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Ancient Historian: Global history, ancient disability, veteran studies, etc. Also runs Bad Ancient: Fact-checking common claims about the ancient world. Website: www.badancient.com Newsletter: https://owenrees.substack.com/

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · Feb 13

It is publication day for The Far Edges of the Known World! If you love ancient history, global history, unusual stories from the past, or if you want some nice historical escapism about life at the edges of the ancient world - pick up a copy today! #AncientBlueSky #BookSky #Skystorians

Bloomsbury Books UK @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social · Feb 13

🌎 Far Edges of the Known World - Owen Rees

Owen Rees explores powerful empires and diverse people beyond the reaches of Greece and Rome and in doing so offers us a new, brilliantly rich lens with which to understand the ancient world.

Read more - www.bloomsbury.com/uk/far-edges...

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Dr. Alexandra F. Morris @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social · 17h

Thank you very much @authorgabegarcia.bsky.social for my appearance on the Wandering Scribe podcast. It was lovely interview, and is out along with other Wandering Scribe podcasts now at: www.youtube.com/watch?v=U1VC...

Dr. Alexandra Morris: Egyptologist & Disability Activist

YouTube video by Gabriel Garcia-The Wandering Scribe

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 1d

I was 100% confident in your ability to write this book and complete it!

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 1d

#TinyJoy I am currently looking into how Bad Ancient is being used by academics and educators and spotted a few references to the site in the notes of 'How the World Made the West' by @josephinequinn.bsky.social! Result!

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 1d

Just like you said you would! Never in doubt

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 2d

If you like audiobooks, The Far Edges of Known World now has its own landing page!

RBmedia | The Far Edges of the Known World

Listen to the audiobook The Far Edges of the Known World, written by Owen Rees, narrated by Gareth Armstrong.

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François Dominic Laramée, PhD 🇨🇦 @fdlaramee.bsky.social · 3d

Today's loot is somewhat eclectic.

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The covers of four books: Enshittification by Cory Doctorow, Higher Magic by Courtney Floyd, Colin Gets Promoted and Dooms the World by Mark Waddell, and The Far Edges of the Known World by Owen Rees.

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 3d

I just did an interview with a podcaster who also had adhd and it was rather liberating to just follow our tangents!

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 5d

I was recently interviewed for the Tides of History podcast with @patrickwyman.bsky.social, which was great fun to do and times in nicely for the US release of my book: #ancientbluesky 🗃️🏺

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Tides of History: S5 E148: Interview with Dr. Owen Rees (Book, The Far Edges of the Known World releases 9/30/25)

The ancient world was a lot bigger than Greece and Rome. Dr. Owen Rees joins me to discuss his new book on this broader conception of antiquity - The Far Edges of the Known World - and we traverse the...

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 5d

Tides of History: S5 E148: Interview with Dr. Owen Rees (Book, The Far Edges of the Known World releases 9/30/25)

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Jo (unfunded hobbyist) 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 @hagenilda.bsky.social · 7d

#MedievalSky #EarlyModernists you may not be aware that I offer several services: transcription (no hand too tricky), archival visits and more. I’m happiest in the period 1200-1700 but will consider anything. Get in touch via my website!

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Freelance Work

Transcription, scholarly editing, archival visits Joanne is available for freelance work: transcriptions and editions of late medieval and early modern Latin, English and Anglo-Norman manuscript te…

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 9d

The Far Edges of the Known World is now available in North America! If you like ancient history, global history, reading about different cultures, or just fancy an escape - give it a look.

The Far Edges of the Known World

A revisionist history of the ancient world that shifts our focus from Athens and Rome to the long-ignored societies on the borders., The Far Edges of the Known World, Life Beyond the Borders of Ancien...

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 8d

This month's ancient history roundup is live. I particularly enjoyed the ancient frog sculptures found in Peru!

Ancient History Roundup

Frogs, burials and bears, plus much more.

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 8d

This month's ancient history roundup is live. I particularly enjoyed the ancient frog sculptures found in Peru!

Ancient History Roundup

Frogs, burials and bears, plus much more.

open.substack.com

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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 8d

(22) Ancient History Roundup - by Owen Rees - Our Ancient World
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Ancient History Roundup

Frogs, burials and bears, plus much more.

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 9d

The Far Edges of the Known World is now available in North America! If you like ancient history, global history, reading about different cultures, or just fancy an escape - give it a look.

The Far Edges of the Known World

wwnorton.com

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 10d

*theme of the day.

One day, I will post on here without a typo ... but today is not that day

Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 10d

Up bright and early on on my way to Uni of Glasgow to give a paper. There of the day - why retrospective diagnosis is innately flawed. @hagenilda.bsky.social you will be proud.

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 11d

ICYMI yesterday, this is my contribution to the @literacy-trust.bsky.social National Year of Reading. Loki's instructions on becoming a terrible reader. In the Galadriel sense of beautiful and terrible as the morning and the night all shall love you and despair. #Lokifesto #KidLitUK #Edusky

Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 11d

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

A poster of a manifesto about reading, by Loki, with 6 points on reading "bad" books, short books, comics, audioooks, webcomics and fanfic, plus not finishing bad books cos life is too short.

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks!

Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 11d

Thanks! I was very excited when it came through.

Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 11d

I had one big hope for my book and that was for it to be translated into Vietnamese (ancient Vietnam is the topic of one of the chapters) - today I have signed that deal! #tinyjoys

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 11d

This is my Lokifesto #KidsConf #UKkidlit #edusky lokibooks.com/lokifesto/

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 13d

It is going to be a good one - I can feel it in me bones.

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Bad Ancient/ Owen Rees @badancient.bsky.social · 13d

Oh good point ... I need to get better at this side of things

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