Dr Margaret Maitland
@margaretmaitland.bsky.social
Egyptologist by training. Principal Curator of the Ancient Mediterranean at National Museums Scotland, Edinburgh. Researching inequality in ancient Egypt and histories of excavation/collecting/museums. She/her.
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I can’t wait to visit the newly opened Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo, but my little ‘Pharaoh’ book has already made it there before me! Spotted in the wild at the GEM gift shop - thanks to my friend & colleague Leire Olabarria for sharing this photo 🥰
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The MFA has reached a first-of-its-kind ownership resolution for 2 vessels by the enslaved potter David Drake. This restitution to his family takes its place alongside other resolutions we've reached, but it's the first that addresses theft during slavery. www.mfa.org/press-releas...
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Resolves Ownership of Works by Enslaved Artist David Drake
BOSTON (October 29, 2025)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also k
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October 29, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The MFA has reached a first-of-its-kind ownership resolution for 2 vessels by the enslaved potter David Drake. This restitution to his family takes its place alongside other resolutions we've reached, but it's the first that addresses theft during slavery. www.mfa.org/press-releas...
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Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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Project Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood
Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan
Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break)
Fixed term for 12 months
£36,396 per annum
Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025
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October 1, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Come work with us!🏺
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...
Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇
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In case anyone was still in any doubt about the relevance of historical context to current conflict…
Also a reminder, if you can, to see Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades and Drama 1882 at the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh until Sept 28! www.trg.ed.ac.uk/exhibition/w...
Also a reminder, if you can, to see Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades and Drama 1882 at the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh until Sept 28! www.trg.ed.ac.uk/exhibition/w...
These wolves aren't even bothering to wear sheep's clothing...
"Infidels MC was set up by US military veterans of the Iraq war in 2006 and members see themselves as modern Crusaders, using the Crusader cross as their symbol"
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"Infidels MC was set up by US military veterans of the Iraq war in 2006 and members see themselves as modern Crusaders, using the Crusader cross as their symbol"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Anti-Islamic US biker gang members run security at deadly Gaza aid sites
BBC identifies members of Infidels MC gang hired as armed security at US and Israel-backed aid sites.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 5:00 PM
In case anyone was still in any doubt about the relevance of historical context to current conflict…
Also a reminder, if you can, to see Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades and Drama 1882 at the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh until Sept 28! www.trg.ed.ac.uk/exhibition/w...
Also a reminder, if you can, to see Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades and Drama 1882 at the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh until Sept 28! www.trg.ed.ac.uk/exhibition/w...
Just one of the many extraordinary objects found in an intact 17th dynasty royal burial excavated in Thebes/Luxor, Egypt and now displayed in National Museums Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
Wow, this intricate net bag is an extraordinary survival from ancient Egypt 3,600 years ago!
Made from linen string, it was used to suspend the ceramic flask from a wooden carrying pole.
Excavated at Qurna, near Thebes, in 1908. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
Made from linen string, it was used to suspend the ceramic flask from a wooden carrying pole.
Excavated at Qurna, near Thebes, in 1908. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me
#FindsFriday
#Archaeology
July 26, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Just one of the many extraordinary objects found in an intact 17th dynasty royal burial excavated in Thebes/Luxor, Egypt and now displayed in National Museums Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat...
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Funding for Arts and Humanities PhDs in the UK was always tight, now it is nearly non-existent. This will exclude even more scholars, leaving PhDs an option only for the wealthy.
'The number of student-initiated PhD scholarships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) is set to fall by 60 per cent when new doctoral training arrangements come into effect next year, new figures show.' 1/3
‘Student-led’ AHRC PhD places ‘to fall by at least 60 per cent’
Internal modelling released under Freedom of Information enquiry reveals extent of PhD scholarship cuts, with academics fearing impact could be greater still
www.timeshighereducation.com
July 21, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Funding for Arts and Humanities PhDs in the UK was always tight, now it is nearly non-existent. This will exclude even more scholars, leaving PhDs an option only for the wealthy.
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We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...
Help Gazan students to complete their university degrees
The war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff...
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May 15, 2025 at 4:15 PM
We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...
Great post offering insights the lives of girls in ancient Egypt! @julia-hamilton.bsky.social draws together administrative, archaeological, and artistic evidence in discussing girls’ working lives, wages, migration, and more:
theconversation.com/work-wages-a...
theconversation.com/work-wages-a...
July 8, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Great post offering insights the lives of girls in ancient Egypt! @julia-hamilton.bsky.social draws together administrative, archaeological, and artistic evidence in discussing girls’ working lives, wages, migration, and more:
theconversation.com/work-wages-a...
theconversation.com/work-wages-a...
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Brilliant and important research. Archaeology and nationalism have been entangled for centuries, still producing all sorts of poisonous bullshit.
Out this morning & Open Access! 📢 My new article in Public Archaeology on the entanglement of archaeology, the far right and ancient genetic studies, using the British National Party as a case study: ‘In Our Blood’: Archaeology and ‘Indigeneity’ in the British National Party’s Magazine Identity'
‘In Our Blood’: Archaeology and ‘Indigeneity’ in the British National Party’s Magazine Identity
This paper presents the first diachronic analysis of the appropriation of archaeological themes in British far-right politics, focusing on the British National Party’s publication Identity from 200...
