Joonas Vanhala
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Joonas Vanhala
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Doctoral researcher studying Roman insults and stereotypes. Figure skating fan.
Blog: patinaticum.blogspot.com
Is #PhallusThursday still a thing? I've been looking into some of the Pompeian material lately, particularly graffiti drawings of phalluses. Seems like no one has systematically investigated that stuff.

Here's a nice one from the corridor leading into the theater of Pompeii.
November 21, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Hyvää loppiaista!
January 6, 2024 at 4:14 PM
Näyttely Turun kielimaisemista Turun kaupunginkirjaston aulassa 31.12. asti. Latinakin mainittu!
#ArjenLatinaa
December 19, 2023 at 3:55 PM
Seinämaalaus pompejilaisen yksityistalon seinällä: Kyparissos ja kauris. Tarinan mukaan nuori Kyparissos tappoi vahingossa metsällä ollessaan lemmikkikauriinsa ja muuttui surun murtamana sypressiksi.

📸: minä
Antiikintutkimus
December 16, 2023 at 10:49 AM
Anni Hellan väitöstilaisuus Turun yliopiston humanistisessa tiedekunnassa. Vastaväittäjänä associate professor Edward Schoolman.
December 9, 2023 at 11:19 AM
Tänään saimme kuulla erittäin kiinnostavan esitelmän Pompejin uusimmista kaivauksista Paideia ry:n esitelmätilaisuudessa Turussa. Puhumassa oli FT Samuli Simelius Helsingin yliopistosta. Väkeä oli salin täydeltä ja etänäkin iso joukko kuulijoita.

#Antiikintutkimus
November 23, 2023 at 9:30 PM
It’s not #PhallusThursday or #FrescoFriday, but I thought I’d share this wonderful Priapus which I finally saw a week ago in the House of the Vettii at Pompeii. What a way to greet the visitors!

AncienBluesky🏺
November 18, 2023 at 9:34 AM
Have you ever seen a fig tree growing upside down? I haven’t.😲 I saw this one at the baths of ancient Baiae.

AncientBluesky🏺
November 12, 2023 at 1:23 PM
I visited Pompeii again to see the newly opened House of the Vettii and the House of the Silver Wedding. They were well worth the visit and most interesting for my research.

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Antiikintutkimus
November 11, 2023 at 2:35 PM
Third and final day of Arachne IX conference.

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Antiikintutkimus
November 10, 2023 at 10:41 AM
The Arachne IX conference continues at the Finnish Institute with a keynote on Etruscan women by Marjatta Nielsen.

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Antiikintutkimus
November 9, 2023 at 3:57 PM
I really enjoyed presenting my paper on Roman stereotypes and attitudes on low-status professions at the Arachne IX conference.

2nd photo: Iida Huitula
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Antiikintutkimus
November 9, 2023 at 9:48 AM
Second day of the conference Arachne IX – Gender, Identities, and Social Structures in Greco-Roman Antiquity.

Right now listening to Giulia Cappucci’s paper on female slaves and female slave owners.

#ArachneIX
AncientBluesky 🏺
November 9, 2023 at 8:53 AM
The conference Arachne IX – Gender, Identities, and Social Structures in Greco-Roman Antiquity is starting at the Swedish Institute in Rome.

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Antiikintutkimus
November 8, 2023 at 1:07 PM
Konferenssimatkalla Roomassa. Käyn samalla reissulla myös Ostiassa ja Pompejissa.

Attending a conference in Rome. I will visit Ostia and Pompeii too while I’m there.

Antiikintutkimus
AncientBluesky 🏺
November 7, 2023 at 7:43 AM
We’re hosting a costume party.🎃 Guess who I am.📜🖋️

AncientBluesky
November 4, 2023 at 4:43 PM
Montako viisikirjaimista Rooman keisarin nimeä tulee mieleen? Äkkiseltään keksin kolme, kaikki 1. vuosisadan keisareita.
November 4, 2023 at 9:35 AM
We’re hosting a costume party next weekend so I ordered some stuff to go with my outfit.😁
October 30, 2023 at 2:43 PM
😂
October 29, 2023 at 2:49 PM
Lukillioksen runoista ja keisari Nerosta.
October 29, 2023 at 12:12 PM
Helsingin kirjamessuilla.
October 29, 2023 at 12:11 PM
According to the museum this lamp is most likely fake. I'm not sure on what grounds though and the sign at the museum is old.
October 27, 2023 at 8:11 AM
I assume #PhallusThursday is a thing in this blue place as well. Here you go, just some pretty Pompeian phalli to brighten up your day!
October 26, 2023 at 10:03 AM
I decided to learn how to mend woolen mittens. Hopefully these will last a while longer now.🪡🧶
October 25, 2023 at 6:10 PM