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Dimitri Van Limbergen @divali.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📢 Online Seminar: Publishing with LEIZA Journal of Archaeology Thinking about submitting your work to LJA? Join us to learn how your work might find a place in the journal! Register: www.leiza.de/forschung/pu... #WorldArchaeology #ArchaeologicalPublishing #PeerReview #DiamondOpenAccess #LEIZA

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨 PUBLISHED 🚨 “Bathing in wine and olive oil” in the Journal of #Roman #Archaeology! We present a new #wine & #olive #oil production facility inside the Small Bath of Antiochia ad Cragum, an ancient Roman city in south coastal #Türkiye. 🍷🍇🫒 READ FREE 👉 doi.org/10.1017/S104... Some highlights… 1/4

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Photo of an excavated ancient winery with vats and a staircase leading down into a vat.

Excavated bathhouse with mosaics undergoing cleaning using water and buckets

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Thoughtful, provocative and - most importantly - entertaining panel with @josephinequinn.bsky.social Alastair Blanshard, Salvatore Settis, Suzanne Marchand & Tom Harrison to end the first day of our British Museum/ @ics.bsky.social conference, “The Ancient Mediterranean and the British Museum”

Four panellists on stage speaking into mics with a screen behind showing an aerial map of the British museum with the western range galleries highlighted. The back of audience heads in the foreground.

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Listen to ICS Senior Lecturer, Dr Emlyn Dodd on Australian national radio (ABC Evening show with Renee Krosch) discussing recent research on a new history of ancient Italian olive cultivation and oil production: (3:11 on): shorturl.at/KkoPp And read the published research: shorturl.at/rRZD6

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Evenings - ABC listen

Join us for the famous Evenings quiz, a mix of interesting interviews, stories and live music.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Looking forward to giving the Peter Sadler #Archaeology Lecture at the University of Kent this week, talking about our excavations at Falerii Novi 🏛️ 🏺 Thanks to Luke Lavan for the kind invitation to present before we head back into the field this summer.

Poster advertising the Peter Sadler Archaeology Lecture, by Emlyn Dodd on Falerii Novi, hosted by the University of Kent. An image of the ancient Roman gate of Falerii Novi at left, with text on right.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Call for EOIs in an exciting new initiative by the Bulletin of the @ics.bsky.social (BICS) 🚨 🏺 The Emerging Editors Board is a unique opportunity for ECRs to gain editorial board experience and first-hand insight into the journal publication process. academic.oup.com/bics/pages/c...

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Call for Emerging Editors Board Members

Closing date for expressions of interest: 2 March 2026

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

Great chat with Renee Krosch on #ABC #Radio Evenings about my recent work on ancient Italian olives and oil! Grateful for the invitation to come on and talk about archaeology and the ancient world on a major national broadcaster. Interview here, from 3:11:00 www.abc.net.au/listen/progr...

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Evenings - ABC listen

Join us for the famous Evenings quiz, a mix of interesting interviews, stories and live music.

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The Conversation AUNZ @aunz.theconversation.com · 04/02/2026

New research suggests olive trees have been exploited for more than 6,000 years. The first Italian olive oil was produced perhaps 4,000 years ago.

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Olives have been essential to life in Italy for at least 6,000 years – far longer than we thought

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

We’ve still got a few open places for this brilliant hands-on mosaic making training event next week at @ics.bsky.social in London! Come along to have fun making, while thinking about ancient/modern practice and research with leading experts Ruaidhri Ryan and Will Wootton. @sas-news.bsky.social

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Hands-on thinking through ancient and historical mosaic practice

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Today we started teaching the first ever co-designed and taught joint MA module between the University of London (ICS/KCL) and British Museum (Greece & Rome)! The module provides hands-on experience in a real-world #museum environment, with half the classes taught behind the scenes at the BM. /1

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Looking forward to hosting this joint @ics.bsky.social / @bsrome.bsky.social event with Peter, @christophersmith.bsky.social, @profyarrow.bsky.social and @kathryntempest.bsky.social in a few weeks! ‘Myth, History and Archaeology’ Please do share and come along if in London 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky

Poster with QR code advertising the event ‘Myth, History and Archaeology’

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The oileries at Syedra are fantastic (and v well preserved!) but to find urban/intramural oil production is not as unusual as this write up states. One only needs to look at the extensive data presented in our 2024 JUA article: doi.org/10.1484/J.JU... greekreporter.com/2025/12/30/a...

