#FrescoFriday - Haven't done one in a while, so here's an old favourite. A delicately painted pastel-like panel of a woman holding an askos, seemingly decanting perfume or oil into a small container. From Casa Farnesina, ca. Late 1st Century BC. #Art 🏺 Image: Museo Nazionale Romano, Palazzo Massimo

Iris [Iris versicolor] with a dragonfly, Book of Flower Studies c. 1510–1515 Master of Claude de France (Met Museum)

'A History of Goblins' examines the history of goblins from the Middle Ages to the present. It shows that goblins were historically contingent and grounded in an often-hazy interplay between folkloric and folkloresque traditions. bit.ly/4umaYSD 📚💙 #WyrdWednesday #MedievalSky

Ok, who was streaking in the British Museum? Because "certain members of the staff" has the sound of "especially you, Derek." about it.

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For #WorldTurtleDay here is some #RockArt of turtles from the Flinders Islands, Australia 🐢 Different motifs dominate the rock art of each island, indicating different islands were utilised by different subgroups of people for varied purposes. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Can't get enough #folklore? Get to know goblins with our brand-new book A HISTORY OF GOBLINS! Author Matt King takes readers on a real journey of demons, destructive mimicries, and #DandD. Enter #goblinmode now! READ MORE: shorturl.at/K6Rlw #medievaltwitter #folklorethursday #mythology

We know, we know; you just can't stop thinking about The #Odyssey. Well, get your summer fix with 'Why Odysseus?: Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero' by @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Provost/brilliant scholar @sentantiq.bsky.social. READ MORE: shorturl.at/JirjR

It’s been a busy week for Elon Musk — but not so busy that he can’t find time to rant about one of his favorite subjects: white people being “replaced” by POC. My story on his days-long tweet spree claiming Lupita Nyong’o in The Odyssey is part of a leftist effort to “destroy Western civilization."

These three hooded deities (Genii Cucullati) from a domestic shrine near Housesteads fort on #HadriansWall have long been a family favourite. Looking like three slightly grumpy cagoule-clad hillwalkers, similar carvings crop up around the northern Roman empire. 2nd-3rd cent AD. 📷my own #archaeology

In 2003, a "broken pan" found in a northern field turned out to be a 2,000-year-old Roman tourist souvenir | - The Times of India timesofindia.indiatimes.com/science/in-2...

Interesting new book on early modern military intelligence networks and espionage. ”Spying for the Early Vasas: Intelligence in Sixteenth-Century Sweden” by Martin Neuding Skoog of @mhafhs.bsky.social . Open Access. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

Golden Tempo wins the Kentucky Derby as Cherie DeVaux becomes the first woman to train its winner.

Reasonably priced at 29.99. Why Odysseus?: Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero a.co/d/0fKTrGG4

Erm, they're called palaeontologists, actually.

I realize that pub crawls are all the rage, but I truly feel as though there could be an immense market for library crawls, bakery crawls, museum crawls, bookstore crawls, and greenhouse crawls.

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Happy weekend! 🦛 ❤️ Ancient Egyptian blue faience hippos made by artisans some 4,000 years ago! 📷 by me #Archaeology

Every Easter, rabbits are bought as gifts, and many are abandoned just weeks later. Rabbits are intelligent, social animals who need love, space, vet care, and commitment for 10+ years. Bunnies are not Easter decorations — they are family. #NotJustForEaster

Wicked Stepmother No Longer, a Female Pharaoh Gets a Reputational Makeover A reassessment of damaged 3,500-year-old statuary adds to evidence that Queen Hatshepsut wasn’t the villain that scholars long took her to be. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/s...

#findsfriday Here is the head of a cow, taken from an Egyptian statue of the goddess Hathor (often depicted as having bovine features). This cow originally had lapis eyebrows! From c. 15th c BCE

available for pre-order now: Why Odysseus?: Survivor, Scoundrel, (Anti)hero a.co/d/03nEFxoK

Byzantine mosaic representing Ktisis (personification of generous donation). Sixth century in origin, restored at @metmuseum.org. #mosaicmonday

Excellent #aas2026, then fun times at the Bunny Cafe and Vancouver Aquarium.

The horses of the Sun, Charles Le Brun, c. 1672-1674 (Musée du Louvre)

Good afternoon and major props to this 8th century CE woman breastfeeding as she rides a Bactrian camel along the Silk Roads 🐫 art.nelson-atkins.org/objects/3254...

Matilda said to capture her good side, so I took pictures of both of her sides. ;-) #bunny #houserabbit #bunniesofmastodon

The Bulletin of the Institute of Classical Studies is looking to strengthen and extend the networks and scholarly expertise available to the journal by establishing an Emerging Editors Board. Read about it here: academic.oup.com/bics/pages/c...

if you are a media & comms scholar writing about kalshi/polymarkets/etc and are interested in doing a 25k word crossover academic/trade book on it hmu I'd love to commission something like this

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! Check out this article about the first known female perfumer of the ancient world, Tapputi-belet-ekallim. #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience #WomenInScienceDay www.ladyscience.com/features/que...

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omg everybody go draw a horse this is what the internet was made for gradient.horse

It was transforming the biggest NFL stage in the world into a sugar cane plantation that did it for me. Like, the multiple layers of turning an American icon into a plantation and highlighting the history of exploitation of Black and Brown bodies by the NFL and American colonialism simultaneously?

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In a new form of household trolling, the oldest, Aalia (15), is teaching Layla (4) to repeat that "Homer was a blind poet who wrote the Iliad and the Odyssey"

Significant Productions has launched - bringing together Elis James, John Robins and long-time producer Dave Masterman

In response to the deluge of messages on casting in The Odyssey: Helen was born from an 🥚 Don’t talk to me about historical veracity.

I can't be the only one that noticed that the runner-up in the Forward Gal Stakes was named Imperatrice, the same name as Secretariat's maternal granddam...

“So you are a historian? What is your field of expertise?” “The long January of 2026.” “All of it, really?” #skystorians

Nothing like spending a freezing Saturday inside with tea, line-editing on the couch.

I somehow missed this news. goodereader.com/blog/digital...

RIP #CatherineOHara variety.com/2026/tv/news...

Learn about turning your dissertation into a monograph and/or working in academic publishing! Next Tuesday, Feb. 3, at 6 PM join Christian Winting and me as we talk about all things Humanities/Social Science Publishing at @columbiauniversity.bsky.social. #publishingsky #skystorians

ancient potters like fuck yeah I'm the one who had the idea of beakers with a bell shape I'm gonna live forever

Please don't ask me why my brain works like this, because I don't have an answer

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"“He was a wonderful, wonderful, righteous, holy man." So true. <3 Dick Jacobs, New Haven lawyer who attended 500 Yale football games, remembered for his love of family www.nhregister.com/news/article...

we’re in the vet’s office waiting room and they just called for Agamemnon. we all looked at the Great Dane but it turns out Agamemnon is an orange kitten in a backpack that makes him look like an astronaut cheese puff