Łukasz Sokołowski
@sokolowskilukasz.bsky.social
Doctor of archaeology and cultural anthropologist interested in Roman art and portraiture with special emphasis put on #RomanEast and #Palmyra🏺📖🇵🇱🇪🇺🌍🙋♂
https://khiflorenz.academia.edu/%C5%81ukaszSoko%C5%82owski
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Istanbul, 22nd September 2026 🏛🏺🏮🌳
Resting on Marmara shore 🦋
Resting on Marmara shore 🦋
October 7, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Istanbul, 22nd September 2026 🏛🏺🏮🌳
Resting on Marmara shore 🦋
Resting on Marmara shore 🦋
𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞
Saint Sophia forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region.
Curious about Ohrid? There is much more to discover:
Explore Ohrid — UNESCO World Heritage Centre
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Saint Sophia forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region.
Curious about Ohrid? There is much more to discover:
Explore Ohrid — UNESCO World Heritage Centre
whc.unesco.org/en/list/99/
Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region
A superlative natural phenomenon, Lake Ohrid provides a refuge for numerous endemic species of freshwater fauna and flora dating from the Tertiary period. Situated on the shores of the lake, the town ...
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October 5, 2026 at 10:26 PM
𝐔𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐂𝐎 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞
Saint Sophia forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region.
Curious about Ohrid? There is much more to discover:
Explore Ohrid — UNESCO World Heritage Centre
whc.unesco.org/en/list/99/
Saint Sophia forms part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site Natural and Cultural Heritage of the Ohrid region.
Curious about Ohrid? There is much more to discover:
Explore Ohrid — UNESCO World Heritage Centre
whc.unesco.org/en/list/99/
𝟏. 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚, the former cathedral of medieval Ohrid, and the splendid monument of Byzantine art in the Balkans.
It was here that I first began to think seriously about how space, images and ritual work together to shape the experience of sacred architecture in Byzantium and Orthodoxy.
It was here that I first began to think seriously about how space, images and ritual work together to shape the experience of sacred architecture in Byzantium and Orthodoxy.
October 5, 2026 at 9:29 PM
𝟏. 𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐒𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐚, the former cathedral of medieval Ohrid, and the splendid monument of Byzantine art in the Balkans.
It was here that I first began to think seriously about how space, images and ritual work together to shape the experience of sacred architecture in Byzantium and Orthodoxy.
It was here that I first began to think seriously about how space, images and ritual work together to shape the experience of sacred architecture in Byzantium and Orthodoxy.
By the way. Since Monday I am in Istanbul where I'll stay until Sunday, the 27th of Sept. '26 🕍🏞🌻📚🇹🇷
September 24, 2026 at 8:24 AM
By the way. Since Monday I am in Istanbul where I'll stay until Sunday, the 27th of Sept. '26 🕍🏞🌻📚🇹🇷
1/ Ohrid. Ancient Lychnidos in the Kingdom of Macedon, a city of the Roman Empire, the seat of an important and autonomous archbishopric, a major centre of Slavic and Byzantine culture, and a medieval stronghold overlooking one of Europe’s oldest lakes.
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September 24, 2026 at 6:58 AM
1/ Ohrid. Ancient Lychnidos in the Kingdom of Macedon, a city of the Roman Empire, the seat of an important and autonomous archbishopric, a major centre of Slavic and Byzantine culture, and a medieval stronghold overlooking one of Europe’s oldest lakes.
📷 me
📷 me
1/6 I was in Ohrid for LYCHNIDA 2026 - Mediterranean Archaeology Between Empires and Imperialism.
Yesterday I presented "Between Incorporation and Autonomy: Towards a Relational Archaeology of the Roman Eastern Mediterranean".
I think I finally have something 🧵
Yesterday I presented "Between Incorporation and Autonomy: Towards a Relational Archaeology of the Roman Eastern Mediterranean".
I think I finally have something 🧵
September 22, 2026 at 4:52 PM
1/6 I was in Ohrid for LYCHNIDA 2026 - Mediterranean Archaeology Between Empires and Imperialism.