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Ancient City of Syedra Hosted Over 100 Olive Oil Workshops, Excavations Reveal - GreekReporter.com

Archaeologists uncover over 100 olive oil workshops in ancient Syedra, revealing the city's major role in Mediterranean trade and daily life.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 18/12/2025

🚨PUBLISHED🚨 The #Archaeology of #Olive #Oil Production in #Roman & pre-Roman #Italy 🫒 READ: doi.org/10.1086/737823 ➡️Good data for Neolithic & BA olive exploitation & cultivation ➡️Possible earliest rotary olive crusher in the Med (7th c. BCE) ➡️Roman era oil prod widely & larger-scale across Italy 🧵

Screenshot of the first page of an article in the American Journal of Archaeology, entitled the archaeology of olive oil production in Roman and pre-Roman Italy

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Looking forward to our next @ics.bsky.social – British Museum seminar with another terrific group of speakers, incl @hardeepdhindsa.bsky.social @drmaimusie.bsky.social, Eleanor Newman & Joe Skinner. Register at link below!

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Next week! ‘Developing and Leading a Major Project in Classics’ - @ics.bsky.social researcher training event 🏺 Talks & expert contribution from: Arlene Holmes-Henderson, Alex Mullen, Ellen Swift & Corisande Fenwick. 1pm-3pm, 27 Nov Senate House, London INFO+REGISTER: ics.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Developing and leading a major project in Classics

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Great evening speaking to 125 people at the British School at Athens fundraising event! My lecture on all things #Ancient #Greek #wine was accompanied by a fascinating talk and tasting of modern Greek wines by Alix Robinson 🍷🍇 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky

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Person standing on stage with a screen and images of Greek wine preparation equipment, and an audience in the foreground.

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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

This past week, the archaeology team @stephenkay.bsky.social @emlynkd.bsky.social @levine.bsky.social & Sara Fabbri returned to Paros, Greece, for a second season of geophysical survey.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

New fieldwork this week on Paros, #Greece! 🏺 🏛️ Ground-Penetrating Radar survey adjacent to excavations at #Hellenistic and #Roman houses and a sculpture workshop. 3D modelling of structural remains will also tie in with subsurface features captured by radar. /1

Two people in an excavation trench with walls visible. Houses behind and hills in the distance.

Two people standing at a ground penetrating radar machine on a grid and grassy field

Three people at a table with a ground penetrating radar machine in the foreground and excavation area behind.

An open excavation area with walls visible and mountains in the background.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Full MA class ready for another year of Wine, Oil and Grain in Greece and Rome! 🍇🍷🫒🌾 🏺 Mediterranean triad…or is it?? After the next 10 weeks of bringing together archaeological, historical and scientific evidence, hopefully the students will be able to tell you

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Very happy to be contributing to this event in support of the wonderful @britschoolathens.bsky.social 👏

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

❗️Our recent work around the #ancient tower at Palaiopyrgos (Paros) is published in JAS Reports 🎉 🏺 We used multi-method #survey & #geophysical prospection to better understand landscapes of #agriculture and production in the rural #Cyclades. READ OPEN ACCESS: doi.org/10.1016/j.ja...

Aerial photo of ruins of ancient tower surrounded by dry agricultural fields. A dirt road runs across the image. A few clouds in the sky at back, and sea visible in distance.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

Somehow managed to have not one, but TWO books published this month! 🎉 Thrilled to see these out: 👉 Vine-growing and Winemaking in the #Roman World (w/ @divali.bsky.social, M.S. Busana) 👉 Between Global and Local: Glocal Refractions in Roman Material Culture and Society (w/ R. Montoya González) /1

Book cover with yellow and dark blue background, and mosaic depicting people treading grapes to make wine at centre

Book cover with red background and late antique map across centre, showing Rome with surrounding settlements and roadways.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Excited to be back in Sydney for the Australian #Archaeological Institute at Athens AGM! I’ll be giving the keynote, "Island Towers and Agricultural Landscapes", reflecting on a decade's worth of work in the #Cyclades 🏺 20th August 2025, University of Sydney. Details: aaia.gr/aaia-2025-an...

