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Evan Levine @levine.bsky.social · 1d

Marble from the island of Naxos was used for some of the most beautiful monuments from the ancient Greek world–but how were huge blocks like these quarried 2,500 years ago?

Check out our new paper in @antiquity.ac.uk at bit.ly/4h9AVik to learn how we're developing new ways to study old quarries 🏺🇬🇷

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 29m

The time table for our 'What monuments stand for' @tracconference.bsky.social 2025 session is now up! #Archaeology #AncientBluesky ⚱️🦋
app.gather.town/events/mopWM...

Gather

Gather is a video-calling space that lets multiple people hold separate conversations in parallel, walking in and out of those conversations just as easily as they would in real life.

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Dr Lewis Webb @lewismarkwebb.bsky.social · 2h

I am deeply honoured that the American Journal of Philology awarded my article 'Spectatissima femina: Female visibility and religion in urban spaces in Republican Rome' the AJP Best Article Prize for 2024.

Citation: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/articl...

#AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky #BlueSkyClassics

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Andy Brockman @andybrockman.bsky.social · 1h

Getting modern buildings and significant features listed is harder than it should be because regulators fear being accused of hampering future development, being forced to issue certificates of immunity from listing, or even taken to court, by companies and bodies with deep pockets?

Discuss

C20 Society @c20society.bsky.social · 2h

🚨 A unique test panel from the Tottenham Court Road Station murals by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) is coming up at auction with Lyon & Turnbull on Oct 31.

Created in 1982-86, the polychromatic glass mosaics at TCR are the ‘Sistene Chapel of art of the Underground’, yet remain unlisted.

1.5x1m butterfly / moth mosaic panel - gifted by Paolozzi to the architect who oversaw the installation of the murals, Duncan Lamb.

Tottenham Court Road Station murals - Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, 1982-86
Image credit: Historic England

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Clair Richardson 🍉 @archaeocem.bsky.social · 1h

The first political party I have ever signed up to.
I've always been a supporter/voter of the Green Party at local and national levels but have always been told that my vote is a "wasted vote". I don't think that'll be the case anymore!

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Centre for Digital Humanities and Arts / DARIAH-IS/CDHA @mshl-cdha.bsky.social · 1h

Finding #DH resources in Iceland just got easier
We’ve launched a new resource list! 👇

One of the biggest challenges isn’t the lack of resources – it’s finding them.

Our growing list offers an overview of resources from MSHL, its member institutions, and others in the arts and humanities.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18h

This is a truly remarkable programme from the BBC archives.

A 1971 interview/interrogation of Albert Speer the leading Nazi who apologised and as a result survived - by Michael Charlton, Hugh Trevor-Roper and George Ball whom he had last met at the Nuremberg trials.

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Four - Albert Speer, The Unseen Interrogation

Hitler's architect Albert Speer is cross-examined in an interview conducted in 1971.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Gavin Jackson @gavinjackson.bsky.social · 6h

Central banks I have visited on my holidays:
- Mexico
- Lithuania
- England
- Greece
- Bulgaria
- Romania
- Costa Rica
- France (on honeymoon)
- New Orleans branch of the Fed
- Miami branch of the Fed
- Spain

Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 16h

What policy themed visitor trail would you do upon retirement? I would pilgrimage to visit the 100 Rishi Sunak outdoor chess sets around the country. I genuinely think it would be one of those fun random things that would take me to places I’d never otherwise go to

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Dr. Karen Carr @quatrus.bsky.social · 6h

🏺argh I'm thinking about a fairly recent academic article showing that archaeologically there was no major reorganization of Italian farms in the Late Republic that would have made slave labor much more efficient than free labor: can anyone point me to the citation?

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 6h

@classicstober.bsky.social Day 13 of #ClassicsTober25: Empousa. She was a "demonic phantom" with shape-shifting abilities. She was be one-legged, having one brass leg or a donkey's leg. She was a being sent by Hecate or was Hecate herself. #ClassicsTober

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 7h

This mosaic from Ostia Antica shows Neptune's triumph. It lies in the frigidarium of a very large bath house (c. 67 x 67 metres), known as the Baths of Neptune. It was excavated by Lanciani in 1888 and Vaglieri in 1909 and 1910. It dates to the 1st-2nd centuries AD. #MosaicMonday

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 17h

#Strictly A Minecraft group dance. Next weeks dances at least two rumbas and an Argentine tango. Nice!