Yesterday I presented "Between Incorporation and Autonomy: Towards a Relational Archaeology of the Roman Eastern Mediterranean".
I think I finally have something 🧵
Yesterday I presented "Between Incorporation and Autonomy: Towards a Relational Archaeology of the Roman Eastern Mediterranean".
I think I finally have something 🧵
1/3 𝐀 𝟓𝐭𝐡-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐨. Its side is decorated with birds and doves set among luxuriant vine scrolls, with crosses marking the composition. Classical vegetal imagery was reworked within the visual language of Byzantine Christianity.
August 15, 2026 at 3:03 PM
1/3 𝐀 𝟓𝐭𝐡-𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐚𝐠𝐮𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐮𝐫𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐨 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐨. Its side is decorated with birds and doves set among luxuriant vine scrolls, with crosses marking the composition. Classical vegetal imagery was reworked within the visual language of Byzantine Christianity.
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Classics professor shares thoughts on the film ‘The Odyssey’ - College of Arts and Sciences
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Classics professor shares thoughts on the film ‘The Odyssey’ - College of Arts and Sciences
Professor Al Duncan in the College of Arts and Sciences' classics department welcomes the upcoming film and how it will introduce new audiences to the ancient Greek tale.
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July 20, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Classics professor shares thoughts on the film ‘The Odyssey’ - College of Arts and Sciences
college.unc.edu/2026/07/film...
college.unc.edu/2026/07/film...
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OSU Religion’s short-term visiting scholar program for contingent and independent scholars (deadline Friday August 14, 2026) =
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CSR Visiting Scholar Program – Call for Applications
Visiting Scholar – Call for Applications The Center for the Study of Religion at The Ohio State University is pleased to announce the continuation of our short-term visiting scholar program. Applicati...
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July 18, 2026 at 1:26 PM
OSU Religion’s short-term visiting scholar program for contingent and independent scholars (deadline Friday August 14, 2026) =
religion.osu.edu/news/csr-vis...
religion.osu.edu/news/csr-vis...
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Shock, awe and lessons lost
Shock, awe and lessons lost
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July 18, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Shock, awe and lessons lost
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🏛️🏺 ⚔️ 🦅 Our Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference keynote with Prof. Simon James is about how ancient Rome is being invoked in contemporary public narratives.
If you missed it, you can tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdk8...
#romanarchaeology #classics #outreach #politics
If you missed it, you can tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdk8...
#romanarchaeology #classics #outreach #politics
Keynote 16.06.2026: Professor Simon James- Roman Archaeology in a Time of Monsters
YouTube video by TRAC - Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference
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July 3, 2026 at 11:06 AM
🏛️🏺 ⚔️ 🦅 Our Theoretical Roman Archaeology Conference keynote with Prof. Simon James is about how ancient Rome is being invoked in contemporary public narratives.
If you missed it, you can tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdk8...
#romanarchaeology #classics #outreach #politics
If you missed it, you can tune in here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fdk8...
#romanarchaeology #classics #outreach #politics
𝟏/𝟓 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 #𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐲𝐫𝐚
Among the most remarkable paintings in the Tomb of the Three Brothers are two funerary portraits displayed inside circular roundels (𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖). Nearly 2,000 years later, they still look down on visitors from the walls of the main burial chamber.
#FrescoFriday 🏺 🔽
Among the most remarkable paintings in the Tomb of the Three Brothers are two funerary portraits displayed inside circular roundels (𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖). Nearly 2,000 years later, they still look down on visitors from the walls of the main burial chamber.
#FrescoFriday 🏺 🔽
July 17, 2026 at 9:00 PM
𝟏/𝟓 𝐅𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 #𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐲𝐫𝐚
Among the most remarkable paintings in the Tomb of the Three Brothers are two funerary portraits displayed inside circular roundels (𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖). Nearly 2,000 years later, they still look down on visitors from the walls of the main burial chamber.
