Archaeologists Found a Roman Nail Cleaner Shaped Like a Penis Beside an English Motorway www.zmescience.com/science/arch...

Archaeologists Found a Roman Nail Cleaner Shaped Like a Penis Beside an English Motorway

A rare grooming object reveals luck, hygiene and daily life in Roman Britain.

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"The Tyrant and the Ostrich’s Head: Emperors at the Games in the Early Roman Empire" presented by Professor Mark Humphries. #AncientBluesky www.youtube.com/watch?v=i63P...

Professor Mark Humphries guest lecture 27th July 2026

YouTube video by Helen McVeigh

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Grab one! 'Marcus Agrippa: Right-Hand Man of Caesar Augustus' (Kindle edition) by Lindsay Powell, with a foreword by Steven Saylor, is just $2.99 today! Save $17.00 off the Digital List Price of $19.99! Published by @penandswordbooks.bsky.social. www.amazon.com/Marcus-Agrip...

Grab one! 'Jews vs. Rome: Two Centuries of Rebellion Against the World's Mightiest Empire' (Kindle edition) by Barry Strauss is just $3.99 today. Save $26.00 (87%)! www.amazon.com/Jews-vs-Rome...

"The actor [Richard E. Grant] gobbles up food, roars with glee and finds himself deeply moved in this four-part travelogue inspired by the journey of Homer’s hero. It’s a real success of a show." — Sarah Dempster, @theguardian.com

Richard E Grant’s Very Modern Odyssey review – far more thrilling than the Christopher Nolan borefest

The actor gobbles up food, roars with glee and finds himself deeply moved in this four-part travelogue inspired by the journey of Homer’s hero. It’s a real success of a show

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 3d ago

Richard E Grant’s Very Modern Odyssey review – far more thrilling than the Christopher Nolan borefest

Last chance to see ‘Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt’ at the Harry Ransom Center at UT Austin! The exhibition ends on Sunday 2 July. Admission is free. Photos are my own. #AncientBluesky

Absolutely thrilled to see my new 'MARCUS AGRIPPA: The True Story' is listed at No. 2 on Amazon UK's 'Hot New Releases in Historical Italian & Roman Biographies'!! Thank you to my readers in the UK! #Agrippa

Completed restoration of a ceiling fresco that once adorned a banquet hall in the House with Bakery in Pompeii’s Regio IX has been revealed. Decorative fragments of the ceiling depict the union of the god Dionysus and Ariadne. #FrescoFriday #AncientBluesky www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...

See a Rare Ceiling Fresco From Pompeii That Archaeologists Are Carefully Reassembling, Piece by Piece, Like an Ancient Puzzle

Located in the banquet hall of a home with an adjoining bakery, the fresco shows the mythological romance of Dionysus, the god of revelry and wine, and Ariadne, the Cretan princess

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For your weekend reading: 'MARCUS AGRIPPA: The True Story' by @lindsaypowell.bsky.social. As featured in @historia-hwa.bsky.social. #AncientBlueSky #Agrippa #Romans historiamag.com/marcus-agrip...

Memorable performances: Augustus was played by Brian Blessed and Nero Claudius Drusus by Ian Raymond Ogilvy in the TV adaptation of ‘I, Claudius’ (1976).

rogueclassicist ~ david meadows@rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 6d ago

'Masterpiece' drama hailed as 'best show ever made' available to stream - The Mirror www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/m...

"Her [Emily Wilson's] opinion, just like every other review of The Odyssey posted online for all to see, is just that, and she’s not wrong for disliking a movie even if you disagree with her." —Josh Rosenberg, Esquire. #AncientBluesky www.esquire.com/entertainmen...

Is It Okay to Not Like ‘The Odyssey’?

Celebrated translator Emily Wilson is under fire for her harsh review of Christopher Nolan’s film.

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"If, as classicists, we wish to enter the discussion [about #TheOdyssey], it should be not from the distant shelter of Homer’s poem but on the film’s own terms." —Theo Nash, @slate.com. #AncientBluesky slate.com/culture/2026...

As a Classicist, I’ve Defended Emily Wilson’s Odyssey Translation. I Can’t Defend Her Review of Nolan’s Movie.

Emily Wilson used baffling arguments to flay Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s poem.

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Meeting a special lunch partner today.

The recreated gate of Mamucium. For #RomanFortThursday

Dr Andrew Tibbs@andrewtibbs.bsky.social · 7d ago

Recreation of the gate to the Roman fort at Manchester on the site of the original. A bit of a hidden secret in one of my favourite cities.

