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The volcanic eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in AD 79 entombed Roman Pompeii in ashWhether the eruption was in August or September matters. This thread examines the relationship of seasonality with

This second thread on the Plague of Athens (430 B.C.E.) examines the failed leadership of Pericles’His choice to ignore the devastation the plague was doing to ordinary Athenians led to

Anyone who thinks @graciegcunning is stupid for asking questions doesn't know much about how we learnAsking a question and getting an answer is one of the most effective and efficient

(ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD) I've been going back to many sites & museums in Athens taking video for my online classI love the way video captures the 3D nature of objects. It'll

[ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD] Apollo’s sanctuary at Delphi is the stuff of legendsFor over a thousand years, the famous oracle foretold the futures and fortunes of the city-states and heroes of ancient

We often think of life 6,000 years ago as short, nasty, and brutish. The site of Gourimadi reveals how innovative people were at the end of the Stone AgeThis archaeology

[ARCHAEOLOGY THREAD] One of the most pernicious racisms I see regularly is the myth that Africa has been an unimportant place in human historyBut the archaeology of Africa is incredible.

Today’s #ClassicalZooarchaeology thread is about my shit-hot database (!!!)It’s designed in MS Access & uses touch-screen, speech-recognition, and an internal GISIf you can’t do field/lab work this summer, maybe it’ll

April 21st was Rome’s 2771st b-day & images of Romulus & Remus suckling at the teats of a she-wolf filled my #ClassicsTwitter feedThis #MythicalAnimals thread (18 tweets) explores the biology

To celebrate 4/20, let’s learn about the history of getting stoned (seriously) in ancient Greece and beyondPlease partake in this fun #FourTwenty thread filled with heady illustrations and the dankest

Quick thread: If Instagram "vendors [selling human remains online] are clearly trying to mimic ‘museum’-like experiences" then the museum and heritage industry needs to change, like NOW/1https://twitter.com/Heritage_MDPI/status/124987953544

My third thread on the Athenian plague of 430 B.C.E. looks at the archaeological evidence uncovered for this disastrous epidemicThis is a tale of death, but also of resilience and