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Not my intention at all, Sarah, ha! Thanks so very much for sharing despite!

Apologies, Jane, I have just re-posted with the free link to read!

My thanks to wonderful co-author Leticia Rodriguez, Michael Hoff and the ACARP, and the Turkish Ministry of Culture. cc. @ics.bsky.social @romanarchaeouk.bsky.social @romebeyond.bsky.social @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social @thebyzantinelegacy.bsky.social 4/4

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The discovery of this winery and oilery supports existing theories around larger-scale, perhaps export production of wine and oil at Roman Antiochia. It also illustrates the resilience and adaptability of local communities, who repurposed existing buildings and tools to create new opportunities.3/4

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This well-preserved facility has intact vats, a press and olive mill, which were installed during the later #Roman #Empire. Fine, pre-existing mosaics for the bathhouse were cut through to insert the agricultural facility. Some of the tiled roof of the original building even remains intact. 2/4

Roman baths under excavation with shade cloths over work areas and ruined walls

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🚨 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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Photo of an ancient Roman bath building being excavated with ruined walls and shade cloths over the work areas.

Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Terrific work, esp when read with similar recent publications from France. They will get even more interesting when we start using them alongside cultural evidence to think about how and what was driving these changes. Though I do wonder if some caution is needed given currently small sample sizes.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Hah! Sadly not skilled enough.

Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 17/05/2026

Sounds like we need to develop a Roman era one next!

Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Not to mention the one emperor to preserve in his letters an astonishing account of winemaking-as-spectacle for the imperial family, recorded while he was a youth at Villa Magna. Certainly had better priorities than some!

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

Full day of excellent papers, responses & questions by researchers from across the world and museum staff on the Bronze Age, cross-departmental possibilities, Parthenon, & all sorts of ideas for the collection’s future in the context of the renovation project and redisplay of the Western Range.

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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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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Exactly the same happened to us, in a similar timeframe.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Is a programme available for this? Sounds great!

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

The 3D printed siblings live on! Your actual lamp was getting handled by my MA class and a secondary school group last week 😅

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

For more on the project, see our website: www.faleriinoviproject.org

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

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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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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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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 · 14/01/2026

Thanks Vicky! I hope so. Now to get through term!

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

We wanted to create something to upskill & develop capabilities for careers in and beyond the museum sector. Topics include: registration & cataloguing; curation & display; the purpose of the modern museum; science & conservation; communication & research. All in the context of #Greece and #Rome /3

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

After months of hard work on both sides, I’m joined by @levitan.bsky.social, @vickydonnellan.bsky.social and Tom Harrison in co-convening what is an exciting and innovative offering for the #London Intercollegiate MA in #Classics, #Ancient #History and #Archaeology. /2

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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

A classroom with students sitting around tables arranged in a square, and lecturers at the front with a powerpoint slideshow behind.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

This is horrific to read, Zena. I’m so sorry that you have experienced this sort of behaviour in what, to my understanding, should be a safe, friendly and collegial space for discussion.

Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

At least some of the time they used screw presses, like the one depicted just above this image in the same fresco (top right, in this photo of the entire fresco) - the same type of press as they used for wine and olive oil production!

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 09/01/2026

I can’t remember how much this fresco in particular is discussed, but Miko Flohr’s (@mikoflohr.bsky.social) publications on the fullonica, including those at Pompeii, are extremely useful and informative on the topic.

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Dr Emlyn Dodd @emlynkd.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

Thanks for the shout-out, Sarah and team! Great issue 👏

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

Also increasing evidence for Antiochia as Cragum, just along the coast from Syedra, to fit a similar picture, increasing numbers of oil and wine production sites. Article on this in press with Leticia Rodriguez, illustrating remarkable new evidence from Antiochia! 🏺 #Classicsbluesky

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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 · 21/12/2025

This is really interesting to hear, thanks for sharing, Carlos.

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

Reminds me of this wonderful video interview we recorded with Joyce (her last?) for a very special @bsrome.bsky.social / @bilnas.bsky.social workshop a few years ago. Her reflections on early post-war BSR days, and working with Ward-Perkins in North Africa are amazing. youtu.be/-cHRfEaBhnU?...

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Understanding Ancient Tripolitania: Research, Partnerships & Knowledge Sharing (BSR/BILNAS Workshop)

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

Regional biases and gaps in the evidence remain, for example in Sardinia. Olive crushing/milling devices are also much less common than in, e.g., Greece, and I suggest some possible explanations for this and implications for production management & organisation. /7

Photo of a reconstructed stone trapetum Olive mill from the museum at Boscoreale

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

Some regions support shifts towards viticulture and wine production from the Late Republic, however much of this is centred around so-called villa sites and does not consider other modes of production or evidence. /6