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Tony Potter
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Open-Oxford-Cambridge DTP funded PhD student at the Open University | Researching Sensory Experience in Caeretan Funerary Assemblages | #NewMaterialism | #AssemblageTheory | #MaterialReligion | #Archaeology | #Etruscology | #Neurodivergent | #JACTDurham
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tony-potter.bsky.social
Made it back to wet & windy Yorkshire after a lovely 2 days in Oxford with the #OOCDTP cohort. Looking forward to heading to Cambridge in spring. Spent a bit too much time in @blackwells.bsky.social but managed to pick up this cracker! #EtruscanResearch
November 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
tony-potter.bsky.social
Despite my social battery running very low, I’ve had an enjoyable & engaging day at the #OOCDTP cohort event in Oxford! I’ve met some lovely people & I’m looking forward to seeing my #PhD through to completion alongside them! @oocdtp.bsky.social @ougradsch.bsky.social
November 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
tony-potter.bsky.social
Serious question - what’s the optimal number of monitors to use when researching?

How many is too many? 😂

#AskingForAnArchaeologist
October 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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religiousstudiesou.bsky.social
🚨 New blog post! 🚨

With Pope Francis's death and the election of Leo XIV, UK media coverage was surprisingly positive. Read John Wolffe's blog on whether Britain moved beyond its old ‘No Popery’ tradition

www.open.ac.uk/blogs/religi...

@thebasr @OU_FASS
October 22, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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jactdurham.bsky.social
🚨 Calling all Latin, Greek & ClassCiv enthusiasts🚨

Please help us to spread the word & let people know that registration for the 32nd @jactdurham.bsky.social is open!

We have residential & non-residential options available. We also offer bursaries for those who need them!

www.durhamglss.org
Home | JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School
Welcome - The 32nd JACT Durham Greek & Latin Summer School will take place at St John's College, Durham University from 25th July - 1st August 2026
www.durhamglss.org
October 22, 2025 at 2:21 PM
tony-potter.bsky.social
Took a little break from my research yesterday afternoon & binged the entire series of ‘Monsters: The Ed Gein Story’. Hmmm, yes, well …. OMG! 😦
a man with the words bye mother written above him
ALT: a man with the words bye mother written above him
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October 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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drblankam.bsky.social
📯🏺🏛️
Our @universitypress.cambridge.org book "Senses, Cognition and Ritual Experience in the Roman World" is #OPENACCESS !
👇

www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

#archaeology #sensoryarchaeology #senses #cognition #cognitivescienceofreligion #ritual #religion #classics #ancienthistory #romanhistory
Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
Cambridge Core - Ancient History - Senses, Cognition, and Ritual Experience in the Roman World
www.cambridge.org
October 17, 2025 at 6:27 PM
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theromansoc.bsky.social
Two phases of timber buildings shown during excavations at Inchtuthil legionary fortress, north of the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. #RomanFortThursday

www.romansociety.org/Imago/Image-...

#ClassicsBluesky #Archaeology 🏺
October 16, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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ics.bsky.social
📣 Calling all PhD Students in Classics, Archaeology, Ancient History, and related disciplines 📣

Register now for our Classical Studies PhD welcome event
22 October 2025, 3:00PM - 4:00PM
Learn how the ICS’s resources and activities can support you in your PhD research: shorturl.at/pxRQe
October 16, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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ullamr.bsky.social
Housesteads lies midway along Hadrian’s Wall. It is the most complete example of a Roman fort in Britain. It was built within a decade of AD 122, when work on the Wall began. It was garrisoned by an 800-strong infantry regiment until the end of the 4th century. #RomanFortThursday
The commander's house viewed from south-east
October 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
tony-potter.bsky.social
Lots to look forward to in 2026, but mainly this ⬇️

#Italia #Roma #PhD #Research
October 15, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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theclassicslibrary.bsky.social
Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey - Archaeology Magazine

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News - Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey - Archaeology Magazine
MUĞLA, TURKEY—Hürriyet Daily News reports that an investigation of an area near the harbor of […]
archaeology.org
October 15, 2025 at 5:46 AM
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carolinederry.bsky.social
Researching a legal moment that was supposed to change everything - whether it did or not? The call for papers for 'Moments of Rupture' is open until 23 October!
Free, online conference in November, hosted by the Open Universities legal histories research cluster.
#LegalHistory #cfp
The Open University
Moments of Rupture Online 20-21 November 2025Some legal and social changes are so profound that they create what seem to be moments of rupture: breaks between the ‘before’ and ‘after’. These moments c...
law-school.open.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 7:11 PM
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antiquity.ac.uk
📰 Archaeologists uncover "one of the most complete and undisturbed Late Bronze Age tombs ever found in Canaan" at the port of Yavneh-Yam

🏺 #AntiquityResearch #ArchaeologyNews via @heritagedaily.bsky.social

www.heritagedaily.com/2025/10/elit...
Elite Bronze Age burial complex unearthed at Yavneh-Yam
Archaeologists have announced the discovery of a Bronze Age burial complex during excavations at Israel’s coastal port of Yavneh-Yam.
www.heritagedaily.com
October 14, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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romanbritain.bsky.social
#TombTuesday

Archaeologists discover rare liquid gypsum burial of 'high-status individual' from #RomanBritain.

