Solidarity. If you haven't done so, please consider pulling out of the EAA conference, revoking memberships (requesting reimbursement). If not, please consider making your voice heard at the AMBM (Fri 6.45pm CET). Also, write to express your concerns to the EAA exec. www.e-a-a.org/EAA/About/EA...

your periodic reminder that “archaeology isn’t political” is a political statement

NEW in #TRAJ Vol. 8: Performing Gender Normativity & Queerness in the Roman Funeral: An Analysis of Historical Sources & Iconographic Evidence by Jessica Tilley doi.org/10.16995/tra... #AcademicSky #RomanArchaeology

The email from @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social was only sent to session organisers and after the conference started. There will be presenters who are unaware of this decision - spread the word #archaeology #EAA2025 @blacktrowel.bsky.social @archagainstaparth.bsky.social

Overturning a democratic vote and implementing a moderation style (via volunteers) that severely limits academic freedoms is awful. That this happened AFTER the conference started is even more disappointing. I will be revoking my membership and boycotting the conference.

A 6th or 7th century grave marker for #StandingStoneSunday Dedicated to Iudnne.. [Iudnnerth?] son of Qui.. [Quintus?] Carved into a Romano British column (from a villa?) Found during the demolition of an 8th century church in 1841 Now in Lady St Mary church Wareham #Dorset 📷 May 2025

Apparently wearing a raspberry beret (the kind you find in a second hand store), this cheeky red-crested, tiny-tongued tessellated serpent features on a mid 4th century #Roman mosaic from Dorchester Found in Durngate Street in 1905, it's now in @dorsetmuseum.bsky.social 📷 Sept 2024 #MosaicMonday

My new article "Looting and Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Sudan and the Glass from Sedeinga" in Glass News 55, embargo-free. It can be downloaded below (or contact me ([email protected]) for a copy if you don't want to use the below site). www.researchgate.net/publication/...

My new article "Looting and Destruction of Cultural Heritage in Sudan and the Glass from Sedeinga" in Glass News 55, embargo-free. It can be downloaded below (or contact me ([email protected]) for a copy if you don't want to use the below site). www.researchgate.net/publication/...

'Baffled' archaeologists. An excellent article by Tim Penn, University of Reading, which not only describes the hypotheses and discussions which are part of the archaeological method but also addresses the use of 'baffled' and other clichés used some journalists. theconversation.com/big-roman-sh...

Worrying podcast from @theguardian.com about the rapid rise of metal detecting in Syria lost Assad - and what it means for the preservation of the country's heritage. www.theguardian.com/world/audio/...

📻 Fun interview with Jim Mora on national radio in New Zealand Aotearoa aired this morning. I was talking about what everyday life was like in ancient Rome, and a little about time travel!

📻 Fun interview with Jim Mora on national radio in New Zealand Aotearoa aired this morning. I was talking about what everyday life was like in ancient Rome, and a little about time travel!

Had fun filming a talking head interview about historical glass at Hyde Park Barracks, as part of a new (as yet unannounced) archaeological exhibition opening in Sydney late 2025. Sneak peek: this European glass 'core' was knapped by First Nations Australians to make small blades (First Gov. House).

Had fun filming a talking head interview about historical glass at Hyde Park Barracks, as part of a new (as yet unannounced) archaeological exhibition opening in Sydney late 2025. Sneak peek: this European glass 'core' was knapped by First Nations Australians to make small blades (First Gov. House).

This absolutely gorgeous #Roman enamelled flask was found in a grave in Buzet (Pinguente), Istria/Croatia. It's a product of a workshop in Britain or Gaule. Enamelled objects were typical for the northwestern parts of the Roman Empire. 🧵 1/2 📷 taken by me #archaeology #RomanArchaeology 🏺

Stop spreading this garbage about em dashes in ACTUAL EDITED PROSE OH MY GOD. Plenty of actual human beings know how to type em dashes! We’re called “writers” and “editors” — maybe you’ve heard of us?

🔊I talked about this research on ABC Hobart/Northern Tasmania Radio last night with the fab Steven White. Listen from 2:27:46: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

Is it possible to re-envision the place of Greece and Rome in the ancient world overall? In today’s new #PeoplingPodcast, we are joined by Dr. Mathura Umachandran to reimagine Classics through the lens of Critical Ancient World Studies (CAWS) /1 peoplingthepast.com/2025/07/01/p...

🔊I talked about this research on ABC Hobart/Northern Tasmania Radio last night with the fab Steven White. Listen from 2:27:46: www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

👃🤢 Enjoyed writing this for @theconversation.com

👃🤢 Enjoyed writing this for @theconversation.com

This looks fascinating! Living Amongst and with Trees: Botanical Agency and the Archaeology of Plant-Human Relationships, by Barry Taylor 🧪 🏺

📢 I was very lucky to be asked to be an expert on ABC Kids’ Imagine This. I help answer “How is glass made” and we go back to Egypt and Jerusalem during the Roman Empire to find out! Thanks to Nij and Soumia at ABC Kids - this is the best thing I've ever done. www.abc.net.au/kidslisten/p...