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Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 1d

We took a timelapse film of Huxley's Friday (9am-5pm).

He sure does spend a lot of time snoozing on the sofa! 🥱😴

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University Archaeology Day @uniarchday.bsky.social · 2d

We don't just have university departments represented at University Archaeology Day #UAD25! The CBA @archaeologyuk.bsky.social will also be there and contributing to our panel session talking about the huge range of careers you can pursue with an archaeology degree!

Image shows a stylised set of historic buildings above an archaeological landscape filled with buried ancient objects. The text reads "The Council for British Archaeology (CBA) is a leading educational charity dedicated to championing and promoting engagement in archaeology and supporting grassroots archaeologists across the UK". The post promotes University Archaeology Day on Monday 27th October 2025 at the British Academy in London, and the QR code links to a website where free tickets for the in-person event or for the virtual livestream of panel sessions can be booked.

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

Lukijan mielipide | Koulutuksesta on tullut populistisen politiikan näyttämö "Jos koulutusta ohjataan poliittisilla viholliskuvilla, kansallismyytti korvaa sivistyksen ja eriyttäminen sekä normittaminen korvaavat tasa-arvon ja yhdenvertaisuuden." www.hs.fi/mielipide/ar...

Lukijan mielipide | Koulutuksesta on tullut populistisen politiikan näyttämö

Jos koulutuksesta puhutaan vain kriisien kautta, opettajien työ näyttäytyy epäonnistumisena ja oppilaat ongelmina.

www.hs.fi

Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

I will give a paper on my quartz work in the Lithic Studies conference in Leicester on Saturday November 8 #Archaeology
www.lithics.org/events/confe...

Conference – The Lithic Studies Society

www.lithics.org

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

@classicstober.bsky.social Day 12 of #ClassicsTober: Styx. Charon or Kharon was the ferryman who carries the souls of those who had been given funeral rites across the rivers Acheron and Styx, which separate the worlds of the living and the dead. #ClassicsTober25

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

Lanyon Quoit in Penwith, Cornwall, is the remains of a prehistoric chamber tomb with a mound some 30m long. The monument consists of a huge capstone, 5.3m long, supported on four upright stones, standing about 3m high. It collapsed in 1815 and was re-erected. #StandingStoneSunday

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Aussievision @aussievisionnet.bsky.social · 1d

Voters in last year's #NFC100 were mainly from Europe (73%). So even though we are an Australian site, it's not an Aussie countdown! So far this year, 69% are European, 19% Rest of World and 12% Australian. Vote here: www.aussievision.net/post/the-eur...

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

#Strictly Lewis was dancing a ballet... He is too good for this competition. Very dramatic - Katya, too.

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

It was very Barbie! Ellie is really good in acting. Really suited song, dance and theme. #Strictly

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 1d

Today in the @jewrywallroman.bsky.social

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 2d

Time to vote for the greatest #Eurovision National Final song #NFC100! All details 👇

Aussievision @aussievisionnet.bsky.social · 2d

The previous winners of the #NFC100! Will we have a new champion this year? Details and voting at: www.aussievision.net/post/the-eur...

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Tony Potter @tony-potter.bsky.social · 2d

I probably bang on about the @jactdurham.bsky.social too much, but it’s an outstanding opportunity for anyone who wants to explore Ancient Greek, Latin or Classical Civilisation.

Please share this post and spread the word about this amazing Summer School!

#JACTDurham

www.durhamglss.org

Home | JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School

Welcome - The 32nd JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School will take place at St John's College, Durham University from 25th July - 1st August 2026

www.durhamglss.org

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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 2d

'prime minister Keir Starmer...confirmed that the University of Lancaster and the University of Surrey had been given approval to open new campuses in India while on a trade mission to Mumbai, joining six more institutions already in the country.' (Lancaster is mooting 20% academic redundancy) 1/3

Research Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 2d

Expansion of UK universities in India ‘like California gold rush’.

University leaders embrace transnational education but warn it will not be a “replacement income stream”.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u...

Expansion of UK universities in India ‘like California gold rush’ - Research Professional News

University leaders embrace transnational education but warn it will not be a “replacement income stream”

www.researchprofessionalnews.com

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