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@doktrock@toad.social
2026-01-14 16:05:15

"Pompeii’s public baths were unhygienic until the Romans took over" #archaeology
(What have the Romans ever done for us?)
newscientist…

Pompeii’s public baths were unhygienic until the Romans took over
Before the Romans captured Pompeii, the famous town was run by the Samnite people – and a dip in their public baths might have been an unpleasant experience

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2026-02-14 16:10:43

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940)
ift.tt/45YdaFu
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
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Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940) | H-Net
Conference DescriptionIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as traditional biblical narratives faced modern critique, Jews turned to archaeology to redefine their historical place and identity. Archaeological discoveries, from the Jewish catacombs of Rome to the synagogues of Galilee, from the Cairo Genizah to excavations across Egypt, Syria, and the Ottoman Empire, became tools for unearthing a complex, sometimes unexpected and multifaceted past that could challenge existing narrati…

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2026-02-13 07:26:01

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940) networks.h-net.org/group/annou

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940) | H-Net
Conference DescriptionIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as traditional biblical narratives faced modern critique, Jews turned to archaeology to redefine their historical place and identity. Archaeological discoveries, from the Jewish catacombs of Rome to the synagogues of Galilee, from the Cairo Genizah to excavations across Egypt, Syria, and the Ottoman Empire, became tools for unearthing a complex, sometimes unexpected and multifaceted past that could challenge existing narrati…

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2026-02-13 06:22:42

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940) networks.h-net.org/group/annou

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940) | H-Net
Conference DescriptionIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as traditional biblical narratives faced modern critique, Jews turned to archaeology to redefine their historical place and identity. Archaeological discoveries, from the Jewish catacombs of Rome to the synagogues of Galilee, from the Cairo Genizah to excavations across Egypt, Syria, and the Ottoman Empire, became tools for unearthing a complex, sometimes unexpected and multifaceted past that could challenge existing narrati…

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-01-25 15:20:49

"Pigments of the Imagination: Art & Archaeology from Across the Colour Spectrum" Bodleian Libraries blog: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/sackle

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2026-02-13 06:25:12

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940)
ift.tt/HJphgaY
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940) | H-Net
Conference DescriptionIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as traditional biblical narratives faced modern critique, Jews turned to archaeology to redefine their historical place and identity. Archaeological discoveries, from the Jewish catacombs of Rome to the synagogues of Galilee, from the Cairo Genizah to excavations across Egypt, Syria, and the Ottoman Empire, became tools for unearthing a complex, sometimes unexpected and multifaceted past that could challenge existing narrati…

@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot
2026-03-08 11:11:31

Catching up on a few stray pods this morning:
🎧Career in Ruins - archaeology with Derek Pitman and Lawrence Shaw. I like the practical and career-focussed slant to this.
🎧Tides of History - er, history. I like the way Patrick Wyman weaves it into a personal story.
🎧Front Row - general cultural stuff that I can feel remote from in my day to day.
🎧Film Stories - Simon Brew is a great presenter and really draws you in to what went on behind the scenes of the films we all kn…

@newstik@social.heise.de
2025-12-27 06:37:31

You should know this #advertisement spot from 40 years ago:
#archaeology

@aral@mastodon.ar.al
2026-02-24 06:27:26

Another pro-genocide Zionist reply-then-block bot to report:
@crumpet99@troet.cafe
This one was sent in reply to #ZionistReplyBots

known @crumpet99@troet.cafe 23/02/2026, 23:23 @aral 3/8 The Colonizer Libel [noun] A detamatory claim rooted in Nazi portrayals of Jews as alien interlopers and Soviet depictions of Jews as "chauvinists" and "imperialists." It denies Jewish continuity in the land, the return of Jewish refugees from Europe, and the arrival of Jews expelled from MENA, asserting instead-against history and archaeology-that Israeli Jews are "white European settler-colonizers," a label deployed to project moral evil…
@cdarwin@c.im
2025-12-28 23:50:35

This is attributed to H.G. Wells:
'The work of woman in prehistoric communities, when carefully analyzed from the fossils with which archaeology, folklore, and philology provide us, assumes somewhat large proportions as compared with the work of men. '
skywriter.blue…

Page by Dr Space Junk (Alice Gorman) | @drspacejunk.bsky.social
Friends, I have now closed 100 browser tabs, from across multiple windows. I did the thing the open tab required, or downloaded/filed it, or decided I didn't need it. #TabClosed2026 is going well! Now to start a fourth thread. You're welcome to make your own!

@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot
2026-01-07 13:40:06

‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links | Archaeology | The Guardian
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‘Extraordinary’ iron age war trumpet find in Britain may have Boudicca links
Bronze instrument or carnyx dug up in Norfolk in area inhabited by Celtic tribe led by warrior who fought Romans

@davej@dice.camp
2025-12-30 02:43:43

#NewGuineans and #Aboriginal #Australians descend from two groups who arrived 60,000 years ago, research suggests

New Guineans and Aboriginal Australians descend from two groups who arrived 60,000 years ago, research suggests
A collaboration between the University of Huddersfield's Archaeogenetics Research Group and the University of Southampton's Center for Maritime Archaeology, has clarified the first settlement of New Guinea and Australia by modern humans, Homo sapiens—refining our understanding of the origins of seafaring and maritime mobility.

@callunavulgaris@mastodon.scot
2026-02-18 09:39:24

Today is brought to you by the word:
CURVILINEAR
which I have written approximately four thousand times already this morning.
Curvilinear: Formed, bounded, or characterized by curved lines.
#archaeology

@v_i_o_l_a@openbiblio.social
2026-01-16 13:16:24

#neu & #openaccess:
"AI and Image: Critical Perspectives on the Application of Technology on Art and Cultural Heritage"

AI and Image
Cambridge Core - Archaeology: General Interest - AI and Image

@relcfp@mastodon.social
2026-02-15 16:10:29

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940)
ift.tt/S5t6oIQ
Slave subjectivities in the Iberian Worlds (15th- 20th centuries) Date: October 31,…
via Input 4 RELCFP

Call for Papers: Jews and the Worlds of the Ancient Mediterranean: Archaeology, Scholarship, and Networks of Collecting (c.1840–1940) | H-Net
Conference DescriptionIn the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, as traditional biblical narratives faced modern critique, Jews turned to archaeology to redefine their historical place and identity. Archaeological discoveries, from the Jewish catacombs of Rome to the synagogues of Galilee, from the Cairo Genizah to excavations across Egypt, Syria, and the Ottoman Empire, became tools for unearthing a complex, sometimes unexpected and multifaceted past that could challenge existing narrati…