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AAIA 2025 Annual General Meeting and Annual Report (Sydney) – Australian Archaeological Institute at Athens

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

🚨 NEW ARTICLE 🚨 We were invited to write for Current Opinion in Food Sciences to review major advancements in #ancient #wine research and the big research questions these methods are helping us to understand 🍷 🏺 w/ @divali.bsky.social Read open access here 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.co...

Screenshot of the first page of a journal article in Current Opinion in Food Sciences, entitled Advancement and innovation in ancient wine research

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Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal @traj-journal.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

🍇 Interested in #Wine and #AncientRome? Check out this review of Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology: Scientific Approaches in Roman Contexts ed. by @emlynkd.bsky.social & @divali.bsky.social, reviewed by Anna Meens. doi.org/10.16995/tra...

A book cover showing a Roman relief of two satyrs picking grapes from central vine tree, small wicker basket before each.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Extremely productive excavation season at Falerii Novi once again! Some very helpful material coming from the hard work of our @ics.bsky.social @bsrome.bsky.social team 🙌 🏺 #Classicsbluesky

A hand holding decorated sherds of black gloss Roman pottery with other ceramic sherds in the background.

An ancient terracotta loom weight on a green plastic tray with two more behind held by a person.

An excavated ancient stone wall faced in plaster with incised decoration. Soil in front and behind.

A hand holding an excavated black gloss ceramic cup with plastic sheets and soil in the background.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 23/06/2025

New #podcast episode featuring me, @wmarybeard.bsky.social and Jane Rempel chatting with Nick Groat & Phil Withington all about human interactions with #wine in the #ancient #Mediterranean 🍷🍇 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky 🎧: open.spotify.com/episode/6k40...

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Episode 2 - Wine and the Rise of Mediterranean World

5 ½ Moments when Alcohol Shaped the World · Episode

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British School at Rome @bsrome.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Week 2 in Falerii Novi! Digging, documenting and drawing contexts inside the BSR/ICS trench ☀️

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Join our wonderful @ics.bsky.social community as an Early-Career Research Associate! We have 4 openings tenable 2025-28. 🏛️ formal institutional affiliation+email with ICS, SAS & Uni of London 💰 £500 p.a. research allowance 📚 ICS Library access+mentoring INFO 👉 ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fello...

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Early Career Research Associates

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

A real privilege giving the Australian Archaeological Institute’s annual lecture in #Athens 🏺 🏛️ Wonderful packed-out audience and great discussions following recent work on Paros and a decade of thinking about #ancient #wine and #oil in the Cyclades 🍇🍷

A person standing at a lectern in front of a seated audience, with a PowerPoint projection to the left showing a coastal landscape on Paros.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Paperback publication day for Methods in Ancient Wine Archaeology with @divali.bsky.social 🎉🎉 only a year after hardcover! 🏺 🍇🍷 Still in full colour throughout and at the bargain price of £22: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/methods-i...

Two books laying on their side with another upright on top. A brown wooden bench and white tiles behind.

Holding open a book showing two pages. On the right, text and images of ancient grape seeds. On the left, archaeological plans and images of excavation.

An open book showing two pages. Text on the left; text and an image above of a tree with a ladder and person cultivating grapevines on the right.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Back staying with one of my favourite balconies in the world at the Australian Archaeological Institute 🙏 🏛️ so many PhD and Postdoc memories here, and now giving the AAIA Annual Lecture 🏺 #ClassicsBluesky

A view looking from an apartment balcony in Athens up a street surrounded by apartment buildings towards the Acropolis with the Parthenon above.

