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Happy publication day to @Vicky_Austen and Analysing the Boundaries of the Ancient Roman Garden (new in our Ancient Environments series)! This is a study of the relations between ‘garden’ and ‘not-garden’ in Rome (c. 100 BC–AD 150). Find out more: bit.ly/3ZsyAFu
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In this week’s #PeoplingBlog, Dr. Marta Alberti Dunn reflects on her research on the history of volunteers on Hadrian’s Wall and the evolution of those tasked with performing skilled labour on the excavation of this site: peoplingthepast.com/2025/12/

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In today’s new #PeoplingBlog, Andrew L. Goldman takes us through his archaeological project at the ancient Roman auxiliary base at Gordion in central Anatolia, and discusses the possibility that Pannonian soldiers were stationed at this site: peoplingthepast.com/2025/11/
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So many miracles men can’t experience - pregnancy. childbirth. getting screeched at online by incels for celebrating your PhD

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In this week’s #PeoplingBlog post, our Egyptian colleagues from the Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage project offer us a 12-point manifesto which highlights the ways in which the public can treat Egyptian mummified ancestral remains with the dignity & respect đŸ§” /1
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For the final throwback on our countdown to Halloween we return to our series on the presence of the Undead. Melissa Cradic guides us through the complexities of excavating ancient graves, and relationships between the living & the disembodied dead in the ancient Near East đŸ§”đŸ‘‡
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Our countdown to Halloween continues with today’s look back to our series on monsters and demons in the ancient world! Check out #PeoplingBlog #35 Researching Monstrosity in Greek Literature with Fiona Mitchell here: peoplingthepast.com/2021/10/

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Our countdown to Halloween continues today as we look back to our series exploring the presence of the Undead and highlight #PeoplingBlog 68: Controlling the Restless Dead in Mesopotamia with JoAnn Scurlock đŸ§” đŸ‘‡đŸ»
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As we approach Halloween, it’s time to dig into the archives to highlight some of our spooky content! đŸ˜± Today, we look back to our series on “Cursing in the Ancient World” and highlight Blog #87 The Perils of Love: Love Spells in Coptic Magic with Roxanne BĂ©langer Sarrazin đŸ§”đŸ‘‡
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RT @eduardo_garcmol: Heads up, UIUC Classics is accepting applications for MAT and MA/PhD programs for fall 2026. All resident grads are su

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You can check out all these episodes and many more at peoplingthepast.com/category

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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 #PeoplingPodcast episodes! đŸ§”đŸ‘‡
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In our new #PeoplingBlog, Lisa Saladino Haney takes us through her work on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new “Egypt on the Nile” project, in which they are re-imagining the ways that we conceive of museum exhibitions related to ancient Egypt: peoplingthepast.com/2025/10/

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You can check out all of Top 5 videos and many more at peoplingthepast.com/category
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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 đŸ§”đŸ‘‡
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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
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Read this new instalment of our "Unknown Peoples series here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/09/
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In today’s #PeoplingBlog Goran Sanev (Curator Adviser at the National Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia and PhD Candidate at @SFU) discusses the historical & archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans /1
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And our most popular blog so far?! That's Blog #16 Forgotten Kingdom: The Mitanni, with Mara Horowitz peoplingthepast.com/2021/02/
 Make sure to check out all these fantastic posts, and more at peoplingthepast.com /end.
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