Dr. Elijah Camille Fleming

*Evil cackle*

It's still one of the more disturbing horror movies I've watched, very well done, but oooh boy, the dread is heavy!

Maybe "It Follows" from 2014? That is what is currently coming to mind!

Picture of wine glasses on a wooden table filled with white wine. In the middle is a red basket holding twisted rolls.

Great first day at #CAMWS! We had a chance to check out a reception panel that was *chef's kiss*. Time to enjoy some amazing wine and Italian food at the nearby Napoli's. Come say hi!

Join us!!!!!

Poster for upcoming AIMS (Antiquity in Media Studies) panel at the CAMWS Annual meeting. The background of the image is solid blue. To the right is a circular frame with an image of a golden gladiatorial helmet. Red blood-splatter falls across the entirety of the image. To the left in white text of various fonts and sizes reads the following: Gladiator at XXV and New Entries into the Arena. Antiquity in Media Studies Sponsored Panel at CAMWS 2025. Saturday, March 22- 1:00-3:00 PM Central. Below the text is the logos for CAMWS and AIMS.

I am very excited to be a part of this @antiquitymedia.bsky.social panel! It's the first time I'll be talking about popular reception in an academic setting instead of just on the @movieswedig.bsky.social podcast.

Who else will be attending #CAMWS2025 this year? #Academicsky #AncientBluesky

Archaeology with Flint Dibble Sharing archaeology. From the nitty gritty to the grand. Get access to behind-the-scenes content and support making more videos by subscribing to Patreon: patreon.com/FlintDibble. Or buy a needed cof...

Fun Fact: Both @ecfleming.bsky.social and I have worked on archaeological sites with Flint, so we know first-hand what an awesome person and archaeologist he is. Make sure you check out his work in making #realarchaeology accessible to a broader audience at www.youtube.com/@FlintDibble.

Just cackling to myself on this one....

YouTube video by Movies We Dig MWD Reception Battle: The Return (2024), with Amy Pistone, Joel Christensen, and Joe Goodkin

How can men find their way to war but not find their way to a good #podcast? We assemble our biggest survey panel ever to court the latest re-imagining of Homer’s #Odyssey (or the back half at least): The Return. @apistone.bsky.social @sentantiq.bsky.social @joegoodkin.bsky.social #Ancientbluesky

Photo of 5 dog figurines in profile facing to the left in a staggered line. The closest one is reddish, the three in the middle are beige, and the furthest is dark grey. Each one has a cuneiform inscription on their side.

For anyone wondering, some possible dog names have survived from cuneiform sources.

On tiny dog figurines found buried under a palace in Nineveh, Iraq are inscriptions that seem to be names.

dan rigiššu “loud is his bark”

munaššiku gārîšu “biter of his foe”

mušēṣi lemnūti “expeller of evil”

YouTube video by Archaeology Tube Bright Insight Lied

If there’s one thing I’ve learned since starting to talk #RealArchaeology online it’s that conservatives often do not know what science grants are. It is not surprising to me that Trump is targeting them, they are a bogeyman in conspiracy communities. 🧪🏺

Bright Insight Lied
youtu.be/2GQ-6dg59xk

Leave it to Zuckerberg to fashion himself a modern Augustus only to fold quicker than Lepidus.

Feminist approach would be to leave Ashur's body on the mountain....

How is this the narrative we want to continue!? I can't even with this!

Grab your witches hats and your godly boons as we delve into the Underworld again with @supergiantgames.bsky.social Hades II. Helping us out with this gaming katabasis is the wonderful Meg Sullivan @celticqueenmeg.bsky.social of History N' Games.

Listen at movieswedig.com! #AncientBluesky #Podcast

Homer is indeed the Homers we were along the way

Rewatching #TheReturn for tonight's discussion while typing up my shownotes (still love it). I am eager to learn what everyone has to say about it! #Podcast #AncientBluesky

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YouTube video by Movies We Dig The New Nightmare of Rome- Movies We Dig Discusses Gladiator II with Dr. Glenn Storey

While we do see a lot of new faces in #GladiatorII, the overall story is wrapped up in its mythologizing of the original. Helping us out in this episode is special guest (and Maximus/mentor figure to two of your hosts), Dr. Glenn Storey. Listen now at movieswedig.com! #AncientBluesky

So @movieswedig.bsky.social completely summed up my problems with Gladiator II: 1, that the conclusion is a white hetero populist reclaiming kingship from queer and black usurpers through a speech of togetherness to an army, and 2, real Caracalla is fascinating and that's not him at all!!!

