Glorfindel of Imladris ☀️ LOTR fanart, as a treat, and because I've been meaning to draw this golden elf for a looooong time!

My book, "𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴": 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 is now out! brill.com/display/titl...

The site of Athribis/Upper Egypt has revealed more than 43,000 ostraca (pot sherds used for writing and drawings), offering remarkable insights into a thousand years of daily life in Egypt. My favourite: a drawing of a shrew, the sacred animal of the god Haroeris. uni-tuebingen.de/universitaet...

Check out this newly published volume on Ancient Egypt and video games, edited by Jennifer Cromwell. This volume is the first to focus solely on the portrayal of Ancient Egypt in video games. More info at: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Ancient Egypt in Video Games is now available for pre-order! The website says a March publication, but my schedule from the publisher says Jan (🤞). The hb version is pretty pricey, but a ppb version will hopefully be down the line! Check out details here: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/isb...

Die #Chatkontrolle ist ein massiver Eingriff in die Grundrechte. Wenn sie kommt, wird es keine verschlüsselte und sichere Kommunikation in Europa mehr geben. Das gilt es bei der Abstimmung im EU-Rat nächste Woche zu verhindern. Denn es geht um unsere Freiheit.

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We are looking for a one-year full-time Research Associate to work on Coptic manuscripts in Manchester as part of a wonderful project that connects mss with local communities. Requires strong skills in Coptic, English, & Arabic. Deadline 31/10. Please share! www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

We have a cover for Ancient Egypt in Video Games! Out either late 2025 or early 2026 - will post a link with contents once it’s up on the DeGruyter website. I’m very excited that this is soon out in the world!

When did we go from not letting students cite Wikipedia because it was "unreliable" to endorsing LLMs that aggregate info from sources without critical perspective, are environmentally destructive, promote plagiarism, prevent learning critical skills, and are FAR less reliable than wiki?

Wow, this 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian paint box still contains original pigments! Looks similar to a modern-day set! An inscription tells us it belonged to Amenemope, Vizier during the reign of Amenhotep II. 📷 Cleveland Museum of Art www.clevelandart.org/art/1914.680 #Archaeology

Two little quail chicks carved on a limestone plaque over 2,000 years ago. Look closely to see a third chick sketched in ink! From Egypt, Late Period–Ptolemaic Period, 400–30 BC. 📷 Met Museum www.metmuseum.org/art/collecti... #ReliefWednesday #Archaeology

Ob antike Superzivilisation oder #AncientAliens - die Protagonisten mögen wechseln, der zugrundeliegende Kulturchauvinismus bleibt der gleiche. Und die Aneignung und Verzerrung von #Geschichte und #Archäologie für politischen Agenden ein aktuelles Problem: 🏺👽 trowelandpen.com/2025/07/27/a...

Studieren an der @uniheidelberg.bsky.social ist gerade noch mal ein bisschen schöner geworden: Wir führen zum Wintersemester den Zertifikatskurs Gender & Queer Studies ein. MA-Studierende und Promovierende aller Fächer können sich ab sofort bewerben!

Funded PhD opportunity at Leiden University on Greek papyrology! Application deadline in August. Check out all the details here: url.uk.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/_z7-CYQEkc...

Wir haben außerdem wieder eine kleine Mini-Tagung zum B-Day auf die Beine gestellt 🥰 Am Montag laden wir euch herzlichst dazu ein, mit uns sowie Freunden und Bekannten aus den Game Studies die Sektkorken knallen zu lassen. Schreibt uns eine Mail an [email protected], wenn ihr dabei sein wollt.

The UK supreme court today ruled that the terms ‘woman’ and ‘sex’ in the Equality Act refer to biological sex. Trump's Executive Order 14168, issued on 20 January, similarly proclaims to be ‘Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government’. Judith Butler: www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Auch dieses Semester gibt es wieder wunderbare Online-/Hybrid-Veranstaltungen, an denen ihr teilnehmen könnt. Zum Beispiel diese tolle Ringvorlesung zu Frauenbildern in der Antike in Würzburg www.uni-wuerzburg. www.uni-wuerzburg.de/forschung/wa...

Nein. Doch! Oh! www.derstandard.de/s...

Just a post to appreciate my cat. I don't see her often because she lives at my father's place. - send with just one arm, because she's been sleeping on my left arm for the last 30 minutes.

new video youtu.be/teqkK0RLNkI?...

Wir schauen uns heute "Amenti" an, in dem wir unter den Pyramiden von Gizeh spannende Artefakte fotografieren können. wir reden mit @antiquidice.bsky.social darüber, wie reale Artefakte hier anachronistisch zusammengestellt werden und warum es unter den Pyramiden so verdammt gruselig sein soll.

