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Two phases of timber buildings shown during excavations at Inchtuthil legionary fortress, north of the River Tay in Perthshire, Scotland. #RomanFortThursday

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The commander's house viewed from south-east

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

Lots to look forward to in 2026, but mainly this ⬇️

#Italia #Roma #PhD #Research

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 […]

Traces of Roman Hospital Uncovered in Southwestern Turkey - Archaeology Magazine

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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...

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

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.

📰 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

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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.

#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

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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.

A stunning 2,000 year-old Roman blue glass amphoriskos.

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An impressive Archaic Etruscan terracotta canopic urn (6th century BCE ) on the front cover! ⚱️

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...

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📍 Libreria Antigone Roma – Via degli Ausoni 45, Roma
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Upcoming Research Training: Introduction to Digital Classics Approaches
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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

Absolutely, I know this lady isn’t the only one, but it’s brilliant nonetheless. There’re so many opportunities available from the @openuniversity.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

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.

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
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🚨 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! 🙏

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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 🇮🇹

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...

New on the fraut blog: an interview with autistic GP and fraut co-director Dr Tony Mohammed. fraut.co.uk/2025/10/11/f...

I've been feeling rough all week (some kind of mystery infection + inner ear stuff so I feel seasick all the time) but I'm sitting down now to make progress on catching up with #ClassicsTober!

Three easy tweaks to make your teaching autism-friendly Autistic students have the highest university dropout rate of any disability group. What can teaching staff do about it?

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Three easy tweaks to make your teaching autism-friendly Autistic students have the highest university dropout rate of any disability group. What can teaching staff do about it?

Me, talking about autism in Higher Education!
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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

I probably bang on about the @jactdurham.bsky.social too much, but it’s an outstanding opportunity for anyone who wants to explore Ancient Greek, Latin or Classical Civilisation.

Please share this post and spread the word about this amazing Summer School!

#JACTDurham

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I use a lot of PdF’s, many of which are in various languages. I like to annotate PdF’s with various scribblings etc. I’m wondering if the AI summary functionality is worthwhile. I like the fact that you can have it read a paper to me too. Pondering the best choice @adobe.com @adobelive.bsky.social

I’ve been pondering the features & benefits of AdobePro to support my #PhD research. I’m wondering if anyone here has experience of using it & if they think it’s worth the investment. It might be the case I can get it through the university, but I’d prefer not to shell out if it’s not beneficial.

We were delighted to welcome members of the UK Parliament—both from the House of Commons and the House of Lords—on Monday, 6 October, to the British School at Rome.
The visit provided a valuable opportunity to strengthen UK–Italy relations and explore shared cultural and research interests.

Prof Polly Low (Durham) will give the Autumn Lecture in Classics, part of the ICS/National Hellenic Research Foundation/British School at Athens Lectures in Classics

Towards a New History of Ancient Greek Empire(s)
Mon 3 Nov, 6pm, at the BSA.

Full details & link to register: shorturl.at/7YW74

On my way home now 😑 One week at the @bsrome.bsky.social is not enough, but I’ve got lots of data to work on, so it’s been a successful week. As usual all the staff at the BSR were outstanding, and I’ll be back in the new year … hopefully for at least 2 weeks!

There’s probably a fancy sociological / psychological explanation for this, but I’ve always been a coffee drinker, black no sugar, the stronger the better, but in all honesty I can’t say I really enjoy its taste. It must be a social thing I’m conforming to ☕️ 🇮🇹

Lovely afternoon in Rome.