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LEIZA Freundeskreis @leizafriends.bsky.social · 12h

A warm welcome to @klassarch-jgumainz.bsky.social and @ppasieka.bsky.social here on Bluesky! 💙
Follow them for more #Archaeology from #Mainz!
(And enjoy their new lecture series in cooperation with @leizarchaeology.bsky.social!)

Klassische Archäologie JGU Mainz @klassarch-jgumainz.bsky.social · 22h

Out now: Hier das Programm der Mainzer Vorträge zur Römischen Archäologie (MaVRA), einer Kooperation zwischen dem #LEIZA und dem Akademie-Projekt Disiecta Membra (Klassische Archäologie der #UniMainz). Alle sind eingeladen!
#archaeology
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Katherine McDonald @katherinemcdon.bsky.social · 2d

I'm sorry, but for budget reasons, your chariot to the afterlife is scheduled to be pulled by a chicken.

Small votive dedication to Hades showing a man in a chariot and, sorry, a chicken. With greek inscription.

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 2d

We love Jilly Cooper for her bonkbusters, but she has also left her mark on #humananimalstudies with her book "Animals in War"
#RIPJilly 🤍

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Animals in War (book) - Wikipedia

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 2d

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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 2d

Jilly Cooper, author of Rivals and Riders, dies aged 88

The author of 18 ‘bonkbuster’ novels including Riders, Rivals and Bella has died following a fall Jilly Cooper has died at the age of 88, her agent has confirmed. The author, whose 18 novels include Riders and Rivals, “defined culture, writing and conversation since she was first published over fifty years ago,” said her agent Felicity Blunt. “You wouldn’t expect books categorised as bonkbusters to have so emphatically stood the test of time but Jilly wrote with acuity and insight about all things - class, sex, marriage, rivalry, grief and fertility.” Continue reading...

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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 3d

One of the lessons I discuss in "On Tyranny":
Listen for dangerous words.

Text card: Listen for dangerous words.
Be alert to the use of the words extremism and terrorism. Be alive to the fatal notions of emergency and exception. Be angry about the treacherous use of patriotic vocabulary.
#OnTyranny

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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 3d

Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 3d

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Denkmäler überdenken, Unbenannte benennen

Dan Hicks, Professor für zeitgenössische Archäologie in Oxford, findet: Welche Figuren mit Statuen gewürdigt werden und wessen Schädel anonym in Museumsdepots liegen, ist kein ewiges kulturelles Erbe,...

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Häferlkaffee @haeferlkaffee.bsky.social · 4d

The deceased child is wrapped in a shroud on this sarcophagus in the museum of Agrigento. As was the social ideal, the grieving parents sitting at the sides of the bed are composed. Only the nurse and pedagogue are openly showing emotions.

#ClassicsTober25 Day 4 #ClassicsTober #SarcophagusSaturday

Lectus with a boy lying on it, his body wrapped in a shroud. A nurse standing behind the bed touches his chin, while the bearded pedagogue next to her is raising his arms in mourning.

Image of the complete sarcophagus. On the left the death bed with the deceased child. On its right, the mother, her head bent down and covered by her mantle, sits in a chair. A small and chubby naked child leans onto her knee. At the left end of the bed is the father sitting on a chair, head also bent down and covered by his cloak. On the far left is a school scene: The boy is reading from a writing tablet to a headless man sitting in front of them. A pedagogue and two other men stand in the background. A column with a bust of Athena seta the scene.

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Frau Büüsker @uedio.bsky.social · 4d

In der neuen Newsletterausgabe geht es darum, wie viele Menschen sich gerade für Klimaschutz engagieren. Ihr werdet unerwartete Verbündete treffen, praktische Ideen zur Akzeptanz von Klimaachutz bekommen & alles in allem sind es die guten Nachrichten, die ihr immer wollt
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Schluss mit dem Vibe-Shift-Gefasel

Ausgabe 30 - Weil Klimaschutz eben doch vielen wichtig ist

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 4d

Pflegegrad 1 soll abgeschafft werden: Dann müssen (wieder) die Frauen ran | taz.de
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Pflegegrad 1 soll abgeschafft werden: Dann müssen (wieder) die Frauen ran

Die Bundesregierung erwägt, den Pflegegrad 1 abzuschaffen. Damit will sie Kosten sparen. Es könnte am Ende aber teuer werden.

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 4d

Ich heute morgen auch - und es wirkt. 💚

Bewachsener Pfad am Schiersteiner Hafen.

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Alison Fisk @alisonfisk.bsky.social · 4d

Something lovely for the weekend!

Ancient Egyptian gold headband decorated with heads of gazelles and a stag between stars or flowers. Second Intermediate (Hyksos) period, Dynasty 15, c. 1648–1540 BC. 📷 The Met www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti...

