Matthias Hoernes
@matthiashoernes.bsky.social
Mediterranean archaeologist | passionate about the funerary archaeology of pre-Roman southern Italy, food (in archaeology and in real life), university collections, and much more | researching, teaching and learning @unisalzburg.bsky.social
These so-called glass claw beakers were distinctive art forms for early Anglo-Saxons in England and northern Frankish kingdoms. This one was unearthed at the Ringlemere barrow in Kent. The moulded glass appendages look very octopus-like. 🕰️c.400 to 600 AD 🏛️📷 BM #FindsFriday
This satyr certainly has his plate full. Terracotta figurine, Butrint Museum, Albania. 🏺 #AncientBlueSky
Wow, that is incredible! Congratulations on the new post, Lucia!
Lucia Formato@l-formato.bsky.social · 2w agoI’m delighted to be part of the "Westgermanien im Wandel" project at the Göttingen Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Lower Saxony! Here, I will be the project coordinator and working as an expert in provincial Roman archaeology. More about this project (18 years!!): adw-goe.de/en/research/...
Assistant/Associate Professor – Cornell University, USA Ancient Mediterranean Art | Archaeology | Art History | Faculty Tenure-track role covering Greek and Roman visual culture and broader regions. 🔗 higherjobz.com/ancient-medi... #Acadhiring #Academicjobs #Archaeology #ArtHistory
Ancient Mediterranean Art & Archaeology Professor – Cornell
Apply for an Assistant/Associate Professor position in Ancient Mediterranean Art and Archaeology at Cornell University, Ithaca, USA.
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A Decaying Relationship? Stratigraphic Literacy in UK archaeology by Dr. Ellen Green is now published on BAJR. We would like to thank her for the work she did investigating the stratigraphic literacy of archaeologists within the UK. www.bajr.org/wp-content/u...
This is a highly relevant thread. Perhaps most strongly in continental European traditions, much of academic practice is based on trial and error for students. Reading, writing, researching, and presenting are crafts that can be learnt and taught, rather than exercises in intellectual ingenuity.
"Online Rent-a-Sage" Bret Devereaux@bretdevereaux.bsky.social · 4w agoThis is one of those skills that we expect graduate students to pick up but rarely teach explicitly. But basically, most (all?) academics learn to read in a way that lets you extract what you need from a text as quickly as possible, because we have to process a lot of text as part of our jobs.
Unser Netzwerk veranstaltet im Wintersemester an sechs Terminen Brownbag-Treffen, um in informeller Runde über Lehrformate und Lehrerfahrungen zu sprechen. Interessierte sind herzlich willkommen! 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #AcademicSky
I am very excited about a conference that I am co-organising with friends and colleagues in Salzburg. It will explore the relationship between memory and politics in Italy during the first millennium BCE. Please spread the word!🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology www.academia.edu/171960734/Cf...
In der bislang völlig verfahrenen Situation der österreichischen Universitäten und ihrer Personalpolitik ist dies ein Hoffnungsschimmer für eine Lösung, die wirtschaftlich klug, wissenschaftlich nachhaltig und menschlich zumutbar ist. #AcademicSky www.derstandard.at/story/300000...
Ministerin Holzleitner will Kettenverträge aus dem Uni-Gesetz streichen: Kann das funktionieren?
Geht es nach der Wissenschaftsministerin, sollen dadurch befristete Verträge an Unis zurückgedrängt werden. Die Auswirkungen wären massiv – und könnten auch paradox ausfallen
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NUWiss@nuwiss.bsky.social · 3mo agoIst es endlich der große Wurf? Eine Ende der Kettenvertragsregelung ist zumindest in Sicht. 😱💥 Lest hier unsere Stellungnahme zu den gestern verkündeten Reformplänen der Ministerin. So viel schon mal vorab: Vieles klingt richtig gut. www.nuwiss.at/ende-der-ket... #ichBinHanna #UniBrennt
Ist es endlich der große Wurf? Eine Ende der Kettenvertragsregelung ist zumindest in Sicht. 😱💥 Lest hier unsere Stellungnahme zu den gestern verkündeten Reformplänen der Ministerin. So viel schon mal vorab: Vieles klingt richtig gut. www.nuwiss.at/ende-der-ket... #ichBinHanna #UniBrennt
Ende der Ketten in Sicht! Sind die Pläne der Ministerin endlich der große Wurf? - Netzwerk Unterbau Wissenschaft
Als österreichweites Netzwerk, das sich seit Jahren für bessere Arbeitsbedingungen in der Wissenschaft einsetzt, begrüßen wir daher ausdrücklich die Ankündigung von Bundesministerin Eva-Maria Holzleit...
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Years ago, the Quilicis' maps were one of my first points of entry into researching Basilicata. Now, knowing many of the valleys myself, I realise even more what an extraordinary achievement their topographical survey was. 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology
Dan Diffendale@diffendale.bsky.social · 2mo agoLorenzo Quilici, the greatest topographer of ancient Italy of several generations, has gone to document the great road in the sky
Se non è vero, è ben trovato... The Soleto Map may be the oldest map in Europe – though it is more likely a forgery. I still like it: it reads like a checklist of the extraordinary Messapian sites extensively researched in recent decades. Photo: @diffendale.bsky.social 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology
If you like pasta, bucchero, and football-like aryballoi, you are in for a treat! #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology www.facebook.com/MagazineInfo...
