Yesterday, the regents of the University of Michigan voted to surrender an ancient Buddha after "ample and persuasive information has been provided to UMMA showing the statue was likely taken from Nepal without authorization in the mid-1970s.” Behind-the-scenes 🧵 on that info...

'Souls of Ancestors' display stirs new interest in Cambodian antiquity The return of statues — viewed as divine or containing the souls of ancestors — has given Cambodians like Nhem an opportunity to embrace the country’s cultural heritage and history. voanews.com/a/souls-of-anc…

Today marks 7 years since the late feminist queer activist Sarah Hegazi raised the rainbow flag at a Mashrou' Leila concert in a moment of joy so threatening to Egyptian authorities that they arrested, tortured, prosecuted her, sent her to exile. Sarah in my heart today. 🌈

Urgent: the death toll in Lebanon has doubled. Lebanese health ministry says latest Israeli strikes have killed 100 people & wounded 400 more, among them women, children and paramedics. People in the south saying families fleeing to Beirut - civilian homes hit.

Check out this terrific new 15-minute video explaining Fritz Grünbaum, Egon Schiele and the ongoing hunt for Nazi looted art youtu.be/M4IUt7QZh6U?si… Fritz Gruenbaum Center for Art Law Dina Gold Chasing Aphrodite ARCA ICOM United States Alexander Herman HARP Monuments Men and Women Foundation

Publishing your first monograph in Classics, Ancient History and Archaeology: the transition from thesis to book 📚🏺 An Institute of Classical Studies (ICS) School of Advanced Study, University of London online panel and training event. 🗓️ 4pm-6pm, Tuesday 8 October 🛜 Online via Zoom 👉 Info & Register: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/publish…

New study highlighting the critical role of web archives & the The Wayback Machine in preserving web content at risk of disappearing ⬇️ Authors: Kritika garg, Sawood Alam, Dietrich Ayala, Michele Weigle, Michael L. Nelson

My new book is finally out and the unending palestine genocide makes the idea of the jewish-muslim world countering the imperial judeo-Christian invented world more urgent.

❗Out now, Roberta Mazza's (Roberta Mazza) Stolen Fragments: Black Markets, Bad Faith, and the Illicit Trade in Ancient Artefacts, is a compelling exploration of larceny, academia and the antiquity trade. Order your copy here combinedacademic.co.uk/9781503632509/… Stanford Press #ReadUP

Ministers are looking at the repatriation of precious objects from British museums, Lisa Nandy revealed, and are holding discussions with institutions including the British Museum, after its chair, the former chancellor George Osborne, approached her. theguardian.com/culture/2024/s…

Thank you all friends, colleagues and Stanford Press for making this happening ❤️

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Sudan: UNESCO raises the alarm on reports of illicit trafficking of cultural heritage unes.co/j9z1yz

COVER REVEAL!! This volume provides an introduction to slavery in the New Testament and is written accessibly for undergraduate and graduate students (or interested readers!). If you teach a class on these topics, you’ll want a copy! It should be out by April 2025!

Here’s a LACMA object among the recent returns to India

A medieval English birth girdle, an amulet offering protection for women during childbirth. It's inscribed with protective prayers, charms and other talismans. One of over 130 items featured in our upcoming exhibition Medieval Women: In Their Own Words! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

If even a Latinist buys it, must be a fun reading...😉😂

Just delivered to the library yesterday evening. Thank you Roberta Mazza and congratulations.

It’s here, Roberta Mazza! 🤩📖 #bibliophile #papyrology

A bit of overt self-promotion: my book on Statius' Achilleid is now officially out, and a chapter is free to read until 31/10 following this link: tinyurl.com/3uu3psdh. #ClassicsTwitter