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Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings www.bbc.com/news/article...
Huge archaeological puzzle reveals Roman London frescoes
Thousands of fragments of plaster are pieced together to reveal frescos from a Roman London villa.
www.bbc.com
June 19, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Huge Roman 'jigsaw' reveals 2,000-year-old wall paintings www.bbc.com/news/article...
Have you been taught by the inimitable Tom Pearson? He’s leaving us this year. We’re looking for memories from previous students!
Have you got fun photos of Tom? Would you like to send a message or a favourite memory to him?
Please include your name, what Tom taught you & when you were at QMC x
Have you got fun photos of Tom? Would you like to send a message or a favourite memory to him?
Please include your name, what Tom taught you & when you were at QMC x
June 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Have you been taught by the inimitable Tom Pearson? He’s leaving us this year. We’re looking for memories from previous students!
Have you got fun photos of Tom? Would you like to send a message or a favourite memory to him?
Please include your name, what Tom taught you & when you were at QMC x
Have you got fun photos of Tom? Would you like to send a message or a favourite memory to him?
Please include your name, what Tom taught you & when you were at QMC x
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Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
April 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Someone on Threads noticed you can type any random sentence into Google, then add “meaning” afterwards, and you’ll get an AI explanation of a famous idiom or phrase you just made up. Here is mine
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Pompeii: Archaeologists make breakthrough in mystery of life-size sculptures in tomb | The Independent
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Breakthrough as life-size sculptures discovered in Pompeii tomb
New discoveries are overturning the assumptions that used to be made about a woman’s place in society, writes Emily Hauser
www.independent.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Pompeii: Archaeologists make breakthrough in mystery of life-size sculptures in tomb | The Independent
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
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Fighting the urge to stop what I'm supposed to be doing and instead start yelling on my blog about how astonishing ill-informed and thoroughly debunked Musk's ideas about demography in general and Roman demography in particular are...
April 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Fighting the urge to stop what I'm supposed to be doing and instead start yelling on my blog about how astonishing ill-informed and thoroughly debunked Musk's ideas about demography in general and Roman demography in particular are...
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🎥 An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists is now on YouTube!
Explore the archaeology of Stonehenge, Saints of the North & Attingham Estate in this fascinating free talk with National Trust Archaeologists.
📺 Watch now 👉 youtu.be/lIji8vHKVKM
Explore the archaeology of Stonehenge, Saints of the North & Attingham Estate in this fascinating free talk with National Trust Archaeologists.
📺 Watch now 👉 youtu.be/lIji8vHKVKM
An Evening With National Trust Archaeologists 2025 - Festival of Archaeology
YouTube video by Council for British Archaeology
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April 9, 2025 at 3:52 PM
🎥 An Evening with National Trust Archaeologists is now on YouTube!
Explore the archaeology of Stonehenge, Saints of the North & Attingham Estate in this fascinating free talk with National Trust Archaeologists.
📺 Watch now 👉 youtu.be/lIji8vHKVKM
Explore the archaeology of Stonehenge, Saints of the North & Attingham Estate in this fascinating free talk with National Trust Archaeologists.
📺 Watch now 👉 youtu.be/lIji8vHKVKM
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... Great revision for first and second year #tudors students!
What did Henry VIII Believe?
Podcast Episode · Not Just the Tudors · 31/03/2025 · 49m
podcasts.apple.com
March 31, 2025 at 11:05 AM
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/n... Great revision for first and second year #tudors students!
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"Quite simply, this is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK"
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Iron Age Hoard Discovery Alters Our Understanding of Life in Britain 2,000 Years Ago | Historic England
The Melsonby Hoard, a vast deposit of more than 800 items, provides an archaeological time capsule from the Iron Age around 2,000 years ago.
historicengland.org.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:27 AM
"Quite simply, this is one of the most important and exciting Iron Age period discoveries made in the UK"
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
Historic England Press release on the Melsonby hoard 👇👇
historicengland.org.uk/whats-new/ne...
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'Unprecedented' Melsonby Iron Age hoard found by archaeologists
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️
'Unprecedented' Melsonby Iron Age hoard found by archaeologists
Archaeologists say they have found more than 800 items dating back about 2,000 years.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 25, 2025 at 7:23 AM
'Unprecedented' Melsonby Iron Age hoard found by archaeologists
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️
🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️
Great for #modern #coldwar historians and for #ancients to think about what Thucydides would make of all this… End of the Truman doctrine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Trump blew up the world order - and left Europe scrabbling
This is the gravest crisis for Western security since the end of World War Two. So which nations will step forward as the new world order emerges?
