The display on women of the ICS is over here - some lovely details, please take a look. #TenYearsOfWCC @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social

WCC and me - Dr Liz Gloyn - WCC-UK As part of our tenth anniversary celebrations, we are writing a series of blog posts in which members tell us about their experiences with the WCC UK. Our sixth interviewee is Dr Liz Gloyn. Liz Gloyn ...

Oh, will you look at that - I had missed that my WCC And Me blog post is up on the @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social blog - just in time for #TenYearsOfWCC!

If only!

Posters featuring powerful ancient women, in the ICS foyer

Thanks to the ICS library staff, there are also some wonderful displays in the library foyer on the third floor, celebrating powerful ancient women and also the work of women in the ICS and the Societies. Check them out when you arrive! @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social #TenYearsOfWCC

Really looking forward to seeing lots of you at the WCC tenth anniversary later! Let's start a hashtag, like the olden days. 😄 #TenYearsOfWCC @womeninclassicsuk.bsky.social @lizgloyn.bsky.social @annapjudson.bsky.social @chrissieplastow.bsky.social

TODAY! We can’t wait to celebrate our 10 year anniversary with you 🏛️🎂

A solution in search of a problem, and then some.

Jo, Outlook has started offering me a 'summarise this email button'. For a three-line email. What is happening?

VIEWS Summer seminars 2026 We are delighted to announce an exciting programme of seminars for the coming term, taking place in May and June 2026. The first two seminars are in-person/hybrid, the second two online only &#8211…

Roll up for the VIEWS summer seminars! We have Egyptian graffiti, the Phrygian alphabet, early cuneiform animals and the ultimate question of how writing grows up and develops... Two hybrid sessions, two online only. Join us!

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Traybake with white icing and grey iced inscription (Oscan language written in the Greek alphabet)

British #Epigraphy society conference #cake reveal: a new Oscan inscription from the sanctuary of Rossano di Vaglio, recording restoration work by a magistrate called Nimzis Sadiries, son of Nimzis.

Publication: works.hcommons.org/records/h8cy...

@durhamclassics.bsky.social #ClassicsBluesky 🏺

A view of North Bailey, a street in Durham. Brick buildings line the road. A cream door is to the right. The sky above is blue.

Not a usual working day for me, but a lovely day for some epigraphy! Looking forward to welcoming the British Epigraphy Society meeting today @durhamclassics.bsky.social

Cáisc, Modern Irish for 'Easter', at first looks unrelated to other Easter-words, beyond Scots Gaelic (Càisg) and Manx (Caisht).

It goes back to the time when Irish had no /p/ sound – the closest it could do was /kʷ/. This is how Cáisc comes from Latin Pasca, like French Pâques and Italian Pasqua.

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Are you a person interested in Classics? You should follow this list for all the amazing women on it!!!

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Anonymous sites of ancient Italy I’ve been writing about sanctuaries recently, and in this field it really stands out how few names of ancient sites we know for certain. Pietrabbondante, Rossano di Vaglio, Campo della Fiera,…

Some pretty major ancient Italian sites aren't known by their ancient names - because we don't know them. A little post on names and evidence for names; I'd love to hear your examples.
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Good to know! He has lived to tell the tale.

My feeling was that as long as he didn't choke it was probably fine, but I did wish I'd washed it after dropping it on the supermarket floor...

I had the same question last week about the green skin of watermelon...

Thanks for the shout-out, Sarah!

CIL 1, 3556a = SupIt 27 T, 39 Bovianum Vetus / Isernia, Italy (4). ca. 130-80 BC [Above, in Oscan] H(ere)n(neis) Sattiieis DETFRI / seganatted plavtad. [Below, in Latin] Hereneis Amica / signavit, q(u)ando / ponebamus teg<u=I>la(m).

We love Roman women at work! Two female tile makers at Bovianum Vetus (Italy): (CIL I, 3556a, 130-80 BCE)—one of them signs the rooftile with her foot.

'Detfri of Hn. Sattis signed with a footprint.' 🦶

See @katherinemcdon.bsky.social's brilliant analysis: katherinemcdonald.net/2016/01/14/f....

That's lovely, thank you! I'm so glad the sourcebook is being used out in the world.

A really productive session, I was so pleased to join in this month. And less pleased to realise that Anna Marinetti's breakthrough contribution to deciphering South Picene was not! Mentioned! On! Wikipedia! For goodness sake. Fixed now.

Shall I take my laptop with me on a two-day trip, or just go delightfully analogue? Hmm.

Well, today I read this and it has improved my whole week! What fab and insightful work.

The Cambridge Companion to Classics and Race Cambridge Core - Classical Studies (General) - The Cambridge Companion to Classics and Race

Now available for preorder, with promo code TCCCR2026, "The Cambridge Companion to Classics and Race," a major intervention against the decades-old orthodoxy of the alleged anachronism of "race" and "racism" for the study of the ancient past. www.cambridge.org/core/books/c...

I am not an archaeologist AT ALL so pleased wait for someone who knows what they are talking about, but my understanding was that the shape of the pelvis was what people (might) judge by eye rather than the skull. (Prepares to be corrected!)

‘Hey’ came before ‘hi,’ and ‘hi' came before ‘hello.’

‘Hi’ is most likely a variant of ‘hey.’

‘Hello’ is not related to either.

Goodbye.

WCC and me - Dr Christine Plastow - WCC-UK As part of our tenth anniversary celebrations, we are writing a series of blog posts in which members tell us about their experiences with the WCC UK. Our fourth interviewee is Dr Christine Plastow. C...

Our newest blog post is now live! Check it out below 🏛️🏛️

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Digital Classicist London 2026 call for papers. Papers on any aspect of the ancient or pre-colonial worlds *and* that address innovative digital approaches. Deadline Monday 16th March 2026. blog.stoa.org/archives/4370

This box is full! So in a sense I wasted my money?

Thank you! Sorry, I realised after I sent it that it was all Etsy's fault.

This link isn't working for me! But would love to take a look.