The Amheida Excavations
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David M. Ratzan (ISAW/NYU). More information, reports, bibliography at https://isaw.nyu.edu/research/amheida.
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*NEW* ISAW Library Blog Post: ISAW Library hosts 2025 NY Metro Papyrology Workshop. Thanks to all who attended! We are looking forward to new collaborations next year and hopefully our third meeting in 2026! @isawnyu.bsky.social #papyrology isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
ISAW Library hosts 2025 New York Metro Papyrology Workshop
The ISAW Library hosted the 2025 New York Metro Papyrology Workshop on April 11, 2025.
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April 28, 2025 at 12:11 PM
*NEW* ISAW Library Blog Post: ISAW Library hosts 2025 NY Metro Papyrology Workshop. Thanks to all who attended! We are looking forward to new collaborations next year and hopefully our third meeting in 2026! @isawnyu.bsky.social #papyrology isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
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ISAW library announces the beta of the Digital South Caucasus Collection, an open access digital library of historical and archaeological scholarship related to the ancient South Caucasus (dscc.its.nyu.edu). Read more here: isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog... @isawnyu.bsky.social #archaeology #libraries
ISAW Library Announces the launch of the Digital South Caucasus Collection
The Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World announces the beta release of the Digital South Caucasus Collection. The Digital South Caucasus Collection preserves and provides open a...
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March 21, 2025 at 2:51 PM
ISAW library announces the beta of the Digital South Caucasus Collection, an open access digital library of historical and archaeological scholarship related to the ancient South Caucasus (dscc.its.nyu.edu). Read more here: isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog... @isawnyu.bsky.social #archaeology #libraries
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The passing of Prof Bezalel Porten (1931-2025) | H-Net
https://networks.h-net.org/group/discussions/20060930/passing-prof-bezalel-porten-1931-2025
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February 27, 2025 at 8:01 PM
The passing of Prof Bezalel Porten (1931-2025) | H-Net
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ISAW Library Book Talk: Sarah Bond (Univ. of Iowa) discusses her new book *Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire* March 12 @5:30, ISAW lecture Hall. See link for registration and more information. isaw.nyu.edu/events/isawl...
ISAW Library Events: Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire
This lecture is the third in the ISAW Libraries events series for the 2024-2025 academic year. It will take place in person at ISAW. Registration is required; click through for the registration link. ...
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February 27, 2025 at 8:48 PM
ISAW Library Book Talk: Sarah Bond (Univ. of Iowa) discusses her new book *Strike: Labor, Unions, and Resistance in the Roman Empire* March 12 @5:30, ISAW lecture Hall. See link for registration and more information. isaw.nyu.edu/events/isawl...
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We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone
Alt: a drawing of a cat and a blue butterfly by debbie olicone
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February 6, 2025 at 9:34 AM
We are officially coming off of X and focusing our efforts on fostering our archaeology community here!
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
Please share our account around so that we can find our people! We look forward to meeting you all!🏺
#ancientbluesky #archaeology #classicsbluesky
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*NEW blog post* The ISAW library announces the deposit of the papers of the NY Society of the Archaeological Institute of America with NYU Libraries. #AIA #NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
NYU Special Collections accessions the archive of the New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America
In October 2024, the ISAW Library assisted NYU Special Collections in accession the archive of the New York Society of the Archaeological Institute of America.
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February 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
*NEW blog post* The ISAW library announces the deposit of the papers of the NY Society of the Archaeological Institute of America with NYU Libraries. #AIA #NYU @isawnyu.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
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*NEW* post from the ISAW Library: Research round-up 2024. Come see what your friendly neighborhood ancient studies librarians have been up to over the past year. And yeah, that’s the right graphic @diyclassics.bsky.social @secret-terror.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
ISAW Library Research Digest 2024
An update about research by ISAW library staff in 2024.
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January 15, 2025 at 10:35 PM
*NEW* post from the ISAW Library: Research round-up 2024. Come see what your friendly neighborhood ancient studies librarians have been up to over the past year. And yeah, that’s the right graphic @diyclassics.bsky.social @secret-terror.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
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*NEW* ISAWLib Blog: Federico Di Pasqua describes his experiments with #generativeAI looking to make @isawnyu.bsky.social data and collections more accessible and useful. He also publishes his draft code for the “ISAW AI Librarian.” #librarydata #nextgenreference isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
Experimenting with the ISAW AI Librarian
A guest blog post by Federico Di Pasqua, who spent several weeks in the ISAW during the Fall 2024 term experimenting with deploying generative AI to find potential avenues for making ISAW Library coll...