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Great for #modern #coldwar historians and for #ancients to think about what Thucydides would make of all this… End of the Truman doctrine www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Explore Rome's Hidden Underworld, Where a City Lurks Beneath a City | Smithsonian
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Explore Rome's Hidden Underworld, Where a City Lurks Beneath a City
A journey into the vast subterranean grounds preserved under Rome—from ancient aqueducts and apartment buildings to pagan shrines
www.smithsonianmag.com
March 24, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Explore Rome's Hidden Underworld, Where a City Lurks Beneath a City | Smithsonian
www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explo...
www.smithsonianmag.com/travel/explo...
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#OnThisDay - 23 March - in AD 59 Agrippina the Younger, one of the most significant figures of the Julio-Claudian period, was assassinated on the orders of her son, the emperor Nero. #Agrippina #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Nero 6; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 5469). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Nero 6; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 5469). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
March 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
#OnThisDay - 23 March - in AD 59 Agrippina the Younger, one of the most significant figures of the Julio-Claudian period, was assassinated on the orders of her son, the emperor Nero. #Agrippina #AncientHistory 🏺
Image: RIC Nero 6; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 5469). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC Nero 6; Münzkabinett Wien (RÖ 5469). Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Great new podcast on the Fall of Athens 404. Great for the revision that #ancient A2s are doing right now… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
The Fall of Athens
Podcast Episode · The Ancients · 23/03/2025 · 57m
podcasts.apple.com
March 23, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Great new podcast on the Fall of Athens 404. Great for the revision that #ancient A2s are doing right now… podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
A hoard of gold and silver Roman coins dating back to the reign of Emperor Nero have been found during building works in Worcestershire.
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#ClassicsBluesky 🏺
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hoard of Roman coins found during building work in Worcestershire - BBC News
The discovery of 1,368 Iron Age and Roman coins is expected to be valued at more than £100,000.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 3:04 PM
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Parthenon Sculptures deal 'close', ex-Greek official says
Elgin Marbles: UK-Greece deal on Parthenon Sculptures 'close'
The row could be raised by the Greek prime minister when he meets Sir Keir Starmer on Tuesday.
buff.ly
December 3, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Parthenon Sculptures deal 'close', ex-Greek official says
Happy Birthday Vespasian!!! 🎉🥳
#OnThisDay - 17 November - in AD 9 Titus Flavius Vespasianus (my fave!) was born. As the 'last man standing' at the end of the Long Year that was AD 69, he inaugurated the Flavian Dynasty. #AncientBluesky 🏺
Image: RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
Image: RIC 2.1 Vespasian 515; ANS 1956.184.26. Link - numismatics.org/ocre/id/ric....
November 17, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Happy Birthday Vespasian!!! 🎉🥳
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✨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...
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...
Did gladiators really do that? — Working Classicists
Did they really launch ships in the Colosseum? Did they really wear fancy
breastplates? Alexandra Sills, checks how accurately Ridley Scott’s film
presents the life of a gladiator.
www.workingclassicists.com
November 17, 2024 at 4:30 PM
✨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...
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...
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It’s a big movie year for antiquity scholars
November 16, 2024 at 9:01 PM
It’s a big movie year for antiquity scholars
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The List of Lists has been updated again - as always, let me know of any others to add! #ClassicsBluesky 🏺#AncientBluesky
The BlueSky List of Lists
Or, more accurately, the List of Starter Packs (but that just doesn't sound as good, does it?). After discovering that 150 slots is clearly not enough for a full 'Ancient Mediterranean Studies'...
www.elliemackinroberts.net
November 15, 2024 at 10:38 AM
The List of Lists has been updated again - as always, let me know of any others to add! #ClassicsBluesky 🏺#AncientBluesky
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If you're into archaeology, the ancient world, and related fields, here are some starter packs you will like 🧵 1/?
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November 15, 2024 at 6:28 AM
If you're into archaeology, the ancient world, and related fields, here are some starter packs you will like 🧵 1/?
go.bsky.app/J2BAdwu
go.bsky.app/J2BAdwu