Roman tomb unveiled in Egypt’s Minya with golden-tongued mummies and statues - Egypt Independent The Ministry of Tourism and Antiquities announced on Saturday, April 18, that a Spanish archaeological mission from the University of Barcelona and the Institute of the Ancient Near East has discovere...

Iliad 2 (Catalogue of Ships) found in coffins in Oxyrhynchus.

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Combined Classics Library Bursaries Small grants available to assist unfunded scholars visiting the Combined Classics Library for research projects in summer 2025.

Combined Classics Library Bursaries
In partnership with @hellenicsociety.bsky.social and @theromansoc.bsky.social, the Institute of Classical Studies is running a small grants scheme (up to £300) to assist unfunded scholars who wish to visit the Library in summer 2026.
ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/grant...

98 εἰ γάρ τις καὶ πένθος ἔχων νεοκηδέι θυμῷ
/eː gár tis kaì pé̞ntʰo̞s é̞kʰɔːn ne̞o̞kɛːdé̞i tʰuːmɔ̂ːi/
Since if anyone also having sorrow in their freshgrieving heart
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The John Rylands Library to stage first ever international exhibition in North America - About Manchester The John Rylands Library will make history in 2026 by taking its first major international exhibition to North America, showcasing one of the world's most

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A must-see if you're anywhere near Austin, TX!

John Rylands Library is loaning star objects for an exhibition opening this month.

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#ClassicsBlueSky #AncientBlueSky #Egyptology
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Workshop on Coptic #Papyrology at La Sapienza (in person only: 13, 20 and 27 May, and June 3, 10 and 17 June).

Professor Eleanor Dickey becomes Honorary President of the Classical Association Reading’s own Eleanor Dickey will be Honorary President of the Classical Association for the next year, after taking over the position at the association’s annual conference in Manchester this past…

Prof. Eleanor Dickey has been elected Honorary President of the @classicalassociation.org!

Read more about this wonderful news in our new blog:

blogs.reading.ac.uk/classics-at-...

Fragment of ancient Greek papyrus with handwritten text, featuring overlaid captions: "Hidden stories: gravedigger families from 1,800 years ago" and "Using digitised items to find hidden stories in Greek papyri.

Newly digitised Greek papyri from the Bodleian reveal the lives of ancient Egyptian gravediggers, including working as carers and taking part in legal affairs. 📜

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One of the great things we have at OU Classical Studies is scholarships for MA students who are either teachers working in state schools or UK Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic students.

You can find out more and apply here: www.open.ac.uk/blogs/classi...

PhD Studentships 2026 at Birmingham Newman University Discover a PhD Studentships 2026 on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other PhD opportunities.

We have two PhD studentships at Birmingham Newman University. If you know anyone interested in doing history, medical/health humanities, veteran studies, or reception studies - happy to chat.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRF392/p...

Graphic featuring a landscape photograph of the city of Rome skyline, interspersed with trees and greenery. The text around the image reads “Healthy Living in Rome’s Green Spaces with Andrew Fox”.

We continue our Earth Month series with a #PeoplingBlog post from Andrew Fox @acfox.bsky.social. Here, Andrew introduces us to the ways in which Roman writers contemplated the potential health benefits of integrating green spaces into the city of Rome: peoplingthepast.com/2026/04/17/b...

Hellenic Society & Roman Society Online Course

Jan Haywood
Divination in the Ancient Greek and Roman Worlds
Wednesday 6, 13, 20, 27 May and 3 June 6pm-7.30pm (UK time)

For more information and to book:
www.hellenicandromanlibrary.org/Events/Event...

El dijous 16 d'abril es tindrà la 2a Conferència Internacional Carles Miralles:

"El extranjero, lo femenino: dos pilares del teatro y del a democracia atenienses"

a càrrec de la Dr.a Ana Iriarte Goñi (Euskal Herriko Unibertsitatea) a les 19h, Aula Assumpció Català.

The Journals of The Classical Association. Explore new, free-access research.

How do we harness the contemporary relevance, remote-accessibility, and enjoyability of classical studies to improve how it is taught?

