Protecting cultural heritage through science: researchers tested fluorescent nanoparticle tags in conservation varnishes to deter artefact theft. Paraloid-based tags proved most stable, while perovskite dots degraded faster. 🏺✨ #CulturalHeritage #ConservationScience www.nature.com/articles/s40...

A parliamentary reception celebrated 60 years of Classical Civilisation in schools and the launch of "Classical Civilisation and Ancient History in British Secondary Education". A milestone for Classics access and advocacy. 🎓#PublicHumanities #EducationPolicy

The ISAC Museum presents “Megiddo: A City Unearthed, A Past Imagined” (18 Sept, 2025 - 15 Mar, 2026), marking 100 years of excavations. Explore ancient palaces, fortifications, and artefacts alongside media, archives, and art reflecting Megiddo’s historical and imagined legacies.

The Weizmann Institute researchers combined precise dating with existing climate data from Dead Sea drill cores, from Soreq Cave stalagmites and from records of solar activity traced through its influence on the formation of radioactive cosmogenic isotopes.

Scientists have sequenced the oldest known Egyptian genome (4,500 years old), revealing 80% North African ancestry and 20% links to Mesopotamia. This breakthrough offers rare insight into early Egyptian connections and migration. #AncientDNA #Egypt #Paleogenetics #History

Egypt’s Mount Sinai, sacred to Jews, Christians, and Muslims, is being transformed by a massive tourism project of hotels and roads. Critics say it threatens Bedouin homes, St Catherine’s Monastery, and the mountain’s spiritual landscape. #MountSinai #Heritage #Egypt

A viral AI Bible video turns the Book of Revelation into blockbuster-style chaos, with angels, dragons, and all. 🎬 Pray.com calls it “the Marvel Universe of faith,” but theologians warn it risks turning scripture into spectacle. #AIBible #Religion #AI #BookOfRevelation

Alice Roberts’s "Domination" traces how a small cult became a global faith, seeing the Church as Rome reborn. Brilliant on objects, cynical on belief, her humanist history dazzles but sometimes blinks at faith’s complexity. #History #Christianity #BookReview www.theguardian.com/books/2025/s...

New issue of Zeitschrift des Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft Vol. 175, No. 2 (2025) zdmg.harrassowitz-library.com/issue/ZDMG/2... @harrassowitz-v.bsky.social

New research reveals the earliest known critique of the Shroud of Turin: in the 1370s, theologian Nicole Oresme called it a “clear fake” used to deceive the faithful. His writings suggest the shroud was seen as a medieval invention from the very start. #History #ShroudOfTurin

The site, located in Salihli, was once the capital of the Lydian Kingdom, famed in history as the birthplace of coinage, where money was first minted under state authority. 💰🏛️ #Archaeology #Lydia #AncientHistory #Turkey

Friends of ASOR announce their first archaeological tour of Cyprus, 14–23 June 2026! 🏺Join ASOR’s Dr. Rachel Bernstein & Dr. Andy Vaughn for exclusive site visits, including Idalion with Dr. Pamela Gaber, Kalavasos with Dr. Kevin Fisher, & dinner with Dr. William Dever. #Archaeology

Extrabiblical clues may help anchor the #Exodus story in history. Versions of the “leper story,” preserved by Josephus from Graeco-Egyptian sources, recall a king Amenophis who expelled “lepers and polluted persons.” In these tales, the Egyptian names of Moses may hold the key.

Should be quite an exhibition! #Romans #History #Chichester #NoviumMuseum www.bbc.com/news/article...

🌍 Resource Share: Explore free digital guides & activities on the history of Egypt & Sudan, from pyramids & temples to Tutankhamun, women in Ancient Egypt, and more. Perfect for educators, parents, or curious minds! #AncientEgypt #SudanHistory #Egyptology www.ees.ac.uk/learn/digita...