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May 28, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Brilliant and important research. Archaeology and nationalism have been entangled for centuries, still producing all sorts of poisonous bullshit.
Great opportunity! Paid remote internships related to the ancient world 🏺
The Classical Association is offering (paid, remote) internships this summer. There are 4/6/8 week placements available. Closing date: 8 June, applicants must be UK based and aged 18 or older at the time of the internship.
Further details are all here: https://classicalassociation.org/internships/
Further details are all here: https://classicalassociation.org/internships/
May 16, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Great opportunity! Paid remote internships related to the ancient world 🏺
Fantastically fun and inspiring podcast with the amazing @robertamazza.bsky.social examining papyrology’s problematic past, questionable practices of the present, and building a more ethical future peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/06/p...
New #PeoplingPodcast alert! Today, we are joined by @robertamazza.bsky.social to discuss the antiquities trade in both the past and the present, the ethics behind papyrology, and the illicit papyrus trade in academia. Listen in to “Fragments and Falsehoods” here: peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/06/p...
May 15, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Fantastically fun and inspiring podcast with the amazing @robertamazza.bsky.social examining papyrology’s problematic past, questionable practices of the present, and building a more ethical future peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/06/p...
Shocking to see Labour take anti-immigrant rhetoric to new lows, preferring to spread hate and blame rather than putting in the work to rebuild our society after years of Conservative cuts. This piece is a good reminder of the many important forms of migration and the UK’s responsibilities
Over 200,000 Ukrainians and 150,000 Hongkongers settled in the UK in the last few years, a big chunk of the net migration that Starmer says is turning the UK into an "island of strangers."
I might be one of "the good ones", being a child of immigrants from HK, but I'm enraged by his comments.
I might be one of "the good ones", being a child of immigrants from HK, but I'm enraged by his comments.
One of the Good Ones
Starmer’s “island of strangers” ignores the UK’s responsibilities towards humanitarian migrants from Hong Kong and Ukraine.
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May 13, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Shocking to see Labour take anti-immigrant rhetoric to new lows, preferring to spread hate and blame rather than putting in the work to rebuild our society after years of Conservative cuts. This piece is a good reminder of the many important forms of migration and the UK’s responsibilities
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A significant part of the Sudan National Museum’s collections come from the UNESCO campaign of the 1960s and ’70s to salvage ancient artefacts from areas to be flooded for dams. The looting of those collections is the undoing of those efforts, writes Rennan Lemos
The threat to Sudan’s cultural heritage | Apollo Magazine
Reports of looting at the Sudan National Museum were confirmed last month as government forces retook Khartoum. Rennan Lemos weighs up the potential losses
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April 26, 2025 at 6:00 AM
A significant part of the Sudan National Museum’s collections come from the UNESCO campaign of the 1960s and ’70s to salvage ancient artefacts from areas to be flooded for dams. The looting of those collections is the undoing of those efforts, writes Rennan Lemos
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I am especially excited because I will open this conference, organized by Romane Betbeze, with a key note lecture on intersectionality and #gender studies in #Egyptology. @humboldtuni.bsky.social @humboldt-foundation.de
April 26, 2025 at 9:48 AM
I am especially excited because I will open this conference, organized by Romane Betbeze, with a key note lecture on intersectionality and #gender studies in #Egyptology. @humboldtuni.bsky.social @humboldt-foundation.de
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I'm excited to announce my co-editor & I are hosting a virtual author panel for "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays," on May 21st. Come listen and join our brilliant authors for a detailed discussion. More information & registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/qa-panel-w...
Q&A Panel with the Authors: Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology
Join us for a virtual Q&A session with authors of the newly published "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays"
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April 24, 2025 at 5:30 PM
I'm excited to announce my co-editor & I are hosting a virtual author panel for "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays," on May 21st. Come listen and join our brilliant authors for a detailed discussion. More information & registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/qa-panel-w...
Last few days to see the exhibition ‘Injecting Hope’ @ the National Museum of Scotland! I helped collect these beautiful masks during the pandemic, incl. one from the khayyamia workshop of Essam Ali in Cairo featuring a protective Eye of Horus (see alt text for more) www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
April 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Last few days to see the exhibition ‘Injecting Hope’ @ the National Museum of Scotland! I helped collect these beautiful masks during the pandemic, incl. one from the khayyamia workshop of Essam Ali in Cairo featuring a protective Eye of Horus (see alt text for more) www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/...
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Come follow us on Bluesky, and also please let us know who else we should be following!
Hello Bluesky! Follow us for updates from the Journal of Museum Education, innovations in the field of museum education, and general love for the museum educators out there doing the hard work of making museum learning accessible!
April 7, 2025 at 5:15 PM
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Friends, TOMORROW is your last chance to download this @cambridgeuparchaeo.bsky.social Element for free!
