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Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
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The ISAW Library is a research library that supports the core academic areas represented by the ISAW faculty and students, as well as the interdisciplinary, cross-boundary approach to the ancient world that lies at the center of ISAW's intellectual mission
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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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February 1, 2026 at 4:47 PM
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Journal of Ancient Philosophy Vol. 19 No. 2 (2025) revistas.usp.br/filosofiaant... #openaccess
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February 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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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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February 1, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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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
p-lod-bot.bsky.social Pompeii Linked Open Data @p-lod-bot.bsky.social · 23h
A first version of "Local RDF" Jupyter Notebook now at github.com/p-lod/p-lod-... . It will load an export of all 2 million + P-LOD triples and has two example SPARQL queries. Needs more comments, documentation, etc. Does mean there's full access to our triples w/o putting load on our triplestore.
p-lod-cookbook/p-lod-local-rdf.ipynb at main · p-lod/p-lod-cookbook
Code that works with P-LOD data. Contribute to p-lod/p-lod-cookbook development by creating an account on GitHub.
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February 1, 2026 at 6:54 PM
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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.
January 28, 2026 at 7:22 AM
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**NEW BLOG POST** Patrick Liu and Patrick Burns on INTERNING IN THE ISAW LIBRARY: DEVELOPING AN ERROR CORRECTION DATASET FOR LATIN TEXTS #isawnyulib #ancientlatin #digitalclassics #libraries @isawnyu.bsky.social @nyulibraries.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
Interning in the ISAW Library: Developing an Error Correction Dataset for Latin Texts
A guest post by Patrick Liu, with an introduction by Associate Research Scholar Patrick J. Burns, reporting on Summer 2025 internships in the ISAW Library working on the Post-OCR Corrections using Lat...
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January 27, 2026 at 10:34 AM
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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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January 26, 2026 at 7:59 AM
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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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January 23, 2026 at 4:34 PM
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Check out our FREE Archaeogaming Education Module. Urbanism in Egypt and Mesopotamia
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January 24, 2026 at 5:23 AM
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Frontières Vol. 11 (2025) journals.openedition.org/frontieres/4... @openedition.bsky.social @frontiere-s.bsky.social #openaccess Les frontières du sacré
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11 | 2025 Les frontières du sacré
Les historiens de l’art et les archéologues travaillant sur les édifices religieux s’intéressent à des techniques, des formes et des décors, mais ils tentent aussi de restituer les rituels qui s’...
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January 23, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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If of interest...
January 23, 2026 at 10:17 PM
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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 And architectural plan of a building
January 24, 2026 at 8:15 AM
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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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January 16, 2026 at 5:13 PM
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Archaeologia Austriaca Vol. 109 (2025) #openaccess verlag.oeaw.ac.at/en/product/a... @oeai.bsky.social @oeaw.bsky.social @drmibin.bsky.social @mfauvelle.bsky.social @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social
Archaeologia Austriaca, Band 109/2025. Zeitschrift zur Archäologie Europas ‒ Journal on the Archaeology of Europe | 978-3-7001-9750-8 | Verlag der ÖAW
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January 16, 2026 at 7:23 PM
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Great press release about #WashU Classics! Read more here: classics.wustl.edu/news/washu-g... #amheida2026 #archaeology #romanegypt #egypt @isawnyu.bsky.social
January 17, 2026 at 5:56 AM
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Göttinger Forum für Altertumswissenschaft Vol. 28 No. 1 (2025): journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/gf... #openaccess
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January 16, 2026 at 8:57 PM
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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
The arch in snow
January 17, 2026 at 4:32 AM
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Nova Tellus Vol. 44 No.. 1 (2026) revistas-filologicas.unam.mx/nouatellus/i... #openaccess
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January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
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Madrider Mitteilungen Vol. 66 (2025) publications.dainst.org/journals/mm/... @dai-weltweit.bsky.social #openaccess
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January 15, 2026 at 11:16 PM
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Dakhla Bird Quiz #2. What am I? Answer tomorrow. #amheida2026 #dakhlaoasis #ancientbirds #birding #egypt
Black, white, and gray bird in a green field
January 16, 2026 at 9:34 AM
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Illinois Classical Studies Vol. 50, No. 2 (2025) muse.jhu.edu/issue/56235 @illinoispress.bsky.social @projectmuse.bsky.social
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January 13, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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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
Man in a gray sweater and khakis holding a red book Page from a book with a chapter about measuring dialogism in Latin Epic
January 14, 2026 at 6:58 AM
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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!
Group photo of students standing in a hotel exhibition hall, one has a dog at their feet. 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.
January 11, 2026 at 6:00 AM
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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
LatinCy Developers/Users First Annual Meeting
Announcing the LatinCy First Annual Meeting
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December 9, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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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”
January 7, 2026 at 12:23 PM