The pre-match entertainment with Teddy Swimms.

At the 2025 NRLW and NRL Grand Finals! Time for snacks!

Egyptologica Vlaanderen vzw (Leuven, Belgium) First Lecture of the fall program coming up! Professor Yann Tristant will tell us about his discoveries at the site of Abu Rawash. 1 of 2

If you're in South East Queensland, you can see Kith and Kin, which won the 2024 Venice Biennale, until October 2026. The work will also go on display at the Tate in London, but the article doesn't provide any timeframes beyond October 2026. www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article...

Don't have a date for this but seems like a great initiative! scenenow.com/Buzz/Cleopat...

Upcoming Manchester Egyptology Seminar Series lecture: "How Winning a Woman of Study Can Be" in Early American Egyptology Lecturer: Dr Kathleen Sheppard. Date: 2 October 2025 Time: 17:00 Location: Online only from University of Manchester Link: zoom.us/j/91521871294

Dr Martin Odler, the go-to person on ancient Egyptian tools, presented a webinar earlier in 2025 entitled: EgypToolWear – Metalwork Wear Analysis of Ancient Egyptian Tools The presentations from that seminar are now available online at Martin's YouTube channel: 1/

My statement formally recognising the State of Palestine.

Coming up on 24 September 2025 from Macquarie University in Sydney:

Post Upcoming lecture by Dr Chris Nauton on 23 September 2025 . Dr Naunton's lecture "Egyptology vs Conspiracy Theory: Why Egyptologists Really Matter in the 2020s" under the auspices of "Pisa 1825–26 and the Origins of Modern Egyptology". The event will take place at 1/

Don’t forget to subscribe to The History of Egypt podcast either!

New podcast: Talk Like an Egyptian featuring Egyptologist Dr Chris Naunton and Digital Creator Izi Lawrence has just dropped a trailer. Podcast can be found on Apple and Spotify: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/5SrJQC8...

taliban exerting control over the flow of information in northern afghanistan by shutting the internet off entirely

New Egyptological goodness to read. Arrived this arvo!

Ancient Economies (seminar series: summary in full from the series landing page): This YouTube channel features recordings from the seminar series "Ancient Economies: Economists and Scholars of Antiquity Engaging in Dialogue." The initiative was held at SAPIENZA-Università di Roma 1/

Lecture by Professor John Darnell at IFAO: Early Hieroglyphic Inscriptions of the Elkab Desert Hinterland youtu.be/RM3SfjBTax0

Some fun from Facebook Ancient Egypt funnies:

I want to know the answer to the question as to whether there is a journal devoted to Star Trek

Sooooo looking forward to this. Arrived yesterday!

In news that will probably surprise nobody, I bought myself a ticket to Zeffirelli's Arena di Verona production of Aida at the Adelaide Oval on 5 February 2026. This is a massive production of Verdi's masterpiece, composed in 1870 and first performed 1/

A new edition of Jsesh (7.9) has just been released by Serge Rosmoduc. This is probably now the standard hieroglyphic editor. Check out Serge's site: jsesh.qenherkhopeshef.org 1 of 2

Citizen scientists make important contributions to the understanding of our human past. Here's an excellent example: Ben(nett) Bacon, like many scientists, puzzled over dots, dashes and other marks that are found in cave paintings. He worked with a team from Durham University 1/

I admit this special issue of Heritage was published in 2022, but you may be interested. The issue was entitled: The Sands of Time—3000 Years of Human Activity at Saqqara, Egypt You can access the special issue at: www.mdpi.com/journal/heri...

"Those rallies were whipped up by far-right extremists and neo-Nazis. A lot of people were warned about that. I am not in the business of doing ‘there are good people on both sides’ argument... In particular, I haven’t seen a good fascist yet." 💥👏👏👏 #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

The 53rd report from the DAI Cairo/Swiss Institute Cairo excavations at Elephantine is now available in English and Arabic. It covers the period October 2024 to March 2025. You can read the 53rd report in English at: academia.edu/143747791/Re... 1 of 2

Forever is Now 5 is coming to the Giza Plateau from 11 November 2025 to 7 December 2025. Timing was adjusted to align with the formal opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum. Can’t wait to see the Plateau reinterpreted through the eyes of the artists participating!

This Cambridge Element is available to download for free in the Writing in the Ancient World series until 4 September 2025: Writing in Bronze Age Crete: ‘Minoan' Linear A by Ester Salgarella (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/element... I mention this because of the exchanges between Egypt and Crete.

