On this International Day of Women and Girls in Science ASP would like to celebrate all of the incredible archaeologists, researchers, and scholars, past and present, who are a part of the ASP team. Their work inspires all of us every day, and we know it inspires the next generation as well!

All of us at ASP are happy to announce the official launch of the Abydos South Project website, available in both English and Arabic! Find the link in our bio (abydossouth.org) and explore our mission goals, past work at the site, and even the history of Abydos itself, all in one online space.

Please Donate to the Internet Archive. $25 helps.... a lot. Useful to Journalists, Useful to Students, Useful to more than 2 million people a day. Collections growing at 150TBytes/day @internetarchive archive.org/donate www.cnn.com/2025/11/16/b...

A *slightly belated* #fridayfinds post to brighten your day! If you’re dog lovers, like most of the ASP team is, you’ll love this gorgeous ostracon depicting a canine, found in the fill of the Tetisheri Pyramid! Read more here: www.instagram.com/p/DQxwDx_iSv...

Gemeinsam mit den Kolleginnen und Kollegen unserer Abteilung #Kairo_DAI, als deren langjähriger Mitarbeiter und späterer Wissenschaftlicher Direktor er bis 2022 wirkte, trauern wir um Dr. Daniel Polz, der am 27.10.2025 verstarb. www.dainst.org/newsroom/nac...

My favorite part of the ASP logo 🥰

Welcome to the official Bluesky page of the 𓆓 Abydos South Project (ASP) 𓆓 a joint Egyptian - American mission and 501 (c) (3) working in and around the Ahmose Mortuary Complex at Abydos. We’re excited to bring you along as we recount past seasons and plan for new work at the site.

Thrilled to be part of such an amazing community! www.csusb.edu/inside/artic...

ASP’s social media debut is coming! Follow us on Bluesky (bsky.app/profile/abyd...) or instagram (www.instagram.com/abydossouthp...) to stay in the loop!

🚨 IOF plans to bomb the archaeological magasins of @ebafjerusalem.bsky.social! Huge respect for + immense solidarity w all the 🇵🇸 colleagues risking their lives on the daily to save what remains of their archaeological heritage from 🇮🇱 rampage & theft www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

You can donate to support Eslam and her three children here: www.gofundme.com/f/62znrd-hel...

Traji is being forced to evacuate her family without any shelter or resources. Please donate if you can so she can afford shelter: www.gofundme.com/f/aid-for-my...

Rigorous historical research, grounded in evidence and communicated to the public through museums and other venues, is a critical hindrance to fascism. There is only one reason Trump wants to do this.

They’re about £400 away from their goal - please donate if you can and share widely! ⬇️

Done and dusted 🫡

🚨12 Gazan students in archaeology and history who worked w @gmandreou.bsky.social need help to pay their tuition fees lest they won't graduate. Total needed: £9,630 GBP. Surely the history and archaeology community can pull through: Let's go! everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/05/19/h...

Thrilled to report that, yesterday, I successfully defended my dissertation! It’s so strange that this chapter is over, but very much looking forward to the next one! Thank you to everyone who had any impact on this project - I am forever appreciative.

The National Humanities Alliance is collecting information on canceled NEH grants to share with congressional leaders. This is legit fact finding in support of competent lobbying. If you've had your grant canceled, do let them know. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Delighted that my Curating for Change exhibition at the @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social, Nothing Without Us: Experiences of Disability, has now been published as a 360-virtual tour with extensive accessibility options! Visit the exhibition through this link: www.360studioradar.com/360/PittRive...

Again, today would be an excellent day for Ivy League, Big Ten, & all the other chancellors & university presidents to start speaking loudly & collectively against the all-out existential crisis that this assault on US higher ed represents. The silence is deafening. bsky.app/profile/mcop...

Out now, download free here : files.libcom.org/files/2024-1...

Great (and timely) review of Nooter's "Ancient Guide to Sexuality" by @thedancinggrad.bsky.social in BMCR (bmcr.brynmawr.edu/2025/2025.03...). The closing paragraph in particular I found quite moving. #AncientBlueSky 🏺

If you missed the recent conference ‘Accessing FIP Women Beyond the Family Unit (IPOCCWWA)’ with Sue Kelly, @urosmatic.bsky.social Miriam Ayad, Danijela Stefanović, and many more fantastic papers, a recording is now available. youtu.be/Lu02HeVrSGU?...

Huge news from Egypt, tomb of Thutmose II has finally been found! english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...

Tomorrow! Still time to register!

Cultural heritage is on the list 🏺

Please sign and share this student-led petition to save Ancient History here at Cardiff University www.change.org/p/save-cardi...

Some things never change! A 2,000 year-old Roman souvenir pen with a joke inscription roughly equivalent to: “I went to Rome and all I got you was this cheap pen!" 😂 Dated to about 70 AD, this iron stylus pen was found in London during excavations by MOLA. 📷 MOLA #EpigraphyTuesday #Archaeology

9 months later, Princeton still refuses to drop charges against 13 students who held a peaceful sit-in protest in support of Palestine. Please sign in support of the students, especially @aditilrao.bsky.social who's bearing the brunt of the university's ire piad.nationbuilder.com?recruiter_id...

The Griffith Institute has announced the addition of the Wilhelm Spiegelberg Archives to its collection: archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/sp...

Thrilled to finally get my hands on this! It was a really lovely experience getting to contribute a chapter to this extremely important volume. Thank you @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social and Hannah for all your hard work!

A group of researchers from Florida and Italy recently discovered trace amounts of a hallucinogenic concoction in an Ancient Egyptian drinking mug in the Tampa Museum of Art’s permanent collection.

My second reflection on the Hyksos forces is out! @MDPIopenacces I am grateful to @KaraCooney @Alisee Devillers for inviting me to contribute to their special issue of Arts journal @archaeologyeaa.bsky.social #archaeology #hyksos #egypt www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/13...

As prophesied by Wegz, we are, indeed, looking as fresh as Mo Salah 🫡

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Thrilled to have contributed to this volume in honor of the astounding AMR! And thank you to the amazing editors Tara, Jen, and Lisa - it is truly a fantastic volume!

Thank you to ARCE-OC and the Bowers museum, and ARCE-NC and Berkeley MELC for having me this weekend 🥰 it was an amazing experience, and not only because I got to talk about the place I love (watch here! tinyurl.com/SmithSangster)

Thrilled to have been able to contribute to the volume “Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays” edited by the amazing Alexandra Morris and Hannah Vogel. Volume available later this year via Routledge! www.routledge.com/Disability-i...

In honor of International Archaeology Day check out the "dispatch" I wrote about my work for the Department of Art and Archaeology newsletter! 🏺😊 #Egypt #Egyptology #Abydos artandarchaeology.princeton.edu/whats/news/d...

An amazing discovery in Abydos! Mabrouk to all those involved! 🎉 🏺 #egypt scenenow.com/Buzz/5-000-Y...