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Just finished writing on Thucydides and Plutarch. It’s a draft so needs a polish but still cause for a small celebration! Heading for a coffee and taking a breath.
🔎 We’re heading back to the Rose & Crown dig!
Join us on 28 Feb or 7 Mar, 11am–2pm, to meet the archaeologists and get another look at the site as the excavation unfolds (weather permitting). Free, informal drop‑ins for everyone.
Had a productive afternoon of writing today. Thucydides on the agenda today with some Plutarch tomorrow.
The image shows a small, rounded, purple glass vessel in the shape of a pomegranate fruit displayed against a light grey background. The display lighting enhances the translucent purple glass which replicates the colour of a ripe fruit. There is some encrustation dotted around the body of the vessel and around the calyx which has one lobe missing. Height 6.9 cm (2.7 in), Diameter 6.6 cm (2.5 in). Probably used as a container for perfumed oil.
For New Year’s Day 2026, a hellenistic glass vase shaped like a pomegranate. 2nd century BC - 1st century AD.
A symbol of abundance and good luck for the year ahead!
📷 Phoenix Art phoenixancientart.com/work-of-art/...
#Archaeology
Congrats, Dr Werran!
Our annual Loeb tree is up! It's topped with a 3D print of a 3rd century BCE terracotta figure housed in the library @palaeofuturist.bsky.social sketchfab.com/3d-models/la...
With no spoilers I LOVED the Celebrity Traitors final.
I wrote about Roman curse tablets in Ancient History Magazine - available now! www.karwansaraypublishers.com/en-gb/produc...
🎉 Congratulations to Prof. Polly Low, who has provided the introduction and notes to Robin Waterfield's recently published new translation of Thucydides!
🔗 tinyurl.com/826xpz6n
🔊 Listen to Polly and Robin on the 'Wondery' podcast: tinyurl.com/3xp738a3
Caught up with a friend I hadn’t seen for around 15 years over dinner today and it was fabulous. Major #TinyJoy
A close up image of an ancient pot with a large octopus painted on in black with it's tentacles all curled around it.
This jar stands at an impressive height of 75 cm. The painted decoration depicts an octopus, swimming in an abstract seascape. The jar comes from the Minoan palace at Knossos, on the island of Crete, and was created in the 15th century BCE.
The house is lovely just to visit and the events are wonderful. I went to the gin tasting and Georgian history talk last night and it was terrific. Would recommend!
Oh no! Hope the other museums have some interesting stuff for you.
Looks really good. Just ordered a copy.
Enjoying an afternoon with Plutarch today
Here's your annual reminder: whether you received A-level results today, years ago, or never, there's space for you at the @openuniversity.bsky.social!
Tread the Past trail in Verulamium Park
Tread the Past trail in Verulamium Park
Tread the Past trail in Verulamium Park
If you're out in Verulamium Park this summer look out for the 'Tread the Past' trail. At each of the 8 stops scan the QR code to discover the history under your feet 👣
https://www.stalbansmuseums.org.uk/tread-past?utm_source=bsky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=bsky_post
Really enjoyed reading this- thanks for sharing.
Really enjoyed seeing this today. Thanks for chatting with us when we visited.
Loved reading this- thanks for sharing it.
Oxford looking good this morning
Loved discovering this today #tinyjoys
Yes- absolutely would watch as a follow up.
Thanks for being there, today and over the last few years. You are an amazing supervisor!
Today I celebrated my PhD at the Barbican with the rest of the #OUfamily. It was an incredibly joyful atmosphere. Thanks for being there @emmabridges.bsky.social and thanks to @eltonteb.bsky.social and Eleanor Betts, my other fantastic supervisors, and @ougradsch.bsky.social for the opportunities.
Because I'm updating them today, I'd like to remind #AncientBluesky that we have *FREELY ACCESSIBLE* Ancient Greek resources at the Open University! 🏺
First, we have a 16 hour free OpenLearn course, which takes you from learning the alphabet to reading simple sentences: www.open.edu/openlearn/hi...
Triple checking my chapter proofs this evening so Thucydides is back out on the table. It’s my first post PhD thing and I had forgotten that feeling before pressing ‘send’ on the final version of something.
Handily OUP are offering a hefty discount on my book Warriors' Wives: Ancient Greek Myth and Modern Experience as part of their #AIASCS promotion so you can currently get it for £15 (or $21 in the US) global.oup.com/academic/pro...
My article in the FT on state school Classics. It’s not all bad news! Article here: www.ft.com/content/8b93...