#FrescoFriday 🏺 🔽
Among the most remarkable paintings in the Tomb of the Three Brothers are two funerary portraits displayed inside circular roundels (𝑡𝑜𝑛𝑑𝑖). Nearly 2,000 years later, they still look down on visitors from the walls of the main burial chamber.
#FrescoFriday 🏺 🔽
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Fresco aus Pompeji.
Bildbeschreibung: Ein schwarzer Vogel sitzt auf dem linken Henkel einer goldenen Amphore. Es handelt sich vermutlich um einen Raben. Der Hintergrund des Frescos ist dunkelgrün.
Fresco aus Pompeji.
Bildbeschreibung: Ein schwarzer Vogel sitzt auf dem linken Henkel einer goldenen Amphore. Es handelt sich vermutlich um einen Raben. Der Hintergrund des Frescos ist dunkelgrün.
July 16, 2026 at 4:38 PM
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Fresco aus Pompeji.
Bildbeschreibung: Ein schwarzer Vogel sitzt auf dem linken Henkel einer goldenen Amphore. Es handelt sich vermutlich um einen Raben. Der Hintergrund des Frescos ist dunkelgrün.
Fresco aus Pompeji.
Bildbeschreibung: Ein schwarzer Vogel sitzt auf dem linken Henkel einer goldenen Amphore. Es handelt sich vermutlich um einen Raben. Der Hintergrund des Frescos ist dunkelgrün.
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'Old Market Woman' - sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA.
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July 16, 2026 at 4:42 PM
'Old Market Woman' - sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA.
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"[A]t the Ain el-Sabil site, located in the Dakhla Oasis... a fully articulated residential city dating to the Byzantine period... [and] about two hundred ostraca with inscriptions in Coptic and Greek..."
#Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky
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#Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky
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A Complete Byzantine City Discovered in the Dakhla Oasis in Egypt
The Egyptian archaeological mission under the Supreme Council of Antiquities operating at the Ain el-Sabil site, located in the Dakhla Oasis, has succeeded in uncovering a fully articulated residentia...
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July 13, 2026 at 2:12 AM
"[A]t the Ain el-Sabil site, located in the Dakhla Oasis... a fully articulated residential city dating to the Byzantine period... [and] about two hundred ostraca with inscriptions in Coptic and Greek..."
#Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky
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#Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky
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1/ Suggested hashtags to join on a Monday
#MosaicMonday
#MarbleMonday
#JadeMonday
#MuralMonday
#MuseumMonday
#MegalithicMonday
#MonarchMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MotteMonday
#MoatMonday
#MonasteryMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
1 of 10 #MondayHashtags
#MosaicMonday
#MarbleMonday
#JadeMonday
#MuralMonday
#MuseumMonday
#MegalithicMonday
#MonarchMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MotteMonday
#MoatMonday
#MonasteryMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
1 of 10 #MondayHashtags
July 13, 2026 at 7:01 AM
1/ Suggested hashtags to join on a Monday
#MosaicMonday
#MarbleMonday
#JadeMonday
#MuralMonday
#MuseumMonday
#MegalithicMonday
#MonarchMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MotteMonday
#MoatMonday
#MonasteryMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
1 of 10 #MondayHashtags
#MosaicMonday
#MarbleMonday
#JadeMonday
#MuralMonday
#MuseumMonday
#MegalithicMonday
#MonarchMonday
#MedievalMonday
#MotteMonday
#MoatMonday
#MonasteryMonday
#ManuscriptMonday
1 of 10 #MondayHashtags
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In the paranoid imperial court of the C4 CE, a lavish #sarcophagus was more than personal piety. For officials standing within the immediate, potentially lethal gaze of the emperor, it was a political shield and an insurance policy written in marble. #SarcophagusSaturday #AncientBluesky 🏺 🧵
July 11, 2026 at 3:08 PM
In the paranoid imperial court of the C4 CE, a lavish #sarcophagus was more than personal piety. For officials standing within the immediate, potentially lethal gaze of the emperor, it was a political shield and an insurance policy written in marble. #SarcophagusSaturday #AncientBluesky 🏺 🧵
Warsaw, morning.
