Dr Cora Beth Fraser

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Ugh. They should meet some of our brilliant students. That would show them.

Amazing! What a brilliant achievement! 👏👏👏

Moon shining over the reconstructed Roman West Gate at Arbeia, with the reconstructed barrack block in the background.

Moonlight on the sea.

Full moon over Arbeia Roman Fort tonight. #TinyJoys

As it's the start of #WomensHistoryMonth today, your reminder that there are LOADS of women who were active in archaeology, history and heritage @beyondnotables.bsky.social database! beyond-notability.wikibase.cloud/wiki/Main_Page

I read Legends and Lattes (Travis Baldree) recently. Complete fluff, but entirely relaxing!

Tweet that reads Leo Xander @STALLEON Stop taking social media so serious. Nothing here is real. Look at this chicken V - it is bigger than the car

I think about this tweet every time I feel something online start to curl its annoying little grip into my head

Hooray! You'll be brilliant - they're lucky to have you! 🎉

Photo of a bowler-hatted LEGO man and a crocodile, in a street scene with a bookshop.

For International LEGO Classicism Day, Ethan's story about an encounter with a crocodile.
negotiator crocodilum videt et timet (The businessman sees a crocodile and is scared).
#ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...

Photo of a god figure (actually Playmobil) standing in a pile of LEGO figures and animals, holding up a chef's skull.

For International LEGO Classicism Day, Ares' story about a demanding deity.
"nonne te immolavi diē Mercurii?" (Didn't I sacrifice you on Wednesday?"
#ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...

It’s LEGO Classicism Day! Happy #ILCD10 to all who celebrate (and that includes me)! This year marks the 10th anniversary of the annual February mood-lightening event that is International Lego Classicism Day, hosted this y…

It’s LEGO Classicism Day! – Classical Studies Support
classicalstudies.support/2026/02/20/i...

That would be PERFECT. 😂

I couldn't resist. 😂

Me too - he's my favourite! 😂

Just kicking myself now that I gave away my son's Duplo... 😂

The 2026 LEGO Classicist of the Year Award Goes to Emeritus Prof. Andrew Wallace-Hadrill.

Every year on this day we give this Award to an existing member of the BCE for their outstanding work in making the ancient world engaging & relatable to a general audience. #ILCD10

Happy #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay!

My approach to using LEGO and Classics to reinforce school values (aimed at 9-12 year olds). #ILCD10
@theclassicslibrary.bsky.social @corabeth.bsky.social

Full presentation can be see here:
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Can't wait to see how it all goes!

Photo of LEGO minifigures of a squirrel, a gladiator and Vibrissa the cat, against a LEGO baseboard background

For International LEGO Classicism Day, Nouh's story about a mischievous squirrel.
Vibrissa sciurum petit (Vibrissa chases a squirrel). sciurus gladiatorem offendit (The squirrel crashes into a gladiator)
#ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...

Our official host for the day, the Department of Classics and Ancient History at the University of Warwick, tells us all about their participation over the years in ILCD.
See link to there special web-page: warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/cla...

This Parthenon model comes in the official LEGO set "World of Wonders, No. 40585" that includes 3 ancient models: the Parthenon, the Great Wall of China, and the Al-Khazneh constructed in the 1st century CE. #ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay

Happy 10th International Lego Classicism Day! This special occasion is celebrated every year on February 20th and invites people and organizations all over the world to play with ancient history through LEGO bricks.

I can't even blame it on the (not so small) child any more... 😂

Love this! And the Lego research session sounds brilliant - what a great idea!

Writing on Mount Hymettos… in Duplo! I recently published an article about writing on Mount Hymettos over the last (nearly) 3,000 years – a bit of a departure for me personally because I was trying out some new place-centred app…

Happy International Lego Classics Day everyone! My offering this year is a Duplo version of a recent research article about writing on Mount Hymettos, Athens, home to some very important inscriptions.

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#ILCD10, #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay #BCEPantheon

BCE The First Year | Brick Classicists Empire The BCE has the Macquarie University Department of Ancient History and their Museum of Ancient Cultures, Sydney Australia, to thank for its strong start in 2016 and through 2017. In 2015, while workin...

To celebrate this special 10th International LEGO Classicism Day, I added a new page to the BCE website, telling the story of the beginning of Brick Classicists and why we celebrate ILCD on 20th February. #ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay

Photo of two LEGO soldiers and a centurion. The soldiers are proudly holding a turtle.

For International LEGO Classicism Day, Amelia's story of useless recruits and an exasperated centurion.
testudinem habemus, centurio! (We've got the tortoise, Centurion!) di immortales! (Immortal gods!)
#ILCD10 #BCEPantheon
Whole story www.minimuslatin.co.uk/lego-and-lat...

A cover page that says 'The Katabasis Book Nook', with a Lego book nook on a shelf surrounded by mythology and Underworld-related books.

Side view of the book nook, with text that says, 'This year, for International Lego Classicism Day 2026, I'm building an Underworld Book Nook.

View of the Lego book nook in the dark, with light-up Lego pieces providing illumination.

Full side view of the book nook, with windows and characters.

It's #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay! 🎉

This year I've been building a LEGO Katabasis Book Nook, which has been a ridiculous amount of fun! Here are a few pictures - and you can find the whole thing on my website: classicalstudies.support/2026/02/20/i...

#ILCD10 #BCEPantheon

Snakes used to be dragons, in Greek (although dragons don’t always have wings in Greek myth). So the dividing line between snake and dragon is basically size: smallish snakes are snakes and big ones are dragons…

#ILCD10 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay

Here are some photos of the process of printing my designs onto LEGO minifigure torsos to make Brick Classicist minifigures. Thank you to Ken Wilson from Print On Bricks for taking these photos for #ILCD10. Ken has been the official printer for the BCE since 2022 #InternationalLEGOClassicismDay