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Working Together to Transcribe Ancient Documents During COVID-19

As the pandemic known as COVID-19 grips the globe, thousands of instructors in the United States and elsewhere have been … More

COVID-19, crowdsourcing, DH, digital humanities, distance learning, epigraphy, open access, papyri, participatory archives, transcription

Replacing the Squeeze? Teaching Classical Epigraphy With 3D Models

This semester, I am incorporating more epigraphy into my undergraduate and graduate level courses. The University of Iowa has a … More

3D, ancient history, classics, DH, digital humanities, digital models, epigraphy, Late Antiquity, open access, pedagogy, sketchfab

‘Pie Zeses’: Toasting To A New Year

Another year of blogging is almost in the proverbial books and I must say that while 2016 was a wretched … More

drink history, drinking, epigraphy, food history, Forbes, Greek, Latin, medieval, mosaics, new years eve, Roman History, toasts

‘Bind His Hands’: Curse Tablets and Charioteer Magic in Ancient Sports

Over on the Forbes blog this week, I wrote a bit about how social anxiety can be viewed through magic. … More

ancient sports, charioteers, curse tablets, epigraphy, Greek, lead tablets, magic, red sox, rivalries, roman, wrestling, yankees

Tattoo Taboo? Exploring The History Of Religious Ink And Facial Tattoos

Over on my Forbes blog, I explore the history of religious tattoos. This post stems from my interest in the use of … More

constantine, coptic, Early Christianity, epigraphy, Late Antiquity, manichaeans, roman law, tattoo

‘Can I Get Your Autograph?’: A Short History of Signature Collecting

When I was a kid, I was obsessed with collecting the signatures of the Atlanta Braves baseball players. It was … More

augustus, epigraphy, Greek, Inscriptions, papyri, roman, seals, signatures

Times New Roman: Classical Inscriptions, Epigraphy Hunters, and Renaissance Fonts

The Renaissance (ca. 1330-1600) is often remembered for its revival of Classical literature. Modern books like The Swerve celebrate the Renaissance era book hunters … More

epigraphy, Fonts, printing press, renaissance

Amo, Amas, Amat: Greco-Roman School Exercises

The first line of Euripides’ Bacchae reads: ‘ἥκω Διὸς παῖς τήνδε Θηβαίων χθόνα‘ I, the child of Zeus, have come to … More

corporal punishment, daily life, epigraphy, monasticism, ostraca, papyri, pedagogy, roman school, writing exercises

Using Graphic Language: A Short History of Figure Poems

I miss Milwaukee sometimes. On warmer nights, I used to run along Lake Michigan and wait for the sunset, before jogging home … More

art, epigraphy, Greek, Inscriptions, Latin, medieval manuscripts, poetry

The (Evil) Eyes Have It: Welcoming and Warning Ancient Visitors

Doorways and thresholds were an important locus of power in Greco-Roman antiquity–but we might also think of them as an epigraphic … More

apotropaic, envy, epigraphy, evil eye, Greek, jealousy, mosaics, Pompeii, roman, writing

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