Zeta Xekalaki
@zetax.bsky.social
Archaeologist-Egyptologist- Social Media Manager- Distance Learning Educator. 🍉
The ceasefire was broken. And guess who broke it, killing hundreds, and who gave the thumbs up.
March 18, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The ceasefire was broken. And guess who broke it, killing hundreds, and who gave the thumbs up.
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Please take a moment to read about the GAZAMAP Project and its important work documenting and protecting cultural heritage as well as training and supporting heritage students in Gaza ❤️
#PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MaritimeArchaeology #GAZAMAP
#PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MaritimeArchaeology #GAZAMAP
On today’s #PeoplingBlog, we interview Yasmeen Elkhoudary and Georgia Andreou to discuss The Gaza Maritime Archaeology Project (GAZAMAP), which aims to shift the study of heritage to the voices of those most impacted by ongoing humanitarian crises:
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March 5, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Please take a moment to read about the GAZAMAP Project and its important work documenting and protecting cultural heritage as well as training and supporting heritage students in Gaza ❤️
#PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MaritimeArchaeology #GAZAMAP
#PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MaritimeArchaeology #GAZAMAP
Thrilled to find out that @UoPeople, where I have the honor to serve as an adjunct instructor, is now accredited by WASC. If you agree that education should be a right for all and not a privilege for a few, share! #UoPeopleAccreditation #EducationForAll
March 5, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Thrilled to find out that @UoPeople, where I have the honor to serve as an adjunct instructor, is now accredited by WASC. If you agree that education should be a right for all and not a privilege for a few, share! #UoPeopleAccreditation #EducationForAll
Coz the West Bank is also under fire...
The Battle to Protect Archaeological Sites in the West Bank
An archaeologist from Palestine is urgently working to assess archaeological sites in the West Bank devastated by destruction and looting amid Israel’s ongoing war in the region.
www.sapiens.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Coz the West Bank is also under fire...
The first royal #tomb in #Egypt's Theban area since 1922 has been found; Tomb C4 in the West Wadis (close to the Valley of the Kings) once hosted #Pharaoh Thutmose II, the husband of Queen Hatshepsut. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
February 20, 2025 at 7:33 AM
The first royal #tomb in #Egypt's Theban area since 1922 has been found; Tomb C4 in the West Wadis (close to the Valley of the Kings) once hosted #Pharaoh Thutmose II, the husband of Queen Hatshepsut. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
An overview of archaeological research and museum establishment in Gaza #Palestine, land grabs and Disneyfication in historic sites, canonizing illegal excavations, and how to stand up to what #Classics are teaching us. Just some of the topics under discussion here www.youtube.com/watch?v=alb0...
In the Ruins of History: A Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine
YouTube video by Everyday Orientalism
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February 20, 2025 at 7:27 AM
An overview of archaeological research and museum establishment in Gaza #Palestine, land grabs and Disneyfication in historic sites, canonizing illegal excavations, and how to stand up to what #Classics are teaching us. Just some of the topics under discussion here www.youtube.com/watch?v=alb0...
Missing link in Indo-European #languages’ history found. New insights into our linguistic roots via ancient #DNA analysis. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found
Researchers found out that a newly recognized Caucasus-Lower Volga population can be connected to all Indo-European-speaking populations.
www.archaeology.wiki
February 7, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Missing link in Indo-European #languages’ history found. New insights into our linguistic roots via ancient #DNA analysis. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
#Egypt, #archaeology Ramesside settlement levels found at Plinthine! A #Ramesside settlement has finally been identified in the lower levels of the mainly Hellenistic site of Kom el-Nugus next to Taposiris Magna. Full article @antiquityj.bsky.social, news post version buff.ly/3Q728pa
Ramesside Settlement Identified at Plinthine, Egypt
A Ramesside settlement has been identified in the lower levels of an otherwise Grecoroman site next to Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria
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February 7, 2025 at 10:49 AM
#Egypt, #archaeology Ramesside settlement levels found at Plinthine! A #Ramesside settlement has finally been identified in the lower levels of the mainly Hellenistic site of Kom el-Nugus next to Taposiris Magna. Full article @antiquityj.bsky.social, news post version buff.ly/3Q728pa
Thinking about how "lunar history" redefines the meaning of #history as a term. Anyways, there are some updates on the measurements of moon rocks from the Apollo missions. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
New details about lunar history
University of Chicago scientists study samples from Apollo missions and reveal new details about lunar history.
www.archaeology.wiki
February 6, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Thinking about how "lunar history" redefines the meaning of #history as a term. Anyways, there are some updates on the measurements of moon rocks from the Apollo missions. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
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I hope the historians and archivists are kicking into high gear right now.