For a few weeks, I've been intrigued by Manichaeism, which I knew vaguely as a dualist faith but discovered was heavily rooted in the myth of the Enochian Watchers and Giants. I've collected and translated a large number of relevant texts. www.jasoncolavito.com/manichaeism....

New article on 2024 work in the relieving chambers of the Great Pyramid: Inside the Great Pyramid (2024) Étude architecturale et épigraphique des chambres de décharge de la pyramide de Chéops à Giza Authors: Aurore Ciavatti, Zahi Hawass, Bertrand Chazaly, Emmanuel Laroze et Franck Monnier

For #InternationalDogDay, we remember the goodest boy in the Old Kingdom, who was so beloved that the king gave him an amazing burial at Giza. His stela was found in G 2188 (giza.fas.harvard.edu/search-resul...) at Giza. His stela is now in the Egyptian Museum at Tahrir Square (JE 67573). 1/

Minister of Tourism and Antiquities, Sherif Fathy, has announced that approximately 300 different archaeological missions are currently working in Egypt www.egyptindependent.com/tourism-mini...

In utterly unsurprising news. An LLM tends to ignore retractions, especially if not prompted to check for such matters. Shocked, I tell you, shocked! Reminder: One needs to fact-check LLM outputs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

In utterly unsurprising news. An LLM tends to ignore retractions. Shocked, I tell you, shocked! Reminder: One needs to fact-check LLM outputs. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Debunking a bizarre claim of an Ancient Egyptian illustration of mitosis: A post by Leif Inselmann and Andrea Sinclair The Funerary Papyrus of Khonsumes: Not an Ancient Depiction of Mitosis by Leif Inselmann and Andrea Sinclair artisticlicenseorwhyitrustnoone.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-... 1 of 2

For those interested in learning more about conservation practices as part of archaeological excavations, the Getty Institute has made available a publication on this very topic (link in reply to this post) for free!

Still love this as a memorial. No notes required. Photo credit: Gerri Gray Photography Date: 2 November 2011, uploaded to Flickr. Location: Glenwood Cemetery. Oneida, New York, USA.

A piece on pregnancy and childbirth in Ancient Egypt by Kara Cooney and Jordan Gałczyński. open.substack.com/pub/ancientn...

If you are interested in Epistemology, this Cambridge Element entitled: Deception and Self-Deception by Vladimir Krstić may be of interest. It is available to download until 18 August 2025 www.cambridge.org/core/element...

If you are interested in historiography, this Cambridge Element may be of interest (published in #openaccess): Testimony and Historical Knowledge by Jonas Ahlskog (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Recently updated resources page at the Egyptology Resources PDF Bibliography. Please click on the link below. egyptologyresources.x10host.com/er/bibliogra...

The Cambridge Elements Series has just released a volume on Hieratic within the Writing in the Ancient World sub-group. It is available to download for free until 11 August 2025. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

An oldie but a goodie.

An (irreverent) Australian perspective: Thoth vs Bin Chicken We have Ibises in Australia, specifically the Australian White Ibis (Threskiornis molucca). In Egypt, they had the African Sacred Ibis (Threskiornis aethiopicus), which is present today 1/

My swag from the Leiden exhibition at Queensland Museum Kurilpa! Broke my left ankle at the Rugby on Saturday night so Victor wheeled me around in a wheelchair!

Dominic Perry has new expanded deep dives on his Youtube channel, adding a lot beyond his podcast. This recent #egyptology video is great. My boy Sen and other skilled craftsmen. #goingforthbyday #indiegame is based on REAL ancient art history. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sMFY...

Lecture by Prof. Dr. Richard Bussmann on the 99% in Ancient Egypt: "The 99%: life and death of commoners in ancient Egypt". You can find the lecture at this link. www.youtube.com/live/LK7eG7R... 1/

Sunset in Pyrmont, walking back from the movies with hubby!

Murajuga cultural landscape in Western Australia has been inscribed today on the UNESCO World Heritage List. It is a remarkable rock art gallery collection of more than 1 million petroglyphs dating back more than 50,000 years. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...

Drawn to my attention by Dr Gabi Pieke. A new blog post from the Reiss Engelhorn Museen (www.rem-mannheim.de/_) on the Goddess Isis by Thomas Rinck. www.rem-mannheim.de/blog/isis-ei...

Amazing work from Dr @OdlerMartin on Middle Kingdom metal prospection and metal work at Elephantine! Details are in the two images below with alt text where possible. You can replay the Cairo edition of the lecture series online at www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSNS...