For #WCCWiki editing purposes (yes really), does anyone happen to have access to the October 13 1975 edition of People Magazine? There is a full Ebsco database but KCL doesn't subscribe. I need access to their feature "TEACHER: THE PEOPLE ALL-AMERICAN TEAM OF COLLEGE EDUCATORS."

This Roman gameboard and checkers, used to play a game called Ludus Latrunculorum, was discovered at Bearsden Roman fort in Glasgow. Although we don't fully understand the rules, the name means 'the game of robbers'. You can see it now in the Hunterian Museum at Glasgow University. #FindsFriday

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Come along on to the @ihr.bsky.social on Thursday to hear from @erinmaglaque.bsky.social, whose new book *Presence: A Hidden History of the Female Body* is coming out with Penguin next month!

##FindsFriday Boars head rhyta from Akrotiri Santorini. Used for oil or alcohol for ceremonial libations or drinking. Dated to c1700BC, it has a hole in the back of its head to fill it up, then the liquid is poured out through a hole in its mouth. #BronzeAge #Archaeology #Greece

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This might be the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. The Naval Fresco from Akrotiri dated to c1700BC from Room 5 of the West House #Santorini #Fresco #BronzeAge #Akrotiri #Archaeology #Deer #Dolphins

Iron nails, found in the pre-Viking burial mound of Herlaugshaugen on the island of Leka, Norway #IronworkThursday Used in the construction of ships, they indicate the mound contains one of the earliest ship burials in Scandinavia. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Does anyone know about #EarlyModern whiteout?

Added to e-Clavis: Manuscripta apocryphorum ~ London, British Library, Or. 678 (15 c.) feat. the Egyptian collection of apocryphal acts. www.nasscal.com/manuscripta-...

An apotropaic phallus carved into the floor of the headquarters building of Chesters Roman fort on Hadrian's Wall - so cool it merits a double hashtag. #RomanFortThursday #PhallusThursday

#RomanFortThursday Large quantities of roofing tile and brick were produced by the legion for use at the fortress. From about AD 100, many were stamped with the legions title, official use only. The kilns were probably located near the River Usk. #Isca #Caerleon #RomanBritain

The remains of the vaulted strongroom (or treasury) which formed part of the headquarters building at Chesters Roman Fort on Hadrian’s Wall in Northumberland. 📸 My own. #RomanFortThursday #RomanBritain #HadriansWall #Northumberland

A new page for Cristiana Sogno!

A new page for Annetta Alexandridis!

A new page for Laura M. Slatkin

The #wccwiki got up to a lot in April!! Here is a recap of their amazing work! 🏛️🏛️ (multiple thread post so keep scrolling!) A new #wikipedia page for Eirene Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou!

This exquisite 17th-century book features an embroidered dos-à-dos binding. “Dos-à-dos” (French for “back-to-back”) joins two books into one. Here, the Psalter and New Testament are bound together, embroidered with pansies & carnations. BSS.201.C33.15 (1633). By kind permission of Bible Society.

Next Tuesday I'll be delivering a free and public plenary lecture at @cam.ac.uk for @mmll-cambridge.bsky.social about my work and lived experiences of researching and creating archaeologies of disability. If you're based in Cambridge and are interested in disability and the humanities, come along!

"Land and Power in the Later Roman World " #Conference 📆 29 June to 1 July 2026 📍 Tübingen 🔗 View details: bit.ly/4tsST40 Please send enquiries to Dr Giordana Franceschini, [email protected] #AllWelcome

For #TombTuesday here's a map of Neolithic chambered tombs in Orkney. Ancient DNA analysis of individuals buried here found genetic connections to the Scottish mainland, suggesting prehistoric kinship extended across the sea. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Henriette Delamarre de Monchaux #French #naturalist #geologist #paleontologist Specialist in faluns (marine deposits}. Several species of sea urchins named for her. Campaigned 4 women’s suffrage. 1/72 #WomenInSTEM proposed 2B added 2 #EiffelTower d. #OTD 12 May 1911 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henriet...

'Singing, painting or visiting a gallery or museum helps people age more slowly, according to the latest study to link taking an active interest in art and culture with improved health.' Study after study after study suggests funding the arts funds good health, not that policy reflects it. 1/2

📣Out now on #firstview! Jennifer Evans @historianjen.bsky.social and Sarah Fox @sarahfoxhistory.bsky.social on 'Anticipating Birth in Early Modern England' #Birth #Motherhood #Pregnancy #Medicine #History 17thc 18thc 👶🌿🗃️ 👉Read open access here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

In May, #Rosalia was marked throughout the #RomanEmpire. In military camps, standards & banners were placed around a shrine & decorated with #rose garlands & prayers in memory of the dead. 📷 Wreath making, mosaic, c400 AD: zurl.co/Jm1TY

Remains of Longstone manor on the banks of Burrrator Reservoir, photographed last week, #Dartmoor #Devon Longstone Manor stands near Burrator Reservoir and dates back to the 16th century. It was occupied by the Elford family for around 150 years before being converted into a working farm in c1750

Tomorrow night I'll be in Taunton, celebrating the release of the Low Ham book with a joint talk with co-authors Roger and Rachel. Great to be able to tell the latest story over the mosaic which has become emblematic of the site. Still a (few) free tickets left: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/low-ham-ro...

What did #WCCWiki do in April? LOTS! First off, a new #Wikipedia page for Eirene Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou (1896 – 1979), an archaeologist and numismatist. She was born on the Greek island of Paros & was 1 of the 1st women to graduate from the University of Athens in Archaeology #WCCWiki

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📍Loci: All Saints', Brixworth - one of the few surviving C7th buildings in the country. www.digest.andymarsh...

What's one book that changed your life? We'll be publishing a handful of our favourite comments in Issue 110 of Mslexia ✍️ #writingcommunity #amreading #mslexia #mslexiamagazine

Rosemary Sutcliff’s Eagle Of The Ninth fuelled my imagination and lifelong interest in discovering what Roman Britain was really like. Several university degrees later, and after roles in archaeology and museums, I’m bringing stories from the Roman world to life in historical fiction.

Jill Lepore has won the 2026 Pulitzer Prize in History.

Fresco decoration from the room of the Pine Festoons - one of the rooms in the House of Augustus (Domus Augusti), located on the Palatine Hill in Rome. 📷 My own. #FrescoFriday #Rome

Today's #WCCWiki editing - archaeologist & numismatist Eirene Varoucha-Christodoulopoulou, one of the first women appointed to the Greek archaeological service, has a new #Wikipedia page! en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eirene_... #AncientBluesky #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social

Decorative detail from the High Toynton Hanging Bowl which was found in 2000 at High Toynton, near Horncastle in Lincolnshire. The bowl is one of several Anglo-Saxon bowls found in Lincolnshire. Now part of the collections at Lincoln Museum. 📸 My own. #FindsFriday #Lincoln

Paperback of my book on the Polis is now out. Link in next post.

Marthe Gautier, French doctor & researcher. 1958 discovered link of diseases to chromosome abnormalities (Down Syndrome), credit likely stolen by male colleage. Moved into cardio-pediatrics. 1 of 72 #WomenInSTEM proposed 2B added to #EiffelTower d. #OTD 30 April 2022 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marthe_...

Church of St Mary, Denbury, Devon Wonderful - c. 900 years old! I like the simplicity of this font’s Norman design & decoration. A circular font of pink sandstone with palmette decoration. #FontsOnFriday #Romanesque

A glimpse of everyday life in ancient #Greece: a terracotta figurine group depicting a barber cutting a man's hair. From Tanagra, Greece, dating early 5th century BC. On display at Altes Museum, Berlin 📷 me 🏺

Today! #WCCWiki

📢 APRIL WILL OF THE MONTH 📢 📜 Our new 'Will of the Month' post is now live on our blog! It explores the will of Sir Francis Cottington, who died & was initially buried in Valladolid in 1652. 26 years later, his body was removed & reburied in Westminster Abbey. sites.exeter.ac.uk/materialcult...

Does anyone know what might be a realistic weekly rent in London in c1602? I’m thinking Shakespeare with the Mountjoys. Thank you for any leads on this.

The long history of souvenir mugs.

Just a reminder that #WCCWiki is this Thursday at 11am (GMT +1)

A beautiful obituary for the great historian Averil Cameron by @tigerlilyrocks.bsky.social

"Late Antiquity" was not created out of thin air by a singular genius. Ahem. Nevertheless, I think we can identify a relatively small circle of foundational figures who built the field into the behemoth that it has become. On *any* reckoning, Averil Cameron belongs in that small circle. 1/4

The Byzantine community at Dumbarton Oaks mourns the recent death of Averil Cameron DBE.

Remembering Averil Cameron, who sadly died this week: tinyurl.com/kbbx2bfn

A wonderful tribute to a magnificent trailblazer! You shall be missed Dame Averil Cameron. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...