Dimitar Alekseev Dimitrov<p>The new one is here!:<br><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0FC5YGY9T" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">amazon.com/dp/B0FC5YGY9T</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dimitardimitrov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dimitardimitrov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dimitaralekseevdimitrov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dimitaralekseevdimitrov</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/susanacabaco" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>susanacabaco</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/giza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>giza</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/gizapyramids" 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Rome archaeology and stuff<p>The newly opened piazza in front of the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roman</span></a> mausoleum of the emperor Augustus. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancienthistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientrome</span></a></p>
JLFríasRoma vinci<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/sevilla?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sevilla</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/seville?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#seville</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/andalucia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#andalucia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/andalusia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#andalusia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/españa?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#españa</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/spain?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spain</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/historia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/legionarioromano?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legionarioromano</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/romanhistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romanhistory</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/romano?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romano</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/legio?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legio</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/vidaromana?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vidaromana</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/imperioromano?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#imperioromano</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/historical?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#historical</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/SPQR?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SPQR</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/romanempire?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romanempire</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/romanlegion?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#romanlegion</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/mundoromano?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mundoromano</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ancientrome?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancientrome</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/ancienthistory?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ancienthistory</a>
ResearchBuzz: Firehose<p>Google Blog: Discover the world’s oldest known rock art in Indonesia. “The world’s largest digitized collection of ancient rock art is now available to explore on Google Arts & Culture, through partnership between Indonesia’s Ministry of Culture, BRIN (Indonesia’s National Research and Innovation Agency), Griffith University and Google Arts and Culture. Indonesian and Australian […]</p><p><a href="https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/google-blog-discover-the-worlds-oldest-known-rock-art-in-indonesia/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://rbfirehose.com/2025/06/06/google-blog-discover-the-worlds-oldest-known-rock-art-in-indonesia/</a></p>
Destination's Journey<p>A 1st Century AD Roman Legionary built from the MiniArt 1:16th scale plastic model kit. Painted using a combination of enamel and acrylic paints. <a href="https://www.destinationsjourney.com/scale-models/scale-model-figures-and-super-heroes/roman-legionary-1st-century-ad-scale-models/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">destinationsjourney.com/scale-</span><span class="invisible">models/scale-model-figures-and-super-heroes/roman-legionary-1st-century-ad-scale-models/</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/scalemodel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scalemodel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RomanLegionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanLegionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Legionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Legionary</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/MiniArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiniArt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/figure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>figure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/figurine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>figurine</span></a></p>
Rome archaeology and stuff<p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roman</span></a> sculptural group of the Niobids, killed by the gods Artemis and Apollo, discovered near Ciampino just outside <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rome</span></a> in 2011. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancienthistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientart" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientart</span></a></p>
Miss Gayle<p>Western capitalist consumerist culture has never been, will never be, the pinnacle of humanity past, present, or future. It is deeply flawed & on course to crash and burn. </p><p>There are other ways to live. Those who believe fairy tales that the earth is only for western christians want to scare-monger people into thinking other ways are bad. That's not true.</p><p>link: <a href="https://www.resilience.org/stories/2025-06-04/the-story-of-b/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">resilience.org/stories/2025-06</span><span class="invisible">-04/the-story-of-b/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economy</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Sustainability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sustainability</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Agriculture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agriculture</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Warfare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Warfare</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/Greed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greed</span></a> <a href="https://urbanists.social/tags/ChristoFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ChristoFascism</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Egypt, Greece clash over St. Catherine’s – Moses’s Well, ancient library <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/?p=1072970" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/?p=1072970</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Alchemiq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alchemiq</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greece</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>library</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>Rare Roman Mosaics with Dolphin Artwork Found in Austria <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1071697/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1071697/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientHistoryBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistoryBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtistsBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Austria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Austria</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContemporaryArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContemporaryArt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HistoryBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HistoryOfPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HistoryOfReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfReligion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MedievalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedievalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ModernArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernArt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ModernPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PhilosophyBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenaissanceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenaissanceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TravelAndCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TravelAndCulture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wwii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wwii</span></a></p>
Rome archaeology and stuff<p>The modern water feature installed in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roman</span></a> baths of Caracalla. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancienthistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientrome</span></a></p>
Golavita Travel Egypt<p>**Descend into history at Kom El Shoqafa!** </p><p>This accidental discovery (thanks to a donkey!) reveals Alexandria's stunning Greco-Roman catacombs. Marvel at: <br>• Anubis in Roman robes <br>• Ancient feasting halls <br>• 300+ hybrid Egyptian-Greek artifacts </p><p>A time capsule where cultures collide. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CulturalFusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalFusion</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MastodonTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MastodonTravel</span></a></p>
Tom Elliott<p>How do we know the ancient names of ancient places? There are many sorts of sources. </p><p>Sometimes, accounting documents or fragments thereof survive and sometimes they contain lists of estates. Often, these names are difficult or impossible to identify with specific places. But not always.</p><p>Here's a newly published one on papyrus, probably written in in the late sixth or early seventh century CE, probably at Herakleopolis in Egypt. The modern authors of the article have not only provided a text, but also a commentary that connects what can be connected of the toponyms to other published work.</p><p>La’da, Csaba A., and Amphilochios Papathomas. “A New Greek Papyrus Fragment of an Account and a List of Toponyms from the Late Antique Herakleopolites.” TYCHE – Beiträge Zur Alten Geschichte, Papyrologie Und Epigraphik 38 (2023). <a href="https://doi.org/10.25365/tyche-2023-38-7" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">doi.org/10.25365/tyche-2023-38</span><span class="invisible">-7</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ancientGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientGeography</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ancientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/papyrology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>papyrology</span></a></p>
