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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

**Lecture** If you are in Portland, OR on **Mon, Mar 16, 7:15pm** come to @reed.edu and hear about the 2026 field season at Amheida. “Making the Desert a City: Recent Discoveries from Ancient Trimithis in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt.” #amheida2026 @archaeological.org events.reed.edu/event/making...

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Making the Desert a City: Recent Discoveries from Ancient Trimithis in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Zoom Lecture: Fri. Feb. 13, 12:00pm Ivan Drpić "Authorship and Viewership at the Church of the Virgin Peribleptos in Ohrid" @yale.edu Institute of Sacred Music ism.yale.edu/events/2026-...

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Journal of Ancient Philosophy Vol. 19 No. 2 (2025) revistas.usp.br/filosofiaant... #openaccess

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Mouseion: Journal of the @cacscec.bsky.social Vol. 21, No. 1 (2024) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56328 @projectmuse.bsky.social @utpressjournals.bsky.social @apistone.bsky.social @brekekekexkovax.bsky.social Breaking New Ground with Comics and the Ancient Mediterranean World

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Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 01/02/2026

Quick example of local processing of 2 million + triples related to Pompeii. As noted, needs more documentation!! But @epoehler.bsky.social and I intend this as sustainable infrastructure encouraging re-use of our data. #Pompeii #ReproducibleReserch #OA #AncientSky

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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

This year in B10 has been v. productive, esp. for ostraca! We have recovered > 120 in 3 weeks, incl. some large and interesting accounts, which may constitute a dossier if not ancient archive in Rm 9. Only study will tell us. In the meantime, they must smile for the camera! #amheida2026 #papyrology

Photo stand on a wooden desk with mounted camera and lights over a sole ostracon, with more ostraca to the left waiting for photography. Banners in purple overlaid say “Ostraca getting ready to meet the paparazzi #amheida2026”

Ostraca in plastic bags on a wooden desk, with a papers and books to the left. Banners overlayed say “It’s like being a kid on Halloween … But they are handing out ostraca!”

Large ostraca in plastic bags in a wooden desk. Banners in orange overlaid say “ May I take two BIG ones, please? #amheida2026”

Ostraca in situ on the floor of an ancient room being excavated next to a wall on the right. A person in a straw hat, red scarf and galabeya works at the top of the photo.

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

New Blog Post from Gabriel McKee and the ISAW library: FROM PROTECTIVE COLOPHONS TO RFID TAGS: A BRIEF HISTORY OF LIBRARY SECURITY. isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog... #isawnyulib #isawnyu #nyu #libraries #ancientbooks @isawnyu.bsky.social @nyulibraries.bsky.social

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions Vol. 25, No. 2 (2025) brill.com/view/journal... @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social @dgb-relbibtheo.bsky.social

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Save Ancient Studies Alliance @saveancientstudies.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

Check out our FREE Archaeogaming Education Module. Urbanism in Egypt and Mesopotamia This AEM examines the rise of the world’s first cities in the River Valley Civilizations of Mesopotamia and Egypt. Click for your FREE download: saveancientstudies.org/archaeogaming-modules

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Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 23/01/2026

If of interest...

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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

The end of 2nd week of excavation; making good progress at B10 removing the collapsed vaults in Rms 5-6 and getting to the occupational levels in Rms 2, 7, 8, 9. We have our work cut out for us consolidating and conserving the painted plaster walls. #amheida2026 #dakhkaoasis #romanegypt

A room of a mud brick house full of sand with a painted wall peeking through

Mudbrick vault block on the sand showing white plaster ceiling on one side

One mudbrick vault block with white plaster ceiling showing finger grooves on the side to improve adherence

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Journal of Music Archaeology Vol. 3 (2025) jma.vlg.oeaw.ac.at/index.php/jm... #openaccess @oeaw.bsky.social @oeai.bsky.social

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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

Great press release about #WashU Classics! Read more here: classics.wustl.edu/news/washu-g... #amheida2026 #archaeology #romanegypt #egypt @isawnyu.bsky.social

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft Vol. 28 No. 1 (2025): journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/gf... #openaccess

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Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social · 17/01/2026

The Arch of Hadrian, most commonly known as Hadrian's Gate, is a monumental gateway in Athens, here after the heavy snowfall in 2021. It has been proposed that the arch was built to celebrate the arrival of the Roman emperor Hadrian and to honor him in 131 or 132 AD. #RomanSiteSaturday

