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Website and registration for the ASCS 2025 annual conference at Australian National University now live! Dates 2-5 February 2025

"A suspected Roman oyster processing site has been unearthed on the banks of the Humber Estuary." #RomanSiteSaturday bbc.com/news/uk-englan…

What a fantastic way to start the weekend! We had the pleasure of reading some key passages from our book Rex and discussing the regal period with docents from @GettyMuseum. We had an absolute blast 🥳

5-year funded Post-Doctoral Fellowships open for applications at All Souls College @UniofOxford! Subjects: Archaeology, Classics, Mathematics, Modern Languages, Politics, Theoretical Physics Deadline 6 Sept. asc.ox.ac.uk/post-doctoral-…

Now available - a new special issue of Zeitschrift für Antikes Christentum / Journal of Ancient Christianity (Volume 28 Issue 1): Justin of Rome: Apology, Empire and Identity Co-edited with the brilliant Ben Kolbeck. degruyter.com/journal/key/za…

We are deeply saddened to receive news of the death of our Oxford colleague and CARC Senior Research Associate, Professor Sir John Boardman. carc.ox.ac.uk/gandharaConnec…

Conservators and the tools of their trade. The ongoing conservation work in the appropriately named House of the Painters at Work in #Pompeii

Successful end to week 1 with trench tours! 🙏🏺 #Excavation in Area 1 revealing a triangular space in the macellum; Area 2 with remnant opus sectile and #mosaic flooring; and Area 5 showcasing lengthy occupation history and reuse in forum tabernae.

Enjoy these striking photos of Dido and Aeneas. The performances by all are electrifying! This is an unmissable Sydney Opera event at @cityrecitalhall 📷 Cassandra Hannagan #pinchgut2024 #opera #theatre #sydneyevents #eventssydney

Christopher Allen in today's Weekend Australian @australian on some of the recent #Pompeii wall paintings [paywall theaustralian.com.au/arts/review/po…]

Sam Ryan @AustBookReview: Roslyn Orlando's _Ekhō_ "three-part narrative poem takes the Grecian myth of Echo & Narcissus & intertwines & transforms it with that other famously voiceless & ventriloquised figure, Amazon Alexa (via the Echo Smart Speaker).." $ australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur…

Miles Pattenden on _How the World Made the West: A 4,000-year History_ by by Josephine Quinn - review in this month's ABR Australian Book Review @AustBookReview australianbookreview.com.au/abr-online/cur… [paywall]

Late Roman shipwreck off the coast of Mallorca reveals new type of amphora via @https://twitter.com/Archaeology_Mag archaeologymag.com/2024/04/roman-…

#blog New publication: “Matrilineal succession in Greek myth” - by Greta Hawes - MANTO - manto-myth.org/blog/new-publi… @GretaHawes

😍Toi Toi Toi to the Dido and Aeneas company for a brilliant opening night performance at City Recital Hall tonight. What a sparkling and enchanting performance of Purcell's masterpiece this will be! #pinchgut2024 #opera #sydneyevents #eventssydney #theatre

Multi-spectral imaging of manuscripts: what's not to love?

In Her Own Words: The Life and Poetry of Aelia Eudocia ift.tt/yvet0Nq

Cultural heritage preservation includes recording intangibles eg cuisine, customs, craft working Here Kurdistani women (northern #Iraq) make a special stew called smat Fascinating window into Yazidi life. Full story @ASOResearch asor.org/anetoday/2024/… youtu.be/Tx8dzU-tZLA

Antiquity in Media Studies announces our call for papers for the 2024 AIMS conference in the second week of November (dates in the image!). Our special conference theme for 2024 is Technology and Technē in Receptions of the Ancient World. As usual, this will be free and online.

A special issue of the Australian Archaeology journal has been published in open access format! Featuring 50 Voices in Aus archaeology celebrating the depth, diversity and energy of people, communities, and ideas: buff.ly/3X8TAmB #heritagematters #NRW2024 #2024NAW /mc