Re: Society for the Study of the Past “emergency meeting” on the classics listserv: : archaeologists are well aware of the ways archaeology is politicized & have long been working to combat it. The meeting feels performative & like virtue signaling.

NEH has posted updates to the funding restrictions for some grant programs.

Please consider helping my sister's friend, Ash Bradley, who is a single mother whose house burned down in Altadena. "She and her daughter were out of town, and her sister was only able to flee with her cat. Any donation you can make will be so appreciated." gofund.me/3a38c2c7

Please consider helping my sister's friends Nancy Kiu and Angela Alba, along with their young daughter, who are without a home because of the Eaton Fire. "If you have anything extra to give, this beautiful family would be so appreciative." gofund.me/30ec54c2

Please consider helping my sister's friend, Luke Passmore, who she worked with and who lost his house in Altadena. "He's the sweetest, most generous guy, and such a talented writer." gofund.me/eadbd3ac

Please consider helping my sister's friend Corrine, who was the first person to give her a job when she arrived in LA. She's a generous, kind, thoughtful human being. gofund.me/79a051d5

If you are looking for a GoFundMe which has barely received any love, please consider my babysitter’s friend. While her boyfriend was busy saving animals (most were saved thanks to their hard work!), their home burned down and all their belongings were destroyed. 💔 www.gofundme.com/f/help-the-o...

#StarTrek fam: Star Trek: Voyager writer Raf Green and his daughter lost their home in the #PalisaadesFire. I’ve worked with Raf on 2 different shows & he’s one of the best people I know. Please consider donating to help them out in their hour of need. Thank you. gofund.me/e6d69d8a

In a remarkable feat of ancient DNA analysis, researchers have reconstructed the genetic story of a baby boy who lived over 17,000 years ago in Ice Age Europe. The findings reveal a wealth of information about the boy's ancestry, physical traits, health, and the environment in which he lived ...

Can you help a fellow women's historian with her Birkbeck MA dissertation? Amy is exploring the motivations, influences and ambitions of those who practice history. Fill in her 10-question survey to add your experience (and please share): forms.office.com/e/mFNv6tAqxn

The story of Yusra, the Palestinian archaeologist, who discovered Tabun 1, the skull of a neanderthal, on Mount Carmel, has always stuck w/ me. I'm excited someone made a documentary about her. I hope it gets the support it needs. #archaeology #history www.palestinefilminstitute.org/en/sheffield...

Support @workingclassicists.bsky.social • repost their articles • donate to their running costs • point enthusiasts/students in their direction Put your money where your mouths are and support the most genuinely inclusive group there is. Enough champagne socialism. www.workingclassicists.com

👀. @amchristensen.bsky.social I would be ok if we found a mosaic like this ;)

H/t to @billcaraher.bsky.social for sharing this article about Turin’s Egyptian Museum in his Friday Varia. I visited in 2022 when I joined @libarnaulp.bsky.social & was amazed. Great to get this overview. www.apollo-magazine.com/turin-egypti...

#RomanSiteSaturday This is the Roman site of Libarna. Founded in 148BCE, it lay in Liguria along a major trade route across Northern Italy. The area was home to the Ligures, peoples who shared some cultural links w/ the Celts. Follow our excavations there @libarnaulp.bsky.social #AncientBlueSky

Hey @c6h11cn.bsky.social hope this gives you a good laugh :)

#FortressFriday This is the medieval fort of Gavi in Italy. It was used as a POW prison in WWII. The only escapee: Capt. John Pringle. He survived the fall from the battlements & steep slope to make it to the Swiss border, but was caught before he could cross. He survived the war & passed in 2000.

#AdoorableThursday A small wooden shrine for household gods from the #Roman city of Herculaneum, Italy, 1st cent. CE. The shrine is in the form of a temple with double doors. Incredible preservation due to the volcanic eruption of Vesuvius that destroyed the town. #AncientBluesky #Archaeology

#Woodensday A rocking cradle discovered in the #Roman city of Herculaneum, which was destroyed by the eruption of Vesuvius in 79AD. It was made of oak & discovered in the House of M. Pilus Primigenius Granianus. Excavation records reveal there were the remains of a mattress & infant. AncientBluesky

@archaeologytube.bsky.social I did an illustration tutorial on my blog a few years ago, that might be useful for you!! 🏺 spadeandthegrave.com/2020/06/19/a...

#MuseumMonday If you like old curio museums & find yourself in Turin, Italy, consider stopping by the Museo della frutta that has the lab & work of botanist Francesco Garnier Valletti. He was interested in biodiversity & made hundreds of wax models of different varieties of fruit. #history

#SculptureSunday The archaeological museum of Cremona, Italy, has done a fabulous job with the display of this Ancient Roman sculpture fragment from the 1st-2nd cent. CE. Sadly we will probably never know who the own of this lovely derrière was. AncientBluesky #archaeology

#FindsFriday A prehistoric (Early Bronze Age 1A) plow from Northern Italy. Known as the Lavagnone Plow, it was discovered in 1978. It dates to ca. 2000 BCE and is made of oak. It is the oldest plow that has been discovered. In the Museo Civico Archeologico G. Rambotti in Desenzano del Garda.

