Austin Hoffman
@ajh-plants.bsky.social
Archaeology, Paleoethnobotany, Nubiology, Near Eastern Studies, Anthropology. He/ Him.
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So far, about 4,000 antiquities have been counted missing in Sudan. 700 pieces disappeared from museums in the cities of Nyala and El GeneinaI, where the museum’s curator was killed when the building was shelled
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Sudan preservationists struggle to restore country's shattered cultural treasures
The shattered remains of antique pottery and shards of ancient statues lie among broken glass and bullet casings at Sudan’s National Museum, not far from where the Blue and White Nile meet in the capital Khartoum.
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October 1, 2025 at 4:08 AM
So far, about 4,000 antiquities have been counted missing in Sudan. 700 pieces disappeared from museums in the cities of Nyala and El GeneinaI, where the museum’s curator was killed when the building was shelled
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I am absolutely thrilled to announce the upcoming international workshop Cities on the Edge: Documenting, Preserving & Teaching Endangered Urban Heritage in Egypt, Sudan & Palestine. Oct.31-Nov.1 AUC Tahrir, Cairo + on zoom. Join us!
Details + rsvp here: shorturl.at/bnrIZ
Details + rsvp here: shorturl.at/bnrIZ
August 11, 2025 at 8:19 PM
I am absolutely thrilled to announce the upcoming international workshop Cities on the Edge: Documenting, Preserving & Teaching Endangered Urban Heritage in Egypt, Sudan & Palestine. Oct.31-Nov.1 AUC Tahrir, Cairo + on zoom. Join us!
Details + rsvp here: shorturl.at/bnrIZ
Details + rsvp here: shorturl.at/bnrIZ
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Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓
'Duanfang’s Egyptian rubbings: the first Egyptian collection in Late Imperial China' - Tian Tian.
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'Duanfang’s Egyptian rubbings: the first Egyptian collection in Late Imperial China' - Tian Tian.
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Duanfang’s Egyptian rubbings: the first Egyptian collection in Late Imperial China | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Duanfang’s Egyptian rubbings: the first Egyptian collection in Late Imperial China
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June 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓
'Duanfang’s Egyptian rubbings: the first Egyptian collection in Late Imperial China' - Tian Tian.
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
13/13
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'Duanfang’s Egyptian rubbings: the first Egyptian collection in Late Imperial China' - Tian Tian.
doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
13/13
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If you are interested in medieval Arabic accounts of ancient Egypt and where the names of the (imaginary) kings in them came from, I've translated and annotated Ahmed Kamal's interesting but uneven 1903 analysis. www.jasoncolavito.com/arabic-names...
Arabic Names of Egyptian Kings
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June 10, 2025 at 2:01 AM
If you are interested in medieval Arabic accounts of ancient Egypt and where the names of the (imaginary) kings in them came from, I've translated and annotated Ahmed Kamal's interesting but uneven 1903 analysis. www.jasoncolavito.com/arabic-names...
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⚠️ Pollution from the Tijuana River—including sewage and industrial waste—is impacting air quality in San Diego, according to a new study led by @ucsandiego.bsky.social researchers. Learn more about the research led by @chemcooper.bsky.social and
@kprather.bsky.social. ⬇️ @ucsdphysci.bsky.social
@kprather.bsky.social. ⬇️ @ucsdphysci.bsky.social
Pollution From the Tijuana River Affects Air Quality in San Diego
A new study from UC San Diego examines how pollutants from the Tijuana River travel and are transmitted in the atmosphere through coastal aerosols. The study found a mixture of drugs and chemicals fro...
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May 28, 2025 at 8:38 PM
⚠️ Pollution from the Tijuana River—including sewage and industrial waste—is impacting air quality in San Diego, according to a new study led by @ucsandiego.bsky.social researchers. Learn more about the research led by @chemcooper.bsky.social and
@kprather.bsky.social. ⬇️ @ucsdphysci.bsky.social
@kprather.bsky.social. ⬇️ @ucsdphysci.bsky.social
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📢 New publication: "The genomics of t’ef and finger millet domestication and spread" by Mekonnen D.Z., Gomes A.I., Machado R.S.R. & Oliveira H.R., in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2025, Vol. 380, Issue 1926).
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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The genomics of t’ef and finger millet domestication and spread | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
The Northern Highlands of Ethiopia and Eritrea (NHE) were a centre for food production
in Africa, hosting one of the earliest agriculture-based complex societies on the
continent. The NHE’s geographic...
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May 27, 2025 at 1:52 PM
📢 New publication: "The genomics of t’ef and finger millet domestication and spread" by Mekonnen D.Z., Gomes A.I., Machado R.S.R. & Oliveira H.R., in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences (2025, Vol. 380, Issue 1926).
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
🔗 More info: doi.org/10.1098/rstb...
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Hey all, this Friday (noon CST/6pm GMT) I'll be giving an online lecture for Northwestern University's Global Antiquities Group on my research and public engagement about Atlantis pseudoarchaeology
If you are interested in attending, register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
If you are interested in attending, register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
January 22, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Hey all, this Friday (noon CST/6pm GMT) I'll be giving an online lecture for Northwestern University's Global Antiquities Group on my research and public engagement about Atlantis pseudoarchaeology
If you are interested in attending, register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
If you are interested in attending, register here: northwestern.zoom.us/meeting/regi...