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Tim Parkin
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NZer (Wgtn) at the University of Melbourne (tim.parkin@unimelb.edu.au). Roman historian. New to Bluesky since November '24. Views expressed are mine alone.
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‘These aged care residents in Melbourne were given a rare glimpse of ancient Greece’

www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
At this Greek aged care home in Melbourne, everything old is new again
Residents of a Greek aged care home in Melbourne's north-east once made bus trips to visit the Hellenic Museum, but now the museum has come to them.
www.abc.net.au
July 15, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Pompeii’s Ancient Garden of Hercules Reopens With Thousands of Flowers Planted.

🏺 #ClassicsBluesky #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky 🏛️

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Pompeii’s Ancient Garden of Hercules Reopens With Thousands of Flowers Planted - GreekReporter.com
The ancient Garden of Hercules in Pompeii has reopened after major restoration, reviving plants, trade history, and the irrigation system.
greekreporter.com
June 18, 2025 at 5:04 AM
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Program/Registration - 9th International Conference IMAGINES - Wearing Antiquity: modern fashion and the past 2000 BCE-1000 AD - hybrid/London (ICS) - March 19-21 (UK time) ics.sas.ac.uk/events/weari...
Wearing Antiquity: modern fashion and the past 2000 BCE - 1000 AD 9th International Conference IMAGINES
ics.sas.ac.uk
March 16, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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If only he’d called the alligator something other than Cliff… www.bbc.com/news/article...
Rotherham man fined for keeping pet alligator called Cliff in garden - BBC News
The reptile was living in a tank in the back garden of an address in Rotherham, a court hears.
www.bbc.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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February 13, 2025 at 6:29 AM
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Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree.

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January 31, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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New Zealand's Mount Taranaki gets same legal rights as a person
The aim is to address injustices of colonisation, including confiscating land from local tribes.
bbc.com
January 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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This is brilliant - the red tie of Damocles, Jan. 2025.
January 28, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Trump has rescinded Biden’s Executive Order 14087, “Lowering Prescription Drug Costs for Americans,” which included things like lowering state Medicaid costs for the most expensive therapeutics, reducing Medicare payments for proven drugs, and creating a flat, $2 Medicare copay for generic drugs
Trump’s initial orders reverse Biden on health care costs, protections from discrimination
Trump's executive orders took aim at Biden's priorities, from drug pricing to gender discrimination.
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January 21, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Oxford University Press will be awarding as many as 10 ECRs the opportunity to publish their first book in fully open access as well as in hardback. Today the website was revised to make clear that independent/unaffiliated scholars are eligible. Deadline March 3. academic.oup.com/pages/early-...
January 17, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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Vote for #TLL Thesaurus Linguae Latinae #Latin Word of the Year 2024: parerga.hypotheses.org/3516

* #reteiaclor “to net, fish out”
* #retotatototato (onomatopoeic imitation of a wind instrument)
* #retroactim “retroactively”
* #revaleo “to be well again”
* #revolumen “churning”
Latin Word of the Year 2024
With the Vox Anni contest now in its third season, the Thesaurus linguae Latinae community is excited to share with you the contestants for Latin Word of the Year 2024. (Learn more about the previous ...
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December 19, 2024 at 12:49 AM
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Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire – Sarah E. Bond - sarahemilybond.com/2024/08/05/s...
Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire
Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire I have to admit that having two children since April of 2020 has put me behind on blogging. But I was also working on a book that I am quite proud of ...
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August 5, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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The Torlonia Marbles Are Coming to Museums in Chicago, Texas and Montreal - The New York Times
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/11/a...
The Torlonia Marbles Are Coming to Museums in Chicago, Texas and Montreal
For the first time, the ancient marbles are traveling out of Europe to the United States and Canada, for a prolonged stint.
www.nytimes.com
December 11, 2024 at 7:10 PM
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I do not normally post Xmassy things but... www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_Ac...
Singing Christmas Hedgehogs - Full Version
YouTube video by Birdbox Studio
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December 3, 2024 at 5:35 AM
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Talks over return of Parthenon marbles to Athens are ‘well advanced’
Exclusive: Keir Starmer reiterates support for British Museum reaching deal with Greek PM, who visits UK on Tuesday
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2024 at 4:09 AM
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November 28, 2024 at 1:40 AM
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And now a largely unrelated collection of pieces from the MFA (gotta figure out how to link to relevant parties), camels that I saw and loved. This camel, 1-2C CE, from the Han Dynasty.
November 23, 2024 at 9:25 PM
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Humanities Academy announces 41 new Academy Fellows humanities.org.au/power-of-the... - including Prof Tim Parkin @senex64.bsky.social (Melbourne):
Humanities Academy announces 41 new Academy Fellows – Australian Academy of the Humanities
The Australian Academy of the Humanities has elected 41 new humanities scholars elected to Fellowship today.
humanities.org.au
November 20, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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New Zealand: Maori protest as hikoi reaches Wellington
The country is seen as a world leader for supporting indigenous rights, but many fear that's now at risk.
bbc.com
November 19, 2024 at 3:27 AM
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A charming little octopus from a Roman villa at Villaquejida, León, Spain. Limestone, 2nd-3rd century AD.

Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid 📷 my own

#MosaicMonday
#Archaeology
A mosaic fragment from a Roman villa in Spain depicting a stylised, octopus using red, yellow, and black limestone tesserae. The front facing octopus has bulging eyes and eight tentacles
November 18, 2024 at 11:14 AM