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Éireannach . Piano Teacher . Egyptology Certificate @UoMEgyptology 𓋹𓍑𓋴 . Music Degree @MaynoothUni . gender atheist . 🏳️‍🌈 🇮🇪
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bmegyptian.bsky.social
Headdress of Osiris https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/118234
Headdress of Osiris
April 21, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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ausegyptology.bsky.social
Another report on the wonderful discovery of the tomb of Userefre, son of king Userkaf of Dynasty V

english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...
Tomb of prince Waser-If-Re unearthed in Saqqara - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities
The Egyptian archaeological mission, a collaboration between the Supreme Council of Antiquities and the Zahi Hawass Foundation for Archaeology and Heritage, headed by renowned Egyptologist Zahi Hawass...
english.ahram.org.eg
April 19, 2025 at 2:10 PM
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micsim.bsky.social
#Egyptology
Ancient secrets revealed: Egypt discovers Prince Waserif Re’s tomb, King Djoser’s statue in Saqqara
Renowned archaeologist and former Minister of Antiquities Zahi Hawass noted that the mission discovered statues of King Djoser, along with his wife and ten daughters, according to a statement by the M...
www.egypttoday.com
April 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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johnjjohnston.bsky.social
For those who may not subscribe to @theees.bsky.social’s EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY magazine - and you really should! - here’s my brief but heartfelt tribute, reprinted with permission, to my dear friend Professor Kenneth Kitchen, published in the current, Spring 2025, edition. It was an honour.
Page 54 of EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY #66 Spring 2025 containing the writer’s Obituary for Professor Emeritus Kenneth Anderson Kitchen (1932-2025). Cover of issue 66 Spring Edition of EGYPTIAN ARCHAEOLOGY, published by the Egypt Exploration Society.
April 19, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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emilycurates.bsky.social
How to cross thin ice, #polar #bear edition: spread out wide to distribute weight and reduce pressure. This clever move helps avoid breaking the fragile surface.
A survival tactic perfected in the Arctic
#physics
April 18, 2025 at 10:33 PM
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purrinink.bsky.social
Sound on 😽🤍 #cat #purr
April 18, 2025 at 12:41 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
The Berlin Green Head - a masterpiece dating to the Late or Ptolemaic period (350-30 BC), named after the colour of its stone. The head of a bald man made from greenschist is believed to be a representation of an #Egyptian priest

On display at Neues Museum, Berlin

📷 me

🏺 #AncientEgyptBluesky
A sculpted head carved from dark stone, portraying a bald male figure with detailed facial, rather realistic features. Despite damage to the nose, ear, and base, the sculpture's lifelike quality remains evident. It is displayed on a light stone pedestal in a museum, with other artifacts visible in the background.
April 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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maryrosemuseum.bsky.social
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,

"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"

Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
nikitameo.bsky.social
❤️ #gaeilge #irishlanguage
Irish is UK’s ‘second-fastest growing language’, London college claims
Only Swedish is more popular for language learners according to enrollment data
www.irishnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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merriam-webster.com
‘Asterisk’ comes from a Geek word meaning “little star.”

*Greek
April 9, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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weratedogs.com
This is Ripley. He was nervous about taking the stairs. May have panicked a bit. 12/10
April 7, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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drjeball.bsky.social
A beautiful #Roman necklace, made largely from gold twisted into a thick collar, with an emerald pendant at the front & a large clasp at the back shaped like a flower, stuffed with a garnet. It was made some 1700-1900 years ago, probably in Egypt (📷 Art Institute Chicago) AncientBlueSky #Archaeology
April 8, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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nancycomics.bsky.social
Nancy By Ernie Bushmiller
April 9,1946
NANCY BY BUSHMILLER NANCY-- YOU'VE BEEN NICE AND QUIET TODAY, SO YOU MAY TAKE ONE OF YOUR TOYS TO BED WITH YOU THANK YOU, AUNT FRITZI BOOM BOOM BAM BOOM
April 9, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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simonbralee.com
This figurine looks incredibly contemporary even though it was made in ancient Egypt. For me, it symbolises the universality of certain feelings.

