new position: University Professorship in Egyptology at Freie Universität Berlin #Egyptology

In Saskatoon, the Museum of Antiquities at the University of Saskatchewan recently got these incredible facsimiles. Fantastic to bring my Archaeology of Mesopotamia students to visit and discuss these pieces. #Archaeology #USask #SteleOfHammurabi

This week in class, my students and I experimented with barley processing - threshing, winnowing, and grinding. Lots of fun, and made it so much easier to interpret evidence from Abu Hureyra. Also - no complaints about winnowing in -35 Celsius!!! lol. #Mesoptamia2Saskatoon #Archaeology

I love this bag - from a great bookstore in Cairo - Diwan. Featuring the hoopoe, one of my favourite birds, often shown in ancient Egyptian garden scenes. #Egyptology

This is one of my favourite scenes from the tomb of Horemhab - the ritual of breaking the red pots. This ritual was actually carried out, and remnants of the pots have been found associated with funeral ceremonies, to protect the dead. #Archaeology #Egyptology

Check out this unfinished statue from the tomb of Tia. Chisel marks cover the surface. I absolutely love pieces like this that show the creation process. This would have become a a seated couple. #Archaeology #Egyptology

Scribes in the tomb of Horemheb, taking note of the captured enemy. #Archaeology #Egyptology

Last day in the coolest office! The tomb of Horemhab. #Egyptology #Archaeology

Offering bearers adding to the pile in the tomb of Horemhab. Just remnants of the colourful paint that once decorated these scenes remains. #Egyptology #Archaeology

Mmmmm breakfast in Cairo!! #Egypt

We start our day pretty early - and the. Drive to site. One benefit is getting to see the city start moving, and the sky slowly brighten as we start our day. Join me as the sunrises in this Timelapse!

It would have been incredible to see the pyramids encased in white, blazing in the sun, and dotting the horizon. #Egyptology #Archaeology

A donkey at Sunrise. It’s good luck, I’m sure.

Here’s a beautiful little monkey from the tomb of Maya and Merry from Saqqara. #Egyptology #Archaeology

Good morning from Saqqara! In the background is Djoser’s stepped pyramid. The first pyramid of Egypt! #Egyptology #Archaeology

Sunset from our balcony in Abusir - having a fantastic season in Saqqara! #Egyptology #Archaeology

I somehow managed to miss sharing my own interview. Haha. If you’re interested in listening to how I got into studying ancient Egypt, coffins, wood, and carpentry, check it out on an episode of Ancient Office Hours with the Ozymandias Project. #Egyptology #Archaeology

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Delighted to see that the trailer is now online for PHARAOHS: RISE AND FALL, the six part television series for Go Button Media, which I filmed in July 2024. Very happy that a few familiar faces are joining me for the ride! #Egyptology m.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zq7...

Check out these fantastic 18th/19th century attempts to draw hieroglyphs. They are incredible. Particularly this… anteater Amit? Just wonderful. This copy of the original from Bologna is in the Prague National Museum. #Archaeology #Egyptology

This is the first room about the history of beer from the Pilsner Urquell “experience” in Prague. I love it. The music playing is an interpretation of the hymn to Nikasa. Other goods to agriculture and beer included too! It was awesome. #Mesopotamia #Egyptology #Archaeology #Beer

My little papyrus garden is going strong… raising the plants I need to make papyrus sheets with my students next year!! #Archaeology #Egyptology #IDidntQuiteThinkThroughAllThatThisProjectEntailed

I am delighted that USask understands the value of hands-on experiences in the classroom. Looking forward to some experimental archaeology in the classroom!! #Archaeology #Egyptology #MesopotamianArchaeology

Last chance to download this for FREE! It gets a price tag after the 31st!!! #Archaeology #Egyptology

It’s up! You can download a PDF of ARCHAEOLOGICAL WOOD AND WOODWORKING for free until March 31! Tree science, dendrochronology, tool marks, and Egyptian coffin case studies! #Archaeology #Dendrochronology #Egyptology doi.org/10.1017/9781...

