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Phillip B. Ströbel
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Dr. of CL | @cl_uzh | AIncient Studies Lab @UZH | @ImpressoProject | Bullinger Digital | Referee @SwissIceHockey |🟢|🍽️| 🐘 @[email protected] | #digitalhumanities | #digitalhistory | #digitalclassics
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History you can hold in your hand! 🏺✨

🔥 The AIncient Studies Lab at the University of Zurich just got an upgrade: A 3D scanner from @creality3dofficial.bsky.social 🩻 and a 3D printer from @bambulabglobal.bsky.social 🖨️.

Check out our first prints: 👸 The iconic bust of Nofretete ...

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The 3D printer in action, printing a model of the ancient Roman inscription. A desktop PC and Monitor, showing the Bambu Lab Software. On the screen, there is a 3D model of an ancient Roman inscription, ready for printing. The Bambu Lab H2S 3D printer with a model inside. The finished 3D printed model of Nofretete.
December 19, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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How can we better understand the ancient Greek 'mind' 🏛️ ? Is it through translations? How can LLMs help 🤖 ? Felix Maier and I from the University of Zurich will present preliminary findings on that at #CHR2025 in beautiful #Luxembourg.
December 10, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Felix Maier und ich freuen uns darauf, am IDA-Workshop zu den digitalen Altertumswissenschaften teilzunehmen und die Universität Zürich dort vertreten zu dürfen! Danke an die Berner Kolleg:innen für die Einladung!

#digitalhumanities #digitalclassics #digitalhistory #history #workshop
December 4, 2025 at 1:35 PM
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Auf dem Weg nach Augsburg zu "Prompted Pasts?" 🚂 Freue mich auf spannende Projekte und Diskussionen!

#history #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory #ai #images
October 9, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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Ich darf im kommenden Semester an der UZH im Kolloquium der Reihe "Geschichte in der Praxis" einen Einführungskurs in Python für Geschichtsstudierende geben (bit.ly/47VdlDe). 🎓

🔢 🏺 Das Ziel ist es, den Lernenden Python direkt an geschichtlichen Gegenständen beizubringen. 🪙
September 2, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Attention Palaeographers! 🖋️✨
I'm happy to share the Corpus Litterarum: a new dataset of annotated Latin manuscript characters from the St. Gall codices CSG 11 & 70 (Winithar).

The dataset is freely available on Zenodo:
👉 zenodo.org/records/1699...

🔎 2,152 line images
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August 29, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Interested in early modern letters 📜 & the Reformation period ⛪? The Bullinger correspondence ✒️ is now also linked in #correspsearch -> correspsearch.net/de/suche.htm...
This connects Bullinger with plenty of other reformers! Have fun exploring!
#correspondence #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory
A network graph of Heinrich Bullinger's correspondens in correspsearch.
July 28, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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The #DH2025 in Lisbon 🇵🇹 finally begins (unfortunately, in a broadcast room 🥲). I'm looking forward to an exciting & inspirational conference. Zejie, Felix, & I will present a paper in Session LP10. Looking forward to discussing with you. #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory #ancienthistory
July 15, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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Wie sah der Alltag im antiken Rom wirklich aus? 🤔🏛️

Unser Projekt "Re-Experiencing History" nutzt KI 🤖, um historisch fundiertere Bilder der Antike zu erstellen.

Schluss mit KI-Fehlern wie Legionären mit Sneakers! 👟❌

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June 17, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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🌊⚡️ New Episode Alert! ⚡️🌊

Listen now! 👉 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ain...
Or here 👉 t.uzh.ch/1Nv

