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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · 4d

The Perseus Digital Library is pleased to announce an initial release of the new Perseus Art & Archaeology Artifact (A&A) Browser that is based on CollectionBuilder and uses AirTable to manage the extensive metadata found within the A&A collection. perseus-aa.github.io

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · 5d

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Museum appeal to save pendant linked to Henry VIII - BBC News

The British Museum hopes to secure the pendant, found by a metal detectorist in Warwickshire.

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · 5d

British Museum appeals to acquire gold Tudor Heart www.thehistoryblog.com/archives/74364

British Museum appeals to acquire gold Tudor Heart – The History Blog

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Mar 7

Who is "us"? The war in Europe was won largely by the Red Army, which resulted in Central and Eastern Europe falling under Soviet hegemony for decades. And here we go again?

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · Feb 24

The US just voted alongside Russia, Belarus and North Korea against a UN resolution to support Ukraine.

This is a wake-up call for all those cheerleading Trump in our country.

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · Feb 6

First glimpse inside burnt Herculaneum scroll after 2,000 years.
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First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years

The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Jan 23

Is this exciting, or is this exciting?

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Reading the Herculaneum Scrolls: Secrets from the only surviving Classical library | The Past

Thanks to an ingenious digital technique, a particle accelerator, and an internet competition, we stand on the threshold of being able to enjoy what is pote ...

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Morgan J Freeman @mjfree.bsky.social · Jan 20

HAPPY MLK DAY EVERYONE!!!!!

Today we celebrate a TRUE AMERICAN HERO.

(And we mock a true American DJT ZERO)

#MLKDay

a drawing of martin luther king jr. with an american flag behind him

ALT: a drawing of martin luther king jr. with an american flag behind him

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Dr Sophie Hay @pompei79.bsky.social · Jan 20

Being a first-hand witness to the excavations in #Pompeii of the bathhouse has been a joy and an honour. I’ve learnt so much from the team of archaeologists and conservators unravelling, protecting and understanding this complex.
New episode of ‘The New Dig’ airs tonight BBC2 9pm

A view of the frigidarium across the cold plunge pool surrounded by red painted columns. On the left a lead pipe that fed the basin and on the right a bowl teeters on the edge of the bath.

Excavation in process of the edge of the plunge pool with the bowl on the left and a modern bucket sitting by it.

An archaeologist carefully cleans around the scatter of broken pottery on the floor of the portico surrounding the pool.

The NE corner of the portico around the plunge pool decorated in black, red and green fresco with a stone bench to the right. Leaning against it is a rotund amphora and leaning against another wall is a locally made tall amphora both still sitting on the pumice. A lead pipe feeding the hot room can be traced across the wall and above a series of frescoes depicting athletes.

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Jan 18

Unfortunately TB's comments were shallow, ill-considered and heartless. Thank you for challenging him!

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Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · Jan 18

#SarcophagusSaturday - Perfectly preserved sarcophagus with scenes from the Iliad. From a mausoleum in the Pianabella Necropolis of Ostia, dated to the 2nd century AD.

Museo Archeologico Ostiense, Italy.

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Jan 18

www.bbc.com/news/article... Perhaps the most striking detail : Analysis of two skeletons discovered in the house...
"The bodies belonged to a woman, aged between 35 and 50, who was clutching jewellery and coins, and a younger man in his teens or early 20s."

Pompeii: Spectacular new discoveries unearthed include private spa

A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Jan 18

Thank you for re-posting. Fascinating discovery!

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Jan 18

Pompeii Bathhouse. Perhaps the most striking detail : two skeletons discovered in the house..."The bodies belonged to a woman, aged between 35 and 50, who was clutching jewellery and coins, and a younger man in his teens or early 20s." The fragility of plutocracy.

Following Hadrian @followinghadrian.bsky.social · Jan 18

Listen to the wonderful @pompei79.bsky.social discussing #Pompeii’s new sumptuous private bathhouse discovery.
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Pompeii: 'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals luxury - BBC Sounds

Archaeologists have discovered a sumptuous private bathhouse.