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Nova Tellus Vol. 44 No.. 1 (2026) revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/nouatellus/i... #openaccess

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Madrider Mitteilungen Vol. 66 (2025) publications.dainst.org/journals/mm/... @dai-weltweit.bsky.social #openaccess

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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Dakhla Bird Quiz #2. What am I? Answer tomorrow. #amheida2026 #dakhlaoasis #ancientbirds #birding #egypt

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

Illinois Classical Studies Vol. 50, No. 2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56235 @illinoispress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 14/01/2026

Like Latin Epic? Interested in Bakhtin and dialogism? Always wondered if a computer could help you measure it but never knew how? @diyclassics.bsky.social is your guide to computational literary criticism in Latin. Come talk to us at @isawnyu.bsky.social #digitalhumanities #classicalstudies

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Page from a book with a chapter about measuring dialogism in Latin Epic

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

We had a great #aiascs2026 in SF! Congrats to all the presenters and winners. If you have any questions about any form of publication or scholarly comms, print or digital, @isawnyu.bsky.social or @isawlibrary.bsky.social just drop us a line! Travel safe and have a great 2026!

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A multicolored book display with a tablet at far left on a table with a black cloth and a sign advertising the institute for the study of the ancient world and nyu press

A close up of a tablet displaying a digital book with a blue cover next to a book with an orange cover showing an ancient pot.

A book display focus on a blue book with English and Arabic writing on it.

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Patrick J. Burns @diyclassics.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

Hosting the first LatinCy Developers/Users Meeting, a hybrid event at @isawlibrary.bsky.social on Feb. 27, 2026. CFP for presentations on LatinCy applications/projects available here: diyclassics.github.io/latincy2026/ #digiclass #nlproc

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LatinCy Developers/Users First Annual Meeting

Announcing the LatinCy First Annual Meeting

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Patrick J. Burns @diyclassics.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Headed to SF for #AIASCS — presenting Saturday morning (10 Jan. @ 8am, DCA panel) on the Latin content of LLM training data repos, massive-scale philology, and classics-comp sci collaboration w. D. Bamman, C. Brooks, M. Hudspeth & B. O’Connor #digiclass #nlproc

Title slide from SCS 2026 talk called “Recovering 34 Billion Latin Words from AI Training Data”

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Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

My #AIASCS talk is "Roman Art within Afroeurasia" as part of the panel "Still Defining Roman Art" org'd by P. de Staebler and Anne Hrychuk Kontokosta. It's a series of five minute talks then discussion. Here are my very few slides in miniature form. Friday at 2PM. Come if you can. #AIASCS2026

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Studia graeco-arabica Vol. 15 (2025) learningroads.cfs.unipi.it/sga-15-2025/ #openaccess

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Yale Classics Library @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Libyan Studies Vol. 56 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @bilnas.bsky.social @carolinebarron.bsky.social

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

@isawnyu.bsky.social ISAW library staff embedded with @amheida-project.bsky.social visited the medieval and mudbrick city of el Qasr in the #dakhlaoasis with some #washu students yesterday. Among the highlights was the library of the madrasa! #egypt #libraries #nyulibraries

Vista over the tops of a mudbrick city and a cloudless blue sky.

Monumental arch over empty book niches and shelves in a ancient madrasa

Tall mudbrick room with empty book niches and shelves in a ancient madrasa

An undecorated mudbrick minaret stretching into a cloudless blue sky

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

ISAW and NYU Press are pleased to announce the #openaccess digital publication of ‘Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV) by N. Aravecchia. Read the digitial edition: dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/id... More info here: isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...

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ISAW announces the digital publication of ‘Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's Western Desert (Amheida IV)

The Institute for the Study of the Ancient World and NYU Press are pleased to announce the open access digital publication of ‘Ain el-Gedida: 2006-2008 Excavations of a Late Antique Site in Egypt's We...