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Apply now for our T. B. L. Webster Fellowship! Open to scholars outside the UK, with interests in ancient theatre and performance and its reception OR in classical art and archaeology. £6k stipend. Deadline: 15 May 2025 Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fellowships/tb…

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T.B.L. Webster Fellowship

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

Apply now for our A.D. Trendall Fellowship! Open to scholars outside the UK, with preference given to applicants working ancient Italy and classical art history. £6k stipend. Deadline 15 May 2025 Full details: ics.sas.ac.uk/awards/fellowships/a-…

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A. D. Trendall Fellowship

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Fantastically productive morning with colleagues working on wine-related material at the British Museum 🍇🍷 🏺 #Classicsbluesky (so-called) psykters galore!

Ancient ceramic vessel with black painted figures sitting on a purple fabric tray and with desks in the background.

Ancient ceramic vessel with red-figure decoration around its body, sitting on a blue fabric tray on a desk.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

Looking forward to being back in #Athens to give the Australian Archaeological Institute’s annual lecture 🏛️🏺 I’ll be talking about this stunning place among others in ‘Island towers and agricultural landscapes: #ancient #wine & olive oil production in the #Cyclades’ 🍇🍷 7pm, 29 April

The ruins of an ancient circular tower in green fields on Amorgos with sloping hills to the left, blue sky and the sea in the distance

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

We received 300+ applications for the @ics.bsky.social free, online #Phoenician and Punic short courses! 😳 highlighting interest in & need for other #ancient #languages We will accept as many as possible and look to run more when able 🏺 🗃️ #ClassicsBluesky

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Evan Levine @levine.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Excited to contribute to a new effort by The Classical Review to review digital projects in Classics & Archaeology 🏺🏛️ I had the chance to dive into the revamped Sphakia Survey Internet Edition & its longlasting impact on Mediterranean survey archaeology. Read more at bit.ly/43pILj7 🇬🇷

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

VERY interesting data showing that #science (and I would also guess #humanities) publications are now shared more on #BlueSky than X/Twitter! Promising movements.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

Dissertation season is starting 😬 so we are repeating our researcher training event: An Intro to Essential Resources for #Classics & #Archaeology Research 🏺 🗓️ 23 April, 2pm (London, BST) 📍 Online via Zoom Share, especially w/ UG & PG students! Info+Register: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/intro...

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An introduction to essential resources for Classics and Archaeology research

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

We are offering two FREE, online semi-intensive short courses in #Phoenician and Punic #language in April 🏛️ 🏺 Elementary course info: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme... Intermediate course info: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter... Share and Apply by 22 March!

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Elementary Phoenician – Grammar and Inscriptions

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The Institute of Classical Studies @ics.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

#ResearchTraining The ICS are offering two free, online semi-intensive courses in #Phoenician from 15 April - 26 April. Elementary level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/eleme... Intermediate level: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/inter... Applications close on 22 March

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Intermediate Phoenician and Punic – Inscriptions

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 01/03/2025

The next ‘Revisiting the #Ancient Mediterranean in the British #Museum’ seminar looks at the display of site-specific material, using the e.g. of temple at #Bassai 🏛️ 🏺 All welcome! Please join for panel & discussion. 🗓️ 26 March, 4pm 📍 Senate House, London REGISTER: ics.sas.ac.uk/events/revis...

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Revisiting the Ancient Mediterranean World at the British Museum: Bassai

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Many thanks to Prof.ssa Spagnoli for kindly inviting myself and @stephenkay.bsky.social to talk about Falerii Novi to doctoral researchers and colleagues at the University of Naples Federico II #Archaeology & #Art #History seminar 🏺 cc. @ics.bsky.social @bsrome.bsky.social #Ancientbluesky

A poster advertising a doctoral seminar on Falerii Novi and Eraclea Minoa at the University of Naples Federico II. Various text boxes and project and University logos on a light green background.

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Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

For #EpigraphyTuesday tomorrow: Last minute chance to sign up for a training event on 3D Imaging for Epigraphy ics.sas.ac.uk/events/cutti...

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The Cutting Edge: 3D Imaging for Epigraphy

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