Roman snail dye found in UK for first time.

The chunk of Tyrian purple, which was mixed with beeswax to preserve it, was dug up at Carlisle Cricket Club as part of ongoing yearly excavations.
Photo credit Frank Giecco #RomanBritain bbc.com/news/articles/…

Happy #MayThe4th . To celebrate, here is a retelling of the first movie - spes nova - told in (relatively) simple Latin and illustrated with Lego. The whole movie!! numen tecum sit. legonium.com/spes-nova

Wonderful lineup!

UF Classics prof Jennifer Rea tells the story of Christian martyr Perpetua — #graphicnovel style #ItsGreatUF bit.ly/2v9udoY

Statement from staff and faculty of Classics at UCLA on this week's protests classics.ucla.edu/uncategorized/…

This stunning Roman fresco of Diana drawing her bow was discovered at the seaside Villa Arianna in Stabiae, Italy.
Now in the National Archaeological Museum of Naples. 10-20 AD.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wall…

My students are scared. My colleagues are scared. When you bring cops to campus, you bring violence to campus. So disgusted. I’m in Bartlett 204 and my door is open for anyone who needs a snack, drink, cup of coffee, or company.

The 13th century Deësis Mosaic, Upper South Gallery, Hagia Sophia, Istanbul. The mosaic depicts Jesus Christ, the Virgin Mary and John The Baptist. Photos taken today.

Here at Tell Timai HQ we are very excited to announce that we are returning to the field this June. Recently the Supervisor team met on Zoom to discuss this season's priorities led by Dr. Jay Silverstein. Follow us here for all our updates! #StayTuned #Archaeology #Egypt #Egypt ology

Well. We had actual lockdown on campus.
Helicopters outside, etc
Had to set up portapotty in
corner, with curtained off area for privacy. Kids used it respectfully. It was only 1 hr 20 minutes but kids were celebrating & so happy when we were freed.

How was your day?

Went and got a paper copy of today's The Observer theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

The Life and Death of Ancient Cities. Greg Woolf. (I forgot to write the author). interdisciplinary, lovely, inspired and inspiring book. Thank you for this, Greg! 🤗[email protected]

Well done Flint Dibble 🍖🏺 ! Off now to buy a hard copy of today’s Observer The Guardian

This book is a treasure. The Life and Death of Ancient Cities. Greg writes from such a deeply knowledgeable interdisciplinary accessible, lovely style.
Graf’s Apollo and this are inspiring my music-writing this weekend. 💖

I really love Apollo by Fritz Graf— truly excellent reference for religious study on Apollo. I often feel that myths on Apollo are simply a reactionary diss to ubiquitous faces, cults, temples of god Apollo. Homer definitely liked Apollo & Titan families & hated most Olympians.🤔

I have no obligations this weekend aside from one or two tutoring sessions & it’s like Christmas. 😁I’ve been up since 8 am just doing music & it’s so wonderful (beloved son is not home).
Been playing replica panduras, cymbals, tambourines & recording. 😁
This is my Elysium.

My lecture on 'unlocking the cases' that I did at Stanford earlier in the week is now available online tinyurl.com/2p9fv8nu