Re: USAID— So much history is literally about to be wiped out.
Re: USAID— So much history is literally about to be wiped out.
February 5, 2025 at 1:05 PM
I hope the historians and archivists are kicking into high gear right now.
Re: USAID— So much history is literally about to be wiped out.
Re: USAID— So much history is literally about to be wiped out.
A King's Mother from the medieval #Nubian kingdom of Makuria. For more reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia, in the exhibition at the Bode-Museum, Berlin, from February 6. #blackhistorymonth #archaeology #africa
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
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February 4, 2025 at 10:10 AM
A King's Mother from the medieval #Nubian kingdom of Makuria. For more reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia, in the exhibition at the Bode-Museum, Berlin, from February 6. #blackhistorymonth #archaeology #africa
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
The #Amazon Casarabe people used extensive drainage canals and farm ponds, starting the #Neolithic Revolution in their area between 500 and 1400 A.D. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
Unique system gave way to the "Neolithic Revolution"
A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system to produce maize throughout the year.
www.archaeology.wiki
February 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
The #Amazon Casarabe people used extensive drainage canals and farm ponds, starting the #Neolithic Revolution in their area between 500 and 1400 A.D. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of #medieval #churches using #Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
Islamic ‘altar tent’ discovery
A 13th-c. fresco rediscovered in Ferrara provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars.
www.archaeology.wiki
February 3, 2025 at 9:56 AM
13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of #medieval #churches using #Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
Reconstructions of #Medieval Robes from #Nubia. Five robes for royal mothers, kings, and a bishop have been reconstructed based on paintings from the cathedral of Faras (medieval Nubian Kingdom of Makuria) and archaeological material. #exhibition. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
February 3, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Reconstructions of #Medieval Robes from #Nubia. Five robes for royal mothers, kings, and a bishop have been reconstructed based on paintings from the cathedral of Faras (medieval Nubian Kingdom of Makuria) and archaeological material. #exhibition. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...
Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change. Maritime contamination, especially, is contemporary with the Roman conquest of Greece. #paleoenvironment buff.ly/3WLBAxn
Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change
Heidelberg geoscientists find the oldest evidence of human-caused contamination with the heavy metal lead in the Aegean region.
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February 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change. Maritime contamination, especially, is contemporary with the Roman conquest of Greece. #paleoenvironment buff.ly/3WLBAxn
Getting to know the Avars. Two settlements with people of different origins living peacefully side by side, which were excavated in Austria, help us get closer to how the legendary conquerors looked like and behaved.
A story of successful cultural integration from the Avar period
Genes and culture do not have to match, as confirmed by the latest research project in two cemeteries from the 8th century Avar period.
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January 31, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Getting to know the Avars. Two settlements with people of different origins living peacefully side by side, which were excavated in Austria, help us get closer to how the legendary conquerors looked like and behaved.
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DGAM calls on archaeological missions to return to work in the country
#Syria #archaeology #havetrowelwilltravel
www.sana.sy/en/?p=345660
#Syria #archaeology #havetrowelwilltravel
www.sana.sy/en/?p=345660
DGAM calls on archaeological missions to return to work in the country
Damascus, SANA-The Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) announced that it welcomed all archaeological missions that were working in Syria and want to return to work after the victory ...
www.sana.sy
January 31, 2025 at 8:47 AM
DGAM calls on archaeological missions to return to work in the country
#Syria #archaeology #havetrowelwilltravel
www.sana.sy/en/?p=345660
#Syria #archaeology #havetrowelwilltravel
www.sana.sy/en/?p=345660
Recording heritage condition during the Great Return. Archaeologist Fadel AlUtol returns home to Gaza City and shares current images of the mosaics in the Byzantine church complex in Jabaliah, which he had extensively worked on before the war. #palestine, #archaeology, #heritage.
