6th annual Erich S. Gruen Prize for best graduate student paper on multiculturalism in the ancient Mediterranean world. Deadline for submissions: September 30. Spread the word! Or, better: throw your hat in the ring!

Are you working on relations between bodies (living/dead/human/animal/other!) & ritual in the #ancient #Roman world? If so, maybe you'd like to submit a 300-word abstract for the session 'Bodies in Ritual Practices' at RAC/TRAC Aarhus, 21-23 May 2026?! See www.romansocietyrac.ac.uk/ractrac-2026...

So pretty! #roadporn

Free lecture by Prof Jaś Elsner at Senate House on 10th October. Book on the link below. The 28th Denys Haynes Memorial Lecture Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art | British Museum share.google/glf556KROUQV...

Live from Vicus Caprarius in #Rome! Visitors can explore the remnants of an ancient Roman residential complex, including a luxurious mansion (a domus) and an apartment building (insula). It includes a massive water reservoir, or castellum aquae, which was part of the Aqua Virgo aqueduct (1st c. CE)

Ptolemy II to the Alexandrians

There will be many casualties from UChicago ending ('pausing') PhD admissions in Humantities, but one which I am keenly aware of: this is close to a death sentence for teaching cuneiform in the United States (esp. Sumerian, Hittite, Elamite, Eblaite, Luwian) and it will affect the whole world.

For #MosaicMonday we thought we resurrect this famous Jim Henson scene.

For #MosaicMonday this fantastic photo of a mosaic (and a lovely fish 🐟) that was discovered in the submerged ruins of #Roman Baiae. Photo: Parco Archeologico Campi Flegrei

#AcademicSky #AcademicChatter #AcademicPublishing

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a... #AncientBluesky

Talk about the Vestal Virgins? Dr G is in! Catch the conversation over on Betwixt the Sheets 🥳 I was super excited to chat all things Vestals with Dr Kate Lister! Be warned, some of the stories are wild 😉 #AncientRome #AncientBluesky

More Evidence Suggests Villa on Mount Vesuvius Belonged to Augustus. 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️ archaeology.org/news/2025/07...

Channelling some #GreekMyth for current political commentary? YES PLEASE. #AncientBlueSky 🏺🏛️ @latenightseth.bsky.social‬

Erotic mosaic stolen by Nazi captain in second world war returned to Pompeii | Italy | The Guardian www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

Very pleased to announce that I will be returning to the Department of Classics, Ancient History, and Archaeology @unibirmingham.bsky.social for the 25-26 academic year.

After announcing it at the Classical Association Conference over the weekend, today we launch our Working Classicists Guide to Event Accessibility. In it, we suggest ways to equalise access and eliminate anxieties around event attendance. Read more: www.workingclassicists.com/zine/working...

Prof. Stafford's review of the new Disney Hercules musical is out - complete with some great photos and video-links... Enjoy! theconversation.com/with-fresh-s...

My review of last year's "Legion" exhibition at the BM is now published (free to access). Spoiler alert: I was not a fan! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

Really thrilled that my second book is now published! It explores the life of Tacfarinas, a C1st AD auxiliary soldier-deserter-bandit-rebel who came to lead a revolt against #Rome in NW Africa during the early reign of Tiberius. He is a truly fascinating figure in #Roman history! 🏺AncientBlueSky

This gorgeous little surprise arrived in the post this morning. Ecce! I’m a blurb! #romanhistory #ancientwomen #pompeii @brendafortheswim.bsky.social

#worldbeeday2025 A silver tetradrachm from Ephesus depicting a honey bee. The temple of Artemis, one of the 'Seven Wonders of the Ancient World' was located there and the priestesses were known as 'Melissae' or honeybees. Dated 370-360 BCE 📷ArchaiOptix. #ancientbluesky #classicsbluesky

The University flag is flying at half mast in honour of our much missed colleague Prof. Malcolm Heath, whose funeral takes place at 1pm today in St Michael's Church, Headingley. May the earth lie lightly on him 😥 secretariat.leeds.ac.uk/home/obituar...

I agree this is an important discovery but why are op-eds dissing Roman wives as apparently not being "contributing member[s] of Pompeiian society"? That disregards Roman understanding of wifehood which was by far not open to all women. And priestesses often *were* married women. 1/

Pompeii’s Paint Workshops Were More Sophisticated Than Once Thought, New Study Finds. The research also discovered a formerly unknown light green pigment. #ClassicsBluesky 🏺 news.artnet.com/art-world/po...

New discovery: Venice lagoon reveals submerged #Roman oyster farm: In the heart of the Venetian lagoon, a submerged area has revealed a secret: a brick and wood tank containing about 300 oyster shells, dating back to the first century AD www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo... 🏺 #archaeology

My favourite mosaic entirely for the sea shells embedded in the borders. #mosaicmonday

If you're interested to see the sort of insights into ancient artefacts, that can be gained when archaeologists, curators and practitioners work together, check out my video here youtu.be/nT_n4pxxM1M?...

This is exciting #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋

"Homer doesn’t make make Helen a victim or a villain, but we do, just as we explain away the violence done in our names by turning the innocent and disenfranchised into threats of our own making." open.substack.com/pub/joelchri...

A few thoughts on those amazing(!!!) new statues in #Pompeii. 🏺🏛️ #ancientbluesky pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/f...

Given what's going on in the world, this is perfect for today's #findsfriday. Those who are responsible for the current state of affairs may feel addressed. Hand of a gilded bronze statue of an Roman emperor. From Kempten, 1st to 3rd c. AD On display at Archäologische Staatssammlung 📷 me 🏺

UK universities are in crisis. Dave Hitchcock (@davehitchcock.bsky.social) on how the sector became 'broken' and why it must be approached as an interdependent system. www.historyworkshop....

Cheese! Glorious cheese!

Best. Tintinnabulum. Ever. #teampanther

News - Rare Piece of Egyptian Blue Pigment Found in Nero's Palace - Archaeology Magazine 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️

Publication klaxon! My article on women working in the bars of #Pompeii and the graffiti evidence of sex work has been published. If you were in Cuma in 2022 or Carmona in 2023 it's that paper. Anyone want a copy let me know. (Can we still call them offprints if they are digital?) #AncientBlueSky

The sector is on its knees, truly www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#FrescoFriday A detail of the new Dionysian frescoes in Pompeii. Note the eels. Fish tanks were common in villas and fish was grown for urban elite consumption.