It must be emphasized that we need powerful, robust ACADEMIC history IN universities to sustain history OUTSIDE universities. If we can’t employ people in higher ed to train future generations of public historians, we will not have future generations of public historians. 🗃️

Episode 1, “The Founding of Alexandria” is fully finished :) keep an eye out for its release ~May 30th!!

Episode 1, “The Founding of Alexandria” is fully finished :) keep an eye out for its release ~May 30th!!

#MosaicMonday Part of the Nilotic mosaic originally found in the Via Nazionale in #Rome. Dating to the 1st century BCE and shows a #crocodile being crowned with wreaths of flowers. 👀 #Artwork #History #Archaeolog

"Egyptian mummy soles with the images of two foreign captives, from the Ptolemaic or Roman Period (332 BCE-395 CE). Museo Egizio no. 2327. There are other pairs with the same motif of prisoners that can be older. The bound captives might be a Syrian (left) and Nubian (right)"

Aaaand we have a website! Please go check it out (and see a preview of the first few episode topics...!)! alexandriapod.wordpress.com

Aaaand we have a website! Please go check it out (and see a preview of the first few episode topics...!)! alexandriapod.wordpress.com

“A circular bath from the late Ptolemaic period is among the main structures identified so far... Other objects recovered include coins, oil lamps, pottery fragments and pieces of amphorae. These finds point to daily activity and trade.” Oh yeah. That’s what it’s all about!!

This was a great episode!

Essential reading! “Once regarded as the age of the polis decline, [the Hellenistic period] should rather be interpreted as the time of strong civic governance and agency… The type of polis that emerged in this period, and the issues it dealt with, would endure until the end of the ancient world.”

χαίρετε, folks! As a first post, I'd like to explain the podcast's logo. The center is the Lighthouse of Alexandria, our podcast’s home. From its peak, beams of light with Greek meander patterns stream out, showing Greek ideas (for better, or worse!) spreading across the Hellenistic world. But...