Average Aussie Egyptologist (aka Thérèse Clarke)🦋
@ausegyptology.bsky.social
Married to Victor Clarke. PhD in Egyptology (Old Kingdom). Shoe lover/Rugby Lover/Dog Lover. Star Trek/Stargate SG1/Indiana Jones nut.
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Excellent source of #OpenAccess scholarly information on the Ancient World
ancientworldonline.blogspot.com
You can subscribe to the daily updates at AWOL and offer thanks to @AWOL_tweets for this amazing resource. Alternatively, you can make offerings to Thoth and Seshat.
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ancientworldonline.blogspot.com
You can subscribe to the daily updates at AWOL and offer thanks to @AWOL_tweets for this amazing resource. Alternatively, you can make offerings to Thoth and Seshat.
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Lecture by Dr Rune Nyord on the topic of his latest book:
Yearning for Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife (2025)
Dr Nyord's book is available in #OpenAccess for download at library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
khentiamentiu.blogspot.com/2025/11/late...
Yearning for Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife (2025)
Dr Nyord's book is available in #OpenAccess for download at library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
khentiamentiu.blogspot.com/2025/11/late...
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Lecture by Dr Rune Nyord on the topic of his latest book:
Yearning for Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife (2025)
Dr Nyord's book is available in #OpenAccess for download at library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
khentiamentiu.blogspot.com/2025/11/late...
Yearning for Immortality: The European Invention of the Ancient Egyptian Afterlife (2025)
Dr Nyord's book is available in #OpenAccess for download at library.oapen.org/handle/20.50...
khentiamentiu.blogspot.com/2025/11/late...
More goodies from the Bent Pyramid of Sneferu:
The limestone stela (GEM 5169), and statue (GEM 81267 & GEM 7645) of King Sneferu from the subsidiary pyramid of the Bent Pyramid.
The limestone stela (GEM 5169), and statue (GEM 81267 & GEM 7645) of King Sneferu from the subsidiary pyramid of the Bent Pyramid.
November 14, 2025 at 8:04 AM
More goodies from the Bent Pyramid of Sneferu:
The limestone stela (GEM 5169), and statue (GEM 81267 & GEM 7645) of King Sneferu from the subsidiary pyramid of the Bent Pyramid.
The limestone stela (GEM 5169), and statue (GEM 81267 & GEM 7645) of King Sneferu from the subsidiary pyramid of the Bent Pyramid.
A travertine/calcite alabaster goblet with an image of King Tutankhamun and Queen Ankhenesamun from the antechamber in KV 62. It features the God, Heh. The image is only visible when a taper or light is used to illuminate the goblet. GEM 28.
November 14, 2025 at 6:59 AM
A travertine/calcite alabaster goblet with an image of King Tutankhamun and Queen Ankhenesamun from the antechamber in KV 62. It features the God, Heh. The image is only visible when a taper or light is used to illuminate the goblet. GEM 28.
A travertine/calcite alabaster goblet with an image of King Tutankhamun and Queen Ankhenesamun from the antechamber in KV 62. It features the God, Heh. The image is only visible when a taper or light is used to illuminate the goblet. GEM 28.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
A travertine/calcite alabaster goblet with an image of King Tutankhamun and Queen Ankhenesamun from the antechamber in KV 62. It features the God, Heh. The image is only visible when a taper or light is used to illuminate the goblet. GEM 28.
The Esna Lock. For us, a drop of around 8 metres (26 feet). This takes considerable navigation skill.
November 13, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The Esna Lock. For us, a drop of around 8 metres (26 feet). This takes considerable navigation skill.
Accessibility at the GEM:
This photo includes people with wheelchairs. People have asked how the museum deals with accessibility. I have included a link to an Egypt Today article on how accessibility has been taken into account in delivering visitor experiences.
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
This photo includes people with wheelchairs. People have asked how the museum deals with accessibility. I have included a link to an Egypt Today article on how accessibility has been taken into account in delivering visitor experiences.
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
November 13, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Accessibility at the GEM:
This photo includes people with wheelchairs. People have asked how the museum deals with accessibility. I have included a link to an Egypt Today article on how accessibility has been taken into account in delivering visitor experiences.
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
This photo includes people with wheelchairs. People have asked how the museum deals with accessibility. I have included a link to an Egypt Today article on how accessibility has been taken into account in delivering visitor experiences.
www.egypttoday.com/Article/4/14...
Pulling in to dock at Kom Ombo for brekkie
November 13, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Pulling in to dock at Kom Ombo for brekkie
The Kiosk of Trajan at Philae
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Kiosk of Trajan at Philae
The Temple Cats of Philae say hello!
November 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
The Temple Cats of Philae say hello!
Forever is Now 5 has begun at the Giza Plateau and continues until 6 December 2025. This year, I get a chance to see a fresh perspective on the pyramids through the eyes of 10 artists. More details at Cairo Scene:
cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCultu...
artdegypte.org
Artwork map below
cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCultu...
artdegypte.org
Artwork map below
November 12, 2025 at 3:39 AM
Forever is Now 5 has begun at the Giza Plateau and continues until 6 December 2025. This year, I get a chance to see a fresh perspective on the pyramids through the eyes of 10 artists. More details at Cairo Scene:
cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCultu...
artdegypte.org
Artwork map below
cairoscene.com/ArtsAndCultu...
artdegypte.org
Artwork map below
Elephantine!
November 11, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Elephantine!
November 11, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Aswan!
November 11, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Aswan!
The vision of henegan peng architects from Dublin is now realised in full at the Grand Egyptian Museum.
www.hparc.com/work/the-gra...
www.hparc.com/work/the-gra...
November 11, 2025 at 3:10 AM
The vision of henegan peng architects from Dublin is now realised in full at the Grand Egyptian Museum.
www.hparc.com/work/the-gra...
www.hparc.com/work/the-gra...
An example of the beautiful lighting for the statues on the Grand Staircase. This statue is near the travelators. The GEM number will be added when I receive it, as I took the photo from the travelator.
November 9, 2025 at 8:58 PM
An example of the beautiful lighting for the statues on the Grand Staircase. This statue is near the travelators. The GEM number will be added when I receive it, as I took the photo from the travelator.
Unfinished statue of Djoser (GEM 45932)
November 9, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Unfinished statue of Djoser (GEM 45932)
Unfinished statue of King Menkaure (GEM 44903) red quartzite found in Menkaure’s complex. Other statues were found in a sculptor’s workshop
November 9, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Unfinished statue of King Menkaure (GEM 44903) red quartzite found in Menkaure’s complex. Other statues were found in a sculptor’s workshop
November 7, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Photos from Medieval Cairo yesterday! More in first reply
November 7, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Photos from Medieval Cairo yesterday! More in first reply
We met the Prince of Darkness in the cafe at the Coptic Museum.
November 7, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We met the Prince of Darkness in the cafe at the Coptic Museum.
Finally, off to Cairo with my friend Jane Coomer
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Finally, off to Cairo with my friend Jane Coomer
Reposted by Average Aussie Egyptologist (aka Thérèse Clarke)🦋
This statue was found at a site called Kawa in modern Sudan (and ancient Kush) roughly halfway between the Egyptian border & Khartoum. It is very clearly Egyptian in style, and the Pharaoh it depicts is Taharqo (the penultimate king of the 25th Dynasty, who were from Kush). 🧵1/6
#Egyptology
#Egyptology
October 24, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This statue was found at a site called Kawa in modern Sudan (and ancient Kush) roughly halfway between the Egyptian border & Khartoum. It is very clearly Egyptian in style, and the Pharaoh it depicts is Taharqo (the penultimate king of the 25th Dynasty, who were from Kush). 🧵1/6
#Egyptology
#Egyptology
May be of interest and is available in #OpenAccess:
Documenting Activism, Creating Change. Archaeology and the Legacy of #MeToo (Edited by Hannah Cobb, Kayt Hawkins, 2025)
Please click on the link below.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
Documenting Activism, Creating Change. Archaeology and the Legacy of #MeToo (Edited by Hannah Cobb, Kayt Hawkins, 2025)
Please click on the link below.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
October 21, 2025 at 3:37 PM
May be of interest and is available in #OpenAccess:
Documenting Activism, Creating Change. Archaeology and the Legacy of #MeToo (Edited by Hannah Cobb, Kayt Hawkins, 2025)
Please click on the link below.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
Documenting Activism, Creating Change. Archaeology and the Legacy of #MeToo (Edited by Hannah Cobb, Kayt Hawkins, 2025)
Please click on the link below.
www.archaeopress.com/Archaeopress...
One for the Old Kingdom People and those who love Dahshur.
An article by Dr Daniele Rosenow from the Abusir & Saqqara conference in 2020 (published in 2022) on a settlement site at Dahshur:
The settlement remains north of the valley temple of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur
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An article by Dr Daniele Rosenow from the Abusir & Saqqara conference in 2020 (published in 2022) on a settlement site at Dahshur:
The settlement remains north of the valley temple of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur
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October 13, 2025 at 3:16 PM
One for the Old Kingdom People and those who love Dahshur.
An article by Dr Daniele Rosenow from the Abusir & Saqqara conference in 2020 (published in 2022) on a settlement site at Dahshur:
The settlement remains north of the valley temple of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur
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An article by Dr Daniele Rosenow from the Abusir & Saqqara conference in 2020 (published in 2022) on a settlement site at Dahshur:
The settlement remains north of the valley temple of the Bent Pyramid at Dahshur
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Pyrmont Pedestrian Bridge, late in the afternoon on a glorious 30°C day.
October 12, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Pyrmont Pedestrian Bridge, late in the afternoon on a glorious 30°C day.