I’ll be in Toronto to give a talk on March 20th - but you can tune in from anywhere! #Egyptology #Archaeology

Written 78 years apart and very interesting to compare. What is the future of #Egyptology? #WeekendReads #Egypt #Archaeology #Futures

Finished checking the proofs for my Archaeological Wood and Woodworking ‘Element’ (Coming Soon!) - then went to the wood shop to make a quick sorting box for the garage. Not the prettiest work, but she gets the job done haha #Archaeology #Dendroarchaeology #Egyptology

Egyptology Starter Pack has been updated - do let me know if you or somwbody you know is missing! (Or if you want to e removed!) #Archaeology #Egyptology go.bsky.app/ypboLQ

I love these vessels from the MFA in Boston. Skeuomorphs! Imitations of prestigious stone vessels. Wonderful. #Egyptology #Archaeology

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

Thanks to everybody who came out! It’s such an amazing feeling when a talk goes well and there are great questions, and people are getting really excited about ancient wooden objects!!

Now hiring! UC Press is looking for a detail-oriented Editorial Assistant to join our hybrid team in Oakland, CA! This is a fantastic opportunity to work behind the scenes on impactful scholarly and trade books. buff.ly/3Cd8znb #PublishingJobs #EditorialCareers

Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae now allows for sorting search results by date! It's great to see this improvement -- it makes TLA even more useful for research. 😃 #Egyptology thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/info/tla-dev...

New Tombs Discovered in #Saqqara Contain Burial Shafts Sealed with Limestone Blocks 2 mastabas and 2 rock-cut tombs (OK) #Egyptology #archaeology www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2025/01/n...

Hi Bluesky! I’m giving a talk on Zoom next week for the Archaeological Society of Alberta, Lethbridge Center. Check out the Facebook event, or message me for the zoom link! Snapshots of Coffins & Carpenters in Ancient Egypt January 7, 7pm MST facebook.com/events/s/asa... #Egyptology #Archaeology

Hi History Educators. Some'd be delighted to know a website on using historical video games in history education (and historical game studies) exists, has existed for 14 years, and is full of a lot of relevant all free) (amplifications appreciated; I think a lot of interested folk just don't know)

Welcome to 2025. We have just launched a call for papers for Dendroarchaeology - a special issue of Dendrochronologia. www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... We welcome papers that shed light on the human past through dendrochronological analyses. Please take a look & share. 🌳💍🏺#dendroarchaeology

My holiday photos from a trip to Vancouver… I took some of family too, but these are the highlights 😉

The fourth volume of the Crossroads series is out. Happy to see the babies side by side :) #IANESPrague @LockwoodPress The next one will be in fall 2026! #cuneiform #Mesopotamia #Egypt #ancientworld #archaeology

Home in Vancouver visiting family. So far every uber has been a Tesla. Haha

Columbia University staff are being suspended and terminated for participating in last Spring's Gaza Solidarity Encampment, even if they were off the clock at the time. Similar cases are being seen across the country. https://mondoweiss.net/2024/12/universities-are-continuing-to-retaliate-against-…

Every year I just can’t handle how ridiculous this is. In a good way. Anybody else? #IYKYK

It is also due to Egyptology’s instinct for self-promotion and self-preservation, which surprised even me during the Tutankhamun centenary in 2022. But museums, and academic disciplines, are never neutral. 📜🗃️🏺

A very merry holidays from me and my gingerbread pharaohs! Aren’t they adorable?! I have a bunch of amazing cookie cutters from Bakerology - bakerlogy.com/collections/... #Egyptology

Today’s pop culture reference to the ancient world in class comes from Marvel Universe: The End. Turns out Akhenaten got pretty close to destroying the universe!! Haha - the 6 issue spread is marvellous. #MarvelComics #Egyptology #Archaeology

One of my students was a metalsmith and is now planning on studying metalwork in ancient Egypt. He’s experimenting with different casting techniques, and made me this bronze Osiris. How cool is that?! #Egyptology #Archaeology

I love this mummified ram. I don’t know why, but I do. He calls to me. In the MFA, Boston. #Egyptology #Archaeology

Some really cool displays at the Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East! #Archaeology #AncientNearEast

Stepped away from the ASOR conference to visit the MFA - some of my favourites :) #Egyptology #Archaeology