🎮 At #CAA2026 in Vienna, Aris Politopoulos & I are co-hosting a session on archaeology + play! We’ll explore inclusivity, ethics, critical limits—and how archaeogaming can challenge dominant narratives. Blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/26/b... #Archaeogaming #DigitalHeritage

#280CharAbstracts: 👩‍🏫 Martina Trognitz argues that teaching archaeology must include data literacy. Good data management, FAIR principles & Open Science should be exemplified by instructors and practiced by students. 🇩🇪 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #Data

The Interactive Pasts Conference (TIPC) is an event where we get together to celebrate our joint love for video games and the past and share our playful, creative, smart, cool, beautiful ideas with each other. Come and join: interactivepasts.com/the-interact...

📣 New season of the Digital Classicist Berlin Seminar starts Oct 14! Hybrid lectures on 3D, cuneiform, digital twins, AI, citizen science & more. I’m happy to help organize it in my new role at BBAW. More in my blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/19/a... #DigitalClassics #DH

🎓 New edited volume out now: Digital Methods of Learning & Teaching in Archaeology! Packed with chapters on #VR, #archaeogaming & more. Open Access, CC‑BY‑ND, from a 2024 TU Darmstadt workshop. Read more in the blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/08/29/a... #DigitalArchaeology #OpenAccess

ICYMI: I attended a workshop on virtual reality in digital media, where I was the only archaeologist. Nevertheless, I learnt a lot! The workshop, organised by J. Tomann and S. de Jong, was a delight. Read more about it here: itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/11/04/a... #VirtualReality #Archaeology

🏺 Uruk/Warka is one of the world's earliest cities. Excavations have uncovered a wide range of monumental buildings. Our focus was on the main buildings: C and B; the 'Pillared Hall' and 'Hallenbau'; the 'Great Courtyard'; and some smaller structures. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

#280CharAbstracts: S. N. Autenrieth and D. von Boekel investigate why the destruction of architectural monuments and pictorial works occurs during times of change in the UK, Mesoamerica, Germany, Afghanistan and Syria, both in the past and in the present day. #OpenAccess 🔗 doi.org/10.14361/978...

🎮 I’m co-organizing The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 this October in Leiden! A seriously playful event where games, heritage & history meet. Expect workshops, papers, demos & good vibes. New blog post ➡️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/08/08/c... #TIPC4 #VALUE #Archaeogaming

Die Reichen leben vom Strom der Armen … #Voltaire durchschaute schon im 18. Jahrhundert die Systemarchitektur … Der Komfort der oberen Klassen basiert auf einer konstanten #Spannung, erzeugt durch das prekäre Leben der unteren. Kein Wunder, dass die Maßeinheit #Volt nach ihm benannt wurde. 🖖

ICYMI: One of Egypt’s earliest wells built entirely of stone was excavated in 2000–2001. 🧱💧 Detailed 3D visualisations now illustrate its architecture, building techniques, features, and stratigraphy. A glimpse into ancient engineering! 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it... #DigitalArchaeology

🦫 Just wrote about DBeaver – a free, cross-platform database client that handles local and remote DBs like a pro. 🚨 Caveat: updates can break stuff, but there is a solution. Still: 🧰 probably the best tool I’ve used for managing complex DB setups. Blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/07/11/n...

ICYMI: I’ve finally left Academia.edu. They don’t support open science — they profit from locking your research behind paywalls and upselling “premium” features. I’m done. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/28/w... #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #AcademiaEdu #ScholarStrike

ICYMI: 🏺 How did light shape sacred space in ancient Mesopotamia? We explored this by reconstructing lighting conditions in 4 key temple types. ✨ Sacred architecture, seen in a new light. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it... #DigitalArchaeology #Mesopotamia #3DModeling #SacralArchitecture

ICYMI: 🎮 In this blog post, I give a quick intro to archaeogaming: studying archaeology in, of, and through video games—from Tomb Raider to No Man’s Sky. Have a look: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/30/a... #Archaeogaming #GameStudies #DigitalArchaeology

For an old project, I instructed 4 students to evaluate an online 3D viewer that was developed. Our task was to evaluate its potential use in archaeology, and we already had some ideas. However, I wondered if a classic 3D viewer was the right approach. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/21/t...