📖 Resource Share: Journal of Septuagint and Cognate Studies (JSCS) - the annual journal of IOSCS, featuring articles, reviews, and research on the Septuagint & related texts. Digitized back issues (vols. 1–50) now available! #Septuagint #BiblicalStudies #JSCS #TextualStudies

📚 Resource Share - IAA Reports: a monograph series publishing final excavation reports of major sites, plus focused studies on material under the Israel Antiquities Authority’s care. A treasure trove for archaeologists & history lovers alike. #Archaeology #History #IAA

Titled "Myth and Marble: Ancient Roman Sculpture from the Torlonia Collection", this exhibition features some 60 pieces of marble sculpture, many of which have not been exhibited in almost a century. #Roman #Museum kimbellart.org/myth-and-mar...

In the northern part of the estate were found an olive press, a spacious warehouse building and a public purification bath – a miqveh. The olive press was carefully planned, consisting of two wings. #Samaritans #Mosaics #Archaeology www.youtube.com/watch?v=dw3w...

Alongside the exhibition, Alexandria National Museum inaugurated a new research library with 1,100+ volumes on underwater archaeology, ancient history, and conservation science, supporting access and inclusivity. #MuseumStudies #ArchaeologyResearch #Alexandria

Experimental archaeology bridges imagination and evidence. By reconstructing ancient diets, tools, and rituals, researchers like those in Sam Kean’s Dinner with King Tut illuminate everyday life in lost civilizations. #ExperimentalArchaeology #AncientLife #MaterialCulture

Who controls the past controls the future. Today, archaeology serves diplomacy, as in Türkiye & Egypt. 📜 #Archaeology #CulturalHeritage

Shouldn’t surprise us to read of our same tenderness & brutality. “…His slave Epaphroditus, aged about 8 years, wishing to lean out from the bed-chamber… & see the castanet-players, fell & was killed. I…ask you…[to ensure] that the body of Epaphroditus may receive proper laying out and burial”

Troy rose through brilliance in planning and production, yet exhausted its own soil. Prosperity without balance risks ruin. Ambition must serve, not destroy. 🏺🌱 #AncientTroy #Collapse #Ecology theconversation.com/troys-fall-w...

Even 2,000+ years ago, Romans faced housing woes: crowded cities, eviction, and soaring rents. ⚖️ #Rome #HousingCrisis #AncientSociety

Reconstructed Knossos Palace reveals Minoan power, ritual spaces, and communal life. Like the cities and temples of the biblical world, these complexes highlight how belief, governance, and social order were intertwined. 🏺📜 #Knossos #MinoanCulture #Archaeology

Archaeologists uncover a suspended-floor Roman bathhouse at Baiae, Italy—ten feet below the sea. Lavish baths of the Roman elite echo the ritual and social customs described in biblical texts on cleanliness & community life. #Archaeology #Baiae #RomanHistory #AncientLife

Shopping lists, letters, contracts… 1,500 years later, Oxyrhynchus papyri show us what life was like in Ptolemaic & Roman Egypt. Trash becomes treasure in archaeology! 🏺📝 #Oxyrhynchus #Archaeology #AncientEgypt #History #Papyri

New research in Basra shows the Shaṭṭ al-Arab floodplain was shaped by thousands of ridges & canals built with slave labor over centuries. Iraqi landscape heritage revealed. #Archaeology #Iraq #History #Zanj #CulturalHeritage

Discover Uruk: cradle of civilization, home to early urban design, ziggurats, and writing. Follow its rise, culture, & legacy in this epic documentary. 🌆📜 #Uruk #AncientMesopotamia #History #Civilization #Archaeology

This book does sound fascinating but Barry Strauss’ New Books Network interview is a great illustration of the limits on how useful “historical echoes” are as an idea, and of the fact that ancient historians don’t necessarily have insightful takes on present-day events (and vice versa):

Embroidery as language: Palestinian women’s garments tell stories through colour, stitch & motif. Explore Thread Memory & Tatreez at the V&A. 🪡🌿 #Tatreez #Palestine #Embroidery #Heritage #VandA

Pompeii wasn’t frozen in time. Excavations show life returned: homes built in upper floors, ovens in cellars, chaos in the streets. The city lingered 400 yrs after eruption. #Pompeii #Archaeology #History #Vesuvius

A wooden head rising from a blue lotus in Tutankhamun’s tomb—child god Nefertem? Cosmic rebirth? Divine femininity? Kara Cooney & Amber Myers Wells unpack its many meanings. 🌸👑 #Tutankhamun #Egyptology #AncientEgypt #Archaeology

