Dr Thomas R.P. Coward
@tomcoward.bsky.social
Marie-Curie Research Fellow at the University of Bristol. Writing a commentary on the Hesiodic Catalogue. Also works on the intellectual history of ancient Rhodes, and the Herculaneum papyri.
Happy to have contributed a small part to this news piece. #papyri #Herculaneum #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
New Scientist@newscientist.com · last mo.Scrolls from the Roman library of Herculaneum that were carbonised by a volcanic eruption have been read in their entirety for the first time, thanks to scans and AI software
On my way back to Naples. Five days on Herculaneum and its papyri. New finds to be announced. Programme and link below. #Herculaneumpapyri #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky cispe.org/la-biblioteca-eterna-convegno-internazionale-napoli-22-26-giugno-2026/
Next week I am speaking at ‘The Eternal Library. The Herculaneum Papyri Through the Centuries and in the Digital Future’ conference in Naples. More importantly there will be a press conference announcing further results of Virtual Unwrapping. Programme + streaming links below. 1/2 #ClassicsBluesky
Heading to Salt Lake City to speak at ‘The Buried Library: Herculaneum Papyri and AI’ conference. Programme in the QR code below. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
A pleasure and an honour to give a paper on the Hesiodic Catalogue at the University of Bologna @unibo.it where i was an Erasmus exchange student many years ago and where I was first trained to handle papyri. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
Visiting the Istituto Papirologico "G.Vitelli" in Florence for the first time. Several Hesiodic papyri to examine and some dubia. Topics include the funeral games of Oedipus, the story of Peleus, and the daughters of Leucon take care of the infant Dionysus. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
Durante gli scavi legati alla riqualificazione di piazza Andrea Costa, è stata identificata con la basilica romana descritta da Vitruvio, con pianta rettangolare e colonnato perimetrale. #archeologia #Fano #Marche Leggi su ClassiCult: www.classicult.it/basilica-des...
Basilica descritta da Vitruvio nel 'De Architectura' emerge dagli scavi a Fano
La Basilica descritta da Vitruvio nel 'De Architectura' emerge dagli scavi a Fano, unico edificio attribuibile con certezza all’architetto
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Further progress with P.Herc. 172 (Phld. On Vices 1 or 4?). A roll held in Oxford. 7 metres of the lower portions of columns of text 'unwrapped'. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky scrollprize.substack.com/p/70-of-pher...
~70% of PHerc. 172 is now digitally unwrapped
Automatic unwrapping is starting to kick in
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A very enjoyable day and a half spent at the 'Other Pindars: a Conference on the Fragments' in Cambridge. A follow up to the one held in Naples a year ago. (Also it was not held at the Faculty but at Trinity College which is a plus!) #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
Un nuovo e straordinario rinvenimento archeologico all’interno della città etrusca di Vulci è stato presentato oggi a Roma. Si tratta della testa in marmo greco di una fanciulla (Kore) rinvenuta nel sito laziale. #archeologia #Etruschi #Lazio Leggi su ClassiCult: www.classicult.it/vulci-citysc...
Vulci Cityscape: presentato al MiC il ritrovamento di una testa di Kore
Vulci Cityscape: il nuovo ritrovamento archeologico all’interno della città etrusca di Vulci della testa in marmo di una fanciulla (Kore)
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Very happy to celebrate the book launch for my dear friend and former co-editor, Rosa Andújar, last night at KCL. Her book, 'Playing the Chorus in Greek Tragedy', now sits pride of place next to the one we co-edited years ago. Congratulations Rosa! Link to Rosa's book: doi.org/10.1017/9781...
We are very excited to announce that Professor Shelley Hales, IGRCT board member has just published "Mirrors and Masks in the Roman Empire: Encounter, Performance, and Metamorphosis" with Bloomsbury. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/mirrors-a...
Very happy to see this documentary, for which I was one of consultants, will be broadcast tomorrow.
Back to Naples to speak at a conference on Herculaneum Papyri and Epicurean Theology with a visit to the MANN and a day at the Officina 1/2 #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
A recent trip to London and Oxford for even more papyri (with Tosca hosting in the latter) 1/2
Another week spent in the Papyrology rooms @bodartlib.bsky.social and other nearby places. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
A week in the P.Oxy. collection ahead. But said hullo to the On Vices roll beforehand.
Hey look! My new article on the #Parthenon Frieze has been published! (Also; it’s open access!) #ClassicsBluesky
(RE)APPRAISING THE PARTHENON FRIEZE: ‘DIVINESPACE’ AND ‘MORTALSPACE’ | The Classical Quarterly | Cambridge Core
(RE)APPRAISING THE PARTHENON FRIEZE: ‘DIVINESPACE’ AND ‘MORTALSPACE’
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On the first research trip from @clahbristol.bsky.social to @unileiden.bsky.social. I am examining P.Turner 1, a papyrus preserving over 100 lines of the Hesiodic Catalogue. I’ll also be giving a lecture and running a workshop on Herculaneum papyri. #ClassicsBluesky #AncientBluesky
Spent the last three days in the Officina to go over several papyri with the new infrareds and virtual models, and see how things are progressing with the next phase of imaging.
Not exactly “Breaking News”, but as of this month, I am now a Marie-Curie Research Fellow @clahbristol.bsky.social.
