Daniel Osland
@oslandd.bsky.social
Claim to be a Roman archaeologist, actually work on late Roman Iberia, very interested in Portuguese soccer, NZ politics, California Nü Punk, and tertiary education. Personal views here, none endorsed by my employer (the University of Otago).
A celebratory post, but with mixed emotions. Congratulations, Arlene, and we'll miss you! www.facebook.com/OtagoClassic... #BlueskyClassics #AncientBluesky
Classics at the University of Otago
🥳 We wish to congratulate our friend and colleague, Dr Arlene Allan, on her retirement from the University of Otago this week, after more than 20 years of dedicated teaching and research activity. At....
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Facebook public announcement of two new colleagues in Otago Classics! www.facebook.com/OtagoClassic... Staff profile pages for Dr Hannah Sorscher and Dr Davide Morassi here: www.otago.ac.nz/classics/staff #AncientBluesky
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Find out more about Classics programme staff, including our Head of Programme, academic staff, postgraduate students and support team.
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Otago Classics PhD candidate Jaymie Orchard will give a public lecture for the Otago Classical Association this Thursday at 6pm. Full event info on the FB: www.facebook.com/events/69166...
Public Lecture: Stolen stories of a (lying) Roman Empire
Event in Dunedin, New Zealand by Classics at the University of Otago on Thursday, May 22 2025
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Digital reconstruction of the interior of the Parthenon. This appeared in my world about four weeks too late for my first-year class on classical archaeology, but I think the students will appreciate the visualization as we're now talking about the Pantheon. www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/s...
Step Into a Painstakingly Recreated 3D Model of the Parthenon, Now Restored to Its Ancient Glory
A researcher simulated the Athenian temple’s lighting conditions at different times of the day, discovering that its interior was actually "quite dark and dim"
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Public lecture at the University of Otago this evening (17 April), Dr Hamish Cameron of Victoria University Wellingon, "In the Shadow of Roman Giants: The Language of Ruins in Valhalla's England". In person, from 6pm (drinks and nibbles from 5:30pm). Details at link www.facebook.com/share/18xG1Y...
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Uh-oh, looks like elon took the chainsaw to facebook, which is currently experiencing a widespread outage. Maybe he'll offer to have xhitter cover that branch of the CIA's operations?
A bit late with this, but a huge congratulations to the ASCS 2025 OPTIMA winner Elizabeth Leaning and to our joint runners-up Jemima McPhee and Jaymie Orchard! Pictured here with the prize committee. Classicsbluesky
Full house for Prof. James Ker's (UPenn) keynote lecture, 'Seneca's First Intervention' at the Australasian Society for Classical Studies Conference (ASCS46) at Australian National University, Canberra
We're hiring! VUW Classics is looking for a generalist and particularly encouraging specialists in Greek history and Roman art and archaeology to apply. Full details here: ejye.fa.ap1.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
Pūkenga | Lecturer in Classics
Join Te Kura o ngā Reo me ngā Tikanga-ā-iwi - School of Languages and Cultures as a Lecturer on a permanent, full-time contract.
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Study says "the planet 'has darkened'," I buy it. edition.cnn.com/2024/12/05/c... Where are all those weather machines and hurricane generators to deal with this one?
The world has been warming faster than expected. Scientists now think they know why | CNN
Last year was the hottest year on record, oceans boiled and glaciers melted at alarming rates, and it has left scientists scrambling to understand exactly why.
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Bronze snakes and perfectly intact eggs among treasures found at ancient Italian thermal spa.
Bronze snakes and perfectly intact eggs among treasures found at ancient Italian thermal spa
Trove had been preserved by warm waters and mud at the Tuscan springs near Siena
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Classics at the University of Otago is now offering Ancient Greek and Latin by distance. These classes are open to anyone interested in studying the languages by distance. For further information or details about how to enrol as a non-Otago student, visit: otago.ac.nz/classics/lan...
Dec 14 Canberra NMA (2pm AEDT) Spotlight Conversations - #Pompeii: A living heritage - Virginia Trioli, Prof Steven Ellis (Cincinnati), Dr Sophie Hay (Parco Archeologico di Pompei), Dr Lily Withycombe (NMA). Book $ www.eventbrite.com.au/e/spotlight-... @pompei79.bsky.social @stevenellis.bsky.social
Spotlight Conversations – Pompeii: A living heritage
Join us for a special panel conversation where we will discuss the ancient past and living legacy of this fascinating city.
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This short news report (in Spanish) is from a month ago, but still interesting on the Roman and post-Roman wall of Mérida (Augusta Emerita, in Spain).🏺An excavation focusing on a tower in the city's medieval wall revealed remains of the Roman wall, its ditch, and a house with wall paintings.
La excavación en la torre albarrana de Mérida halla un tramo del foso de la muralla romana | Hoy
También han encontrado junto al María Luisa una domus pegada a la muralla en la que se ve las paredes adornadas con pinturas del siglo II
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So, ummm, Gladiator II. Saw that. That's it, that's my post.
1/2 Roman Galleries in Lisbon museudelisboa.pt/pt/nucleos/g... One of the most exclusive experiences you can have in Lisbon is a visit to the underground Roman galleries in the centre of the city. ... #archaeology #ancientbluesky #romanarchaeology #roman
Today I had to do a careful inspection of my vineyard (1 vine) to see how the crop is developing. Things are promising, but there are plenty of wind storms yet to come before I'll feel super confident about our 2025 grape supply. We're at about 50 bunches, so I'll have to prune in a couple weeks.
Still working out what to think about the bony materials that emerged from the packed clay at the base of the city wall/Roman amphitheater in Mérida, Spain, a few months back. I have to admit reviewing pictures of pottery is faster but less fun than reviewing pottery. 🏺 #ancientbluesky
Been a while since I posted, let's say I've been busy preparing for today's lecture, where I'll present some very preliminary results of the 2024 Otago-Consorcio Mérida excavation project. If you're in Dunedin.... facebook.com/events/s/pub...
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I first came to Mérida on my own in 2006, and I was last here in 2016. Things have changed, I'm no longer the only person who knows about this place! 🏺 Thus ends week 6 of our Otago/Consorcio dig.
Any bone people out there have a quick guess on what sort of critter this is? Roman context... 🏺 Ancientbluesky
Action shot (the only one) showing me trowelling a step into the profile so I can climb out of the trench without my crutches. Three weeks down one week to go in the OtagoClassics/Consórcio Mérida excavation 2024! 🏺
Got a bone thingy or doohickey here in Mérida, anyone recognize the form? Could be Roman, could be significantly later... Archaeologists out there or anyone else help us out please! 🏺 (Pencil above for a vague sense of scale)
The Otago-Consorcio de Mérida excavation is in full swing now, super hot and super dusty! We've had many interesting small finds thus far, not so many wonderful contexts yet. Here's a winner from yesterday: a bone six-sided die. Still dreaming of hitting a D12 someday, halfway there!
On Monday kicks off the second Otago University - Consórcio de Mérida excavation of "something Roman we hope." My team includes 14 Kiwi-ish volunteers and some local pros, so this project is going to be awesome. I'll post here occasionally because pictures of archaeology are cool. ClassicsBlueSky 🏺
