Zena Kamash
@zenakamash.bsky.social
Writing - archaeology - heritage.
British Iraqi.
Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' graduate.
Editor: European Journal of Archaeology.
Winner: EAA Book Prize 2025.
Working Classicist of the Year 2025.
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British Iraqi.
Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' graduate.
Editor: European Journal of Archaeology.
Winner: EAA Book Prize 2025.
Working Classicist of the Year 2025.
She/her
(NB: no access to DMs)
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Zena Kamash
@zenakamash.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello 👋 Some more about me:
📚Senior Visiting Research Fellow at KCL working on archaeology/heritage projects
🏛️Archaeology tour guide
🔍Writing a crime fiction novel
🧶Love books, snooker, board games, cake & embroidery
😻Live in a tiny village w my husband, Pete (pottery specialist), & our cat, Cyril
📚Senior Visiting Research Fellow at KCL working on archaeology/heritage projects
🏛️Archaeology tour guide
🔍Writing a crime fiction novel
🧶Love books, snooker, board games, cake & embroidery
😻Live in a tiny village w my husband, Pete (pottery specialist), & our cat, Cyril
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News | Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike, as Science Museum formally recognises union that won pay rise for security guards.
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike - Museums Association
More than 150 members of PCS union will take industrial action later this month
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November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
News | Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike, as Science Museum formally recognises union that won pay rise for security guards.
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
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Today, I want to focus on donation of treasure finds to museums.
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Today, I want to focus on donation of treasure finds to museums.
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
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Hot drop: set of 12 large medieval cat stickers 😻
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hot drop: set of 12 large medieval cat stickers 😻
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
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For the history, heritage and archaeology enthusiasts, I have 25% off over fifty niche items in my Etsy right now!
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For the history, heritage and archaeology enthusiasts, I have 25% off over fifty niche items in my Etsy right now!
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
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📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess?
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess?
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
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#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
![Illustration = the Old English Hexateuch, w. an image of the creation of Eve.
Text = Everything you always wanted to know about medieval manuscripts — but were too afraid to ask
Attend the 2025-2026 CÉMA/AMAES Saturday morning sessions and learn to read medieval English manuscripts from scratch!
When — Saturday 10 am-12 noon — October 11, November 15, December 13, January 24, February 21, March 21, April 11, May 30, June 13
Where — Sorbonne & Zoom
To join at any point in the year, just e-mail us: florence.bourgne [at] sorbonne-universite.fr](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r55clalroymggnwcbda7rj6k/bafkreidcp4qdch723map5sjg4quxgqjohnccv3eokqtm7j4qzyly3boznu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
With speculation from Adnan Almohamad, whom I can attest to being an astute and well-informed Syrian archaeologist, that this may have been an inside job 😢
As cultural looting surges in Syria after a bloody civil war and a decades-long brutal dictatorship, thieves have broken into the National Museum of Damascus and walked away with six valuable Roman-era statues.
Thieves Steal Roman-Era Statues From Damascus Museum
A historian speculates it might have been an inside job.
hyperallergic.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
With speculation from Adnan Almohamad, whom I can attest to being an astute and well-informed Syrian archaeologist, that this may have been an inside job 😢
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Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
Cambridge University Press
view.updates.cambridge.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
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#HeritageCrime News
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
Staveley clock statue damaged by town centre metal thieves - BBC News
A construction site forming part of the town's multimillion-pound regeneration was broken into.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#HeritageCrime News
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
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Solidarity with @archanchistleic.bsky.social and Dept of History (amongst others) at University of Leicester starting two weeks of strikes today over appalling redundancies. 💪
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
Information for Supporters: Leicester UCU Strike 2025 | University of Leicester UCU
www.uculeicester.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Solidarity with @archanchistleic.bsky.social and Dept of History (amongst others) at University of Leicester starting two weeks of strikes today over appalling redundancies. 💪
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Oooh that is a particularly fine drain! 🤩
A view of the Roman drain now fully uncovered at the Uncovering Roman Carlisle excavation just south of #HadriansWall, stone robbers have removed a section but it’s still impressive #Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Oooh that is a particularly fine drain! 🤩
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Aisling's stuff is fun and well made. Where else are you going to get stratigraphic jewellery. Check it out!
Looking for unique archaeology, history and geology gifts?