The newfound stone coffin that had gypsum poured over it in #Roman times in what is now England. (See Alt )

#History

(Image credit: Courtesy of Headland Archaeology)
https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/romans/archaeologists-discover-rare-liquid-gypsum-burial-of-high-status-individual-from-roman-britain This practice is known from Roman times, but archaeologists still don't fully understand it. The mineral was made into a cement or plaster and then poured over the deceased person to make a hard cast. This process sometimes preserved organic remnants such as clothing or a burial shroud. The gypsum from the newfound burial is fragmentary, but it retains impressions of the individual's shroud and preserved a small piece of fabric. This type of burial is largely known from Roman urban centers — such as York in England, which has 45 documented gypsum burials — but it's rare to find them in rural regions, as this one was. In this case, "we do believe this would have been an expensive endeavour and is therefore indicative of a high-status individual," said Jessica Lowther, community archaeologist for Headland Archaeology, the company that did the excavation.
October 14, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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alisonfisk.bsky.social
A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos.

📷 Getty Museum www.getty.edu/art/collecti...

#Archaeology
Getty Museum photo of a translucent, dark blue, two-handled, glass flask (amphoriskos) against a grey background. The free-blown body is bulbous in shape, with a narrow neck with a flattened rim. The two handles were added afterwards and attach to the body and mouth. The handle on the right has been attached slightly higher up on the body than the other side. Height 10.5 cm. There is some incrustation on the interior of the glass.
October 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
tony-potter.bsky.social
An impressive Archaic Etruscan terracotta canopic urn (6th century BCE ) on the front cover! ⚱️
antiquity.ac.uk Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Oct 14
📕 #BookReview

What did prehistoric people think about their past? Can #archaeology reveal 'historical culture' in societies without written literature? @profbernard.bsky.social's 'Historical culture in Iron Age Italy' breaks new ground on these questions 1/2

(£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺
Cover of the book reviewed, depicting a ceramic jar with a lid shaped like a human head, with the text 'Book Review, Antiquity'.
October 14, 2025 at 4:39 PM
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bsrome.bsky.social
𝐀𝐍𝐙𝐈 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐋𝐀 | 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦𝐦𝐞
𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱 𝘴𝘶 𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪 𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘢𝘣𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘻𝘢𝘻𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢
📅 9 novembre 2025 | 15:00 – 18:30
📍 Libreria Antigone Roma – Via degli Ausoni 45, Roma
🎟️ In lingua italiana, partecipazione gratuita su iscrizione fino al 2 novembre → bsr.ac.uk/anzi-parla-p...
Anzi Parla Public Programme | Workshop su Pratiche di Responsabilizzazione Comunitaria - bsr.ac.uk
Questo workshop, in lingua italiana e che si svolgerà in presenza, offre un primo sguardo alle pratiche di community accountability – strumenti e approcci fondamentali per affrontare conflitti, assunz...
bsr.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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ics.bsky.social
Upcoming Research Training: Introduction to Digital Classics Approaches
Weds 29 Oct 2-3pm

This seminar will give an overview of current digital methods, technologies & tools used in the study of the ancient world, languages, texts, history, objects, cultural heritage & reception: shorturl.at/U6pc0
An Introduction to Digital Classics Approaches
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October 14, 2025 at 1:02 PM
tony-potter.bsky.social
This is fabulous & one of the many reasons I’m really proud to be an @openuniversity.bsky.social student! @ougradsch.bsky.social @oulibrary.bsky.social #NeverTooOld
October 14, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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oliviakellyou.bsky.social
How lovely is this 😍 So proud to work for this amazing institution @openuniversity.bsky.social BBC News - Great-grandmother graduates university at 90 years old
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Londonderry: 90-year-old woman graduates university
90-year-old Maryette was the oldest of more than 300 graduates at the Open University's ceremony in Belfast on Tuesday.
www.bbc.com
October 14, 2025 at 3:46 PM
tony-potter.bsky.social
🚨 Calling all Oxonians 🚨

I’m staying in Oxford for a few nights in November for a DTP cohort meeting, but I haven’t been to Oxford for years and I don’t know where best to park! I’m staying at Rewley House which Is by Wellington Square! Any parking advice would be hugely welcomed! 🙏
October 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
tony-potter.bsky.social
I NEED 😂

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October 14, 2025 at 10:12 AM
tony-potter.bsky.social
Back to the @bsrome.bsky.social in September 2026. This time for 17 nights. It’s the longest I can get whilst juggling lots of responsibilities, but it’ll be amazing to spend a longer period of time in Rome. I swear, once I’m #PhD done, I’m going to apply for one of their residencies 🇮🇹
October 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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frautsupport.bsky.social
New on the fraut blog: an interview with autistic GP and fraut co-director Dr Tony Mohammed. fraut.co.uk/2025/10/11/f...
fraut: Tony’s Story - fraut
This week we caught up with fraut co-director Dr Tony Mohammed, to ask him about how he came to create fraut. How did the idea for fraut occur to you? I work...
fraut.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 1:02 PM