Political uses of the ancient past on social media are predominantly negative and extreme

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About the Authors

Chiara Bonacchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Bonacchi, Jessica Witte, Mark Altaweel

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Jessica Witte

Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Bonacchi, Jessica Witte, Mark Altaweel

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Archaeology, School of History, Classics and Archaeology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Mark Altaweel

Contributed equally to this work with: Chiara Bonacchi, Jessica Witte, Mark Altaweel

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Institute of Archaeology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

No competing interests

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