"Lift with your knees, kids"

I knew this word because of Sheldon Cooper. 🙂🙃

The sun temple of the Egyptian pharaoh Niuserre once covered more than 10,000 square feet. New excavations there have revealed a massive threshold inscribed with a hieroglyphic calendar! archaeology.org/news/2025/12/15/4400-year-old-sun-temple-excavated-in-egypt-at-old-kingdom-necropolis/

Rock engraving from Aswan, Egypt. Analysis indicates it may depict an elite individual from the First Dynasty, shedding light on the formation of the #AncientEgyptian state. (£) doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

Free online lecture by The American Research Center in Egypt "Norms, Wit, and Rudeness in Ancient Egypt: Politeness throughout the Ages" by Victoria Almansa-Villatoro #ancientEgypt arce.org/event/virtua...

Egypt reveals restored colossal statues of pharaoh Amenhotep III in #Luxor #Egypt #archaeology #Egyptology www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...

Another favourite from the PT

Still remember translating this in Old Egyptian class.

A charming #Egyptian figurine of a hedgehog, made of faience, dating ca 1900 BC, from Thebes, #Egypt. The Egyptians associated hedgehogs with rebirth. On display at Neues Museum Berlin 📷 me 🏺

#Caturday post

I'd buy one.

(192) Mummifying Alan: Egypt's Last Secret - YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH_L...

Fascinating world of ancient #glass: Colourful glass bracelets found in #Egypt, #Roman period, dating 1st century BC to 1st century AD. On display at Museum der Universität Tübingen. 📷 me 🏺

Pretty close to Roman Egyptian, not ao "loose" interpretations! "The combination of atypical iconography (the dogs and lions or the plants at the base of the blades) and rather loose interpretations of Egyptian elements and figural style marks the shears as being in an ... /2

I still remember vividly when & where I heard the news 😢

Ancient Egyptian pleasure boat found by archaeologists off Alexandria coast First-century luxury vessel matches description by the Greek historian Strabo, who visited city around 29-25BCE www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...

Today on #BetwixtTheSheets, I am talking to the flippin marvellous Campbell Price about sexuality in #AncientEgypt Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Several sections to this thread. Worth reading all of them.

A #Caturday post

Archaeologists have rediscovered the ancient city of Imet in Egypt’s eastern Nile Delta. They exposed 2,500 year old mudbrick “tower houses” that rose several stories above the fields. www.earth.com/news/archaeo...

This is the best-titled academic monograph I have seen in awhile: From Hard Rock to Heavy Metal: Metal Tool Production and Use by Indigenous Hunter-Gatherers of North America, edited by Michelle Rae Bebber and Christopher B. Wolff.

ICYMI, this one's a fun one. Debunking the wild claims of Louis de Cordier and Ben van Kerkwyk @UnchartedX1, for a giant metallic object under the labyrinth, and share the super cool archaeology at Hawara in Egypt I promise it'll make you laugh and learn! youtu.be/oFOFSuHHGzs

For #CATURDAY, some words on the origin of the modern domestic cat and the apparently domesticated cats of Neolothic China, spread over a thread In recent years there have been a number of articles following research done in China /2

Catching up on my #CATURDAY posts, which I've let alude recently. Here is a Caturday repost

[NEW VIDEO] In my latest, I apply the first principles of archaeology to the GREAT PYRAMID OF GIZA. It’s a real banger. It’s got evidence you’ve never seen before, some fun debunks on fake archaeologists, and it features an interview with Dr Zahi Hawass. 🏺🏺🏺 youtu.be/umzE774v4Xs

On this day in 1922 archaeologist Howard Carter entered the tomb of Tutankhamun. Tut tomb, unbroken seal, 1922 Photo by Harry Burton Knotted cord accompanied by a clay seal featuring Anubis, the ancient Egyptians’ jackal god entrusted w/ the protection of the cemetery. ~ Rare Historical Photos

Gorgonize [GOR-guh-nahyz] (v.) - To have a paralyzing or mesmerizing effect on; to stupefy or petrify. Used in a sentence: "The Egyptology professor gorgonized his students with amusing riddles and captivating anecdotes of the ancient kingdoms.”

