Amelia W. Eichengreen

Thrilled to share my recent publication in JRA: A monumental Archaic complex on the Sacra Via: A new interpretation for the domestic remains on the north Palatine slope You can find the article here: cambridge.org/core/journals/…

Any North American historical archaeologists out there who can identify this juglet? Found it in the back yard last week. West TN. Seems wheel-made, no glaze.

@CalltoActivism Also let’s not forget Brady, who has been a longtime Trumper…..

This was the dumbest commercial of the Super Bowl. If Snoop Dog wanted to stand up to hate, he shouldn’t have sold out and performed at Trump’s inauguration.

***📚Book Giveaway📚*** Copies of Homer’s ‘The Iliad’ and ‘The Odyssey’, translated by Emily Wilson. Please retweet to enter. Winner to be drawn at random. Entries from both UK and abroad welcome. Last day for entry is 14/03/2025. Good Luck. 🙂🤞

Roman glass fish flasks and vessels, 1st-4th century AD 🐟

@debscavator My partner is an ornithologist and he has no idea 😂. You could be at a loss for a while 😂

My nephew kept asking me to help him identify the bird “that sounds like Rihanna”—does anyone know what the hell he could be referring to?

@quidamabo I hope you are right…..

@meddiss Wtf. I’m so sorry

@debscavator Genuine q: do you think it’s because more students are using AI and they don’t know how to write essays themselves? It’s really weird that you’ve used this format before and then such a large number didn’t finish….

What is your favorite fake title for my postdoctoral research project? A) childless cat ladies for Ancient Rome B) I think about the Roman Empire more than the average white male C) Please hire me, I’m a millennial with very few transferable skills

@duxfeminafacti9 Spin as: bringing relevance to the field, and modern reception. Totally want this to happen!

I proposed an organizer-refereed panel on Classics and Taylor Swift for SCS 2026 and it got rejected. I want to do a panel like that somewhere, but maybe people aren’t as interested as I hoped. Would you be interested in applying or attending a Taylor Swift and Classics panel?

Turkey rejects claim Lord Elgin had permission to take Parthenon marbles theguardian.com/artanddesign/a…

@EddieCStewart Congrats Eddy!! So happy for you!!!!!

Submitted my PhD on Friday, off mosying at some shielings today.

@cwjones89 Thanks!!

@AEichengreen This is exciting!

Thrilled to introduce the Southern Etruscan Tomb Survey (SETS), a new archaeological project I am directing. SETS uses LiDAR technology to map previously unmapped Etruscan necropolies. Learn more about the project here: sites.google.com/umich.edu/sout…

Thrilled to be selected as a Rackham Predoctoral Fellow this coming year!

All job documents are important…but…if you had to choose, which is the most important, or, in other words, do you pay the most attention to?

@Vicky_Austen Congrats!!!

Turns out, I’m in this American adventure for the long haul… 🇺🇸 Absolutely thrilled to share the news that the ink is dry and I have accepted an offer to be an Asst Prof in Classics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 🥹 TENURE-TRACK HERE I COME BABY!!! 😁😁😁

Ten months ago, we launched the Vesuvius Challenge to solve the ancient problem of the Herculaneum Papyri, a library of scrolls that were flash-fried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD. Today we are overjoyed to announce that our crazy project has succeeded. After 2000 years, we can finally read the scrolls: This image was produced by @Youssef_M_Nader, @LukeFarritor, and @JuliSchillij, who have now won the Vesuvius Challenge Grand Prize of $700,000. Congratulations!! These fifteen columns come from the very end of the first scroll we have been able to read and contain new text from the ancient world that has never been seen before. The author – probably Epicurean philosopher Philodemus – writes here about music, food, and how to enjoy life's pleasures. In the closing section, he throws shade at unnamed ideological adversaries – perhaps the stoics? – who "have nothing to say about pleasure, either in general or in particular." This year, the Vesuvius Challenge continues. The text that we revealed so far represents just 5% of one scroll. In 2024, our goal is to from reading a few passages of text to entire scrolls, and we're announcing a new $100,000 grand prize for the first team that is able to read at least 90% of all four scrolls that we have scanned. The scrolls stored in Naples that remain to be read represent more than 16 megabytes of ancient text. But the villa where the scrolls were found was only partially excavated, and scholars tell us that there may be thousands more scrolls underground. Our hope is that the success of the Vesuvius Challenge catalyzes the excavation of the villa, that the main library is discovered, and that whatever we find there rewrites history and inspires all of us. It's been a great joy to work on this strange and amazing project. Thanks to Brent Seales for laying the foundation for this work over so many years, thanks to the friends and Twitter users whose donations powered our effort, and thanks to the many contestants whose contributions have made the Vesuvius Challenge successful! Read more in our announcement: scrollprize.org/grandprize

I often post wonders from the distant past. What about the churches we still build today? These will surprise you (all built in the last 20 years)... 🧵

This publication is now open access on JRA! Check it out!