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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell

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Ancient historian, archaeologist, writer, lecturer at The Open University and University of Birmingham. All things Pompeii, Rome, and epigraphy. https://pompeiinetworks.wordpress.com/

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · Oct 26

A wee bit of the #Cicero brothers (maybe?) and a whole lot of #Pompeii. #AncientHistory www.historytoday.com/archive/feat...

How to Win an Election in Ancient Rome

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 13d

I have a very bad feeling about this...

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 13d

Preserving Pompeii’s past, one step at a time
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Preserving Pompeii’s past, one step at a time

Art conservator and restorer Ludovica Alesse works to safeguard Ancient Roman remains unearthed in the latest excavations to ensure the city’s story will never fade.

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 18d

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 22d

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

Same. We probably need to prepare ourselves with libations first. Will be in touch.

Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

I’m not even sure when it opens. I’ll have a look when I can get to it and message you.

Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

Let’s do this!

Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

I love this idea. Because research is never born out of spite. Nope. Nothing to see here. 😬

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

There is a part of me that wants to go out of curiosity but I may need to arrange bail money / a solicitor first. 🫢

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

I have equally been looking at this and have Views. They may be quite sweary views.

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

100% woud let nibble.

Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 24d

That moment when you've just started digging an archaeological trench and a visitor comes along and eats your finds...🤦‍♂️

#FindsFriday #EdibleArchaeology 🐑🐏

The start of an archaeological trench, with spade in foreground (literally) with sheep in background, on grass, investigating pottery in a blue finds tray

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · 23d

All time classic

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · 23d

Genius. Definitely genius.

Fishbourne Roman Palace @romanpalace.bsky.social · 24d

We can't decide weather this bottle-opener/trowel combo is genius or madness.

a close up of the blade of a 4 inch pointing trowel in use as an archaeological tool. the upper side of the blade has a notch cut into it that could conceivably be used as a bottle opener.

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 25d

Archaeologists think they've found a mass grave of Roman soldiers from the Battle of Mursa (260 AD). 🧪🏺

Skeleton-filled well in Croatia likely holds remains of Roman soldiers, study finds

Archaeologists have discovered a mass grave of Roman soldiers hidden inside an ancient well in Croatia.

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Dr Kate Cook @katexe.bsky.social · 23d

Delighted to have a short piece in this week's TLS on Hades 2, gender, and modern myth making.

www.the-tls.com/arts/hades-i...

Hell with other people

Video games are often the first and most common way that many people now encounter the classical world. Hades, a critical hit following its release in

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E-J Graham @e-jgraham.bsky.social · Sep 18

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...

Call for Papers « Roman Archaeology Conference

Roman Archaeology Conference

www.romansocietyrac.ac.uk

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · Sep 5

So pretty! #roadporn

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Sep 5

For #RomanRoadsFriday
this fantastic photo of a cross section of a #Roman road, Fuenterroble de Salvatierra, Spain.

Photo: Jim Paton via Flickr www.flickr.com/photos/27727...

🏺 #archaeology

Photo of a cross-section of a Roman road showing layered construction. Large flat stones form the road surface on top, while underneath are compacted layers of smaller stones and gravel, supported by a stone retaining structure. Grass grows at the base, and surrounding steps and walls frame the exposed section.

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Dr Vicky Donnellan @vickydonnellan.bsky.social · Sep 5

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...

Monument, movement and the ritual body: ancient Indian, Roman and Greek art

Join one of Britain's leading art historians, Jaś Elsner, for a look at the religious context of some of the great monuments of antiquity.

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Rome and Beyond @romebeyond.bsky.social · Sep 3

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)

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · Sep 2

When I first moved to the UK I lived with someone from the north who was daily asking me what I wanted for tea. Um... do you mean earl grey? I was so confused by this question.

Sometimes it's easy to forget we speak the same language.

Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · Sep 2

I swear the other half and I argue about this more than we do aluminum. Or, as he would say, aluminium. 🤣

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Classical Studies Memes for Hellenistic Teens @csmfht.bsky.social · Sep 2

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Dr. Virginia L. Campbell @vlcampbell.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ooh... how to start an argument amongst Brits and Americans: homey v. homely. Have you encountered this yet?

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Eduardo García-Molina @egarcmol.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ptolemy II to the Alexandrians

Rupaul badly photoshopped with a stock pharonic crown in front of the library of Alexandria from assassin’s creed Origins. Speaking, text reads “The library is open.”

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