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Free, open-access resources for teaching and learning about real people in the ancient world #PeoplingPodcast #PeoplingVideos #PeoplingBlog peoplingthepast.com

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Dr. Megan J. Daniels@meganjdaniels.bsky.social · 4d ago

More Halloween posts from @peoplingthepast.bsky.social on monsters in the Odyssey, this one by Brett Rogers of U of Puget Sound! Read about Nolan's adaptation of Odysseus' journey to the Underworld, and the deeper meaning of this scene in the context of Homer's song.

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 5d ago

In this week’s instalment of our #PeoplingBlog Halloween Series, Dr. Brett M. Rogers explores the ways in which conversations with the dead are treated in Homer’s epic poem versus their treatment in Nolan’s 2026 film, the Odyssey: peoplingthepast.com/2026/10/16/b...

Graphic with blog title "Conversations with Dead people in the Odysseys of Homer and Christopher Nolan with Brett M Rogers"
Christine Johnston @archaeologuest.bsky.social · 6d ago

another #Halloween blog about #TheOdyssey — in this case, about one of the most talked about figures in Nolan's adaptation: #polyphemus, the #cyclops

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 3w ago

In this week's instalment of our #PeoplingBlog Halloween Series on the "scary things" in the Odyssey, we hear from Drs. Mercedes Aguirre and Richard Buxton and their work on the Cyclops in the ancient and modern imaginary! peoplingthepast.com/2026/10/02/b...

Graphic featuring an ancient vase painting depicting the Cyclops being blinded; and text that reads “The Cyclops in Homer’s Odyssey and Beyond”
Christine Johnston @archaeologuest.bsky.social · 6d ago

it's (somehow) already half-way through October—are you getting in the Halloween spirit?? We've had some great #Halloween blogs this month focused on #TheOdyssey! Check out this great contribution all about Book 11 and Odysseus' trip to the underworld 👻

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 4w ago

This week on the #PeoplingBlog we begin our countdown to Halloween! In this continuing series we are exploring the scary things in Homer’s (and sometimes Nolan’s!) Odyssey. To kick things off, Daniel Ogden explores Book 11 —the Nekyia or the ‘Book of the Dead’: peoplingthepast.com/2026/09/25/b...

A dark scene of an ancient ruinous landscape, surrounding by text that reads "The Odyssey: Necromancy, Seers and the Underworld".
Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · last mo.

Check out the latest episode of @eorientalism.bsky.social’s podcast with our very own @archaeologuest.bsky.social 👇🏻

Everyday Orientalism@eorientalism.bsky.social · last mo.

"That's one of the most glaring Orientalist aspects of these systems": @archaeologuest.bsky.social on how the white supremacist myth of "western civilization" is at the very core of AI technologies Full convo on streaming platforms, YT, and spreaker: www.spreaker.com/episode/f-ck...

Dr Victoria Austen@vickyausten.bsky.social · 5mo ago

And if you can’t get to Toronto, over at @peoplingthepast.bsky.social we have a great podcast episode with Beth all about the Vindolanda shoes! peoplingthepast.com/2021/06/01/s...

Podcast Season 2, Episode 1 – If the (Roman) Shoe fits: Elizabeth M. Greene and footwear from Vindolanda

Season 2 is finally here. This season, we’re shifting our focus to Roman Art and Archaeology. To start us off, we are joined by Dr. Elizabeth M. Greene, Associate Professor of Classics at Western U…

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Sarah E. Bond@sarahebond.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The Bata Shoe 👠 Museum in Toronto has an exhibit on now that I’d love to see, “Unearthing Vindolanda: Footwear from the Edge of the Roman Empire.” Love that Beth Greene (my Tar Heel sister!) is co-curating the 1000s of leather sandals (and baby shoes) from the fort. batashoemuseum.ca/exhibitions/...

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

And you can read all about this amazing class on the #PeoplingBlog! peoplingthepast.com/2026/03/27/b...

Blog #118: Let’s Play Antiquity with Eduardo M. García-Molina

Our latest instalment of the blog, features the exciting pedagogical work of Eduardo García-Molina, Assistant Professor of Classics at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Here, he takes us…

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Eduardo García-Molina@egarcmol.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Final day of ancient game pitch presentations featured an ancient medicine roguelike, a cooking management game set in a Pompeiian thermopolium featuring custom music, and an Ace Attorney-like take on ancient philosophical dialogues. Week has been made.

Dr Victoria Austen@vickyausten.bsky.social · 6mo ago

The final post in our Earth Month series is now live! Have loved guest editing this series to bring you all things Roman gardens 😊

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Today on the #PeoplingBlog, we bring our Earth Month series to a close. Here, Dr. Jessica Venner discusses how evidence for urban agricultural practices in the gardens of Pompeii can provide us with insights into environmental resilience in the ancient world: peoplingthepast.com/2026/04/24/b...

Graphic featuring a photo of a garden with organized rows of plantings. Around the photo is the text “Cultivating Pompeii: Urban Agriculture and Resilience, AD 62-79 with Jessica Venner”