Gürkan Ergin
@ivanhoe76.bsky.social
Classical archaeologist and historian at Istanbul University | unrests and rebellions in Roman Asia Minor, Roman state reliefs, Aegean Bronze Age, ancient world in cinema | curator 👉 #ancientartinfilm
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Gürkan Ergin
@ivanhoe76.bsky.social
· Jun 9
- Why do men revolt?
- To find beauty, either in life or in death.
(Peter Brook’s Mahābhārata)
- To find beauty, either in life or in death.
(Peter Brook’s Mahābhārata)
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This carved rock may have been a board game, according to a study in which AIs played out thousands of games with slightly different rules against each other to reproduce which moves might have led to the wear and tear seen on the board. 🧪 🤖 🎲
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
Is this carved rock an ancient Roman board game?
The lines worn into an engraved limestone object from the Netherlands are consistent with the idea that it was a Roman game board, according to an AI analysis
www.newscientist.com
February 10, 2026 at 11:02 AM
This carved rock may have been a board game, according to a study in which AIs played out thousands of games with slightly different rules against each other to reproduce which moves might have led to the wear and tear seen on the board. 🧪 🤖 🎲
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
www.newscientist.com/article/2514...
The helmet of Meskalamdug, king of Ur, 2600-2500 BC, British Museum & Watchmen 1.8 (2019) #ancientartinfilm
February 8, 2026 at 8:08 PM
The helmet of Meskalamdug, king of Ur, 2600-2500 BC, British Museum & Watchmen 1.8 (2019) #ancientartinfilm
Rome's Visceral Reactions: Politics and Poetics in Flesh and Blood tinyurl.com/268gxb9h #freeaccess
February 8, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Rome's Visceral Reactions: Politics and Poetics in Flesh and Blood tinyurl.com/268gxb9h #freeaccess
Honour in Aristotle's Ethics tinyurl.com/2yn39z76 #freeaccess
February 7, 2026 at 1:11 AM
Honour in Aristotle's Ethics tinyurl.com/2yn39z76 #freeaccess
Archaeologists identify forgotten city of Alexandria on the Tigris in southern Iraq archaeologymag.com/2026/02/forg...
Archaeologists identify forgotten city of Alexandria on the Tigris in southern Iraq
Archaeologists locate Alexandria on the Tigris in Iraq, a vast Hellenistic port city that once linked Mesopotamia with Indian Ocean trade.
archaeologymag.com
February 5, 2026 at 1:47 AM
Archaeologists identify forgotten city of Alexandria on the Tigris in southern Iraq archaeologymag.com/2026/02/forg...
Beacons and Military Communication from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period tinyurl.com/2a29gx9l #freeaccess
February 4, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Beacons and Military Communication from Antiquity to the Early Modern Period tinyurl.com/2a29gx9l #freeaccess
Significant Find of Cambrian Explosion Fossils kottke.org/26/02/signif...
Significant Find of Cambrian Explosion Fossils
A recent paper in Nature details what scientists found at the Huayuan biota:
Here we report the Huayuan biota — a lower Cambrian (Stage 4, approximately 512
kottke.org
February 3, 2026 at 7:43 PM
Significant Find of Cambrian Explosion Fossils kottke.org/26/02/signif...
480 BCE. The Persian Attack on Athens and its Impact on the Study of Ancient Greece brill.com/display/titl... #freeaccess
February 3, 2026 at 7:35 PM
480 BCE. The Persian Attack on Athens and its Impact on the Study of Ancient Greece brill.com/display/titl... #freeaccess
Divers Uncover World’s Largest Late Roman Hoard with 50,000 Coins Hidden Beneath the Mediterranean dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/worl...
Divers Uncover World’s Largest Late Roman Hoard with 50,000 Coins Hidden Beneath the Mediterranean
A forgotten treasure hidden for centuries beneath the sea is reshaping the story of Rome’s reach across the Mediterranean.
dailygalaxy.com
February 2, 2026 at 6:11 PM
Divers Uncover World’s Largest Late Roman Hoard with 50,000 Coins Hidden Beneath the Mediterranean dailygalaxy.com/2026/02/worl...
