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Kamil Kopij
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archaeo @JagiellonianUni . Roman archaeo, South Jordan: http://artu-dtu.archeo.uj.edu.pl, propaganda, digiarchaeo of public meetings Go, Caps, Go! @madreksiazki
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Nov 27
Publication alert! Our analysis of publicly available satellite imagery from the last ten years shows that in Tūwāneh (S Jordan), of the 723 looting pits we recorded, 140 were created between August 2013 and November 2022. The research was funded by IDUB @ Jagiellonian Univeristy
Temporal Analysis of Looting Activity in Tuwaneh (South Jordan)
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · 1d
I admit that 10 ya I'd never have thought that archaeology would take me on the one hand all the way to Jordan, and on the other to a MoCap Lab! Fun, fun, fun!
Thx, @4drl1.bsky.social
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"Praecipua pronuntiationis adiumenta..." project. More: projekty.ncn.gov.pl/opisy/618725...
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Andrew Reinhorror, PhD, RPA @adreinhard.bsky.social · Aug 24
Hey, kids. My eponymous #Archaeogaming book (2018) paperback is on sale for 50% off this week. I only need 12 more people to buy the book to crack 1,000 lifetime sales! www.berghahnbooks.com/title/Reinha...
Archaeogaming: An Introduction to Archaeology in and of Video Games | Berghahn Books
Independent Publishing since 1994
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Aug 16
Po dłuższej przerwie, recenzja dla Mądrych Książek @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social. Duża dawka zdrowego rozsądku (i kubeł zimnej wody) ws podboju Marsa oraz fascynujące rozważania nad prawem kosmicznym od @weinersmith.bsky.social @zachweinersmith.bsky.social www.madreksiazki.uj.edu.pl/aktualnosci/...
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Samuli Simelius @simelius.bsky.social · Aug 13
At Tampere

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Passages from Ancient to Medieval and Early Modern Societies IX
This is a bit late, but the conference Passages from Ancient to Medieval and Early Modern Societies IX: Violence, War, and Suffering begins today at Tampere University. I will be presenting a paper…
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Samuli Simelius @simelius.bsky.social · Jun 17
I wrote an article on ancient reception, exploring AI-generated images and inequality.

Big thanks to the editors and anonymous reviewers, who offered clear, constructive suggestions for improvement.

faravid.journal.fi/article/view...

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AI image of Pompeian inequality: architecture and people. Abstact 1 Abstract 2
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Dr Jane Draycott @handle.invalid · Jun 17
Fulvia: The Woman Who Broke All the Rules in Ancient Rome is currently 99p on Kindle - that's a massive discount as the hardback is normally priced at £20. Why not give it a go, even if you think historical non-fiction isn't your thing - you never know, you might love it! shorturl.at/RKHSF
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Jun 17
New study uses #AI to identify Roman imperial portraits without relying on hairstyles. Facial recognition software classified emperors despite hair and beards being removed, proving visual markers beyond coiffure exist. #DigitalHumanities journals.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/index.php/da...
Beyond Hairstyle | International Journal for Digital Art History
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Jun 17
Looking for a journal in Classics or Mediterranean archaeology?

SAAC is a diamond open-access, independent journal. We charge no fees to authors, and all content is freely available to all.