Thank you, Readers, for helping to place my biographies of Germanicus, Nero Claudius Drusus and Tiberius in Amazon USA's Top 100 Paid Best Sellers in Ancient Military History listing today. @casematepublishers.bsky.social @penandswordbooks.bsky.social

“[Emily] Wilson, a professor of classical studies at the University of Pennsylvania, has spent much of her career studying Homer's original text. She discusses how her translation differs from others — including Nolan's telling of the tale.” #AnciebtBluesky m.youtube.com/watch?v=cqxS...

Is Christopher Nolan’s “Odyssey” Accurate? Bestselling Translator Weighs In | Amanpour and Company

YouTube video by Amanpour and Company

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"A man has been jailed in Italy for fraud after charging tourists €40 to visit a fake Roman amphitheatre he built himself twenty years ago." www.euronews.com/culture/2026...

Italian conman jailed for building fake Roman amphitheatre

In Italy, a structure promoted for years as an "ancient Roman amphitheatre" has turned out to be a fake, constructed recently using modern materials.

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The Emperor Tiberius was fascinated by the adventures of Odysseus, even creating a grotto at his villa at Sperlonga adorned with statues of his crew attacking the cyclops Polyphemus. www.thetravelfilesofficial.com/blog/blog-po...

The Blinding of Polyphemus: Myth, Marble, and Power at Tiberius’s Villa — The Travel Files Official

The Blinding of Polyphemus: Myth, Marble, and Power at Tiberius’s Villa

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Grab one! 'PAX: War and Peace in Rome's Golden Age' (Kindle ebook edition) by Tom Holland is just $1.99! Save $20.00 (91%). www.amazon.com/Pax-War-Peac...

If you have seen, our are planning to see, Nolan's The Odyssey, this is worth reading:

EMILY WILSON@emilyrcwilson.bsky.social · last wk.

I wrote about the Nolan Odyssey for the LRB. I'll summarize some of my main points below, in case you don't feel like reading all that. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

The @ancientwarfare.bsky.social team is back together, this time discussing Alexander the Great and the Battle of Gaugamela, 331 BC. With @clogfather.bsky.social and @lindsaypowell.bsky.social. Produced for Karwansaray by The History Network. Look for that podcast soon. #AncientBluesky

"The new blockbuster "lacks many of the elements that make the poem great," writes Emily Wilson, the classics professor who famously translated Homer's poem in 2017." — John Blistein, @rollingstone.com. #AncientBluesky www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv...

'The Odyssey' Translator Who Inspired Christopher Nolan Thinks His Movie Stinks

Emily Wilson, who famously translated 'The Odyssey' in 2017, has written a scathing review of Christopher Nolan's new film adaptation.

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A glimpse of 'Eagles Over Germania', one of two feature articles I wrote about Augustus' wars in Germania for the fabulous @ancientwarfare.bsky.social issue 107. Grab your copy from your newsagent/stand or direct from Karwansaray Publishers. Photo is my own. #AncientBluesky

Sun & Mon July 26th & 27th 2026, find @potsofhistory.bsky.social and I @vindolandatrust.bsky.social Vindolanda Roman Fort, demonstrating Roman pottery making technology. It'll be the first outing for my conjectural reconstruction of a potential potters wheel found in the North Field.

Temple of Venus Victrix and the spectator seats (cavea) of the Theatre of Pompey (Theatrum Pompei) in Rome in all its original splendour, c. 55 BC! Digital reconstruction by History In 3D. For #RomanSiteSaturday. #AncientBluesky

A glimpse of a couple of the pages I wrote for the news department of the fabulous @ancientwarfare.bsky.social issue 107. Grab your copy from your newsagent/stand or direct from Karwansaray Publishers. Photo is my own. #AncientBluesky

"I was struck by the parallels between Oppenheimer and Odysseus, two brilliant men who create a tool of devastating destruction and then struggle with the guilt of what they have done. " — Christopher Nolan to TIME. time.com/article/2026...

Christopher Nolan on Helen, Athena, and His New 'Odyssey' Ending

The director discusses why he changed the end of the epic, Oppenheimer parallels, and the Athena character

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"The Republic of Plato: The Ten Books", the complete unabridged and illustrated ebook edition from Penguin Classics translated by Benjamin Jowett, is just 99 cents! Save $9.00 (90%)! www.amazon.com/Republic-Pla...

"The ancient Sumerian poem 'The Epic of Gilgamesh' is one of the oldest written stories in existence." Grab the Penguin Classics ebook translated with an introduction by Andrew George for just 99 cents! Save $16.01 (94%)! www.amazon.com/Epic-Gilgame...

"The 'Bhagavad Gita' is an early poem that recounts the conversation between Arjuna the warrior and his charioteer Krishna, a manifestation of God." Grab the Penguin Classics ebook translation by Laurie L. Patton for just 99 cents! Save $13.01 (93%)! www.amazon.com/gp/product/B...