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · Jan 13

Comparing societal shifts to the "Fall of Rome" is ancient history's version of Godwin's Law

Which kinda makes sense given how complex and nuanced the "Fall of Rome" actually was. Its familiarity - but opaque nature - lets it become the cultural black box that it is for our Literati

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · Dec 30

And what will ASOR say? Nothing.

Ann Pettifor @annpettifor.bsky.social · Dec 30

@FT: Priceless heritage sites in Lebanon have sustained irreparable damage from Israel’s air campaign during its war against Hizbollah, experts say. www.ft.com/content/2715...

The priceless Lebanon heritage sites destroyed by Israeli bombing

Strikes near Roman, Crusader and Ottoman sites flattened some and left others with ‘invisible’ damage

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Dec 30

A moment to honour the memory of this beautiful little girl - A Dutch Jewish girl, Marie Majerowicz, was born in camp
#Westerbork
and pray NEVER AGAIN - oh if only never again

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Auschwitz Memorial @auschwitzmemorial.bsky.social · Dec 30

0 December 1942 | A Dutch Jewish girl, Marie Majerowicz, was born in camp #Westerbork.

In September 1944 she was deported to Theresienstadt from where on 6 October 1944 she was deported to #Auschwitz. She was murdered in a gas chamber after selection.

A vintage photo of a baby in a knitted sweater, lying on their stomach and looking to the side with a curious expression.

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Alastair Campbell @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social · Dec 16

Bumped into an old friend at the US embassy Christmas party

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Ashmolean Museum, Oxford @ashmoleanmuseum.bsky.social · Dec 25

Happy Christmas to everyone celebrating!

For the final day of our #AshmoleanAdvent calendar, we're sharing this illustration showing a family celebrating Christmas by German graphic artist Daniel Niklaus Chodowiecki.

A black and white illustration showing a family gathering around a candlelit Christmas display.

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Dec 17

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News - Sculpture Fragments Unearthed in Athens - Archaeology Magazine

ATHENS, GREECE—eKathimerini reports that additional sculpture fragments have been unearthed on the southern slope of […]

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Royal Ontario Museum @romtoronto.bsky.social · Dec 12

A few of my personal favourite Little Guys:

an image of object ROM 2020.79.12, a handmade toy from 1970s Mexico. It is in tbe form of a monkey seated on the ground, and features a tuft of hair on top of its head. The monkey figure holds its front paws/“hands” up in the air. It is hand painted, and the face features wide open eyes.

A photo of ROM 988.102.1, a carved netsuke mouse made from wood. The mouse’s overall shape is quite rounded, its front paws hold a seed near to its mouth, and its tail is tucked under its body. The fur has been carved in detail, and its face features small round black eyes (one shown in the image) and large, rounded ears.

An image of ROM 980.138.22 a contemporary Japanese woodblock print by artist Kiyoshi Saito. The figure of a cat is suggested through the use of minimal forms - three legs, two ears, and a face featuring asymmetrical eyes. The artist’s signature stretches across the bottom of the print.

Image of ROM 967.213 - a metal weathervane in the form of a rooster.

The piece features a remarkable level of detail in craftsmanship - rather than a typical weathervane rendered as a two dimensional form, this is a fully realized 3-d rooster form, with individually cut wing and tail feathers and detailing on the head including an upper and lower piece forming the beak, comb and wattle.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · Dec 3

Destruction of heritage is part of genocide

Dana El Kurd @danaelkurd.bsky.social · Dec 3

Cultural landmarks destroyed in Gaza

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The Open University Library @oulibrary.bsky.social · Dec 10

Have you heard about Open Research Online (ORO)? It's the #OpenAccess repository of The Open University's peer reviewed and published #research.

The service is publicly accessible and can be browsed and searched freely. Take a look: oro.open.ac.uk

A woman is sitting on a living room floor, reading from a laptop. The text reads 'What is ORO? Open Research Online (ORO) is the The OU's repository of published research: openly accessible to anyone, anywhere in the world. Photo credit Thought Catalog on Unsplash.'

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aidantheazurite.bsky.social @aidantheazurite.bsky.social · Nov 30

www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

‘A blend of ancient and modern’: inside Thessaloniki’s new €3bn metro system

The project, which took 22 years to complete, unearthed more than 300,000 treasures now on display across its subway stations

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