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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 6d

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 · 9d

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 9d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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 · 12d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 19d

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 · 21d

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 · 22d

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 · 21d

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

Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 22d

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 · 22d

Congratulations on your 5 year anniversary.

Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 22d

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 · 22d

Thank you!

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 22d

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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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 22d

Happy Birthday to us!! So grateful to be part of this team and to work alongside such amazing people ☺️

Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 22d

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 · 22d

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 · 26d

On today’s new #PeoplingBlog, @lylaahlb.bsky.social takes us through her research on elephants and how they, and their accompanying peoples, served as vehicles for cultural exchange and transmission of knowledge as they traversed land and sea in antiquity:
peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... /1

An image of two small bronze discs with elephants as the decoration.

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Dr Victoria Austen @vickyausten.bsky.social · 26d

The 2025/6 #PeoplingBlog season has begun!
Please enjoy this timeline cleanse on ancient elephants! 👇

Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 26d

On today’s new #PeoplingBlog, @lylaahlb.bsky.social takes us through her research on elephants and how they, and their accompanying peoples, served as vehicles for cultural exchange and transmission of knowledge as they traversed land and sea in antiquity:
peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... /1

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Sebastian Heath @sebhth.bsky.social · 26d

Here's a conundrum... What a great @peoplingthepast.bsky.social post: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/12/b... . But as full disclosure, the author is an @isawnyu.bsky.social student. I'm her chair (my great honor). So don't believe me, go check it out. (And my congrats/empathy to Lylaah!)

Blog #109: Graduate Student Feature with Lylaah L. Bhalerao: On Serendipity and Sanskrit in the Study of the Mediterranean World

We are kicking off the 2025/26 academic year over here at Peopling the Past with a blog by Lylaah L. Bhalerao, a PhD Candidate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York Univer…

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Peopling The Past @peoplingthepast.bsky.social · 26d

One of PtP's goals is to amplify the work of young and/or under-represented scholars & the amazing research that they are doing to add new perspectives to the fields of ancient history and archaeology. This blog post is thus part of a series interviewing graduate students on their research topics.

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