It is more than time to decenter the Zionist (both Jewish & Christian) occupation, control over & occlusion of Palestinian Histories in all Antiquity fields Their party is over. Here are 3 books to start with: 📙#1: The Invention of Ancient Israel by Keith W. Whitelam (1996)

I’m moving and getting rid of so so ma y books. When looking at one I have on the Phoenicians I decided to check the index. Many references to Israel and none to Palestine. Am I wrong for letting this be a deal breaker? I’ve not read any of it yet but now I fear it’s “history”.

An instance of damnatio memoriAI

And… it’s published! Off to do Woman’s Hour this morning then raising a glass with the lovely people at Profile Books

Me and my worm gf 🪱

A free Palestine

Had (another) fun pseudoarch chat with Wetwired Podcast today! This time about my book chapter that gave a lot of men on social media very big Feelings™️

Publication day! I assembled my favorite Greco-Roman stories about women in power (Amazons, Dido, Boudicca, Cleopatra and many more), in both new and existing translations. You can find it (and see the TOC) here: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/667325/w…

Hesiod's Works & Days in a tweet:

Thanks to my fab pals at Against the Lore Podcast for this bespoke podcast to promote my new companion to the Greek gods & goddesses, #Pantheon! I'm SO grateful to all the Classicists, scholars & myth-lovers who made this book possible. And illustrator Flora 🏺! 💙 spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/v67j8LysPMb

Taking my friends round vindolanda today ft. Pantheon (Caroline Lawrence’s book I illustrated), which is now out in the UK!!!

Worry not, for it's finally here! We end our Season 4 with the most recent show to depict ancient Rome, Peacock’s #ThoseAbouttoDie. Joined by our good friend and Roman spectacle specialist, Alexandra - Free 🇵🇸! Listen now at movieswedig.com!

You wait for a book about ancient goddesses and then two come along the same day! 😆 Thanks for my copy of Goddess With a Thousand Faces, Jasmine Elmer! And HAPPY PUBLICATION DAY to us both! 😁🎉❤️ Goldsboro Books Octopus Publishing Flora 🏺

I never thought I would get to announce something like this, but... ET CETERA IS A BESTSELLER!! It's humbling to think that any of you bought our little book about Latin, let alone enough of you to be on a bestseller list. From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU! ❤️

Spotted in Durham’s Waterstones!😇🧡 Caroline Lawrence Octopus Publishing

Excited to share our open-access article on infant remains from the tophet at Zita, nuancing questions about Phoenician human sacrifice. "The life and death of cremated infants and children from the Neo-Punic tophet at Zita, Tunisia" Antiquity - bit.ly/4d3HeQS

#PeoplingBlog is BACK! In this week’s post, we interview Elizabeth Keyser, a Ph.D. Candidate at UC Berkeley, who guides us through a reassessment of popular and elite religious practices in the Mycenaean Late Bronze Age on mainland Greece: peoplingthepast.com/2024/09/13/blo… /1

What are the role + problems of ‘biblical archaeology’ in writing the history of Israel-Palestine? See Dr. Chance Bonar's new #EOPalestine post to find ou!👇 everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2024/09/16/the…

Cleopatra Regina 👸👁️‍🗨️🪷

"Police pushed the crowd off the sidewalk into active traffic on Parliament St., pepper sprayed liberally, punched or elbowed multiple women in the face, tackled and arrested someone they had pushed into another officer and more" cc Mayor Olivia Chow: What is that?