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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

We took #washu students on a field trip yesterday to W #dalhlaoasis to see the temple of Deir el Hagar, the tombs of El Muzzawaka, the site and pyramid of Amheida, and medieval and Ottoman mudbrick city of el Qasr. #amheida2026 #isawnyu

Sandstone block with the crowned cat god sekhmet looking left. Hieroglyphs in the upper left corner

Bust of a woman looking down from the ceiling of tomb of Petosiris at El Muzzawaka

Landscape of Egyptian desert with a partially restored pyramid with steep sides centered

Undeclared mudbrick minaret reaching to the a cloudless blue sky

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

The #isawnyu branch here at the #nyu excavation facility in the #dakhlaoasis is ready! We also made sure to add a copy of Amheida VIII, O.Trim. 3. Thank you to #washuclassics and #washuarthistory students Aaron Held, Claire Lyman, and Mo Stein for all the help! #nyuisawlib #amheida2026 #archaeology

Long table in a room with shelves on either side partially filled with books

Book cover O.Trim. volume 3 in black and red with text on it, and an image of a fragmentary, rubricated inscription in Greek.

Three people sitting around a table on a roof with an escarpment in the background

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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

O.Trim 3 was published this fall by @isawlibrary.bsky.social and @nyupress.bsky.social , incl Egyptian, Greek, and pictorial ostraca (see O.Trim 3.1062 and 3.1065.) Of course, we hope to find more ostraca this season …and, dear Thoth, 1-2 papyri? 🙏#amheida2026 #papyrology #ancientegypt #dakhlaoasis

Book cover of O.Trim 3 showing a rubricated fragmentary inscription

And ostracon showing two faces in black ink

An ostracon showing two faces in black ink

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The Amheida Excavations @amheida-project.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Happy New Year from the edge of the Roman world! Here’s recently published note on a sandstone block. Lines 2-4 speak about 13 linens as “kalandari(k)a,” which were gifts or new year’s bonuses, usually for officials. Today this καλανδρικόν is for you! See O.Trim 3.8 for more. #amheida2026

Irregular sandstone block with Greek writing on it in. Lack ink, some of which is faded.

Book cover of O.Trim 3 with a rubricated inscription on the cover.

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Be sure to check out ISAW Papers, open-content scholarly journal that publishes article-length works on any topic within the scope of ISAW's scholarly research. All works are distributed under a Creative Commons-Attribution license. Here’s the most contribution! dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/is...

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The Manuscript Across Pre-Modern Afro-Eurasia: Papers Relating to a Mellon-Sawyer Seminar at the University of Iowa

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

The ISAW library and @nyupress.bsky.social are partners in publishing the ISAW Monographs series. Our most recent volume appeared this fall: Ostraka from Trimithis, vol. 3, which includes most of the non-Greek ostraca found at Amheida. More info here: isaw.nyu.edu/news/amheida...

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Greg Woolf @gregwoolf.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Fun things happening @isawlibrary.bsky.social medium.com/@nyulibrarie...

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Building Bridges Across the Caucasus

How the Digital South Caucasus Collection Came to Life

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Gabriel Mckee @secret-terror.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

Excellent overview of a project I've been watching grow for several years now at the ISAW Library (@isawlibrary.bsky.social) - the Digital South Caucasus Collection, an international collaboration to distribute open-access archaeological publications: medium.com/@nyulibrarie...

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Building Bridges Across the Caucasus

How the Digital South Caucasus Collection Came to Life

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Tomorrow May 6 the ISAW library welcomes VRS Alum Maria Doerfler (Yale) back to present material from her forthcoming book with CUP, *Death and Afterlife in Syriac Christianity: Social Identity and Emotional Communities.* We hope to see you here at ISAW at 5:30! isaw.nyu.edu/events/isawl...

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Wealth and Death in Late Antique Syria

Maria Doerfler (Yale University; ISAW Visiting Research Scholar 2014-15) returns to ISAW to discuss wealth and death in late antique Syria, part of her forthcoming monograph from the Cambridge Univers...

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

*NEW* ISAW Library Blog Post: ISAW Library hosts 2025 NY Metro Papyrology Workshop. Thanks to all who attended! We are looking forward to new collaborations next year and hopefully our third meeting in 2026! @isawnyu.bsky.social #papyrology isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...

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ISAW Library hosts 2025 New York Metro Papyrology Workshop

The ISAW Library hosted the 2025 New York Metro Papyrology Workshop on April 11, 2025.

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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

*NEW* ISAW Library internship and volunteer opportunities. We have been experimenting with this for five years and excited to see it gel into a formal program of involving young people in classics and humanistic research! Thanks, @diyclassics.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/inte... #classics #dh

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Internships and volunteer opportunities

Information about internships and other volunteer opportunities in the Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University.

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