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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 35m

well its meant to reference Serapis, a very important God there

Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 38m

Forcing enslaved women to wet nurse was quite common in the ancient world and “lending” one’s enslaved woman to another (for pay back to the dominus) is one of the things we know they were often made to do. See Prof, @taramulder.bsky.social for much more.
peoplingthepast.com/2022/06/07/p...

Podcast Season 3, Episode 2 – Call the (Roman) Midwife: Ancient Delivery and Childbirth with Tara Mulder

For our next episode of the Peopling the Past podcast, we are joined by Tara Mulder, an Assistant Professor at the University of British Columbia, who talks to us about what a Roman birth may have …

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 45m

October 13, 187 CE: In Roman Egypt, a man named Chosion gives Tanenteris a receipt from moneys pulled from the bank at the Serapeum which she paid to him for “wages, oil, clothes“ & expenses for the 2 years C’s slave Sarapias nursed her daughter Helena (P. Oxy. I, 91). papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;...

Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant
Greek
late 5th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Childbirth in antiquity often resulted in the death of both the mother and infant. This small relief, which shows the mother and child alive post-partum, was presumably an offering to a healing deity such as Asklepios or Hygieia, in thanks for protection during this particularly dangerous rite of passage.
Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant, Marble, Island, Greek
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Title: Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant

Period: Classical

Date: late 5th century BCE

Culture: Greek

Medium: Marble, Island

Dimensions: h. 10 1/2in (26.7cm); w. 8 9/16in. (21.7cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924

Object Number: 24.97.92

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William Dalrymple @willdalrymple.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss our new @EmpirePodUK double bill on:

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From Selim the Grim to Allenby & the WW1 Battles of Gaza
With the great Eugene Rogan, Professor of Modern Middle Eastern History at the University of Oxford
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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 15h

You are amazing at puns and headlines in general, but this panned out pretty well. 🍞

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Sara Sanchez @bcbsara.bsky.social · 1d

A Chicago sports legend is honored on the Wrigley Field Marquee

The marquee reads Rest in Peace Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt 1919-2025

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Monica H Green @monicamedhist.bsky.social · Aug 5

A new #OpenAccess resource for teaching world/global history is almost ready. The module "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta," is in final editing & should be "live" by the beginning of September. A preview here: www.arc-humanities.org/blog/2025/07...

The opening of a blogpost announcing the imminent release of an open-access teaching module, "The Black Death: The Medieval Plague Pandemic through the Eyes of Ibn Battuta."

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

Grab some wine! Some late antique communion bread 🥖 loaves from the 7th-8th centuries with Jesus upon them have been discovered in Anatolia. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/c...

Charred Byzantine-Era Loaves of Bread with Greek Inscriptions Discovered in Anatolia

An archaeological excavation campaign carried out at the Topraktepe site, corresponding to the ancient city of Irenopolis, has yielded a discovery of extraordinary scientific significance: five charre...

www.labrujulaverde.com

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Dr Surekha Davies (she/her) @drsurekhadavies.bsky.social · 23h

I don't pay taxes just so that the Zucks and Musks of the world can use it to burn down the world.

The sooner national governments stop bailing out the plagiarism-ecocide industry with money better spent on schools, healthcare, and public services, the better.

The Pleasure Vice Principle (he/him/his) @hannibaltabu.bsky.social · 1d

I saw the dot coms crash from a front row seat. AI is running out of money way faster.

The evangelism is insecurity from people who made the wrong bet. I’ve seen it before. futurism.com/future-socie...

AI Data Centers Are an Even Bigger Disaster Than Previously Thought

An investment manager realized he made a crucial mistake — and that his grim prediction about AI investments may not have been cynical enough.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 23h

The late antique communion bread find was exciting. And it again came up what the oldest bread known is. As Stephanie Wong and I wrote about, the oldest extant bread appears to be from Jordan—not Turkey. hyperallergic.com/878348/disco...

Discovery of 8,600-Year-Old Bread Gives Rise to Half-Baked Claims

Turkey’s narrative surrounding “the world’s oldest bread” raises questions about how archaeological heritage is used for nationalistic ends.

hyperallergic.com

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

You will nostalgia harder than watching your kid circle books in their first Scholastic Book Fair catalogue. 🥹

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

That’s so amazing to hear! Thank you for reading.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

I think it’s contextually dated by the excavation layer since they say the loaves are found in the “same archaeological stratum.”

