*Evil cackle*

Great first day at #CAMWS! We had a chance to check out a reception panel that was *chef's kiss*. Time to enjoy some amazing wine and Italian food at the nearby Napoli's. Come say hi!

Join us!!!!!

I am very excited to be a part of this @antiquitymedia.bsky.social panel! It's the first time I'll be talking about popular reception in an academic setting instead of just on the @movieswedig.bsky.social podcast. Who else will be attending #CAMWS2025 this year? #Academicsky #AncientBluesky

Fun Fact: Both @ecfleming.bsky.social and I have worked on archaeological sites with Flint, so we know first-hand what an awesome person and archaeologist he is. Make sure you check out his work in making #realarchaeology accessible to a broader audience at www.youtube.com/@FlintDibble.

Just cackling to myself on this one....

How can men find their way to war but not find their way to a good #podcast? We assemble our biggest survey panel ever to court the latest re-imagining of Homer’s #Odyssey (or the back half at least): The Return. @apistone.bsky.social @sentantiq.bsky.social @joegoodkin.bsky.social #Ancientbluesky

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources. On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names. dan rigiššu “loud is his bark” munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe” mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

If there’s one thing I’ve learned since starting to talk #RealArchaeology online it’s that conservatives often do not know what science grants are. It is not surprising to me that Trump is targeting them, they are a bogeyman in conspiracy communities. 🧪🏺 Bright Insight Lied youtu.be/2GQ-6dg59xk

Leave it to Zuckerberg to fashion himself a modern Augustus only to fold quicker than Lepidus.

Grab your witches hats and your godly boons as we delve into the Underworld again with @supergiantgames.bsky.social Hades II. Helping us out with this gaming katabasis is the wonderful Meg Sullivan @celticqueenmeg.bsky.social of History N' Games. Listen at movieswedig.com! #AncientBluesky #Podcast

Rewatching #TheReturn for tonight's discussion while typing up my shownotes (still love it). I am eager to learn what everyone has to say about it! #Podcast #AncientBluesky @ecfleming.bsky.social @sentantiq.bsky.social @apistone.bsky.social @joegoodkin.bsky.social @movieswedig.bsky.social

While we do see a lot of new faces in #GladiatorII, the overall story is wrapped up in its mythologizing of the original. Helping us out in this episode is special guest (and Maximus/mentor figure to two of your hosts), Dr. Glenn Storey. Listen now at movieswedig.com! #AncientBluesky

So @movieswedig.bsky.social completely summed up my problems with Gladiator II: 1, that the conclusion is a white hetero populist reclaiming kingship from queer and black usurpers through a speech of togetherness to an army, and 2, real Caracalla is fascinating and that's not him at all!!!

Feel free to guess at any point, or start the challenge along with us! #20filmchallenge @voguearchaeology.bsky.social @ecfleming.bsky.social So without further ado, here is Day 1: Host 1- The Thing (1982) Host 2- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981) Host 3- The King and I (1956)

A reminder to come hang out with us tomorrow! We'll be streaming #HadesII on our YouTube channel. If you can't join us live, you'll still be able to able to watch the playthrough on your own time there. #AncientBluesky

It's time to return to the OG archaeologist on film! Joined by special guest, author, & archaeologist David West Reynolds, we examine our own experiences w/Indy, the enormous impact on the public perception of #archaeology and what these films, namely Raiders, gets remarkably right. #AncientBluesky

I published this article in the journal Metal Music Studies two years ago today, and I’m still quite proud of it. I have more work on this topic coming over the horizon.

✨NEW ARTICLE!✨ With Gladiator 2 in the cinemas, Alexandra Sills has taken an expert eye to the presentation of day-to-day gladiating life in the movie. Thumbs up? Thumbs down? Find out by clicking the link. With your thumb. 😊 www.workingclassicis...

Trump’s staffing picks make Caligula’s choice of Incitatus seem reasonable.* *yes, yes, hostile historiographical tropes

I didn't get to be a part of this chat because this movie left theaters so incredibly quickly in my tiny town. But I can guarantee thinking about this hot garbage with my brilliant colleagues is 10X better.

Extra galling that I'm required to think up dinner ideas as the empire crumbles.

Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist. Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that! blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...

May as well dive right in. Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball? According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’” Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

Collaborating with brilliant colleagues Angela Trentacoste & Erica Rowan to host the inaugural #Environmental #Archaeology Summer School in situ at Falerii Novi 🎉🙌 Rare enviro research-led, in-field training w/leading experts! 🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky Info + Apply: faleriinoviproject.org/opportunities/

This thread 🧵 collects all the #archaeology 🏺 starter packs Share far & wide. We could all use a little more archaeology in our lives @cjfrieman.bsky.social made the OG Archaeology and heritage list with first wave Twitter refugee scholars & orgs. Go follow Catherine now! bsky.app/starter-pack...

Hello Newcomers! We're really excited to connect with you all on Bluesky! This season is all about #Archaeology in film. We'll have a new episode for y'all soon. For now, you can check out all our current episodes on the topic here: open.spotify.com/playlist/6Nh... #AncientBluesky #Podcast

@voguearchaeology.bsky.social look! Lamps!

go.bsky.app/JWsLqqw A handy list of people doing great work outside the academy. As usual, omissions are not personal, just give me a nudge.

it's almost like people should think about structures of service and family support (coerced and non-coerced), as well as non-nuclear, non-heteronormative family structures when they're assuming things about humans past... potentially eye-opening finding for ya www.npr.org/2024/11/08/g...

🏺 I wrote about finding hope in archaeology. animalarchaeology.com/2024/11/06/f...

when I say "I'm busy writing today" this is what I mean

For all my dog-loving followers: A stunning #Greek rhyton (drinking cup) in the shape of a #dog's head. Dating ca. 475 BC. Life without #dogs is possible, but pointless! 📷 Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia 🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology

Hello newcomers! If you like the ancient world AND pop media, than you are in good company! This season is focused on #Archaeology in film, but we'll also be discussing the latest films like Megalopolis, Gladiator II, & The Return. Find it at movieswedig.com or wherever you listen! #AncientBluesky

When Colin is out of town for the week, @voguearchaeology.bsky.social and @ecfleming.bsky.social decide to host a Girls' Night with @belovedofoizys.bsky.social! The show? Spartacus: Blood and Sand! Available now! AncientBluesky Archaeology AcademicSky Podcast

I had a great girls' night with @movieswedig.bsky.social discussing Starz' Spartacus: Blood and Sand - a series that can never decide what it wants to be. When it gets spectacle right it gets it REALLY right, and when it gets it wrong it's FUBAR ancientbluesky www.movieswedig.com/podcast/spar...

For all the #AIASCS folks heading home today, if you need something fun to listen to on the trip be sure to check out our latest minisode on Ep. 4 of Percy Jackson! This time we get to meet Echidna, The Mother of Monsters 🦁🐐🐍 Find it in the link below! #AncientBluesky #Archaeology #Podcast

Hello Diggers! (Yes, I have arbitrarily decided to call our followers that.) A new episode has dropped where we finish out our discussion to the Classic BBC adaptation of Robert Graves' novel, I, Claudius. Listen here: www.movieswedig.com/podcast/i-cl... #AncientBluesky #AcademicSky #Podcast

A new episode of Movies We Dig has finally dropped! This is Part 1 of I, Claudius. Special guest @lizgloyn.bsky.social joins us to discuss memorable, if at times questionable, depictions of the Julio-Claudian family. #AncientBluesky #Archaeology #AcademicSky #Podcast