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You can check out these top 5 videos, and all our other #PeoplingVideo content over at peoplingthepast.com/category/vid... /end

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Video #1: Disability in Ancient Greece with Dr. Debby Sneed
Video #14: Kara Cooney talks about Women and Power in Ancient Egypt
Video #10: Katherine Blouin talks about the Cult of Isis
Video #17 Tattoos in Ancient Egypt with Anne Austin https
Video #16: The Hyksos with Danielle Candelora

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And rounding out are top 5 is Video #16: The Hyksos with Danielle Candelora peoplingthepast.com/2021/09/01/v... /6

Video #16: The Hyksos with Danielle Candelora

In the sixteenth instalment of the Peopling the Past Video series, we are joined by Dr. Danielle Candelora, who discusses the Hyksos, the immigrants from Western Asia that settled in the Eastern De…

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At number 4 is Video #17 on Tattoos in Ancient Egypt with Anne Austin peoplingthepast.com/2021/09/15/v... /5

Video #17: Tattoos in Ancient Egypt with Anne Austin

In the seventeenth instalment of the Peopling the Past Video series, we are joined by Dr. Anne Austin who discusses tattooing in ancient Egypt, including who was tattooed, how tattoos are studied, …

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At number 3 is Video #10, where Katherine Blouin @isisnaucratis.bsky.social talks about the Cult of Isis peoplingthepast.com/category/vid... /4

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At number 2 is Video #14: Kara Cooney talks about Women and Power in Ancient Egypt peoplingthepast.com/2021/07/24/v... /3

Video #14: Kara Cooney talks about Women and Power in Ancient Egypt

In the fourteenth instalment of the Peopling the Past video series, Dr. Kara Cooney discusses Women and Power in ancient Egypt.

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 11h

At number 1 is Video #1! Disability in Ancient Greece with Dr. Debby Sneed @debscavator.bsky.social peoplingthepast.com/category/vid... /2

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 11h

In celebration of our recent fifth birthday, Peopling the Past is counting down the top 5 of each of our media categories! Today we are giving a shout-out to the top 5 #PeoplingVideo contributions across the years /thread 🧵👇

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 8d

The curse translates to: “I curse Tretia Maria and her life and mind and memory and liver and lungs mixed up together, and her words, thoughts and memory; thus may she be unable to speak what things are concealed, nor be able … nor …” .
#Ancient #Mediterranean #Curse #Halloween /end

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 8d

The reason that prompted the curse is unknown, but the zeal of the cursor is evident: the tablet was pierced with seven holes (a magic number) on the back, perhaps to increase it's power. It’s a chilling reminder of how ancient Romans tried to bend fate and silence their enemies /2

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 8d

In the spirit of Halloween, October’s #ImageOfTheMonth is a particularly cursed item: a Roman curse tablet (defixio) from 1st–4th century CE London (British Museum 1934,1105.1).
This thin sheet of lead wishes ill-health to a woman named Tretia Maria /1

A thin lead sheet with holes pierced in it.

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 11d

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 11d

We are thrilled to share that #PeoplingPodcast has been named at #9 in Feedspot's "100 Best Egypt Podcasts You Must Follow in 2025"! You can check out the full list here for all the amazing follow suggestions: podcast.feedspot.com/egypt_podcas...

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 14d

In today’s #PeoplingBlog we continue our “Unknown Peoples” Series! Read on as Goran Sanev takes us through the historical and archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/26/b... /1

Two stone tablets inscribed with Greek text.

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 14d

Goran Sanev is an archaeologist and curator adviser at the National Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia in Skopje, North Macedonia, and a PhD candidate in Archaeology at Simon Fraser University. His research focuses on classical pottery and its dissemination in the Central Balkan region /end

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 14d

In today’s #PeoplingBlog we continue our “Unknown Peoples” Series! Read on as Goran Sanev takes us through the historical and archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/26/b... /1

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 21d

In celebration of our fifth birthday, Peopling the Past is counting down the top 5 of each of our media categories! First up is the #PeoplingBlog!

In fifth spot is Blog #56 "Lessons from the Past: Archaeology and Migration", with @meganjdaniels.bsky.social peoplingthepast.com/2022/04/01/b... 🧵

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 21d

And our most popular #PeoplingBlog so far?! That's Blog #16 "Forgotten Kingdom: The Mitanni, with Mara Horowitz" peoplingthepast.com/2021/02/26/b...!
Make sure to check out all of these fantastic pieces, and all of our blog content over at peoplingthepast.com ☺️

Blog Post #16: Forgotten Kingdom: The Mitanni, with Mara Horowitz

In our latest instalment of the blog series, “Unknown Peoples”, Dr. Mara Horowitz brings to light the largely unknown Mitanni, a powerful Late Bronze Age state that encompassed parts of…

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 21d

At number 2 is Blog #89 "Beyond Rome: The Indigenous People of Ancient Italy" with Claudia Paparella peoplingthepast.com/2023/11/03/b... /4

Blog #89: Beyond Rome: The Indigenous People of Ancient Italy

In this week’s blog post, Claudia Paparella, a graduate student at the University of Toronto, takes us through her research on the Indigenous Peoples of ancient Italy through an analysis of t…

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 21d

In third spot, is Blog #7 "Did Serial Killers Exist in the Ancient World?" with Debbie Felton peoplingthepast.com/2020/10/30/d... /3

Blog Post #7: Did Serial Killers Exist in the Ancient World? with Debbie Felton

Have you ever wondered if the ancient Greeks and Romans had serial killers living among them? In this post, Dr. Debbie Felton of UMass Amherst discusses research from her forthcoming book project o…

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 21d

At number 4, we have Christine Johnston @archaeologuest.bsky.social with Blog #24 "The Nile and Ancient Egyptian Lifeways" peoplingthepast.com/2021/04/23/b... /2

Blog Post #24: The Nile and Ancient Egyptian Lifeways, with Christine Johnston

In our next instalment of our Earth Day posts, Peopling the Past video producer, Christine Johnston, discusses her research interests on the Nile and its place in ancient Egyptian culture and econo…

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 21d

In celebration of our fifth birthday, Peopling the Past is counting down the top 5 of each of our media categories! First up is the #PeoplingBlog!

In fifth spot is Blog #56 "Lessons from the Past: Archaeology and Migration", with @meganjdaniels.bsky.social peoplingthepast.com/2022/04/01/b... 🧵

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Dr. Melissa Funke @melissakafunke.bsky.social · 24d

We're 5! (I can't believe it!) Many thanks to the wide variety of incredible scholars who have shared their time and expertise with us.

Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 24d

Today we celebrate FIVE years of Peopling the Past! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has contributed to and supported our project – we appreciate ALL of you!
And stay tuned over the next few weeks as we count down our top 5 blogs, videos, and podcast episodes from the past 5 years 👀

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Isabel Köster @iotasubscript.bsky.social · 24d

I love Peopling The Past so much for teaching material and extra credit assignments!

Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 24d

Today we celebrate FIVE years of Peopling the Past! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has contributed to and supported our project – we appreciate ALL of you!
And stay tuned over the next few weeks as we count down our top 5 blogs, videos, and podcast episodes from the past 5 years 👀

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Thomas H. Greiner @sarenput.bsky.social · 24d

Congratulations on your 5 year anniversary.

Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 24d

Today we celebrate FIVE years of Peopling the Past! 🎉 Thank you to everyone who has contributed to and supported our project – we appreciate ALL of you!
And stay tuned over the next few weeks as we count down our top 5 blogs, videos, and podcast episodes from the past 5 years 👀

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 24d

Thank you!