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

Grab some wine! Some late antique communion bread 🥖 loaves from the 7th-8th centuries with Jesus upon them have been discovered in Anatolia. www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/10/c...

Charred Byzantine-Era Loaves of Bread with Greek Inscriptions Discovered in Anatolia

An archaeological excavation campaign carried out at the Topraktepe site, corresponding to the ancient city of Irenopolis, has yielded a discovery of extraordinary scientific significance: five charre...

www.labrujulaverde.com

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 1d

Lots of evidence for mosaic repair, but usually its using extremely uniform tesserae. I can't think of any off the top of my head, but after you break glass or ceramics, it is easy to then file or melt them down into new squares that are tough to discern as reuse.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 2d

TFW your bishop has a giant bath complex attached to his late antique house, but at least he lets regular folks use it sometimes? How, um, generous. archaeology.org/news/2025/10...

News - Byzantine Bishop’s Bathhouse Revealed in Ancient Olympos - Archaeology Magazine

ANTALYA, TURKEY—Türkiye Today reports that a well-preserved bathhouse covering more than 2,000 square feet has […]

archaeology.org

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 2d

It’s not an illusion! 🍺 I do think Plato would have enjoyed this.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 3d

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! This week, art historian Lachelle Oglesby discusses obelisks, Roman colonialism, & the AAR summer school. Then, a video game on repatriation, the Nubian ivory trade, a new Roman wood workshop, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more.

Pasts Imperfect (10.9.25)

This week, art historian and AAR Classical Summer School attendee Lachelle Oglesby discusses obelisks, Roman colonialism, and lived experiences in ancient Rome. Then, a new video game allows you to "r...

pasts-imperfect.ghost.io

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 2d

It’s a pretty cool token at the Getty!

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Shaily Patel @vox-magica.bsky.social · 3d

well this looks cool af.

J.D. Sargan @jdsargan.bsky.social · 3d

It's true: I wrote a book. And what's more, the book is done and soon you'll be able to own a copy. And what's more more, if you want a hard copy you can order one for 50% off now, with the code SAR50. And if you want it digitally, it'll be open access!

www.arc-humanities.org/978180270163...

Trans Histories of the Medieval Book - Arc Humanities Press

Archival collections are political spaces: the decisions that govern whose histories are preserved, when, and by whom are not neutral. They reflect the commu...

www.arc-humanities.org

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 2d

… Duncan Sayer, Patrick Sims-Williams, J. D. Sargan, Anthony Barbieri, Nicholas Bartos, Jinyu Liu, @carlosfnorena.bsky.social, @lisafdavis.bsky.social

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 3d

Contributions from @quidamabo.bsky.social, with edits & curation from Stephanie Wong too. Shout outs: Fatma Ismail, Ashley Fiutko Arico, Rhyne King, @choklotubbe.bsky.social, @platanoclassics.bsky.social, Patrick Kirch, Lucio Russo, Noga Ayali-Darshan & Guy Darshan, Philip Abbott, Teddy Fassberg...

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 3d

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! This week, art historian Lachelle Oglesby discusses obelisks, Roman colonialism, & the AAR summer school. Then, a video game on repatriation, the Nubian ivory trade, a new Roman wood workshop, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more.

Pasts Imperfect (10.9.25)

This week, art historian and AAR Classical Summer School attendee Lachelle Oglesby discusses obelisks, Roman colonialism, and lived experiences in ancient Rome. Then, a new video game allows you to "r...

pasts-imperfect.ghost.io

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 9d

The famed limestone ostracon listing workers and their reasons for missing work is from the reign of Ramses II, circa 1250 BCE. Making beer (for the Gods) and taking care of one’s mother and fetching stone for a scribe are indeed valid excuses for missing work. www.britishmuseum.org/collection/o...

Photo: © The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 4d

"In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted to periods, and how the first known pregnancy test actually worked." 🏺🧪

'The papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in your vagina before bed': The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in ancient Egypt

In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted ...

www.livescience.com

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