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Roberta Mazza

@robertamazza.bsky.social

Papyrologist and Ancient Historian https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/r.mazza/en https://facesandvoices.wordpress.com/

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Rev. Dr. Liz Gloyn@lizgloyn.bsky.social · 5d ago

SO EXCITED to share this CFP for Binning The Classics? Discard Studies and Classical Antiquity, a one day conference on 23rd June 27 I'm co-organising with @rhiannone.bsky.social. Deadline for abstracts is 16th January 2027. If you have thoughts about ephemera, junk, debris and waste, share them!

CFP: Binning the Classics? Discard Studies and Classical Antiquity

Very glad to share this CFP for a conference I’m organising with my fab colleague Rhiannon Easterbrook under the auspices of the Centre for the Reception of Greece and Rome. Conference date: …

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Everyday Orientalism@eorientalism.bsky.social · 6d ago

💚Join us at AUC Tahrir and on zoom on October 23 for a day of celebration of Egyptian and Palestinian living heritage! rsvp + program: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/10/05/c...

“Turathna al-Hayy”: Celebrating Egyptian and Palestinian Living Heritage – October 23

Join us at AUC Tahrir and on zoom on October 23 for a day of celebration of Egyptian and Palestinian living heritage! The event, the second of a series to be held this year in the context of EO’s 1…

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Jacopo Iacoboni@jacopoiacoboni.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Two retired Italian intelligence officers arrested in Rome for spying for Russia. 5 other potential Italian sources working for the Ministry of Defense are under investigation When I wrote the book "Oligarchs," on the Russian infiltration of Italian intel, they called me crazy

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

My latest at @hyperallergic.com looks at the new Homer papyrus on mummified remains from Oxyrhynchus—& what the press got wrong initially. Thanks to Celsiana Warwick, @robertamazza.bsky.social, @sentantiq.bsky.social & Leah Mascia (+ @christinajriggs.bsky.social & edits by @valentinadl.bsky.social).

Archaeologists Discover Mummy Buried With Lines From Homer’s Iliad

Found in Egypt, the papyrus confirms that Homer was everywhere in the ancient Mediterranean.

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Joseph Rezek@rezekjoe.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Fucking incredible. Play this for every university administrator in the nation. She says AI is the next “industrial revolution” and all the students BOO loudly. And then when she says “a few years ago, AI was not part of our lives” they all CHEER. She is shocked by their reactions. I am not!!!

Cabel Sasser@cabel.panic.com · 5mo ago

this graduation speech moment is notable, and her amazed shock at having failed to read the room feels instructive. when you're inside the bubble, you think everybody else is. but everybody isn't.

Ben Waber@bwaber.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Last was "Stolen Fragments" by @robertamazza.bsky.social. This is a riveting academic mystery, going on a mind-boggling tour of the tangled world of trade in ancient artifacts and the development of a massive scandal at its center. Highly recommend Full review: bookwyrm.social/user/bwaber/... (8/8)

Stolen Fragments | Stanford University Press

In 2012, Steve Green, billionaire and president of the Hobby Lobby chain of craft stores, announced a recent purchase of a Biblical artefact—a fragment of papyrus, just discovered, carrying lines from...

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Hetan Shah@hetanshah.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight www.cityam.com/the-british-...

The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?

The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Fascinating world of ancient #glass ! A small-scale but colourful mosaic glass inlay depicting an Ibis. This inlay, originating from a workshop in Roman-era Egypt, was discovered in Tawern, near Trier, Germany. The ibis was considered a sacred animal of Thoth, the Egyptian deity...🧵1/2 📷 me 🏺

A small square mosaic glass inlay displayed against a dark background, showing an ibis, a long-legged bird with a curved beak walking on a thin red ground line. The inlay is light green with a slightly porous, pitted surface and slightly chipped edges.
London Review of Books@lrb.co.uk · last yr.

‘Thanks to journalists such as Anas al-Sharif and his colleagues who risked their lives, for over six hundred days the genocide has been live-streamed for the world to see. And yet we are told we must wait for the experts.’ Stefan Tarnowski on Gaza and the media: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

Stefan Tarnowski | Plausible Deniability

From the sieges within the siege, Palestinian journalists are smeared as terrorists and assassinated by airstrike. Even...

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Dr. Melissa Funke@melissakafunke.bsky.social · last yr.

This was an incredible season to record. I would like to thank our season 4 guests for sharing their wisdom and making our fields better through their scholarship and advocacy. They demonstrate everyday that things do not need to go on as they always have.

Peopling The Past@peoplingthepast.bsky.social · last yr.

For the final episode of #PeoplingPodcast Season 4, we are joined by Dr. Yannis Hamilakis to discuss his vision for a decolonial future for ancient archaeology. peoplingthepast.com/2025/07/29/p... #Ancient #Mediterranean #Archaeology #Decolonialism #CulturalHeritage /1

Yannis stands in front of book shelves filled with books. He is wearing a dark blue shirt worn open at the collar.