It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
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It should not take a court order to get a toddler out of a prison.
Where is the Sappho Brothers Poem papyrus? We only know that it is LOST. Again. #Sappho #classics #papyrology
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My review of @robertamazza.bsky.social’s “Stolen Fragments”—an excellent piece of detective work and a thoughtful commentary on our responsibilities as stewards of cultural heritage—is available OA in Manuscript Studies. I loved this book and I think you will too :)
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
A small square mosaic glass inlay displayed against a dark background, showing an ibis, a long-legged bird with a curved beak walking on a thin red ground line. The inlay is light green with a slightly porous, pitted surface and slightly chipped edges.
Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany.
The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2
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We’re thrilled that @robertamazza.bsky.social is at the CSMC today! Tonight, she will give a talk on ‘Papyrology and Reparations’, addressing the regimes of violence, injustice, and inequality that papyrology has been enmeshed in since colonial times.
Hybrid event, all welcome!
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‘Thanks to journalists such as Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues who risked their lives, for over six hundred days the genocide has been live-streamed for the world to see. And yet we are told we must wait for the experts.’
Stefan Tarnowski on Gaza and the media: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...
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They are dispersed in many different collections including Manchester Rylands only few still in Ravenna, long and interesting story. I'd be delighted to do something about them now that I am based in Ravenna!❤️
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One like, one fact/opinion about portrait panels/Roman Egypt.
When students are better than those who teach them...
By the way, it's a very interesting podcast, thank you for working on that with the BBC! For those who haven't listened to it yet: pca.st/6qsrnxx4
Thank you for engaging with the podcast! I think each case of repatriation must be handled with care. In conflict areas you can wait until the situation escalate. My approach is reparations are needed as explained in book and articles!
Second Rare Inscription Honoring Justinian and Theodora Unearthed in Kosovo’s Ancient City of Ulpiana - Arkeonews
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This was an incredible season to record. I would like to thank our season 4 guests for sharing their wisdom and making our fields better through their scholarship and advocacy. They demonstrate everyday that things do not need to go on as they always have.
Project Brazen, producer of the “Dynamite Doug” podcast, has published 3 letters illustrating some of the historic collaboration between London dealer Spink & Son and indicted trafficker Douglas Latchford. There are many interesting details. Here are a few. (Thread)
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This seems to have resonated on here too (I cannot tell you how happy this makes me) so I'll add some of the reasoning:
I asked a lot of friends & family who are not academics (often not readers of non-fiction what they would do if they wanted to know more about a topic they were interested in).
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See also Nadia Abu El-Haj's _Facts on the Ground: Archaeological Practice and Territorial Self-Fashioning in Israeli Society_ (2002)
The needs of our communities cannot be subject to the whims of the wealthy.
Charity is no substitute for taxation.
Check out this gorgeous Sri Lankan purple sapphire ring found in a medieval castle in Slovakia. It might have belonged to a bishop. 🏺🧪
Fascinating feature in @theobserveruk.bsky.social about identifying counterfeit objects from contemporary luxury goods to ancient papyrus. @msrachelcooke.bsky.social and @donnalferguson.bsky.social speak to experts on spotting fakes.
observer.co.uk/style/featur...
What’s next on ‘Collecting Religion?’ Kathryn Barush digs into Major Arcana iconography, working across historical collections & her own. Read “Shuffle the Codex: Collecting tarot cards as medieval pilgrimage narratives” here: collectingreligion.wordpress.com/2025/06/09/s...
What a gorgeous postdoc - for a moment I thought they were looking for a papyrologist with Latin AND Greek AND Demotic, which seemed like a LOT for 34k, but there are TWO jobs on this great project - phew! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DNL359/p...
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