One of the recently-excavated late antique wallpaintings from this monastery - from the Egyptian Ministry of Tourism's facebook post about it. Sounds like they have also found figural images too. Anyone seen pictures of them? Or of small finds?
Chris Wickham's 'Framing the early Middle Ages, Europe and the Mediterranean, 400-800' (2005) is widely seen as a milestone in early medieval studies.
New research published by Robert Portass, Peter Sarris and Caroline Goodson (@cjg70.bsky.social) now offers a critical response to Wickham’s ideas ⬇️
An interview I did with the Caliphal Finances team in Edinburgh about my work and how it relates to Islamic fiscal history!
blogs.ed.ac.uk/caliphalfina...
Lovely! I've just started at Churchill for a three year JRF funnily enough, so do let me know if you ever come back!
Some papal name predictions from a bit of Catholic chat today.
The likely ones: Francis II, Anthony, Christopher, Nicholas VI, Joseph, Pius XIII (Roughly in order of likelihood)
Very unlikely: John Paul III, Benedict XVII
The banter ones: Sixtus Six, Telesphoros II
My records suggest it was at 17, but close enough as to be basically the same.
It's that which makes me think Armitage or Dean are probably better for the next few years at least, particularly while Scrivens ups her strike rate in domestic stuff to break into the England team properly, as she isn't good enough on those stats yet imo.
The other notable Scrivens story is the U19 WC semi-final, holding her nerve and stepping up for the hard death overs where they were about to lose the game, while marshalling that team.
But as a complete interloper, and so young, could she have the necessary authority in the England dressing room?
...and let me repost the full Warsaw Late Antique seminar programme. Also, take a look at our website: lateantiqueseminar.historia.uw.edu.pl
Subtle partner-bragging at its finest
I'll be in Warsaw this June, disseminating some of the conclusions from my doctoral research! Very excited to be presenting at a seminar I've been (virtually) following for four years now.
I'm among lots of other great papers this term too: take a look!