Just got back from #ICAANE in Lyon — a great experience! Enjoyed insightful talks, a well-run program, and the chance to present my work on digitally reassembling the garden scene of the North Palace at Nineveh. Also: tea, people-watching, and Lyon's charm 🌧️🍷☀️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/06/06/i...

🚀 Two months into my new job & things are in full swing! 🔍 Working on a massive Mesopotamian seal database 🛠️ Juggling many tasks, team planning, outreach & LOD 💬 It’s intense—but progress is showing! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/30/m... #DigitalHumanities #Mesopotamia #NewJobVibes #AcademicLife

Just back from the DiKopA workshop and wow—so much good discussion on digital archaeology, teaching, and what “skills” really mean in 2025. Wrote up some thoughts here: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/23/t... #Archaeology #DigitalHumanities #AcademicLife #DiKopA #Fieldnotes

Just got back from #CAA2025 in Athens—what a week! From archaeogaming sessions to exploring the Acropolis (and the coffee!), it was unforgettable. 🏛️☕ Check out my full recap: itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/16/c... #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeogaming #CAA

📅 May 19–20 | Darmstadt + Online Join us for the second DiKopA Workshop on digital teaching & learning in archaeology! Talks, keynotes & discussions on digitisation, reproducibility & more. Full programme now online! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/09/u... #Archaeology #DigitalTeaching #DiKopA

ICYMI: 🏺Yeha Visualisation Project. We have created not just a reconstruction of a building or a town, but of an entire palaeoenvironment! The Ethio-Sabaean settlement in Ethiopia from the 1st mill. BCE is located in a valley & features a beautiful palace. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

#280CharAbstracts: @DelitzHeike and F. Levenson discuss the social significance of great architecture and the sociology of #monumentality. They compare nomadic architecture with medieval cathedrals and the ritual topography of Uruk. #openaccess 🔗 www.doi.org/10.14361/978...

ICMYI: I was in Paris for a few days and, to my surprise, I didn't like what I had come for, but I did find something else that I would come back for in a heartbeat. Was it Le Marais, Montmartre or the Louvre? Read the answer here: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/14/a...

*chef’s kiss*

New open-access article by Sophie C. Schmidt and me on the state of Digital and Computational Archaeology in Germany 🇩🇪. We explore what DCA is, how it’s taught, career options, and future prospects. Now published in it – Information Technology! 🎉 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/04/11/n...

I'm thrilled to announce that I’ve started a new job as a project coordinator for the KIŠIB project in Berlin. We're building a huge digital database of ancient Mesopotamian seals, combining archaeology, digital tools, and more! It’s a 16-year journey ahead.🖋️ 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/04/04/n...

ICYMI: 🏺 Tepe Gawra ("the great mound"), is located in #Iraq. The "Round House" dates from around 4000 BCE. As our architec. reconstruction is of course only tentative, we have decided to use colour coding to illustrate the degree of certainty in the model. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

🚀 The results of the 2nd #Archaeogaming Hackathon are live! Hosted by the DiKopA network, two teams created playable Archaeogames in just three days using RPG Maker MV. Play them now (🇩🇪) & explore the past in a whole new way! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/03/28/t... #GameDev #DigitalArchaeology

ICYMI: Sometimes I write an email to someone because I need an answer. By writing and finding the right words to describe my problem, I find the answer 80% of the time. These days, I only pretend to write emails to find answers. #productivity 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/08/06/h...

🏺 ICYMI: The so-called "Red House" was discovered in the centre of the lower town of Tell Schech Hamad. It was built and used during the Neo-Babylonian period (626-539 BCE) and destroyed by fire. We created a 3D model of the replastered remains. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

In The Shock Doctrine (2007), Naomi Klein argues that crises are used to push neoliberal policies that benefit elites. 💰📉 From Chile to Iraq, she shows how disaster capitalism works. A must-read (especially now)! 📖🔥 #Economics #Politics #DisasterCapitalism ⬇️ 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/03/21/b...

