I am teaching New Age spirituality this week, so I went through some old photos on my camera and found this perfect conversation starter.

Question for Bible scholars: who is 2 Thessalonians chapter 2 interpreted as being about? I don't study this at all so I'm interested in the whole range of interpretations. Is it the devil? Have there been historical figures connected to this passage?

September 23, 63 BCE: A child named Octavian is born into the sign of Libra; however, he later decides, what the hell: I want to be a Capricorn (Suet. Aug. 94.12) b/c that is when I was conceived (it doesn't work like that & as a true Scorpio, I am offended). Today, we call this guy Augustus.

The Roos Carr figures are dating to the Late Bronze Age or Early Iron Age. They were inadvertently unearthed by laborers during ditch maintenance at Roos Carr in 1836. Approximately two meters beneath the surface, the workers discovered a collection of well-preserved...🧵1/3 📷 me #archaeology 🏺

I finally got around to do the same today. Again for these reasons and more.

what can i say? i’m good at what i do

Dam been writing a book about this and she just TikToked it in 90 seconds.

I deleted yesterday, too, for many of the same reasons described here.

Dutch late night TV has its take

Democracy is something you have to work hard at, not just sit back and enjoy. One thing we discuss here on Free Speech - An Ancient History. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/f...

A century of James Frazer’s The Golden Bough: shaking the tree, breaking the bough – Bryn Mawr Classical Review bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.09...

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Preparing for next week's lectures on New age spirituality with the documentay that everyone in Norway is talking about today🧚👑 youtu.be/39d7dreq6GA?...

🏛️Funerary Relief Depicting a Gate🏛️ This gorgeous relief is in commemoration of the wife and children of a husband and father whose name is now lost. The gate is thought to symbolise the entrance into Hades’ realm. #ReliefWednesday #AncientRome #AncientGreece

For #EpigraphyTuesday an amazing #Roman gold fibula (a decorative pin for fastening garments/a brooch) carrying the Latin inscription VTERE FELIX - use this happily, one of the most common inscriptions on Roman finger rings and fibulae. From Ostrovany, Slovakia, late 3rd c. AD 📷 KHM Wien 🏺

Vidi pyramidas sine te, dulcissime frater/ et tibi quod potui, lacrimas hic maesta profudi… “I saw the pyramids without you, my dearest brother, and here I sadly shed tears for you, which is all I could” trans. Hobel Lien Foubert has a great article on the epigraphy & experience of ancient tourism

Du vet oversettelsen av Ovid er ny når den henviser til The Matrix i fotnoten. Du vet du er gammel når du innser at The Matrix er over 25 år gammel.

It will be interesting to see how this is received in various discourses, what interpretations emerge, and how Norse-oriented Pagans will react to this. #charliekirk #Valhalla #fbi 🧵

Reminder that my department is hiring in early Christianity. Our search last year was canceled in the hiring freeze but we're happy to be able to conduct the search this year at the assistant professor level. Deadline for applications is 9/30/2025.

My dog can be quite cute when there's cheese at stake 🧀 #tinyjoys

Academic authors, here's a peek into the black box of journal publishing from an journal editor if you can bear it:

We are excited to announce the 2025-2026 schedule for the @xroadproj.bsky.social's *Black Religion in the Americas Seminar,* which meets on select Fridays on Zoom. Free and open to faculty, graduate students, and interested members of the public. Registration required.

This is an amazing video! The clarity is remarkable. Not many of us have this gift in academia. Conceptual frameworks from decolonial and postcolonial theorisation presented in a capsule.

The fact that so many want to shut down our discipline is just proof of why we are needed. www.chronicle.com/article/why-...

Ashanti’s essay also points to another element that is demolishing education - lack of resources. The revised assessment methods she suggests (which are excellent) rely on a volume of labour that is inconsistent with current funding models and the reliance on adjunct contracts (esp. in higher ed).

Seeing it's #GingerCatAppreciationDay, we have to share how much we appreciate our sweet neighbor Felix, who always stops by for a cuddle. 😻

vita beati sancti maradoni. Mirabile dictu

My favourite medieval fable A mother and her daughter were on their way to market with the daughter riding on a donkey. On the way, while passing through a village, the local people started laughing at them - "look at that ridiculous pair" they ... (1/6)

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De har ikke råd til å bo i Norge, men de er ikke helt tappet for krefter. De har fortsatt overskudd til å stemme.

If this was the late 18th century I’d be setting up my easel right now. #Vesuvius

Three monumental statues were recovered from the seabed of Abu Qir Bay, Egypt'’s first such underwater operation in 25 years. english.ahram.org.eg/News/551647.... 🏺 #archaeology

Hello. I wrote a nice long essay about AI and this very strange moment where we're constantly told we're living in the dawn of a strange new future but the only thing that's actually clear is that everyone feels pretty unmoored and uncertain. I hope you'll read it

After hanging out around noticeably nonchalant teenagers this summer, I finally asked and learned a new word yesterday. Guess it's generational... www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...

This story has everything: #earlymodern 17th century art, discussions of femininity, arguments about restoration, cultural Catholics vs practicing Catholics, fake eyelashes. (Gift link) www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/w...

Announcing our new forum, RHEA RECEPTIONS! “We live in an Odyssey time.” —Charlotte Higgins, The Guardian, 12 April 2025 Rhea Classical Reviews could not agree more with Ms. Higgins.

I'm knackered after a full day of travelling yesterday, so let's do this. One like, one curse tablet.

A great episode on the Vestal Virgins with one-half of @partialhistorians.bsky.social. Give it a listen. open.spotify.com/episode/0wEQ...

"Seed Corn Must Not Be Ground" final lithograph of Käthe Kollwitz, 1942. The death of her son in battle in 1914 profoundly affected the artist, who expressed her grief by creating many prints on the theme of mothers protecting their children from the horrors of war #WomensArt

This golden Roman hand mirror (missing its handle) depicts a naked goddess after her bath in a rustic, woodland setting. You'd expect Aphrodite-Venus, right? Instead, it might be a rare depiction of a naked Artemis-Diana, her quiver propped against the base of an altar. 🏺 1/ 2nd c. CE, #ARTIC 📸 me