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December 16, 2024 at 6:51 PM
*NEW* ISAWLib Blog: Federico Di Pasqua describes his experiments with #generativeAI looking to make @isawnyu.bsky.social data and collections more accessible and useful. He also publishes his draft code for the “ISAW AI Librarian.” #librarydata #nextgenreference isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
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One of the highlights of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum/Nürnberg: the eagle-shaped fibula from Domagnano, part of a set of jewellery that would have belonged to an Ostrogothic princess or high ranking noble lady around 500 AD. #Archaeology
December 9, 2024 at 6:47 PM
One of the highlights of the Germanisches Nationalmuseum/Nürnberg: the eagle-shaped fibula from Domagnano, part of a set of jewellery that would have belonged to an Ostrogothic princess or high ranking noble lady around 500 AD. #Archaeology
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December 8, 2024 at 9:45 AM
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Ancient Egyptian Skull Reveals Evidence of Tumor Surgery
#Egypt #Egyptology #science #technology
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#Egypt #Egyptology #science #technology
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Ancient Egyptian Skull Reveals Evidence of Tumor Surgery - GreekReporter.com
Archaeologists discovered that efforts were made to remove a tumor from an ancient Egyptian skull, rewriting the history of cancer treatment.
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December 7, 2024 at 12:31 PM
Ancient Egyptian Skull Reveals Evidence of Tumor Surgery
#Egypt #Egyptology #science #technology
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#Egypt #Egyptology #science #technology
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El Alamein's ruins offer a glimpse into Greco-Roman civilization and a significant WWII battle
#Egypt #Egyptology
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#Egypt #Egyptology
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December 5, 2024 at 4:00 PM
El Alamein's ruins offer a glimpse into Greco-Roman civilization and a significant WWII battle
#Egypt #Egyptology
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#Egypt #Egyptology
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NYU museum studies interns Mina Turunc and Madeline Baird worked with ISAW staff to create 2 vitrines of NYU collections materials exploring the myth and history of Madinat al-Zahra. See them on the 2nd fl during public lectures and events at ISAW @isawnyu.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
Spotlighting Islamic Spain Through NYU's Library Collections
To complement ISAW’s new exhibition “Madinat al-Zahra: The Radiant Capital of Islamic Spain,” NYU museum studies interns Mina Turunc and Madeline Baird worked with ISAW curatorial assistant Carl Walsh...
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December 5, 2024 at 12:57 PM
NYU museum studies interns Mina Turunc and Madeline Baird worked with ISAW staff to create 2 vitrines of NYU collections materials exploring the myth and history of Madinat al-Zahra. See them on the 2nd fl during public lectures and events at ISAW @isawnyu.bsky.social isaw.nyu.edu/library/blog...
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Something fishy
A detail of a very fragmentary Coptic plate, probably of the 5th century, the team has found at the Paphos theatre site in Cyprus from post-theatre contexts. It was quite smashed up before amazing conservation work by the team.
#archaeology 🏺 #classicalbluesky
A detail of a very fragmentary Coptic plate, probably of the 5th century, the team has found at the Paphos theatre site in Cyprus from post-theatre contexts. It was quite smashed up before amazing conservation work by the team.
#archaeology 🏺 #classicalbluesky
November 29, 2024 at 4:43 AM
Something fishy
A detail of a very fragmentary Coptic plate, probably of the 5th century, the team has found at the Paphos theatre site in Cyprus from post-theatre contexts. It was quite smashed up before amazing conservation work by the team.
#archaeology 🏺 #classicalbluesky
A detail of a very fragmentary Coptic plate, probably of the 5th century, the team has found at the Paphos theatre site in Cyprus from post-theatre contexts. It was quite smashed up before amazing conservation work by the team.
#archaeology 🏺 #classicalbluesky
Happy Thanksgiving from the Amheida team! Here’s a shot of us excavating rooms 3 and 4 of the church (B7). Now you can give it a whirl thanks to the ingenious Bruno Bazzani! momento360.com/e/u/cdeaa5a6... #amheida #dakhla #egypt #archaeology
NE low
NE low on Momento360 - click to view in 360
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November 28, 2024 at 8:13 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from the Amheida team! Here’s a shot of us excavating rooms 3 and 4 of the church (B7). Now you can give it a whirl thanks to the ingenious Bruno Bazzani! momento360.com/e/u/cdeaa5a6... #amheida #dakhla #egypt #archaeology
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Auch diese frühmittelalterliche hölzerne Flasche ist derzeit in "THE hidden LÄND " zu sehen. Sie war einst mit Starkbier gefüllt, das mit Honig angereichert wurde. Die Zugabe von Honig erhöhte den Alkoholgehalt des Bieres und half auch dabei, die alkoholische Gärung...1/2
November 27, 2024 at 7:27 PM
Auch diese frühmittelalterliche hölzerne Flasche ist derzeit in "THE hidden LÄND " zu sehen. Sie war einst mit Starkbier gefüllt, das mit Honig angereichert wurde. Die Zugabe von Honig erhöhte den Alkoholgehalt des Bieres und half auch dabei, die alkoholische Gärung...1/2
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While the Pergamon Museum continues to be closed for renovations, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Studio Blank, and Pixelcloud have published ‘Babylon Reloaded’ a 3D tour of the permanent Museum of the Ancient Near East exhibition.