ICYMI: Deadlines are both a blessing and a curse. They motivate me, but they also lower the quality of my work. The fact is, you can't work in academia without deadlines. But how do they work for you? Do you need/hate/ignore deadlines? My own opinion: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/09/23/d...

🏺 Heron of Alexandria (c. 10-70 CE) was a Greek-Egyptian mathematician and inventor. One of his inventions was automatic temple doors. The doors would open automatically when a fire was lit and close again when the fire died down. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

ICYMI: 🚀 Part two of my three-part series on academic #productivity! This time, I’m exploring the value of discussion over mere questioning—in other words, the long-term benefits of meaningful exchange over short-term solutions. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/23/t...

BookWyrm is my new go-to book club social platform! 📚✨ It’s ad-free, anti-corporate & community-driven—everything Goodreads should have been. If you love books & want a better way to track your reading, check it out! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/03/07/m... #BookWyrm #Fediverse #Reading

🏺 🕹️ TIPC 4 is just around the corner and there is still time to submit a paper (15 March 2025). So why not start thinking about archaeology and video games? In this post I talk about the #archaeogaming conference and why it is so damn cool. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/02/28/t...

#280CharAbstracts: M. Remmy presents his experiences using #geocaching software. Students of #archaeology and DH have developed new games that guide the user through modern Cologne. #archaeogaming #openaccess 🔗 doi.org/10.5334/bch.j

ICYMI: 🏺 The 3-storey ziggurat was surrounded by a complex system of walls and courtyards. Archaeological records document various installations. A number of secondary sources were consulted. Over 4000 human models and 300 buildings were used in this view. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

The 2nd Archaeogaming Hackathon in Darmstadt brought together 2 student groups to create unique games. One focused on Roman coins and trade, while the other explored Bronze Age architecture. Despite challenges like fire alarms, both teams worked very hard. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/02/21/s...

You can make an argument--from their defunding of sexual violence resources to their treatment of incarcerated trans women to Trump himself--this is an adamantly pro-rape administration

ICYMI: I went to a CAVE, a Cave Automatic Virtual Environment, and was really excited. I can see how it was great technology in the 90s, but compared to today's VR headsets, I was underwhelmed. Why spend so much 💰 on something that is easier to solve? 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/09/09/i...

Für ORF Topos hat mich der @rainersigl.bsky.social ausführlich zu Geschichte in Digitalen Spielen interviewt. Es ging um gefühlte Authentizität, Identität, Sinn und Geschichtsvermittlung: topos.orf.at/civilization... #GameStudies

ICYMI: Pi-Ramesse (House of Ramses) is located in Egypt. It was founded by Ramses II. A nearly 7 minute animation was created over a period of 9 months. The urban structure of the city was very carefully visualised and resulted in this. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

🏺 I gave a presentation to 80 children as part of a children's university. It was an experience and I (re)learnt how to ask questions. The presentation was about 3D reconstructions, so I had a simple topic to explain to an auditorium full of 8-12 year olds. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/02/14/p...

#280CharAbstracts: The Emotive Project introduces a multi-component digital kit for using learning environments to foster prehistoric empathy in young people for #culturalheritage. @ubiquitypress #openaccess 🔗 doi.org/10.5334/bch.n

ICYMI: 🏺 Mari, in Syria, is one of the most famous sites in western Asia. The Massif Rouge has a complicated history of excavation and research. We created a detailed model of the area by hand, the only way to create a 3D model from the excavation data. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

🏺 🕹️ I have finished IJ and the Great Circle and these are my final thoughts. After an incredible journey with great mechanics, storytelling and visuals, I can say it's one of the best games I've ever played. The world building and challenges kept me hooked. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/02/07/f...

ICYMI: Idea Napkins are a great tool to bring ideas to life. Although it originated in the tech industry, I see potential for academia as well. In this article I write about the concept and how you can use it for yourself. #productivity 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/09/02/i...

ICYMI: 🏺 The Stone Building (Steingebäude) at Uruk is a semi-subterranean stone building consisting of 3 rectangular rooms nested inside each other. Access was by a ramp leading down. The inner floor was paved with stone slabs. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...