Why build no houses? At Murayghat, Early Bronze Age groups met not to live, but to remember, decide, & honour. Dolmens & standing stones marked territory & belonging. #Murayghat #BronzeAge #Archaeology #AncientWorld

On a hill in Şanlıurfa, Göbekli Tepe’s carved pillars still guard their secrets. Whether temple, calendar, or gathering place, it shows humanity’s first great act of storytelling. 📜✨ #Heritage #Turkey #GöbekliTepe #History #Archaeology

At Hippos near the Sea of Galilee, a 1,600-yr-old mosaic reads “Peace on the elders.” Likely the earliest evidence of an institution for the elderly in Byzantine Israel. 🏺✨ #Archaeology #Israel #History #Byzantine #Science

In Turkey’s “Stone Hills,” Mendik Tepe emerges, possibly older than Göbeklitepe. Its early Neolithic buildings shed light on humanity’s shift from foraging to farming. 🌍🏛️ #Heritage #Turkey #History #Neolithic #Archaeology

In Mesopotamia, land of Eden & Abraham, drought lowers the Tigris, exposing ruins. Even in crisis, the earth uncovers echoes of the Bible’s world. 📜🏺 #BibleHistory #Iraq #Tigris #Archaeology #Mesopotamia

New study: Sumer’s rise was fueled by tides & shifting rivers at the head of the Persian Gulf. Early farmers used tidal canals before vast irrigation networks reshaped Mesopotamia. 🌊🏛️ #Archaeology #Mesopotamia #Sumer #History #Science

At the Louvre: a 6-inch bronze of Pazuzu, Mesopotamia’s wind demon. With talons, horns, scales & serpent features, he roamed myth long before modern horror drew on his image. 🏺👹 #Archaeology #Mesopotamia #History #Mythology #Louvre

Menhir La Motte de Beurre: This menhir is broken in two, each part about 1.8m (6 ft) long. Only one is standing, it has a bird carved on it, shown in full flight, superposed over a white quartz vein.

Archaeology isn’t new—one of the first “archaeologists” lived in 6th c. BCE Nippur (Iraq), curating artifacts beside a library. Ancient people studied their own past. 🏺📚 #Archaeology #History #Mesopotamia #Iraq #Science

From Neolithic pottery to Iron Age metalwork, the ibex appears across Persian & Near Eastern art. More than decoration, it symbolized fertility, water, and myth. 🐐🏺 #Archaeology #Iran #NearEast #History #Mythology

In Maysan, Iraq, 44 ancient artifacts were recovered & handed to heritage officials thanks to local residents. A reminder: safeguarding the past is a shared duty. 🌍🏺 #CulturalHeritage #Iraq #History #Archaeology #Antiquities

China joins Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities to excavate Memphis—the first capital. Focus: Sekhmet Temple & origins of writing, states & society. A new lens on ancient civilisation. 🏛️📜 #Archaeology #Egypt #History #Science #Civilization

A wildfire near the Sea of Galilee scorched the landscape and exposed Bethsaida, the long-buried town from Jesus’ era. Nature’s fury becomes archaeology’s lens. 🔥🏛️ #Israel #Archaeology #SeaOfGalilee #BiblicalStudies #History www.haaretz.com/archaeology/...

Archaeologists uncovered a 4th–5th c. mosaic at Hippos by the Sea of Galilee with evidence of one of the earliest homes for the elderly in Byzantine Israel. Care and community, carved in stone. 🏛️🕊️ #Israel #Archaeology #Byzantine #SeaOfGalilee #History

🌺 Archaeologists in Gath uncovered traces of plants once offered to goddesses, some with medicinal or even psychoactive powers. Sacred food, altered states, and women weaving for Asherah… what kind of rituals do you imagine filled these temples? #AncientRituals #Archaeology

🏛️ Palmyra, Syria: the “Bride of the Desert.” Once a Silk Road jewel under Queen Zenobia, later scarred by war, yet still standing proud. Can ancient cities like Palmyra ever be silenced, or do they keep speaking through the ruins? #History #Palmyra #UNESCO