The mask was attached to the iron helmet, which was covered with horse hair showing an elaborate and highly decorative hairstyle. 🧵 1/2 📷 me 🏺 #archaeology

#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.

Vilhelm Hammershøi, Interior with Young Woman from Behind, oil on canvas, 60.5 x 50.5 cm (Randers Museum of Art, Denmark)