Read the article here here: 📖 https://cup.org/4vnxZFk

Explore #openaccess highlights from @classicalassociation.org journals:📚 https://cup.org/4mnHGzM

#CA2026

Two more Loeb volumes forthcoming this summer:

- ORPHIC Collection. Edited by Alberto Bernabé. Translated by Michael Chase

- PLUTARCH. Moralia, Volume I. Edited and Translated by William H. Race

www-loebclassics-com.liverpool.idm.oclc.org/newsitem/44/...

PANEL 29 (Pedagogy Workshop): Interfaces of Knowledge: Classics research at Liverpool for the classroom.

With @benjcartlidge.bsky.social @elainam42.bsky.social and Charlotte Van Regenmortel

#CA2026 #ClassicalAssociation

Day 1 of the Classical Association Conference in Manchester! #CA2026

#CA2026
The annual conference of the #ClassicalAssociation in Manchester has begun and we are all set!
Don’t forget to visit our booth to explore our latest publications in #ClassicalStudies and chat with our editors, Mirjam and Carlo.
See you there!

classicalassociation.org/conference/

The Journals of The Classical Association. Explore new, free-access research.

Mark #CA2026 with a collection of recent #openaccess research from the journals of the Classical Association!

📚 https://cup.org/4czHM3M

@ca2026.bsky.social @classicalassociation.org

Mohamed @MohamedSkandari ... Reading books is so profound because it denies you the ability to speak when confronted with an idea. You must listen. It isn't a conversation. Sometimes it shouldn't be a conversation. Sometimes we should just listen. & st listen.

All this. Yes.

We’ve just advertised a two-year early career post with research element in the contract. Details below:

www.kcl.ac.uk/jobs/142746-...

Even Homer had his detractors: Zoilus of Amphipolis, also known as the “Scourge of Homer”, became a byword for intellectual envy in antiquity.
Read more about him in #GROH: “Zoilus of Amphipolis” by Marta Fogagnolo

www.degruyterbrill.com/database/gro...

#Classics #Homer #Greek

Day one panels and locations!

Recently published:

Working with Manuscripts. A Guide for Textual Scholars
by Liv Ingeborg Lied and Brent Nongbri

yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300...

#papyrology

British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants The British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants are available to support primary research in the humanities and social sciences. These awards, up to £10,000 in value and tenable for up to 24 mont...

May I interest you in £10k for humanities or social science research? Our small grants scheme is open. Apply by 3rd June.

We allocate through partial randomisation - awarding randomly between all applications that meet our quality threshold
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Sad news in the middle of all the sad news: just got word of the passing of the great late Roman/Byzantine historian, Dame Prof. Averil Cameron. She was an amazing and inspiring scholar, a first rate human being, and a kind senior scholar who always treated juniors like colleagues. Beyond sad.

Johann Friedrich Dübner's edition of Virgil's works (1858): archive.org/details/bub_...
with illustrations by the French painter Félix-Joseph Barrias (teacher of Edgard Degas). Below, Anchises appears to Aeneas in a dream (Aeneid 5.724ff.)

Pasts Imperfect (4.2.26) This week, Nandini Pandey, Niek Janssen, and Christopher Londa discuss writing, labor, and enslavement in Roman antiquity. Then, a new book on Venice and the Mongols, how ancient Maya communities made...

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! 📚 This week, Nandini Pandey, Niek Janssen & Christopher Londa discuss enslaved readers & writers in Roman antiquity. Then, Venice & the Mongols, a podcast on Cahokia, ancient astrological practices, ancient world journals from @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & more.

Now online:

Trends in Classics – Greek and Roman Humanities Encyclopedia

Editors-in-Chief: Franco Montanari and Antonios Rengakos

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Coming soon:

New volume of the so-called Basel Commentary on the Iliad, Book 15.

Homers Ilias. Gesamtkommentar, vol. XV.1.: Elfter Gesang: Text von M. West (†), Übersetzung von A. Bierl, Berlin/Boston: Walter de Gruyter 2026