Predynastic amulet of a sow with piglets Ivory, 5300 - 3300 BCE Dimensions 3.5 × 4.1 × 0.9 cm Royal Ontario Museum 909.80.502 collections.rom.on.ca/objects/1938... #ancientEgypt #predynastic

Fragment of a Late Period (664–332 BC) wooden coffin at the cemetery of Tarkhan, Egypt Once an extensive necropolis, now only a small area survives, highlighting the urgent need for protection. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

That would be coffee

#Nubian. Globular Vase with Cylindrical Neck, 2nd–3rd century C.E. Clay, slip, 11 5/8 x Diam. 10 1/16 in. (29.5 x 25.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 67.177. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

The shattered visage of Hatshepsut, one of Egypt’s few female pharaohs, portrays a story of political persecution. However, research in Antiquity suggests the destruction of her statuary had more complex motivations than simple hostility. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

An #Egyptian glass inlay of a jackal. Jackals were linked with the dead, because they were present in the desert regions near to the cemeteries. The most popular jackal-shaped god was Anubis, the god of embalming. Dating 5th -1st c. BC. 📷 Landesmuseum Württemberg 🏺

An incredible piece.

Open Access "The Pharmacopeia of Ancient Egyptian Alabaster Vessels: A Transdisciplinary Approach with Legacy Artifacts" Andrew J. Koh; Agnete W. Lassen; Alison M. Crandall Journal of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology and Heritage Studies (2025) 13 (3): 317–333. doi.org/10.5325/jeas...

The late Predynastic and Early Dynastic remains at the cemetery of Tarkhan are pivotal evidence of ancient Egyptian state formation. Reassessment using modern methods sheds light on this foundational period of Egypt's past. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology #Egypt

NEW the late Predynastic and Early Dynastic remains at the cemetery of Tarkhan are pivotal evidence of ancient Egyptian state formation. Reassessment using modern methods sheds light on this foundational period of Egypt's past. 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 🏺 #Archaeology

What your favourite #medieval script says about you

Precious antique Egyptian vase found in #Pompeii 'street food' area #archaeology #Egyptology www.euronews.com/culture/2025...

Unfinished statue of Djoser (GEM 45932)

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...

In 1327 John de Moubray died & left behind an estate that included a ferry on the River Trent, 7 wind-mills, a rabbit warren, & annual land rents that included 2 gilded spurs, 9 barbed arrows, & 2,737 eels (10 binds & 9.5 sticks). That's an eel every 3.2 hours, all year round!

#Caturday post

IGAI is a genus of #dinosaur named after an Old Kingdom Egyptian deity associated with the Dakhleh Oasis, especially the 6th Dynasty settlement of Balat. Some years ago I was required to do a lecture on Balat; no dinosaus were named in the presentation of that lecture. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igai

Bandaging patterns on ancient #Egyptian animal #mummies rivista.museoegizio.it/wp-content/t...

#Egypt #ancientEgypt THIS WEEKEND Nov 7 to 9th Turbulent Times, Hostile Neighbours: Egypt in the Late Period Sign up here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/turbulent-...

This pot is of a type we call Decorated Ware which was made primarily during the Naqada II period of Egyptian history, around 5.5 thousand years ago. The name is self-explanatory & was invented by Petrie as part of his classification of pottery from ancient Egyptian sites. 🧵1/4 #Egyptology

Farewell to 🦇 Bat Week 🦇

Cat Mummy by Po Yan Leung (b 1991, Hong Kong, China) Happy 🎃Halloween!

Happy Halloween 🎃 Feliz Día de las Brujas Joyeuse Veille de la Toussaint ᖁᕕᐊᓱᒋᔅᓯ ᐊᓐᓄᕌᓪᓗᔅᓯᒪᓐᓇᐅᑎᓪᓗᒍ!