Collage of three movie posters for the films: The Thing, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and The King and I.

Feel free to guess at any point, or start the challenge along with us! #20filmchallenge @voguearchaeology.bsky.social @ecfleming.bsky.social

So without further ado, here is Day 1:

Host 1- The Thing (1982)
Host 2- Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Host 3- The King and I (1956)

A reminder to come hang out with us tomorrow! We'll be streaming #HadesII on our YouTube channel. If you can't join us live, you'll still be able to able to watch the playthrough on your own time there. #AncientBluesky

It's time to return to the OG archaeologist on film! Joined by special guest, author, & archaeologist David West Reynolds, we examine our own experiences w/Indy, the enormous impact on the public perception of #archaeology and what these films, namely Raiders, gets remarkably right. #AncientBluesky

JEREMY SWIST Brandeis University 'Wolves of the Krypteia': Lycanthropy and right-wing extremism in metal's reception of ancient Greece and Rome ABSTRACT Metal's pervasive (were)wolf motifs are key hermeneutics for the reception of classical antiquity by right-wing bands. Continuities of lupine themes and romantici-zation of Sparta and Rome exist between fascist Germany and Italy, contemporary far-right political and pagan organizations, and bands that combine these two subjects in a unique but consistent way. Also inspired by Nietzsche, Evola and social Darwinists, bands such as Der Stürmer, Kataxu and Spearhead trace their biological and spiritual ancestry to Sparta, emulating their lycanthropic militarism and racial terrorism. Bands such as Hesperia, Diocletian and Deströyer 666 utilize Roman wolf iconography to promote the destruction of civilization and return to 'natural' hierarchies. Like their fascist predecessors, these artists perpetuate patriarchal and racist distortions of both lupine behaviour and ancient Mediterranean civilizations. Such constructions nevertheless extend from the resonance of both wolves and classical antiquity with metal's common themes of transgression, hypermasculinity, elitism and nostalgia for premodernity.

I published this article in the journal Metal Music Studies two years ago today, and I’m still quite proud of it.

I have more work on this topic coming over the horizon.

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.

✨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. 😊

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Trump’s staffing picks make Caligula’s choice of Incitatus seem reasonable.*

*yes, yes, hostile historiographical tropes

I didn't get to be a part of this chat because this movie left theaters so incredibly quickly in my tiny town. But I can guarantee thinking about this hot garbage with my brilliant colleagues is 10X better.

Extra galling that I'm required to think up dinner ideas as the empire crumbles.

Don’t Panic! How to Fight Fascism as an Archaeologist Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shovelling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people. It’s time to lean into that, to …

Don't Panic! How to fight fascism as an archaeologist.
Hey, archaeologists! As archaeologists, we tend to be the doing sort, the busybodies shoveling and sorting, keeping and caring, custodians of time, places, people, it's time to lean into that!
blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2024/11/13/d...

A round, light brown tablet made of clay with three lines of cuneiform scripts. Two rulings, or traced straight lines, enclose the writing. The photo also shows the sides of the tablet, including a few damaged parts.

May as well dive right in.

Did you know that dogs in ancient Mesopotamia also refused to drop the ball?

According to a Sumerian proverb, “The dog understands ‘Take it!’ It does not understand ‘Put it down!’”

Source: cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts/34...

Flyer for the Environmental Archaeology Summer School at Falerii Novi with text and an image of excavation in the background

Collaborating with brilliant colleagues Angela Trentacoste & Erica Rowan to host the inaugural #Environmental #Archaeology Summer School in situ at Falerii Novi 🎉🙌

Rare enviro research-led, in-field training w/leading experts! 🏺 🗃️ ClassicsBluesky

Info + Apply: faleriinoviproject.org/opportunities/