July 10, 2026 at 8:46 AM
Warsaw, morning.
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It’s my 45th ancient relic from each country in the #WorldCup
It’s UZBEKISTAN🇺🇿The Kushan Empire originated out of Bactria encompassing much of modern Uzbekistan. It went on to cover Afghanistan, Pakistan & parts of India. This coin, c.30AD, shows Heraios, the 1st king to refer to himself as Kushan
It’s UZBEKISTAN🇺🇿The Kushan Empire originated out of Bactria encompassing much of modern Uzbekistan. It went on to cover Afghanistan, Pakistan & parts of India. This coin, c.30AD, shows Heraios, the 1st king to refer to himself as Kushan
July 8, 2026 at 6:03 AM
It’s my 45th ancient relic from each country in the #WorldCup
It’s UZBEKISTAN🇺🇿The Kushan Empire originated out of Bactria encompassing much of modern Uzbekistan. It went on to cover Afghanistan, Pakistan & parts of India. This coin, c.30AD, shows Heraios, the 1st king to refer to himself as Kushan
It’s UZBEKISTAN🇺🇿The Kushan Empire originated out of Bactria encompassing much of modern Uzbekistan. It went on to cover Afghanistan, Pakistan & parts of India. This coin, c.30AD, shows Heraios, the 1st king to refer to himself as Kushan
Warsaw.
Just taken.
Just taken.
July 6, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Warsaw.
Just taken.
Just taken.
Anthony Kaldellis shows that ethnography did not vanish in Byzantium. It was embedded in histories, manuals, and theology. These texts described “others” less as neutral observation and more as a way to define Roman identity and imperial self-understanding.
#Historiography #AncientBluesky 🏺
#Historiography #AncientBluesky 🏺
July 5, 2026 at 6:43 AM
Anthony Kaldellis shows that ethnography did not vanish in Byzantium. It was embedded in histories, manuals, and theology. These texts described “others” less as neutral observation and more as a way to define Roman identity and imperial self-understanding.
#Historiography #AncientBluesky 🏺
#Historiography #AncientBluesky 🏺
1/2 Based on a 2013 Catholic–Orthodox symposium, the volume explores how icons, sacred art, and liturgical space shape encounters with the divine, from Byzantium and Armenia to modern Catholic and Orthodox communities.
July 5, 2026 at 6:36 AM
1/2 Based on a 2013 Catholic–Orthodox symposium, the volume explores how icons, sacred art, and liturgical space shape encounters with the divine, from Byzantium and Armenia to modern Catholic and Orthodox communities.
1/2 In the 4th century, the deserts of Egypt became the birthplace of a radical new form of Christian life: monasticism. In Desert Christians, William Harmless introduces the texts and traditions that shaped this movement, from the Life of Antony to the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
July 5, 2026 at 6:32 AM
1/2 In the 4th century, the deserts of Egypt became the birthplace of a radical new form of Christian life: monasticism. In Desert Christians, William Harmless introduces the texts and traditions that shaped this movement, from the Life of Antony to the Sayings of the Desert Fathers.
1/2 Can myths become history?
M. David Litwa argues that the evangelists deliberately framed the story of Jesus using the literary conventions of Greco-Roman historiography, rulers, places, eyewitnesses, and other devices that ancient readers associated with historical writing.
M. David Litwa argues that the evangelists deliberately framed the story of Jesus using the literary conventions of Greco-Roman historiography, rulers, places, eyewitnesses, and other devices that ancient readers associated with historical writing.
July 5, 2026 at 6:19 AM
1/2 Can myths become history?
M. David Litwa argues that the evangelists deliberately framed the story of Jesus using the literary conventions of Greco-Roman historiography, rulers, places, eyewitnesses, and other devices that ancient readers associated with historical writing.
M. David Litwa argues that the evangelists deliberately framed the story of Jesus using the literary conventions of Greco-Roman historiography, rulers, places, eyewitnesses, and other devices that ancient readers associated with historical writing.