Reminder of the letter sent the EAA Board asking to respect the result of a democratic vote: drive.google.com/file/d/1ehzn.... As an archaeologist you can add your name here (it can be anonymous): ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/xZZjy6le #archaeology @archagainstaparth.bsky.social @blacktrowel.bsky.social
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30K UK book bundle giveaway from Solaris. Books include: HOME SICK by Rhiannon Grist TERRIBLE WORLDS: DESTINATIONS by Adrian Tchaikovsky AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Ren Hutchings ASUNDER by Kerstin Hall THE MANY by Sylvain Neuvel THE POMEGRANATE GATE, THE REPUBLIC OF SALT and THE KINGDOM OF ALMONDS by Ariel Kaplan THE ORB OF CAIRADO by Katherine Addison (special edition) THE DOOR ON THE SEA by Caskey Russell THE GODS MUST BURN by T. R. Moore THE MISHEARD WORLD by Aliya Whiteley RAGWORT by Sam K. Horton
🎉30K giveaway book bundle! #💙📚
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Issue 004 of The Key is out now with:
· Memories of a poet's home in southern Lebanon
· A photo essay on prisoners' liberation
· A review of Sabri Jiryis’ The Foundations of Zionism
· New poetry from Zena Agha
www.thekeymagazine.com
I’m busy packing the shed so I left old arctic fox to guard my choklit to have with a cuppa later. He’s a bit snoozy though
Those of a certain age make sure to have the sound on
Part of a Cadbury egg with chocolate buttons inside
Coin hoard in vessel (damaged during excavation) #FindsFriday
I haven't listened to this yet, but am recommending it anyway as @rhigarthjones.bsky.social is always worth listening to ☺️
Counterpoint: I use em dashes with abandon and will not let "AI" steal them from me. I was overusing them first and will continue to do so long after "AI" is a crater in our financial system, or our merciless overlords, or both
Next week! We are excited to see you there!! 🎂🏛️
Two doors - the ‘male’ entrance is wide and square like a door. The ‘woman’ entrance is a cutout of a very thin long haired woman in heels.
This cartoon by Naked Pastor is SO GOOD. Sums up what I’ve been saying for ages about what happens when you start gatekeeping womanhood (and spoiler alert it’s the opposite of feminism).
Apply now for ICS Public engagement grants
Deadline 1 May
Small grants (up to £500) are available to support Classics-themed public engagement activities. Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/public-engag...
A statement from the Lebanese Ministry of Culture complaining to UNESCO regarding alleged damage to the Charnaa Castle site by the Israeli Army, in breach of the Hague Convention.
#HeritageCrime News
In a statement issued on Social Media the Lebanese Ministry of Culture has confirmed it has made a complaint to UNESCO alleging the Israeli army has damaged the historic site at Charnaa Castle contrary to the Hague Convention.
Are commercial archaeologists miserable?
In our latest open access article from British Archaeology, Ellen Durbin explores the gap between the wellbeing benefits associated with archaeology and the realities of commercial practice. Read here 👉 bit.ly/3NYunJo
Illustration by @robhedge.bsky.social
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This week on the show: Aven McMaster chats with us about the creation, content and context of Virgil's Aeneid!
We learn that the jokes about it being a cheap, Roman knock-off of Homer are way off the mark - and if you haven't thought about reading the Aeneid yet, this episode might inspire you
Photo of Silvius the little Latin mouse, with his seagull and crow friends, on the Norfolk coast. They are gathered around a red parade flag, planted in the damp sand.
#fabulamurina (mouse story) 502
Silvius et amicae Lara et Fusca in litore ventoso prope Gariannonum ludunt. (Silvius and his friends Lara and Dusky are playing on the windy beach near Caister-on-Sea).
UK school teachers - we have bursaries of up to £100 for you to attend a Latin language summer school. DEADLINE 31 MAY.
See link for application form.
www.romansociety.org/Grants-Prize...
The statement appealing for greater democracy in the EAA has now been made public. You can find it here: drive.google.com/file/d/1ehzn...
We are still collecting signatures here: ee-eu.kobotoolbox.org/x/xZZjy6le
Writer and Muse is now available for FREE! Inspired by the #webcomic by @emma-vogt.bsky.social, Writer and Muse sees two players working together to tell a story.
samrobsondmg.itch.io/writer-and-m...
Really pleased this collaboration with @carlyschuster.bsky.social is finally published! We lean on queer feminist theory to discuss kinship as a dynamic set of relations and map their flow around funerary rites - we see burials as cannily assembled, not simple mirrors of the living world
A graphic showing the results of the #EAA per rollam vote indicating substantial dissatisfaction with the EAA leadership's handling of its relationship with Israeli government bodies and protests over Israeli conduct in Gaza and the Occupied Territories.
Is it going too far to suggest the European Association of Archaeologists #EAA is facing its Victor Orban moment?
While the EAA leadership tried to downplay the results of the per rollem vote, it is clearly out of step with a large proportion of its membership and at some point it must face them.
Have you had personal tutoring responsibilities in a UK HEI within the last five years? I'm running a short survey on the role of interpersonal relationships and care within personal tutoring, which takes about ten minutes to complete. Particularly keen to hear from men & folks not in Russell Group.
We should bring back these lost pronouns, partly because they are cool, and partly to annoy the TERFs (bonus point to the article for mentioning Chaucer’s use of the singular ‘they’).
www.bbc.co.uk/future/artic...
A Robin perched on a branch, its beak full of food and other material.
To reduce disease, we all need to make some urgent but simple changes to how we feed our garden birds.
See our website for the latest guidance: brnw.ch/21x1t4w
The #Melsonby Hoards - nearly 950 Iron Age objects buried c. 40 BC–AD 40 - reveal Britain’s first evidence for four‑wheeled wagons, as well as other types of vehicle. 🚗👀 Read the #blog and #openaccess article!
🔗 https://cup.org/4bf3b1F
#melsonbyhoards #ironage #archaeology @antiquity.ac.uk
Oaths and Offerings: A Carnyx anthology of folklore. Pre-orders open now.
Fans of folk horror, fairy-lore and weird fiction: we're delighted to announce that you can now pre-order our very first anthology over at carnyxpress.co.uk/products/oat...
Out the 4th June. It's going to be an absolute treat.
No paywall copy of the article in the Times about unwanted sexual advances by Simon Goldhill at Cambridge. Thank god students in 21st century report this shit and the universities take it seriously archive.ph/2026.04.09-1...
The land is blossom blur. Spring wears its bridal white despite a belly already swollen with coming summer. The feral churches of the county hold marriages for spectral couples. Even myths are mating, creating stories waiting to be born. Our blood chases hope. – #DAKilroy, 1982 #Spring