3.7K views · 47 reactions | Una necropoli arcaica, all’interno del Pastificio #Garofalo. Segreti e ricchezze sepolte sotto il terreno, emersi nel corso delle attività di archeologia preventiva connesse ai lavori di ampliamento dello stabilimento produttivo. Una scoperta estremamente significativa, soprattutto per via dei materiali organici rinvenuti, che restituisce a #Gragnano parte della sua storia 🔵 📹 @silviaadema | Magazine Informare
Una necropoli arcaica, all’interno del Pastificio #Garofalo. Segreti e ricchezze sepolte sotto il terreno, emersi nel corso delle attività di archeologia preventiva connesse ai lavori di ampliamento...
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Seeing this little guy on a book cover gives me a shiver, fifteen years after I had the pleasure of studying them. I am very much looking forward to reading this new book from my brilliant @uniinnsbruck.bsky.social colleagues. #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology www.cambridge.org/at/universit...
Locality and Agency in the Iron Age Mediterranean | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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The #Roman ancestor of the Swiss Army Knife - made of silver with folding elements including a knife blade (mostly eroded away), spoon, fork, spike, spatula, & curved pick, perfect for the Roman traveller! (📷 Fitzwilliam Museum) 🏺 #AncientBlueSky #Archaeology
British Academy President's statement on the UK's higher education crisis, July 2026.
British Academy President: UK higher education crisis risks irreversible damage
As course closures, shrinking provision and widening regional inequalities threaten the future of UK higher education and research, President of the British Academy, Susan J Smith calls for an immedia...
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The incredible Villanovan lake-dwelling settlement of Gran Carro has yielded parts of a vertical, warp-weighted loom, a new textile fragment, and a basket that was used for producing cheese or other milk products. #AncientBluesky 🏺 www.storicang.it/a/piu-antico...
Literarisches Mitleid mit "Steinhaufen" und uns Steinhaufenmenschen | Alex Capus, Das kleine Haus am Sonnenhang, München 2024 #AncientBluesky 🏺
Folks, there's 'ancient iridescence' and there's ... this. Elton John, if he were an ancient Roman footed flask. Made in the Eastern Mediterranean (Levant; Alexandria, Egypt; Syria-Palestine), ca. 3rd-4th c. CE. #ancientbluesky 🏺 1/ Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, Legion of Honor. 📸 me
A toy ball from #Roman Egypt, made from linen with strips of reed (painted red & green), & with stone chips inside so it would rattle when used. First played with some 1600+ years ago... (📷 British Museum) #AncientBlueSky
I am so close to taking a holiday and jumping on the next train to Rome! #AncientBluesky 🏺https://www.gbopera.it/2026/06/roma-museo-nazionale-etrusco-di-villa-giulia-tomba-francois-ed-il-ritorno-degli-eroi/
Roma, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia: “Tomba François” ed “Il ritorno degli Eroi”
Roma, Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia “TOMBA FRANCOIS ED IL RITORNO DEGLI EROI” sviluppato sotto la direzione di Luana Toniolo e con il coinvolgimento dei funzionari archeologi …
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Meanwhile, we cover the pot when cooking and reduce our shower time to save energy. What a cynical world. www.bbc.com/sport/footba...
World Cup 2026: How Fifa president Gianni Infantino is jetting around
Gianni Infantino has clocked up thousands of air miles across North America so far.
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For #FrescoFriday, let’s trace how #Rome systematically rewrote its early history to erase humiliating #Etruscan victories. We begin in Vulci at the François Tomb (340-330 BCE), where vivid murals depict a brutal truth Roman historians later spent centuries trying to suppress. #AncientBluesky 🏺
[Debatte] Über Christopher Nolans „The Odyssey“ wird online schon jetzt viel diskutiert. Ein Kommentar zum Thema historische Genauigkeit in fiktionalen Filmen: musermeku.org/odyssey-hist... #odyssey #odyssee #kino #film #geschichte #kultur
Der Film The Odyssey und historische Genauigkeit | musermeku
Ein Kommentar zu den Debatten rund um Christopher Nolans Film "The Odyssey" und zu anderen historisch fiktionalen Werken.
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Really excited that our *new paper* is finally out 🔥 This study is the first to quantitatively investigate museum visitors’ perceptions of historical analogies that compare concepts from the deep past to modern political ideas. doi.org/10.1057/s415...
Recently, at a conference in Bonn, we sweated heavily but brought together enough brainpower to found a network for teaching in Classics. It is about sharing ideas, expertise, and syllabi. In an environment shaped by stiff competition, collaboration is key. #highered #AcademicSky #Archaeology 🏺
A big thank you to my colleagues for the stimulating discussions and wonderful hospitality at @unituebingen.bsky.social, where historic charm meets contemporary vibrancy. It was a pleasure to be there! #AcademicSky #Archaeology 🏺