Elizabeth Leaning

Volume 17 Issue 4 | Classical Receptions Journal | Oxford Academic Publishes contributions covering all aspects of the reception of the texts and material culture of ancient Greece and Rome from antiquity to the present day.

New issue of Classical Receptions Journal Vol. 17, No. 4 (2025) academic.oup.com/crj/issue/17/4 @oxfordacademic.bsky.social @archaeoastro.bsky.social

History shows us what happens when corrupt Kings destroy palaces and temples to rebuild for their golden visions and it often ends in flames and looting and razing when they die, just speaking as an archaeologist here, nothing whatsoever to do with anything modern *clutches pearls*

We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.

📜Australasian #Ovidian Society upcoming meeting

Join us next week, & check out the full program on our flyer!✨

DM me to join the mailing list

📌I'll be presenting this month on #Ovid Heroides 7
🗓15 Sept, 5PM AEST
📖 The Dido Project: Creative Research Practice as Critical Resistance

Bayek’s promise: authentic vs. accurate Ptolemaic astronomy in Assassin’s Creed: Origins Abstract. From skyboxes to collectables to assets, stars have been an intrinsic part of video games since Spacewar! (1962). Over 60 years on, as not just g

My article's out!

The true intersection of my interests in Egyptology, astronomy and video games that looks at accuracy and authenticity in Assassin's Creed: Origins' use of Ptolemaic astronomy ☄️

academic.oup.com/crj/advance-...

your periodic reminder that “archaeology isn’t political” is a political statement

enshittification | noun | when a digital platform is made worse for users, in order to increase profits

We built a calculator that doesn't work, but don't worry, it's also a plagiarism machine that will tell you to kill yourself. It runs on the world's oceans and costs 10 trillion dollars.

Work, wages and apprenticeships: sifting for clues about the lives of girls in ancient Egypt Evidence of textile workshops demonstrates that girls’ labour was valued enough to be documented in administrative records alongside adult workers.

📰 We know little about the lives of children in Ancient Egypt, and even less about that of non-elite girls. @julia-hamilton.bsky.social explores how ordinary girls lived, perhaps working as apprentices to adults 🏺

#ArchaeologyNews @aunz.theconversation.com 1/3

theconversation.com/work-wages-a...