We must never underestimate the power of protest! The plebeians demonstrated this, but so did Roman women. Despite lacking political authority, they also successfully protested what they saw as injustices. Here's a short article I wrote about them a while back: www.boisestate.edu/bluereview/n...

Gaza’s cultural heritage has been devastated by the conflict with Israel – this is how we’re documenting the damage theconversation.com/gazas-cultur...

Your IKEA product name is your name spelled backwards with an umlaut Hello, I'm eitäk, an artificial begonia, 4 3/4", in a stylish modern glazed pot.

Reminder to all the early-career women in archaeology and paleontology that there are only few days left for submitting your abstracts for the #VCWAP2025 awap-science.org/2025-2/

New from Cambridge University Press, and free to read and download until Xmas eve: Health and the Body in Early Medieval England www.cambridge.org/core/element... #History #MedievalHistory 🗃️

This is the mansion of archaeologist Gaetano Poggi near Arquata Scrivia, Italy. Poggi excavated part of the forum of Libarna in the early 20th century. A beautiful building, but sadly in a state of disrepair. #archaeology #history

While Cremona is known for its violin makers & the amazing Museo del violino, it also has a fantastic archaeological museum. Here is a display of Roman roof tiles, some featuring prints from various animals. We had the joy of finding a dog & cat print on fragments at Libarna! AncientBlueSky

A perfume bottle in the shape of a bird with the perfume still inside. Dates to the second half of the first cent. CE. In the Museo di antichità in Turin. The bottle would need to be broken to access the perfume, so this beautiful object is primarily packaging. AncientBlueSky

14 figurines from the Grimaldi Caves, Liguria. From White and Bisson (1998)

I realised I hadn't shared this link here, so for those that haven't seen this on the other place, here it is. I am conducting a survey on public perceptions transgender archaeology for my PhD. The survey takes about 5 mins. Open to all. Thanks in advance ☺️! york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...

Here is a starter pack of archaeologists & historians researching households, houses, families, domestic life, etc. Reply if you want to be added! There is plenty of room! If I've added you mistakenly, just let me know & I'll remove you. AncientBlueSky #archaeology #history go.bsky.app/RzgCjVH

I was thinking about making a starter pack of archaeologists & historians whose work has to do w/ households, domestic life, families, houses, etc. Not sure how many of us are out there & I haven't seen such a starter pack yet. Reply if you want to be included. #archaeology #history AncientBluesky

@kristinehuntley.bsky.social Hello! It's about time!

Some of my favorite artifacts from the SEAC tour of Jamestown. Starting off with the this wee 1st/2nd century Roman oil lamp. Curation of past objects in the past. historicjamestowne.org/collections/...

Gavi is a beautiful Medieval town not far from Libarna. This church is gorgeous. Should you ever find yourself there, I definitely recommend Beer & Co. and Osteria Piemontemare for great food. They both host our team every year and we appreciate them putting up with us! The Gavi wine is delicious.

The wonderful Samnite hillfort of Monte Santa Croce-Cognolo 🇮🇹 #HillfortsWednesday There is very little evidence for permanent habitation here. Instead, it is likely that the hillfort was used for pasturing animals. 🆓 buff.ly/3Yv2CdA

News today from Austrian Archaeological Institute, with discovery at Aquileia of 4th century basilica expanded under Justinian www.oeaw.ac.at/en/oeai/medi...

@c6h11cn.bsky.social What do you think?

Post a ship that’s not from Star Wars or Star Trek From the Casa della Nave Europa, Pompeii

November 19th is: #WorldToiletDay. 🚽🏺 Roman latrine in form of a chariot, marble 2nd-3rd century CE, Baths of Caracalla, Rome. 🤝 Training potty in form of a racing car plastic, 21st century CE.

I'm currently doing a teaching project with a colleague from Early Modern History about historical memes, which we want to turn into something more down the road ... #classics and #history peeps, post your dankest memes in the replies! I'll go first...

A charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD. Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 my own #MosaicMonday #Archaeology

Regarding non-avian dinosaurs, those most people think about when mentioning dinosaurs. I just recently learned from my archaeozoology colleague that Aves (that's birds) are actually a line of dinosaurs. So flamingo or eagle do not descent from dinosaurs, they are dinosaurs that still live today. 😯

University of Leicester Archaeological Services (ULAS) have discovered a shaft filled with 12th c. bodies in central Leicester, thought to represent 5% of the town's population at the time. Were they the victims of an undocumented pandemic or of starvation? www.theguardian.com/science/2024...