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Making Memories in Ancient Egypt
Cambridge Core - Egyptology - Making Memories in Ancient Egypt
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April 7, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Friends, TOMORROW is your last chance to download this @cambridgeuparchaeo.bsky.social Element for free!
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"On the Semicivilized" by @jeelyachar.bsky.social is a sweeping analysis of the coloniality that shaped—and blocked—sovereign futures for those dubbed barbarian and semicivilized in the former Ottoman Empire. Check out the intro for free! #Anthropology #MiddleEastStudies
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April 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
"On the Semicivilized" by @jeelyachar.bsky.social is a sweeping analysis of the coloniality that shaped—and blocked—sovereign futures for those dubbed barbarian and semicivilized in the former Ottoman Empire. Check out the intro for free! #Anthropology #MiddleEastStudies
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We're delighted to welcome Leire Olabarria, Ass Prof in Egyptology @unibirmingham.bsky.social, as Chair of @theees.bsky.social!
Read how Leire plans to contribute to our mission, making #Egyptology more inclusive and expanding our activities in London and Cairo.
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Read how Leire plans to contribute to our mission, making #Egyptology more inclusive and expanding our activities in London and Cairo.
ℹ️ www.ees.ac.uk/resource/gre...
March 24, 2025 at 3:04 PM
We're delighted to welcome Leire Olabarria, Ass Prof in Egyptology @unibirmingham.bsky.social, as Chair of @theees.bsky.social!
Read how Leire plans to contribute to our mission, making #Egyptology more inclusive and expanding our activities in London and Cairo.
ℹ️ www.ees.ac.uk/resource/gre...
Read how Leire plans to contribute to our mission, making #Egyptology more inclusive and expanding our activities in London and Cairo.
ℹ️ www.ees.ac.uk/resource/gre...
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📰 Iron shackles found at an Ancient Egyptian gold mine reveal the brutal working conditions of those mining precious metals in the Ptolemaic period.
#AntiquityResearch in the news via Phys.org
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#AntiquityResearch in the news via Phys.org
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Iron shackles found at Ghozza suggest at least some gold miners during Egypt's Ptolemaic period were slaves
A historian with Laboratoire HiSoMA, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, in France, has theorized that iron shackles found at a dig site in Ghozza, Egypt, suggest that at least…
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March 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
📰 Iron shackles found at an Ancient Egyptian gold mine reveal the brutal working conditions of those mining precious metals in the Ptolemaic period.
#AntiquityResearch in the news via Phys.org
phys.org/news/2025-03...
#AntiquityResearch in the news via Phys.org
phys.org/news/2025-03...
On International Women’s Day this Saturday at 2pm, I’ll be giving an online talk about the ‘Qurna Queen’ and our work reassessing this 17th Dynasty intact royal burial from Thebes, now held at National Museums Scotland. More info/booking with the Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society: www.tvaes.org.uk
March 4, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On International Women’s Day this Saturday at 2pm, I’ll be giving an online talk about the ‘Qurna Queen’ and our work reassessing this 17th Dynasty intact royal burial from Thebes, now held at National Museums Scotland. More info/booking with the Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society: www.tvaes.org.uk
Exciting reports of the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, husband of female pharaoh Hatshepsut! Though the tomb is mostly destroyed, the excavation team still found items naming Thutmose & Hatshepsut, & fragments of the Amduat, a royal funerary text 🧵 1/4 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
February 22, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Exciting reports of the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, husband of female pharaoh Hatshepsut! Though the tomb is mostly destroyed, the excavation team still found items naming Thutmose & Hatshepsut, & fragments of the Amduat, a royal funerary text 🧵 1/4 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f...
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Finally, an article on the decipherment of cuneiform that does justice to the many figures involved, the timeline, competition, and sheer philological grit.
Fascinating and colourful synopsis of how we came to be able to read tablets from ancient Mesopotamia www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myst...
Fascinating and colourful synopsis of how we came to be able to read tablets from ancient Mesopotamia www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myst...
The Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher It
In the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia
www.smithsonianmag.com
February 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Finally, an article on the decipherment of cuneiform that does justice to the many figures involved, the timeline, competition, and sheer philological grit.
Fascinating and colourful synopsis of how we came to be able to read tablets from ancient Mesopotamia www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myst...
Fascinating and colourful synopsis of how we came to be able to read tablets from ancient Mesopotamia www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myst...
What a brilliant discovery! ✨ A runic inscription on one of the many silver and gold objects in the Viking-age Galloway Hoard at National Museums Scotland has been discovered to read:
‘This is the community’s wealth’
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘This is the community’s wealth’
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Mystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solved
A runic inscription on one of the Galloway hoard’s elaborately decorated arm rings has been deciphered
www.theguardian.com
February 7, 2025 at 8:52 AM
What a brilliant discovery! ✨ A runic inscription on one of the many silver and gold objects in the Viking-age Galloway Hoard at National Museums Scotland has been discovered to read:
‘This is the community’s wealth’
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
‘This is the community’s wealth’
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...