More than three decades ago...

Yes, Massachusetts at the time

even if they could... let those sunsets go

Bade Museum - Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean - YouTube

It's been a fantastic lecture series, with groundbreaking research and perspectives from a whole host of my brilliant peers who I'm honoured to be included alongside, and hope to do justice in this closing talk.

You can watch them all back via the YouTube playlist here: youtube.com/playlist?lis...

On Thursday May 7th, I'll be delivering the final lecture in @arf-ucb.bsky.social's Lecture Series on Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean.

I'll be aiming to give a concise overview on our evidences for disability in Ancient Egypt, and the interesting questions they give us. 1/2

guy who perpetually confuses "big spender" and Bud Spencer: bug spinster

A beautiful new book with a blue cover that says: Ethnic Relations in the Ancient Mediterranean: Social Life Under Empire by Philip A. Harland

@philharland.bsky.social ‘s book has arrived!

this was going to be a blogpost, but anyway it's intriguing how relatively frequently Vincenzo Gemito bronzes turn up in the national fleamarket chain

Photo of a framed painting which is clearly representing Venice but in the style of De Chirico. In the center foreground are two figures from the Italian Commedia dell'Arte: Arlecchino/Harlequin and Pulcinella.

wake up babe they're doing weird Pulcinella inserts in knock-off De Chiricos

the etymologies of both sides of the Italian homonym pair "bugia/bugia" are fun

Mad dogs and Englishmen...

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This is the struggle for humanities disciplines in general, and I am not sure anyone has really found a solution. Even in contexts where humanities are well-resourced & relatively insulted from the imperative to market-signal their value, the source is usually private capital-even in public unis

(you people have no idea)

Ludlow Massacre - Wikipedia

On this date, 112 years ago, members of the Colorado National Guard and private security opened fire on striking miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado, in the southeast of the state. 21 people were killed, mostly women and children.

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Cc: @grenadine.bsky.social

oh no a hit post

If you want to imagine a better future that doesn't have bullshit like this in it, you can check out my S̶o̶u̶n̶d̶C̶l̶o̶u̶d̶ podcast @dreamingagainstthemachine.com here: pod.link/1890733564

Sometimes the lights reflecting on windshields beyond the window create the impression of rain, which would be unfortunate for the walking, though urban downpour is always to be desired

If ever I'm blessed with the means to live in Rome in a stable manner, I promise you I will create the world's greatest collection of ceramica popolare

We want the finest chicories available to humanity. We want them here, and we want them now.

I love Jan but the second book is not canon

Catching the night train to Hav

Lighting my Elizabeth Bishop votive candles tonight

Anyway, in Rome this week - give a shout if you're about

making sure the professional society tote bag is well visible so people know you're an archaeologist, not just dirty

Photo of the Arno river at Pisa, looking upstream towards the city center, with the early morning sun rising in the background to the right, partially obscured by a line of clouds running diagonally across the sky, all of it reflected in the placid river water.

Morning Arno check

I mean, I've looked at my feet, and my right foot is definitely right-foot shaped!

Brass snail

Brass snail mesuring tape

The best thing ive ever found in a garadge sale, a snail that is also a mesuring tape

something, you might say, is afoot