The Great Palace tinyurl.com/23bn9wz3 #freeaccess
January 31, 2026 at 11:27 AM
The Great Palace tinyurl.com/23bn9wz3 #freeaccess
Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/r...
Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe
An international team of archaeologists and paleontologists has announced the discovery of physical evidence unique in Europe: an elephant bone dated to the Second Punic War (218–201 BC). The find, a ...
www.labrujulaverde.com
January 28, 2026 at 11:19 AM
Remains of a war elephant and catapult ammunition from the Second Punic War found in Córdoba, a unique discovery in Europe www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/r...
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Homosexual behaviour has sometimes been regarded as an evolutionary paradox, but a study looking at 59 primate species suggests it does in fact boost survival.
Is there an evolutionary reason for same-sex sexual behaviour?
www.newscientist.com
January 25, 2026 at 6:06 PM
Homosexual behaviour has sometimes been regarded as an evolutionary paradox, but a study looking at 59 primate species suggests it does in fact boost survival.
A Roman Unguentarium Found in Pergamon Reveals the First Direct Evidence of the Medicinal Use of Human Feces in Antiquity www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/a...
A Roman Unguentarium Found in Pergamon Reveals the First Direct Evidence of the Medicinal Use of Human Feces in Antiquity
A small Roman glass flask, forgotten for centuries in the soil of Pergamon, one of the great medical centers of the ancient world, has just provided a tangible answer to a question that for a long tim...
www.labrujulaverde.com
January 23, 2026 at 3:45 PM
A Roman Unguentarium Found in Pergamon Reveals the First Direct Evidence of the Medicinal Use of Human Feces in Antiquity www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/a...
Materia Philosophiae. Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy is.gd/H2URCm #freeaccess
January 22, 2026 at 8:15 PM
Materia Philosophiae. Material Dimensions of Ancient Philosophy is.gd/H2URCm #freeaccess
1,700-year-old Roman marching camps discovered in Germany — along with a multitude of artifacts like coins and the remnants of shoes www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
1,700-year-old Roman marching camps discovered in Germany — along with a multitude of artifacts like coins and the remnants of shoes
Archaeologists in Germany have discovered four Roman marching camps and around 1,500 artifacts, including coins and shoe nails, dating to the third century.
www.livescience.com
January 21, 2026 at 4:26 PM
1,700-year-old Roman marching camps discovered in Germany — along with a multitude of artifacts like coins and the remnants of shoes www.livescience.com/archaeology/...
Basilica of Vitruvius found in Fano: "discovery of extraordinary importance": www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
January 20, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Basilica of Vitruvius found in Fano: "discovery of extraordinary importance": www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro on 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' www.indiewire.com/features/gen...
Guillermo del Toro and Martin Scorsese Celebrate the ‘Extraordinary Artistry’ of ‘The Greatest Story Ever Told’
The directors introduced George Stevens' 1965 biblical epic at an Academy Museum of Motion Pictures premiere of the Film Foundation's new restoration.
www.indiewire.com
January 19, 2026 at 9:41 PM
Martin Scorsese, Guillermo del Toro on 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' www.indiewire.com/features/gen...
New Connections Discovered Between the Ancient Iberian Language and Basque, Beyond Numbers www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...
New Connections Discovered Between the Ancient Iberian Language and Basque, Beyond Numbers
A recent study carried out by researcher Eduardo Orduña Aznar of the University of Barcelona provides new data on one of the most persistent enigmas in the linguistic history of the Iberian Peninsula:...
www.labrujulaverde.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
New Connections Discovered Between the Ancient Iberian Language and Basque, Beyond Numbers www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/01/n...
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Our @antiquaries.bsky.social Low Ham book (myself, Roger Leech and @thepostexcox.bsky.social ) is now available OA - library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... - the first synthetic publication of one of Britannia's largest villas, with reports on strat, finds, & enviro remains, & fully contextualised. 1/10
January 13, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Our @antiquaries.bsky.social Low Ham book (myself, Roger Leech and @thepostexcox.bsky.social ) is now available OA - library.oapen.org/handle/20.50... - the first synthetic publication of one of Britannia's largest villas, with reports on strat, finds, & enviro remains, & fully contextualised. 1/10