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Staatliche Museen zu Berlin | Virtueller Rundgang Vorderasiatisches Museum | Babylon Reloaded
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November 25, 2024 at 2:00 PM
While the Pergamon Museum continues to be closed for renovations, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Studio Blank, and Pixelcloud have published ‘Babylon Reloaded’ a 3D tour of the permanent Museum of the Ancient Near East exhibition.
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Some of the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project team slowly revealing a late 4th-early 5th cent mosaic to the west of the theatre. Paphos, Cyprus #MosaicMonday
#AncientBluesky 🏺
#AncientBluesky 🏺
November 25, 2024 at 5:44 AM
Some of the Paphos Theatre Archaeological Project team slowly revealing a late 4th-early 5th cent mosaic to the west of the theatre. Paphos, Cyprus #MosaicMonday
#AncientBluesky 🏺
#AncientBluesky 🏺
To everything turn, turn, turn. There is a time to be featured, and a time to end a news cycle with a blog post. Looking forward to the next discovery at #amheida. But if you missed the news: isaw.nyu.edu/news/amheida... @nyupress.bsky.social #egypt #dakhla #archaeology
The Amheida Excavations Featured in the New York Times
In 2023 the NYU Amheida Excavations completed the excavation of a fourth-century funerary church at the site of ancient Trimithis in the Dakhla Oasis of Egypt. The archaeology of the church was the su...
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November 22, 2024 at 1:54 PM
To everything turn, turn, turn. There is a time to be featured, and a time to end a news cycle with a blog post. Looking forward to the next discovery at #amheida. But if you missed the news: isaw.nyu.edu/news/amheida... @nyupress.bsky.social #egypt #dakhla #archaeology
Interview with Director David Ratzan (ISAW/NYU) on where the NYU Amheida excavations have been and where they are headed in their 3rd decade after their 7th book (Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt's Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church: Volume 1, The Excavations): www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
Archeologists Unearth Clues About Life in the Roman Empire, and Early Christianity, in Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis
"What could explain a settlement of this size all the way out here?" asks project director David Ratzan of NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World
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November 20, 2024 at 1:13 PM
Interview with Director David Ratzan (ISAW/NYU) on where the NYU Amheida excavations have been and where they are headed in their 3rd decade after their 7th book (Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt's Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church: Volume 1, The Excavations): www.nyu.edu/about/news-p...
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Ancient Egyptian blue faience bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙
Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...
#Archaeology
Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...
#Archaeology
November 19, 2024 at 12:19 PM
Ancient Egyptian blue faience bead in the form of a curled-up hedgehog! 🦔💙
Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...
#Archaeology
Middle Kingdom, c. 1985 -1650 BC. National Museum of Scotland 📷 by me www.nms.ac.uk/search-our-c...
#Archaeology
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The program for the Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology conference (POCA2024) which kicks off later today. I believe zoom registration is still possible. Always inspiring to see the work of the next generation of Cypriot archaeologists
🏺 #archaeology
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🏺 #archaeology
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November 20, 2024 at 12:23 PM
The program for the Postgraduate Cypriot Archaeology conference (POCA2024) which kicks off later today. I believe zoom registration is still possible. Always inspiring to see the work of the next generation of Cypriot archaeologists
🏺 #archaeology
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🏺 #archaeology
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Belt buckles with Christian symbols and motifs are frequently discovered in men's graves from the 6th and 7th centuries AD, a time when Christianity was spreading in southern Germany.
This particular example, skillfully carved from a whale rib, presents a depiction the...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
This particular example, skillfully carved from a whale rib, presents a depiction the...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
Belt buckles with Christian symbols and motifs are frequently discovered in men's graves from the 6th and 7th centuries AD, a time when Christianity was spreading in southern Germany.
This particular example, skillfully carved from a whale rib, presents a depiction the...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
This particular example, skillfully carved from a whale rib, presents a depiction the...🧵1/2
📷 me
🏺 #archaeology
Congrats to Nicola Aravecchia on the publication of Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church, Volume 1 (Amheida VII) from ISAW and the @nyupress.bsky.social. Press release here: isaw.nyu.edu/news/amheida...
November 19, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Congrats to Nicola Aravecchia on the publication of Early Christianity at Amheida (Egypt’s Dakhla Oasis), A Fourth-Century Church, Volume 1 (Amheida VII) from ISAW and the @nyupress.bsky.social. Press release here: isaw.nyu.edu/news/amheida...