Big thank you to Dominic Perry of The History of Egypt podcast for a chat about the tomb of Thutmose II. You'll have to excuse my sniffles - I had a cold! Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3Kzm...

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Hey look, we made a game! You can download our new game Senet: Households for free over at store.steampowered.com/app/3457490/...! All historical and archaeological commentary most welcome!

Being a “conservative intellectual” must rule so much. There’s this giant mass of babies that are scared of cities, mad at cartoons, and intimidated by women, and your job is to convince them having those feelings makes them brave warriors for western civilization

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🌍 What do the bones of the people buried at Abu Fatima, a Bronze Age Nubian cemetery (2500–1500 BCE), reveal about learned body techniques and social roles in Kerma society? @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social 📖 Read the full article here 👉 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Australian Centre for Egyptology has placed online all the volumes (1-26) of the Bulletin of the Australian Centre for Egyptology, aka BACE published between 1990 and 2018 at the link below: figshare.mq.edu.au/BACE

Someone sent us some posts containing some Discourse (both positive and critical!) about our moderation policies today. We don't want to pile onto people innocently skeeting about the place, but it does strike us as an aspect of who we are we haven't introduced here yet. And so! 🧵🧵🧵...

Pretty sure this votive statue of Amunhotep I is a long-lost twin of the Nadja-doll from What We Do In The Shadows. If not, they would make a delightful couple

The fabulous Ahmose-Nefertari, who became a patron deity of Deir el-Medina (village of the tomb builders). Votive statue from the village, now in Turin's Museo Egizio.

An ancient bowl with human feet to bring a smile to your face this weekend! It tips slightly forwards as if offering its contents! Predynastic Egypt, Naqada period c. 3700-3450 BC. At the Met: www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... 📷 by me #Archaeology

Amunhotep Son of Hapu and friend

If you’re in Cairo at 6pm tomorrow, I’m going to talk about things but only if I remember what they are.

Not a photographer but very pleased with these ones. From Philae

An ancient Egyptian army camp with troops preparing tents, parking chariots, and carrying water. From Horemheb's tomb at Saqqara