Eve MacDonald

“The sky over Tehran is black. Like the night sky…” a friend

“i cannot breath, I am breathing through a wet towel”. My mum

10.000.000 people are being choked to death. Tehran is surrounded by mountains. There is very little wind.

I’ve no words anymore

Since many seem keen to explain to me the finer points of a moral war & bring historical examples of just wars, let me pitch the book I edited on history of war in ancient Iran.

Ancient bone may be first physical evidence of Hannibal’s ‘war machine’ elephants in Western Europe | CNN Archaeologists in Spain have uncovered an elephant bone from 2,200 years ago, and they believe it belonged to an animal that served as a “war machine” in an army sent to invade the Roman Republic.

First physical evidence of Hannibal’s ‘war machine’ elephants? buff.ly/0avdhq6 #archaeology #ancientRome #ancienthistory #carthage

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Thinking about Rag-i Bibi rock relief of the #Sasanians with this magnificent #rhinoceros.

Very! Yay 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

We #sco 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 supporters in disbelief but will take it #SCOvENG

Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s Tanks With Trunks

Elephant Bone in Spain May Be Proof of Hannibal’s Tanks With Trunks www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/s...

Myth vs. Reality: Carthage, A New History Carthage, Rome's most famous rival, was home to legendary figures like Queen Dido and Hannibal. These dramatic tales capture our imagination, but the true story of Carthaginian civilization runs far d...

Want to know more about the real story of ancient Carthage — doing a 4 session deep dive into Carthaginian history starting Feb 27th - come and explore

How the Sasanian Empire REALLY Fell | A Conversation with Dr. Khodadad Rezakhani YouTube video by Sképsislamica

Why did the Sasanian empire fall? The brilliant @sasanianshah.bsky.social answers all m.youtube.com/watch?v=xTuk...

Thank you! Great to hear.

Myth vs. Reality: Carthage, A New History Carthage, Rome's most famous rival, was home to legendary figures like Queen Dido and Hannibal. These dramatic tales capture our imagination, but the true story of Carthaginian civilization runs far d...

Want to know more about the real story of ancient Carthage — doing a 4 session deep dive into Carthaginian history starting Feb 27th - come and explore

The elephant in the oppidum. Preliminary analysis of a carpal bone from a Punic context at the archaeological site of Colina de los Quemados (Córdoba, Spain) Prior to the construction and enlargement of the medical consulting room of the Cordoba Provincial Hospital (Spain) an archaeological excavation was r…

And this - a rare elephant carpal bone from Punic period contexts - elephant in the oppidum (great title too 🐘) but what kind of elephant….

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Buckland wrote this despite understanding that women of his time, whether his wife Mary, or #MaryAnning whose work he benefitted from, were serious, skilled palaeontological fieldworkers & thinkers...
Here's the @trowelblazers.bsky.social article on Mary Buckland
trowelblazers.com/2014/05/09/m...

It’s absolutely insane — there should not be interest on these student loans beyond covering cost — it’s a choice, about how we value education, training and opportunity for next generations

Now that’s a conference and location 👏👏

How the Phoenicians Laid the Foundations For Modern Commerce and Civilization Beyond the stories passed down to us through ancient Rome, of Dido and Hannibal and the conquest of the north African coast, the facts about the foundation of Carthage are only slightly less dramat…

@gevemac.bsky.social on the ancient Mediterranean realities, myths and conquests of the Phoenicians.

How the Phoenicians Laid the Foundations For Modern Commerce and Civilization Beyond the stories passed down to us through ancient Rome, of Dido and Hannibal and the conquest of the north African coast, the facts about the foundation of Carthage are only slightly less dramat…

“A novel is a minor conspiracy unto itself, a frenzied assembly of story and figures and motivations.” 5 book reviews you need to read this week.
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Carthage: A New History of an Ancient Empire For 600 years, the city-state of Carthage dominated the western Mediterranean, growing into the region’s largest and wealthiest empire. After Carthage ultimately fell to Rome and was destroyed i...

Will be presenting an online lecture on Feb 11th through smithsonianassociates.org/ticketing/pr... about the new book too !

The Story of Carthage Isn’t Necessarily What the Romans Committed to History A new book by historian and archaeologist Eve MacDonald paints a more complete portrait of the once-great African society destroyed by Rome

Good to see #Carthage in the @smithsonianmag.bsky.social

www.smithsonianmag.com/history/stor...

Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation An ongoing list of Arabic literature in translation forthcoming in 2026.

Forthcoming 2026: Arabic Literature in Translation

An ongoing list of Arabic literature in translation forthcoming in 2026.

Hello US #Carthage - readers. FYI Barnes and Noble is currently having a 25 percent discount on books coming out in 2026! And Carthage: A New History (published in North America by @w.w.norton ) is out on Jan 13th and can be ordered in advance

👏👏 a Rome sandwich

Out soon in North America #carthage a new history

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And since all those ancient Sumerian tales tell us women were the brewmasters…

Did ancient humans start farming so they could drink more beer? New evidence suggests that alcohol was a surprisingly big motivator in our monumental transition from hunting and gathering to farming – but was beer really more important to us than bread?

www.newscientist.com/article/2501...

My favourite story of the day…needs must 🍺

I like that even better