"Pottery from the University of California, Berkeley Excavations in the Area of the Maški Gate (MG22), Nineveh, 1989-1990." A new publication from 2022 sponsored by our #archaeology #grant program. Archaeopress whitelevy.fas.harvard.edu/publications/p…

Though not an exclusively Roman site, plenty of remains from the Roman period of occupation during today's visit to #Messene for #RomanSiteSaturday! #Archaeology #RomanArchaeology #Greece

📚RSVP NOW - #FREE #ReadingGroup: “Curse Tablets: Personal Communication with the Dead and the Gods in the Ancient World” Led by Charlotte 👻🏺! 🗓 Fri @ 2 pm EDT, June 16 - June 30 ➡️#RSVP REQUIRED; limited spots available! saveancientstudies.org/event-details/… #SASA #Ancient #Free

Massive Roman aqueduct built in Segovia, Spain by emperor Trajan (r. 98-117 CE). More Roman innovations: bit.ly/3r2Spnt

#MosaicMonday This impressive scene is known as the ‘Plato's Academy mosaic’. It’s an example of the Seven Sages scene although scholars have various theories as to the identity of the seven! 📍Villa of T. Siminius Stephanus, Pompeii 🏛 MAN Napoli, inv. 124545

Behind the scenes tours of the Sperlonga storerooms happening tomorrow! (Friday June 16th). Come one come all! ⁦British School at Rome⁩ ⁦American Academy in Rome⁩ beniculturalionline🌐⁩ ⁩ #Sperlonga #romanarchaeology Giornate Europee dell’Archeologia a Sperlonga latinatoday.it/eventi/giornat…

Attic Kylix depicting Jason and Athena ~ 480-470 BCE Jason falls victim to the serpent set by King Aeëtes to guard the Golden Fleece. This scene shows Jason being saved by Athena The kylix is attributed to the Attic artist Douris. 🏛 Musei Vaticani, Cat. 16545

📢 Calling all #digitalclassicists - there are still a few places left on our 3D summer school! Learn the latest digital approaches, and use them to explore our collections at Classics Library and local heritage sites 🏦 🗓️ 24-28 July 💷 £675 (£375 conc) ics.sas.ac.uk/events/3d-imag…

For #ReliefWednesday a wonderful detailed scene that enrichs our knowledge of everyday life in the #Roman empire. It shows a #wine shop 🍷🍷: Funnels are built into the counter. The merchant is pouring wine in one of them, the customer holds a jar under the funnel...1/2

#FrescoFriday This delicate piece depicts Phoebe seeking to reassure Latona and Niobe; meanwhile Niobe’s daughters Hilearia and Agle play knucklebones, unaware of their imminent death… Image slightly enhanced to bring out the contrast. 🏛 MAN Napoli, inv. 9562 📍 Herculaneum

Andrew Stewart's new Hesperia article was published today and is freely available for a short time on Project Muse: muse.jhu.edu/article/901600 . ASCSA Publications ASCSA History of Art UC Berkeley Department of Ancient Greek & Roman Studies UC Berkeley

Check out this update about the work of AHMA graduate student, Leah Packard Grams! The Tebtunis Papyri are still yielding all kinds of new information, 100+ years after their recovery! UC Berkeley Library #Egypt #Papyri #Archaeology #History update.lib.berkeley.edu/2023/07/06/the…

#Didyouknow that the Aphrodisias Museum has a collection of gladiator reliefs? They are probably monuments to entrepreneurs who owned gladiatorial schools. To see this rich collection, you are cordially invited to the Aphrodisias Museum!👇 (Aphrodisias Museum, Aydın) #Türkiye

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The Roman Barbegal watermill complex - perhaps the first attempt in Europe to set up industrial-scale "machines". Built c. 1,900 years ago, it consisted of 16 waterwheels that continuously milled grain, making 25 tonnes of flour a day! 📷 J. Dufresne #Roman #History #France

Mark your calendars!

🚨Monday, Sept. 11 @ 5 pm, Dwinelle 370! We look forward to welcoming Dr. Julio Vega-Payne, Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow at UCLA. He will lecture on "The Groans of Gaia: Geotrauma and Its Effects in Homer's Iliad." Join us! #ClassicalStudies #Homer #Trauma #Earth #Cal

🚨Coming up this evening at 6:30pm! Join the local chapter of the AIA here on campus for an update from the field. #Archaeology #ClassicalStudies #Mediterranean #Pompeii #Italy #Greece #Nemea

Join us in inaugurating the 2023 Sather Lecture Series this Thursday, September 21st at 7:00pm in Wheeler Hall 315! Dr. Victoria Wohl will begin her series "The Poetry of Being and the Prose of the World in Early Greek Philosophy." 🏺🏛📖 🔗dagrs.berkeley.edu/people/sather-…