Check our my Etsy page for handmade hyper-niche wares!
tephraarts.etsy.com
Check our my Etsy page for handmade hyper-niche wares!
tephraarts.etsy.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Aisling's stuff is fun and well made. Where else are you going to get stratigraphic jewellery. Check it out!
So. Much. This. 👇🏼
In yet another addition of willful ignorance by the British tabloid press, the cyclical poppy furore. It is incredible it has to be explained to adults that there is nothing apolitical about remembering war and especially how it is used in the contemporary. www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer...
Katie McCabe takes clear poppy stance as she follows in McClean's footsteps
Katie McCabe follows in the footsteps of James McClean by not wearing the poppy while in action for Arsenal.
www.irishmirror.ie
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
So. Much. This. 👇🏼
A helpful read, especially on a particularly hard day of post-exertional malaise...
🧵 Important new study out in Cell Reports Medicine (Shahbaz et al. 2025):
👉 Long Covid with ME/CFS isn’t the same in women and men - biologically.
👉 And it’s not “fatigue.” It’s immune, hormonal, and neurological chaos.
Let’s break it down layperson style 👇
👉 Long Covid with ME/CFS isn’t the same in women and men - biologically.
👉 And it’s not “fatigue.” It’s immune, hormonal, and neurological chaos.
Let’s break it down layperson style 👇
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A helpful read, especially on a particularly hard day of post-exertional malaise...
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6️⃣ In short:
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
6️⃣ In short:
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.
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Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 1:34 AM
Its SHIGIDI paperback release day, US & Canada! Its been a long, lovely journey but my award-winning novel about African gods on a supernatural heist at the British museum finally hits stores in a new format, with a new cover + a bonus short story! Get it y'all🙏🏾
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
Art by @stephenembleton.bsky.social
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Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
November 4, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library:
➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott
➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives
➡️ and more!
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spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide
November 4, 2025 at 11:24 AM
spread Samir Zitouni’s name far and wide
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Figures from the 2023 TVC minutes are even worse at over £7 million in recommended 'reward' valuations (including the £4.3 million Chew Valley hoard).
That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
6/6
That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
6/6
November 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Figures from the 2023 TVC minutes are even worse at over £7 million in recommended 'reward' valuations (including the £4.3 million Chew Valley hoard).
That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
6/6
That’s an awful lot of museum curators’ salaries per year being paid out to individual finders and landowners…
Honestly, this is so grim...😞
6/6
Anyone for a Cyril purrito? 😻
November 2, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Anyone for a Cyril purrito? 😻
I am very much in favour of this concept...
November 2, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I am very much in favour of this concept...
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Research shows that watching footage of animals we find cute is relaxing.
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
November 2, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Research shows that watching footage of animals we find cute is relaxing.
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
Here’s one of the voles that lives under my garden steps (back in April). A cherry blossom petal falls on her head but she doesn’t notice because she’s so focussed on her snacks❤️👇🏼
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The "Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Join in and you'll get sent a mystery book in December, based on the kind of stuff you like reading.
Also you'll get some lush choc and a lovely cuppa.
And you can read along with a new book buddy too, if you like!
HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Join in and you'll get sent a mystery book in December, based on the kind of stuff you like reading.
Also you'll get some lush choc and a lovely cuppa.
And you can read along with a new book buddy too, if you like!
HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
November 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
The "Festive Big Green Book Swap" is back!
Join in and you'll get sent a mystery book in December, based on the kind of stuff you like reading.
Also you'll get some lush choc and a lovely cuppa.
And you can read along with a new book buddy too, if you like!
HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
Join in and you'll get sent a mystery book in December, based on the kind of stuff you like reading.
Also you'll get some lush choc and a lovely cuppa.
And you can read along with a new book buddy too, if you like!
HERE!
biggreenbookshop.com/index.php
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Some encouraging news on #LongCovid
We've just launched the first large, site-less (home, direct to participant) randomized trial for treatment of #LongCovid, testing tirzepatide (a GLP-1 drug) vs placebo. Please help spread the word
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
www.scripps.edu/news-and-eve...
Scripps Research scientists launch new digital clinical trial to test repurposed drug for long COVID symptom relief
www.scripps.edu
November 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Some encouraging news on #LongCovid