Unknown provenance but possibly XI Dynasty, held in the Petrie Museum 🏺 AncientBluesky #Egyptology
A loosely modelled clay figurine of a human, sat kneeling, with right hand on their head, a dazed pained look sketched in their face. Details of toes visible.
April 9, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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comicscovers.bsky.social
Sherlock Holmes 1 (4823)
April 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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oregonthedm.bsky.social
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
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twisteddoodles.bsky.social
In the interest of balance #news
News reader at a desk. Transcribed Text: Left bubble: "Next up we will discuss the topic with someone whose job is to be a well researched and respected expert in the area." Right bubble: "And in the interest of balance we will also talk to an idiot."
April 9, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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mcculloughp.bsky.social
I mean, did Simone Martini get the teenage contempt posture right or what? ‘Christ Discovered in the Temple [and returned to his anxious mother by his irked father]’. (Walker Art Gallery, in the fab ‘Siena’ exhibition at the National Gallery.)
April 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
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mooseallain.bsky.social
Refresh the page

If you like this cartoon, I can draw one for you. www.worldofmoose.com/products/ref...
Cartoon. Medieval looking king sits on a throne with a steward behind him. A forlorn, skinny looking young fellow stands on the left. The king says "But you told me this news an hour ago!" The steward says "Sir, you need to refresh the page"
April 7, 2025 at 12:33 PM
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drkengriffin.bsky.social
Very excited to be hosting these amazing scholars in Swansea on the 7th of June for an in-depth study day on Pre - and Early Dynastic Egypt. To participate online, scan the QR code or register at sites.swansea.ac.uk/egyptcentre/...
Attendance online and in-person is free.
April 7, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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archaeohawke.bsky.social
Part of the funerary trousseau of Queen Amanishakheto found in her pyramid in 1832 by the Italian explorer Giuseppe Ferlini in Meroe.

#Ancient #art #artwork
#jewellery #History #Archaeology #Egypt
April 6, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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drnwillburger.bsky.social
New discovery: Venice lagoon reveals submerged #Roman oyster farm: In the heart of the Venetian lagoon, a submerged area has revealed a secret: a brick and wood tank containing about 300 oyster shells, dating back to the first century AD

www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...

🏺 #archaeology
A cluster of oyster shells lies on a stone-paved seafloor, partially covered in sediment. A yellow triangular marker and a black-and-white measuring stick are placed nearby for scale.
April 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
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simonbralee.com
I was reminded by @johnjjohnston.bsky.social that today is the birthday of Alexandria. The guardian of this city was the friendly snake, Agathos Damon, who became associated with Serapis and joined with Isis. Here’s an image of the two from Naukratis.
Held in Ashmolean 🏺 AncientBluesky #Egyptology
A square Limestone relief of Isis and Serapis as snake-gods.
April 7, 2025 at 7:51 PM
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irishlittimes.bsky.social
“I get melancholy if I don't [write]. I need the company of people who don't exist.”

― William Trevor
April 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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johnjjohnston.bsky.social
According to Plutarch, on 7 April c.331 BC, Alexander the Great founded the Egyptian city of Alexandria, which, became the site of his own tomb, home to the Ptolemaic dynasty, the famed Library, and the Pharos lighthouse; a bustling metropolis of high culture and higher drama. #Egyptology
37 cm tall, marble portrait head of Alexander the Great, said to have been discovered in Alexandria and acquired by the British Museum in 1827, where it is currently displayed. Colossal pink granite statue of a Ptolemaic king, wearing the Double Crown and chendyt kilt, excavated from the Eastern Harbour of Alexandria between 1995-6, now displayed outside the Bibliotheca Alexandrina. Egyptianising, 41” tall, black basalt statue of Cleopatra VII, wearing a tight ankle-length shift dress, a tripartite wig, topped by a triple uraeus and holding a double cornucopia. Held by the Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, since 1929. Ancient map of Alexandria, according to Mahmud Bey, superimposed over a nineteenth century map of the city, created by Wagner & Debes for Baedeker’s Guide to Egypt, 1885.
April 7, 2025 at 1:17 PM