Heritage first: Archaeological update from Northern Gaza
cover image and (unless stated otherwise) all photos by Fadel AlUtol On January 27, 2025, Gazan archaeologist Fadel AlUtol and his family joined hundreds of thousands of Gazans in a long walk that …
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January 30, 2025 at 11:55 AM
Recording heritage condition during the Great Return. Archaeologist Fadel AlUtol returns home to Gaza City and shares current images of the mosaics in the Byzantine church complex in Jabaliah, which he had extensively worked on before the war. #palestine, #archaeology, #heritage.
Athens peeps, this is for you! #palestine, #event
January 28, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Athens peeps, this is for you! #palestine, #event
The Vasari Corridor opens again in #Florence. Historic Medici-era route that joined the Uffizi with Palazzo Pitti/ Boboli Gardens, via Ponte Vecchio, reopens with a special ticket. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/01...
Open again: The Vasari Corridor
Visitors enter through the Gallery of Statues and Paintings, walk through the core of the Ponte Vecchio, and exit at the Boboli Gardens.
www.archaeology.wiki
January 27, 2025 at 9:44 AM
The Vasari Corridor opens again in #Florence. Historic Medici-era route that joined the Uffizi with Palazzo Pitti/ Boboli Gardens, via Ponte Vecchio, reopens with a special ticket. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/01...
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"Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology"
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theconversation.com/ancient-dna-...
[la classe d'article que hauria tingut els 324alfamascles bullint a Tw]
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Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology
Genetics shows that women stayed put in Late Iron Age Dorset, while men moved to other groups.
theconversation.com
January 27, 2025 at 8:52 AM
"Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology"
[la classe d'article que hauria tingut els 324alfamascles bullint a Tw]
theconversation.com/ancient-dna-...
[la classe d'article que hauria tingut els 324alfamascles bullint a Tw]
theconversation.com/ancient-dna-...
#Paleobotany. Analysis of plant microfossils from Middle #Neolithic grinding stones (3270–2920 cal BCE) found at Oldenburg, Germany, reveal a #diet of wild grass fruits, knotweeds, acorns, starch-rich tubers, and possibly wild legumes, apart from cereal. buff.ly/4gdXznF
Revealing the menu of 5000 years ago
Up to now, a mystery has remained regarding the preferred plant food ingredients of the so-called Funnel Beaker Culture.
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January 27, 2025 at 9:34 AM
#Paleobotany. Analysis of plant microfossils from Middle #Neolithic grinding stones (3270–2920 cal BCE) found at Oldenburg, Germany, reveal a #diet of wild grass fruits, knotweeds, acorns, starch-rich tubers, and possibly wild legumes, apart from cereal. buff.ly/4gdXznF
Queerness Βeyond Ιdentity. Cfp for a Panel at the Society for Classical Studies 157th Annual Meeting (Jan. 7-10, 2026). Deadline March 1, 2025. For more buff.ly/3WzErcS, #queer, #classics, #archaeology
Queerness beyond identity
This panel invites methodological interventions, especially in conversation with queer and trans studies, to the treatment of content claimed or marginalized by Classics.
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January 24, 2025 at 11:17 AM
Queerness Βeyond Ιdentity. Cfp for a Panel at the Society for Classical Studies 157th Annual Meeting (Jan. 7-10, 2026). Deadline March 1, 2025. For more buff.ly/3WzErcS, #queer, #classics, #archaeology
How we started writing. Great #archaeology post from a group of experts dedicated to tracing the origins of writing. anetoday.org/writing-sout...
Inventing Writing in South-west Asia - The Ancient Near East Today
The shift from symbols to writing represents a major advancement in human cognitive technology. What role did Mesopotamian seal imagery play?
anetoday.org
January 24, 2025 at 7:18 AM
How we started writing. Great #archaeology post from a group of experts dedicated to tracing the origins of writing. anetoday.org/writing-sout...