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Met Museum photo of an Ancient Egyptian gold head ornament viewed from the front against a grey background. The headband is made of hammered sheet gold, the ends of which have been tapered to a narrower width and rolled to form loops. A string would have threaded through the loops to fasten the band around the head at the back. The front of the band is decorated with a central head of an antlered stag, identified as the Persian fallow deer (Dama mesopotamica). The stag has two large antlers, large ears and a triangular-shaped head. It is flanked on either side by two gazelle heads. The gazelle heads have long ears and long curved horns which point outwards at the tip. Between the animal heads are four 8-pointed flowers or stars. Dimensions: height of central stag 8.9, length of headband 49.5 cm.

Dated to the Second Intermediate period (c. 1648-1540 BC) when northern Egypt was ruled by the Hyksos from the ancient Near East. Said to be part of a group of objects found in the Eastern Delta near Avaris, the Hyksos capital. The headband shows a mix of ancient Near Eastern and Egyptian artistic styles.

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 4d

Liebe auf den ersten Blick?

Zeichnung von einer Frau die Handstand macht und einer weiteren Person, die sie dabei beobachtet, beide mit rot eingezeichneten Herzen und Aufruf, sich zu melden "Du hast es mir voll angetan, ich möchte dich kennenlernen". Das Ganze klebt an einem Laternenpfahl in Wiesbaden Schierstein.

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The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 4d

Happy #WorldAnimalDay!

There were a few animals on the Mary Rose, some invited, others no so much...

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The skeleton of the Mary Rose's dog, Hatch.

A frosted acrylic outline of a rat, with four bones resting on itl, including a pelvis.

a blurry microscope image of a flea, recovered from a piece of sackcloth recovered from the Mary Rose.

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Lizet Kruyff @lizetkruyff.bsky.social · 5d

Adapt your diet, save the world.... #food

‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds

Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 5d

Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egyptian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth.
Carved in wood, painted.
Probably from Meir, #Egypt, dating c. 2040-1985 BC.

📷 Royal Ontario Museum

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The photo shows a wooden model of a cow giving birth accompanied by two men. One man calms the cow while the other ensures a proper delivery.The calf emerges from his mother, licking the hand of the man.

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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 5d

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How to Turn Off AI Tools Like Gemini, Apple Intelligence, Copilot, and More - Consumer Reports

AI features are crowding into Google search, Gmail, iPhones, Windows laptops, and other products. If you're suffering from AI overload, these settings can help.

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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 5d

"While many people focus on recycling or going vegan, a new wave of research shows that less obvious personal actions—like voting, banking choices, and workplace influence—can have a massive effect on climate change."

Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 5d

The new SHIFT guide helps you find your climate superpowers!

So glad to team up with @kimberlynicholas.bsky.social on this cool initiative!

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The Shift guide reveals your hidden climate superpowers

From protests to pensions: The unexpected ways to tackle climate change.

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 5d

Das hört man immer wieder raus! 😄

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 5d

Die aktuelle Folge dieses wunderbaren #Podcast ist eine Schatztruhe für alle, die #Römer und #Archäologie lieben! 🥰
Es geht um Varus, Kalkriese und es wird auch das ein oder andere #Museum genannt...

#Anhören und am Besten via Steady unterstützen!

Verrückte Geschichte @drguidoknapp.bsky.social · 24d

Noch ist es nicht geschafft… Wenn Ihr „Was bisher geschah“ langfristig sichern wollt, solltet Ihr jetzt ein Supporter-Abo abschließen! steady.page/de/wbg/about

Was bisher geschah - Geschichtspodcast

Unterstütze uns dabei, unseren Geschichtspodcast weiter jede Woche für euch zu produzieren!

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 5d

Ich liebe #Andruck im DLF ja ohnehin. Dass zwischen den Besprechungen der Sachbücher immer wieder kleine instrumentale #Bowie Songschnipsel gespielt werden, macht es aber einfach perfekt. 🥰
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Sachbuch - Andruck - Das Magazin für Politische Literatur

Die Sendung "Andruck" ist ein Wegweiser auf dem Markt der politischen Literatur. Kompetente Rezensenten besprechen Neuerscheinungen, setzen Themen-Schwerpunkte, nehmen sich aktuelle fremdsprachige Tit...

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 6d

I understand your position in face of this terrible war.

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 7d

If I urgently need money, I first ask the rich family next door and only when I have no other choice do I ask the family with the disabled father or the chronically ill child, because I know that they have a lot of worries.
#taxtherich

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Henriette Baron @henriettebaron.bsky.social · 7d

Was sind das für Unmenschen, die ausgerechnet den Hilflosesten die Unterstützung wegnehmen wollen?
#NichtBeimPflegegradSparen!

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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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