Tausende gingen auf die Straße, als Lübcke getötet wurde. Merz warf Linken nun trotzdem Nichtstun vor. Eine taz-Recherche zeigt: Er unternahm wohl selber nichts.

In these dark times of racially charged election campaigns, the German left offers a flicker of hope | Fatma Aydemir

There’s some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for #art #fanart #LOTR #lordoftherings #illustration #SamwiseGamgee

Anlässlich des Holocaust-Gedenktages am 27. Januar widmet die Sendung mit der Maus am morgigen Sonntag dem jüdischen Maler Felix Nussbaum (1904-1944) eine besondere Ausgabe – und setzt dabei sein lang verschollenes Drehbuch „Pit und Peggs Traumreise” erstmal als Lachgeschichte um.

"Wir sind die Brandmauer"#Köln#Berlin#Rechtsruck

A JRF relevant to Egyptologists working on manuscript and text culture: www.queens.ox.ac.uk/vacancies/ju...

How shiny is this?! A new tomb discovered in south Saqqara of a royal physician from the reign of Pepi II. Information from @SilviaZago6 on X and photos from @TourismandAntiq on X. www.unige.ch/mafssaqqara/...

Alle 11 Minuten verliebt sich Markus Söder in sich selbst.

Series 9 of BBC You're Dead To Me: Great comedians, great historians, and episodes about... - ARISTOTLE! - ARTS AND CRAFTS MOVEMENT! - CATHERINE DE MEDICI! - THE CAUSES OF THE BRITISH CIVIL WAR - KING ARTHUR! - SOJOURNER TRUTH! - HERNAN CORTES & MALINTZIN! - SOME OTHER STUFF I'VE FORGOTTEN

We need YOU! If you are working in archaeology in Germany or Austria, please share your experience with us. For an exhibition & scientific study on 'sexism in archaeology', 100% anonymous data only 🙏 www.umfrageonline.com/c/quruyhze @oeai.bsky.social @univie.ac.at @rebaysalisbury.bsky.social

Just got extremely lucky in Pokemon Go

Just watched War of the Rohirrim and I liked it a lot! I can absolutely recommend it! Also if you don't know anything about LOTR but think it looks nice, give it a go. Hab a friend with me who is not into LOTR at all but she still loves it and had no problems to follow the story.

When you bake Christmas cookies with the intention of giving (most of) them away to friends, but they turn out to be so delicious that they might disappear within a few hours...

An ancient Egyptian Bes jar, depicting the dwarf god Bes with his leonine face. Would likely have been used in the home to ward off evil spirits and provide magical protection for women and children. 📸 mine 🏺 Garstang Museum of Archaeology E.6807, Late Period, Esna.

Baked some Christmas cookies today. Including a pharaoh form and some small Sobeks ;)

Bei Azura, bei Azura, bei Azura! @jbirken.bsky.social und @gamestudies.bsky.social tun es wieder! Der unausweichliche erste deutsche Sammelband zu The Elder Scrolls wird kommen, und ihr könnt Teil sein! #gamestudies Jetzt Adoring Fan werden und Abstract einreichen🔽 languageatplay.de/2024/12/05/c...

I will be speaking about my forthcoming book in two streamed talks over the next couple of weeks. The first is a hybrid talk on December 5 at 17:00 CET at the Egyptian Museum in Bonn, Poststr. 26, 53111 Bonn, 3. OG., or online with signup at uni-bonn.zoom.us/meeting/regi....

Just found the best cat in Nekoatsume: Ramses the Great. I love that he's sitting in a Sphinx pose.

Hier noch etwas Bahnhofsromantik von heute morgen. Morgensonne am Bahnsteig. Außerdem: Das ist die drittletzte Woche, in der ich pendeln muss! 👀

CfP alert! 📢 Mythological Game Studies Conference @maciejpaprocki.bsky.social and I are organizing an online conference on mythology & video games (May 2025). We're interested in everything games, myth, mythology & mythologies! Abstract deadline: Feb 2! For more: docs.google.com/document/d/1...

a "horny fever dream" is all I ever want from a vampire film

Wenn ihr es nicht eh schon tut, sind Masken im ÖPNV wieder ne gute Idee, als Hustender und als Angehusteter

Am Montagmorgen positive Nachrichten im E-Mail-Postfach gefunden 👀 das ist doch Mal ein schöner Start in die Woche.

Super excited to announce that Hannah Vogel and I are doing a hybrid soft book launch on October 19, 2024, coincidentally on World Archaeology Day, for our book "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology." We'd love to have you join us, registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/public-lec...

CW Insects I saw this praying mantis today in Bonn. I didn't even know they occurred here!

Oh, almost a year now!

Inspired by @bitchkingofangmar.bsky.social I did some cross stitching again. Here are some older finished pieces I did in the last few years.