Rome archaeology and stuff<p>A small, marble clad, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> toilet in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/roman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>roman</span></a> villa of the Quintilii on the via Appia, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rome</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancientrome" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientrome</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/romanhistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>romanhistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancienthistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancienthistory</span></a></p>
Golavita Travel Egypt<p>**🌊 Where the Mediterranean breeze meets ancient wisdom!** </p><p>The **Bibliotheca Alexandrina** isn’t just a library—it’s a time machine. </p><p>📜 Rare manuscripts by Plato & Socrates <br>🏛️ 8M+ books, Pharaonic to Islamic artifacts <br>🗺️ Walk through history with Egyptologists </p><p>A rebirth of the world’s first great library. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BibliothecaAlexandrina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BibliothecaAlexandrina</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Egypt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Egypt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LibrariesOfTheWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LibrariesOfTheWorld</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CulturalHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CulturalHeritage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MediterraneanViews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MediterraneanViews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimeTravel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimeTravel</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BookHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BookHistory</span></a></p>
~meoralis~<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/FotoVorschlag?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FotoVorschlag</a>: Dinge, die mit S beginnen oder so aussehen // Things that start with S or look like it<br>
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ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ<p>Sargon the Great is on a new campaign to establish a base in Wales.<br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Sargon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Sargon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Akkad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Akkad</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Uruk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Uruk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Inanna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Inanna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Kish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Anu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Anu</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lugalzagesi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lugalzagesi</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enlil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlil</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Ur" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ur</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lagash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lagash</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Umma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Umma</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Elam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Elam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Awan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Awan</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Susa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Susa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Wara%E1%B8%AB%C5%A1e" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Waraḫše</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancient</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <br>(Yeah, yeah, I know, it might be Naram-Sin.)</p>
Pussy Galore's Emporium<p>Golden Mystery Unearthed: Metal Detectorists Reveal 1,400-Year-Old Raven’s Head Treasure!</p><p>...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalDetecting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalDetecting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AngloSaxonTreasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AngloSaxonTreasure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricalDiscovery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalDiscovery</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientArtifacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientArtifacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RavenHead" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RavenHead</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoldTreasure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoldTreasure</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/NorseMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NorseMythology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricalFind" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalFind</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MetalDetectorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MetalDetectorists</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BritishMuseum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BritishMuseum</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AncientJewelry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientJewelry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricalArtifacts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoricalArtifacts</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WorthPoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorthPoint</span></a> Discovery of a 1,400-Year-Old Anglo-Saxon Gold Raven’s Head in England In a remarkable discovery, two metal detectorists, Paul Gould and…</p><p><a href="https://pussygaloresemporium.com/golden-mystery-unearthed-metal-detectorists-reveal-1400-year-old-ravens-head-treasure/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pussygaloresemporium.com/golde</span><span class="invisible">n-mystery-unearthed-metal-detectorists-reveal-1400-year-old-ravens-head-treasure/</span></a></p>
Bytes Europe<p>New Banksy Mural Confirmed in South of France <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/1060070/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">byteseu.com/1060070/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientHistoryBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientHistoryBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/AncientPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AncientPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ArtistsBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ArtistsBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ContemporaryArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ContemporaryArt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EuropeanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/France" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>France</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HistoryBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HistoryOfPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/HistoryOfReligion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HistoryOfReligion</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinAndSouthAmericanHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MedievalHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MedievalHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/MilitaryHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MilitaryHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ModernArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernArt</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/ModernPhilosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ModernPhilosophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>philosophy</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PhilosophyBlog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PhilosophyBlog</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/RenaissanceHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RenaissanceHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/TravelAndCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TravelAndCulture</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WorldHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WorldHistory</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/WWI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WWI</span></a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/wwii" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>wwii</span></a></p>
Tom Elliott<p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/PleiadesGazetteer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PleiadesGazetteer</span></a> sneak peek!</p><p>We'll release our usual "Last Week" summary blog post on Monday, but meantime here's the first fruits of what's likely to be a long, slow project: completing and refining Barrington Atlas coverage in North Africa. In the last few days, <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://scholar.social/@serviliusahala" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>serviliusahala</span></a></span> has reviewed and published new and updated records I prepared for 18 places in modern Algeria, mostly north and east of modern Bordj Bou Arreridjj: <a href="https://pleiades.stoa.org/search?Cites=%22BAtlas+31+%22&created%3Alist%3Adate=2025%2F05%2F23&created_usage=range%3Amin&portal_type%3Alist=Place&review_state%3Alist=published" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pleiades.stoa.org/search?Cites</span><span class="invisible">=%22BAtlas+31+%22&created%3Alist%3Adate=2025%2F05%2F23&created_usage=range%3Amin&portal_type%3Alist=Place&review_state%3Alist=published</span></a></p><p>Many of these are unexcavated and/or heavily spoliated sites that were cataloged by Stéphane Gsell in the *Atlas Archéologique de l’Algérie* (Algiers, Paris: 1911) with only then-modern or no associated toponymy. They were subsequently added to the relevant Barrington Atlas maps without labels or individual directory entries... 1/?</p><p><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ancientGeography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientGeography</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/ancientHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ancientHistory</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/archaeology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>archaeology</span></a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/HGIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HGIS</span></a></p>
AskHistorians<p>How accepted is the hypothesis that Phoenician sailors circumnavigated Africa in antiquity?
(#ThrowbackThursday delves into this <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23History" target="_blank">#History</a> mystery, and does some fact checking with /u/mythoplokos.) <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Skystorians" target="_blank">#Skystorians</a> <a class="hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23AncientHistory" target="_blank">#AncientHistory</a><br><br><a href="https://buff.ly/Z4Sh2a5" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">mythoplokos's comment on "How ...</a></p>
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