According to the Egyptians, you could learn a text by ingesting it. In Setne I, Naneferkaptah drinks the ashes dissolved in water of a papyrus with the Book of Thoth magical formulae. In fact, the verb 𓂝𓅓𓄈𓀁 ʿm means “to swallow” and “to know, understand” (Coptic ⲉⲓⲙⲉ).

Fully funded PhD opportunity for early modernists working with the brilliant Alice Leonard!

'Creative exploration is what we do. We want to find the next Delia Derbyshire and 100 others who are going to do things we can’t even envisage yet' Shaun Hides talks to BBC CWR on the opening of the new Delia Derbyshire building Coventry University Listen here bbc.in/3JLosRW

Amazing opportunity!

This millefiori bead is the product of a Mediterranean workshop. It was found in a woman's grave in Güttingen, dating around 600 AD.
It's one of the many pieces of evidence of north-south trade in the early Middle Ages.

Photo: Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

#archaeology #medievaltwitter

A papyrus letter from #Roman Egypt, written by Paniskos to his wife Ploutogenia, asking her to travel to Koptos. He asks her to bring olives, wine, wool, their clothes, his military kit, & her gold jewellery - but he warns her not to wear it on the journey!

(📷 Uni Michigan)

A wonderful winged phallus carved at the entrance to the Mithraeum in Tiddis, Algeria (Roman Castellum Tidditanorum) c.2nd century AD.

Had a fantastic day checking out two chests upstairs Merton College, Oxford MertonCollegeLib from 12th c and 17th c! Hidden locks, compartments, lost keys, and check out this locking mechanism 😍 #twitterstorians thanks to Julia Walworth

Incredible to think that in 1982 in the UK it was still legal to refuse to serve women in pubs for no reason other than they were women

In 1995, a gold signet ring with a reverse engraving (to use as a signature seal) was found near Fishbourne @Romanpalace West #Sussex

The text read TI CLAUDI CATUARI

*Tiberius Claudius Catuarus*

It is one of the most important finds from #Roman Britain...

#FindsFriday

A bookmark that’s been in place since the seventeenth century.

Come work with me! 🧐PhD project in partnership with Bodleian Libraries Atlantic Stories, Colonial Legacies and the Bodleian Library, 1650-1800 #PhDlife coventry.ac.uk/research/resea…

An amazing piece of #Roman graffiti - a sketch of a centurion, complete with helmet & spear, scratched into the rock of the theatre at Leptis Magna (Libya). A fantastic & very unusual piece of Roman military art!

(📷E Lennox Manton 'Roman North Africa') #Archaeology

A great #WCCWiki session today, lovely to see everyone and edit together online! We made good progress. Two new members joined us, Fiona Phillips and Curtis Dozier Curtis Dozier, we're really glad to welcome them! We'll be editing again in May 📚

Splash of colour: The recently opened women’s section of the Forum Baths at #Pompeii is truly spectacular — a great place to soak up the atmosphere! #RomanBaths #Archaeology

Have a look at the new #Wikipedia page for Barbara McManus here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbara_M… #WCCWiki 🎓🎉🖊️

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