Dive into the mystery of the Bronze God of Artemision! 🏺 Is it Poseidon, the sea god? 🔱 Or Zeus, king of the gods? 🌩️ We unravel the heated debate! 🤯
An AI-Generated image of the bronze statue found at Artemision. The Artemision Bronze (c. 5th century BC). Lost-wax cast Bronze sculpture. Height 209 cm. Depicts either Zeus or Poseidon. Found near Cape Artemision, Greece. National Archaeological Museum of Athens
March 7, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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The #DHd2025 has officially started! Looking forward to interesting 3 days! #digitalhumanities #conference
March 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Hear how he spun his conquest as divine will (thanks, Marduk! 😉) and positioned himself as a liberator. 🏛️ We'll unpack the propaganda, the religious tolerance (a bit ahead of its time!), and why it's a symbol of human rights today... even if that wasn't the plan. 🤔
February 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🎙️ NEW EPISODE! 🎧
Listen here: t.uzh.ch/1Nv
Or here: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ain...
Our AI hosts are "cracking open" the Cyrus Cylinder! 🏺 This ancient Babylonian artifact isn't just a dusty relic – it's Cyrus the Great's personal PR campaign! 👑
February 20, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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At the #ArCHeoM #workshop in beautiful #Rome, discussing #AI in #archaeology. 🏛🏺📜 #digitalhumanities #digitalhistory
February 12, 2025 at 3:49 PM
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ritual magic, and the Pharaoh's role in restoring order. 👑 Explore this complex myth and its significance in ancient Egyptian religion on the new Ancient Studies Lab Podcast! 🤯✨ #AncientEgypt #Mythology #Podcast #History #HeavenlyCow #AncientHistory #AI #DigitalHumanities 📜
Heavenly cow in KV17, The Tomb of Sety I, Side chamber Je
February 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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This week's talking points of our AI hosts: 🔥Humanity rebels against the sun god Re! ☀️ Hathor, the "Sun Eye," unleashes divine wrath! 😠🍺 Rivers of red beer flow!
🎧 t.uzh.ch/1Nv
🎶 creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ain...
🩸 The Myth of the Heavenly Cow 🐮: a tale of cosmic disruption,
An AI-generated image inspired by ancient Egyptian mythology. At the center, a celestial cow with a sun disk between her horns radiates golden light. Below, a red-ochre river winds through a sandy desert landscape, symbolizing the beer offering from the myth. The scene features Egyptian temples with hieroglyph-covered columns, flanked by sphinx-like statues. The sky is filled with golden stars, celestial symbols, and a large planet resembling Saturn. Warm golden and earthy tones dominate the image, blending intricate details with a stylized Egyptian art aesthetic.
February 6, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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🎭 Euripides' Bacchae gives us a glimpse, but were these rituals all about frenzy? 🤔 The AISL Podcast explores the evolution of the Dionysiac Mysteries, blending with other cults and traditions. 💃🕺 Listen now!
Bronze Dionysos found in the Tiber River Hadrianic Period (1st - 2nd century CE)
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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🏺 From the 6th century BC, these mysterious rites popped up everywhere from Greece to Egypt! 📜 Gold tablets, graffiti, and even Euripides hint at secret initiations and encounters with a god of madness. 💀 What secrets did they hold?
'Dionysos with a wine cup advances with Satyrs and Maenads between ivy branches' (Antiope painter, 510 BC) - amphora made in Athens, from Cuma - Exhibition 'Myth and Nature' at Archaeological Museum of Naples, until September 30, 2016
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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🎉 Get ready for the Dionysiac Mysteries with the AISL Podcast! 🍇 We're exploring these wild ancient Greek rituals dedicated to the god of wine, ecstasy, and transformation. 🤯 Think secret initiations, ecstatic dances, and mystery!
Listen:
🎙️ t.uzh.ch/1Nv
🎙️ creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ain...
The image presents a mystical and dramatic representation of the ancient Dionysiac Mysteries, evoking an atmosphere of secrecy, ecstasy, and ritual. At the center, a marble statue of Dionysus stands in an imposing yet enigmatic pose. He is adorned with ivy and grapevines, symbolizing his association with wine and nature. He holds a thyrsus, a staff wrapped in ivy and topped with a pinecone, a key emblem of his cult. Behind him, shadowy, robed figures engage in a mysterious ritual dance, their faces partially concealed by masks. Their movements suggest an ecstatic frenzy, reminiscent of the Bacchic rites. A golden glow subtly illuminates two important ritual objects in the foreground: A winnowing fan (liknon), a sacred tool linked to initiation rites and the myth of Dionysus. A cista mystica, a chest associated with secret knowledge and sometimes depicted with a snake inside. In the background, ruins of an ancient temple rise under a deep twilight sky, adding an air of antiquity and mystery. The sky is cast in rich purple and blue hues, reinforcing the dreamlike, otherworldly atmosphere. The title, "The Dionysiac Mysteries," is elegantly inscribed in an ancient-style font, blending seamlessly with the mystical surroundings, hinting at the arcane knowledge and esoteric traditions of the Dionysian cult.
January 30, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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blend of religion, politics, and tradition. ✨ Intrigued? 🤔 Dive deeper into the secrets of the Arval Brothers! #Podcast #AI #DigitalHumanities #History #AncientHistory #AncientRome #ArvalBrothers #DeaDia #ReligiousRituals #RomanHistory #MythAndMystery #SacredGrove #ImperialPower #RomanHistory
Fasti Arvalium, fragment of a calendar of the Arval Brothers from the reign of Hadrian - AD 120
January 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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Their sacred rituals, including animal sacrifices 🐄🐑🐖 and chanting hymns 🎶, took place in a hidden grove outside Rome, all recorded in the detailed Acta. 📜 These men weren't just priests; they were powerful figures 💪, closely tied to the imperial family 👑 and reflecting Roman society's ...
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Portrait of Antoninus Pius as an Arval Brother (86–161)
January 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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🗣️ Podcast Alert 🗣️
📢 Step back in time with me to ancient Rome! 🏛️ Join our two AI 🤖 hosts who discover the Fratres Arvales, a mysterious priesthood of 12 men 👨‍👨‍👦‍👦 from the senatorial class, devoted to the goddess Dea Dia. 🌳

Listen here:
🎙️ t.uzh.ch/1Nv
🎙️ creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ain...
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An AI generated image of the secret grove of the Dea Dia, with a priestly procession into a round temple in the middle of a forest with high trees.
January 23, 2025 at 8:44 AM
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These seafaring civilizations dominated trade, built incredible structures, and shaped history! 🏛️ But it wasn't all smooth sailing... 😉 Intense rivalry brewed beneath the surface, leading to some juicy stereotypes. 🤫 Think cunning traders and maybe even a little kidnapping! ...

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The Ship sarcophagus: a sarcophagus showing a Phoenician ship, Sidon, 2nd century CE
January 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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Get ready to sail back in time! ⛵️ Dive into the fascinating world of the ancient Mediterranean, where the Greeks 🇬🇷 and Phoenicians 🇱🇧 were the ultimate power players! 💥

Listen to the newest AI-generated podcast episode:
🎙️ t.uzh.ch/1Nv 🎙️
🎙️ creators.spotify.com/pod/show/ain... 🎙️

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AI-generated image of ships sailing close to a harbour.
January 21, 2025 at 4:27 PM
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The deed is done! More than 2100 pieces later, our office has a new decorative object: the #Akropolis by #BlueBrixx. It was a nice build! And what a nice way to learn something about #AncientHistory, too! #buildingbricks #klemmbausteine #notlego
January 14, 2025 at 12:08 AM