Experimental archaeology (of sorts) happening today at Macquarie with my student intern (and chemist) Evie. We are trying to replicate the fake patination found on Roman glass facsimiles in our museum.

🧠🔍You can read the research paper (open access) here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

While I am still struggling with the heat in Australia, looking at ancient glass. It could be way worse. Newly published research from Herculaneum has shown that brain tissue (in the right, very rare, and very hot, circumstances) can be turned into glass 😲. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Gorgeous #Roman glass cups decorated with colourful enamel-painted animals from the Roman arena, AD 200s. Found in richly-furnished ‘princely’ graves in Denmark, where they are known as ‘circus beakers’. National Museum of Denmark. 📷 by me #FindsFriday #Archaeology

Come visit my current temporary exhibition: MAPPING AN UNEVEN PATH: STORIES OF HEALTH AND DISABILITY AT VERULAMIUM 15th November 2024 - 23rd February 2025 Explore what archaeology can tell us about Roman ideas about health and disability. www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/whats-on/map...

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🗞️ Glass News 54 hot off the presses. Consider joining (or asking your library to subscribe) @ahglass.bsky.social (15 GBP a yr) for 2 issues a year (3 most recent are in our members area), plus other benefits. We have also bolstered our research grants pool (deadline 31 March) historyofglass.org.uk

Hello ! Good to see you here on BlueSky. We are a charity based in the UK promoting the study of ancient and historical glass. We hold meetings, produce a magazine and discuss and celebrate all things glass. To become a member please visit our website historyofglass.org.uk - and follow us here too !

WE ARE HIRING - TWO RESEARCH ASSOCIATES FOR 15 MONTHS We are looking for someone who can use their expertise in ancient languages such as Coptic, Syriac, or Middle Persian to investigate late antique / early medieval sources for domestic slavery. Apply here: jobs.le.ac.uk/vacancies/11...

rescuing Romans from the idea of fascism is more important to some than confronting the real and material threat of fascism

NEW in #TRAJ 🪙 'Data Quality & Bias in the Coin Hoards of the Roman Empire Database: A Logistic Regression Analysis' by Philip Rademacher The author considers sources of bias in the 18,000 coin hoard database & if data quality correlates with hoard characteristics. FREE doi.org/10.16995/tra...

Call for Special Issue Proposals! Following on from Sensory Experiences in the Roman North & in-progress Cosmologies Across Boundaries, #TRAJ is pleased to invite applications for 2026: - #OpenAccess - push the boundaries of traditional approaches to studying the Roman world - Deadline 31 Jan

Publication day! 🎉 TRAJ Volume 7 is complete, featuring 3 research articles & 22 book reviews (with an editorial coming very soon). 👀 - Philip Rademacher's new research article on bias in the Coins of the Roman Empire database 6 new book reviews traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1279/i...

Associate Lecturer in Classics - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/associa...

Io Saturnalia! Have you bought your radishes in good time? An odd question you might think, but it seems to have been an important ingredient for the festivities held at a Roman fort, almost 2000 years ago.

The marvels of ancient #glass in the late first century BCE and CE These matching cameo glass furniture inlays from Pompeii are huge and so intricate. They depict Ariadne and Bacchus and were found in the house of Marcus Fabius Rufus (Reg. 7, Insula 16) in 1960. @ NMA's 'Pompeii' Canberra until May

Pompeii at the NMA in Canberra PT.2

Pompeii at the NMA in Canberra PT.1

A great time had by all at the launch of Pompeii at the National Museum of Australia last night. I'll be posting some highlights but they won't do it justice, if you're in eastern Aus between now and May 2025, go!

🏺 Like Sarmatians? Like Roman Cambridgeshire? Who doesn’t?! Then vote in the Current Archaeology Awards for ‘From the Caucasus to Cambridgeshire: retracing the story of Offord Cluny’s ‘Sarmatian’ burial’ for Research Project of the Year! (please) archaeology.co.uk/awards/archa...

Absolutely *thrilled* to advertise a fully funded PhD studentship WITH stipend thanks to generous London Arts & Humanities AHRC funding! 🎉 🏺 🗃️ You’ll be based at @ics.bsky.social in partnership w/ @bsrome.bsky.social researching the surrounding funerary landscape of Falerii Novi

Enjoyed speaking about my work on the glass from Ulpiana at a small workshop at MQ organised by Ray Laurence for the visit of Prof. Frank Vermeulen. Espec. fun to talk about the clear links btn the blue-rimmed 4th/5th c high-quality material and similar material in Bulgaria (partic. Serdica(Sofia)).

Art Guide Australia has published a wonderful piece by Michelle Wong on our exhibition Kerameikos at CCWMuseum Sydney Uni. I'll keep sharing more from the phenomenal artists in the show here as well. 📜🏺 artguide.com.au/reviving-the...

Just gave ChatGPT a writing deadline and now it’s cleaning the house

It is spring in Australia, SPRING. No.