It's run entirely on a voluntary basis by its editorial team and peer reviewers journals.akademicka.pl/saac/
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Jun 13
Katharina Meinecke and Sascha D. Schmitz presented different motion capture tools for the study of ancient sculptures. Turns out that a lot of Hellenistic sculpture poses are unnatural and very uncomfortable
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Jun 13
Dynamic Perspectives –
Advancing Archaeology with 3D Tools Workshop in Abguss-Sammlung Antiker Plastik in Berlin. Nice venue, looking forward to the papers!
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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · Jun 8
Ancient Palmyra suffers at the hands of looters and antiquities traffickers.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
Looted from Syria, sold on Facebook: antiquities smuggling surges after fall of Assad
Collapse of once-feared security apparatus, coupled with widespread poverty, has triggered a gold rush
www.theguardian.com
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bricabraque @bricabraque.bsky.social · Jun 8
Medieval Murder Maps. Un site de cartographie interactive sur les meurtres en Angleterre à la fin du Moyen Âge cartonumerique.blogspot.com/2025/06/Medi... par @mirbole01.bsky.social
Medieval Murder Maps. Un site de cartographie interactive sur les meurtres en Angleterre à la fin du Moyen Âge
Cartographie numérique, Géomatique, SIG, Geoweb, Bigdata, Opendata, Data visualisation
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Jun 7
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Jun 3
#Archaeoacoustic analysis of Site 26LN211 (Nevada) reveals a unique soundscape: clear transmission, minimal echoes. Unlike other sites in WRN, it may have supported storytelling & ritual over echo-based ceremonies. #Artsoundscapes www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/14...
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · May 27
Both created new visual frameworks for legitimacy — not inherited, but displayed through personal merit and visibility. In Rome, to be seen was to be believed.
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · May 27
➡️ Marius turned his battle scars into his imagines, presenting his war wounds as earned nobility and proof of service.
➡️ Cicero, lacking both ancestry and scars, embodied shared civic ancestors (maiores nostris) and made his public presence and availability a substitute for family prestige.
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · May 27
Emily Salamanca’s article, “Reimagining Political Legitimacy: Ancestral Imagines in the Consular Speeches of Marius and Cicero,” explores how Rome’s novi homines — like Marius and Cicero — redefined this visual tradition.
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · May 27
In Roman politics, ancestral masks — imagines maiorum — were more than symbols: they were visual proof of noble lineage and civic virtue. But what happened when politicians had no aristocratic ancestors to parade?
Fragment of Togatus Barberini - a sculpture showing a Roman noble carrying masks of his ancestors
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · May 27
A new Roman marching camp discovered in the NL, beyond the borders of the Empire. The site was identified using LiDAR and aerial photography. This was followed by a surface survey with metal detectors and trial excavations, which helped date it to the 2nd century CE.
www.uu.nl/en/news/roma...
Roman army camp found beyond Roman Empire’s northern frontier
“What makes this find so remarkable is that the camp lies beyond the frontier of the Roman Empire,” says Saskia Stevens. That border was some 25 kilometres south.
www.uu.nl
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Theoretical Roman Archaeology Journal @traj-journal.bsky.social · May 16
🎉 #TRAJ Volume 8 is launched!

Check out the first paper of our Cosmologies Special Issue on pilgrimage routes to Hayling Island in Britain, a review of ancient wine archaeology & more!

FREE traj.openlibhums.org/issue/1682/i...
A cover for a journal showing the mosaic floor of the Guildhall in London.
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Classics at the CUNY Graduate Center @classicsgc.bsky.social · Apr 30
"“In fact,” Shalvi told All That’s Interesting, “Tel Shiqmona yielded more purple-stained pottery fragments than all other ancient sites combined.”"

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A 2,900-Year-Old Factory That Produced Tyrian Purple — The Most Prized Dye Of The Ancient World — Has Been Found In Israel
Archaeologists in Tel Shiqmona uncovered the 2,900-year-old remains of a factory that produced the rare and expensive dye Tyrian purple.
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Apr 29
Delete this post. Don't give them ideas...
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Carlos Noreña @carlosfnorena.bsky.social · Apr 28
Finished @byzantienne.bsky.social's *A Desolation Called Peace* (2021) this weekend.

I really enjoyed this one and the first volume in the *Teixcalaan* series, *A Memory Called Empire* (2019).

A few thoughts on these award-winning novels from the perspective of a Roman historian.

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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Apr 26
A recent published article presents, for the 1st time, osteological evidence that can be linked to venationes. It concerns bite marks from a large cat—most likely a lion—found on a skeleton from a cemetery in York, which may have been a burial place for gladiators! journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...
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Kamil Kopij @kkopij.bsky.social · Apr 26
Human-animal combats (venationes) are well known from numerous written sources, inscriptions, and artworks scattered across the Roman Empire.
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