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Candace Richards
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Museum type. Mediterranean archaeologist. Coeliac traveller. Typo aficionado.
Current research project: Reuse and recycling practices, Nea Paphos, Cyprus.
A/Curator at CCWM Sydney Uni.
Lives on unceded Gadigal land.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · May 8
Out now! A collaborative volume that explores provenance, pedagogy, participatory programming and ethics for managing ancient Mediterranean collections in this region by #museum experts and researchers. 🏺📜🖼🏛
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand | Pers
This volume brings together academics and museum professionals responsible for ancient Mediterranean collections across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to
www.taylorfrancis.com
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Pompeii, Regio V Thermopolium doesn't disappoint!
The front face of a bar has a painted bright yellow border and three scenes. On the right is a black dog sitting with a chain to his collar. In the centre is a chicken with a big plumed tail. On the right are two upside down ducks. An L shaped bar, made up of ceramic vats sunk into the counter doors is in the middle of a room with amphorae leaning against it and the wall behind. This side of the bar has a yellow background and main scene of a woman, sea nymph, half naked draped in thin falling away cloths, as she rides a sea horse through the ocean. The end section of the bar photographed through the glass protecting the site. It has a jumble of amphorae standing on their pointed bases with a small uneven table (?) topped with vessels and a diminutive figure running along. In the sun shine the ruins of a building are supported by scaffolding. On one side is a sign painted in red and on the other a scene with a winding snake and vegetation.
September 27, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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I had a chance to visit the London Mithraeum and would love to hear other peoples thoughts!
Located under the Bloomberg building in central London, in the heart of the ancient Roman city, are the foundations of a 3rd C temple of Mithras, conserved and displayed in an immersive initiation experience.
In a dark room the ruins of stone and brick walls are preserved unevenly about a metre high. In the centre light shines on the outline of a figure riding a galloping bull wearing a billowing cape and soft beanie-like hat
September 20, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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5 weeks in Cyprus @caari-cyprus.bsky.social = serious library time plus fun museum and heritage excursions. The Ledra city is super cute, displaying the finds from the excavations on site. A figurine factory means lots of wasters. Favourite find has to be the terracotta bath tub.
A limestone two story house sits on a small hill with new trees planted around it. A series of ceramic fragments, including a rim and handle have fused together to form an odd shaped lump. On the bottom of a cream coloured lamp is a line drawing od a person wearing a stripey red and black cloak and dress. Their face is obscured where the image has worn away over time. A terracotta bathtub with a small internal seat and footwell is displayed in a museum. It has been restored from many fragments.
September 7, 2025 at 6:35 AM
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You can read about our super fun exhibition 'Kerameikos' at Sydney Uni - Chau Chak Wing Museum in the latest Journal of Australian Ceramics. Exhibition extended until 2 Feb 2026! 🏺🏛️📜
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Kerameikos: The potters' quarter
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September 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
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Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai
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Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them | Nature
Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science.
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August 8, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Essential reading!
"Scientists must also attend to their own racism. It is not enough to be non-racist. Structural issues and inequities exist in the Western academy. Those who avoid engaging with racism and colonialism in scientific works and spaces merely promote the status quo." 🏺📜🏛
August 14, 2025 at 2:49 PM
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Experimental #archaeology of tin smelting. South-west Britain was a major source of tin for bronze production, with British tin reaching as far as the major Bronze Age civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean 🏺

Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...
Experimental archaeology recreating tin smelting using tin ore in a crucible, surrounded by charcoal powered by a simple skin bellows plus insets of tin ore used (alluvial cassiterite excavated from a Bronze Age site in Cornwall) and a sectioned crucible showing the tin metal produced (credit: R. Alan Williams & Great Orme Mines).
August 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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I'm not all about ancient stuff... I also like to make pots!

My first raku firing was an amazing time and the kiln gods were smiling upon me. Thanks to the instruction of Blake Clay, instagram: www.instagram.com/_blake_clay?...
Outsode an outstretched hand holds up a copper coloured shiny angular pot with a black base. It glistens in the sun.
July 18, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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📢 Call for Papers: "Advances in Archaeological Labor Management"📢

We invite submissions for a themed issue on “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management,” to be published in Aug 2026. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 1, 2025. Find out more: cup.org/3Ibus9e

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#archaeology
Banner for 'Advances in Archaeological Practice' featuring a call for papers, set against an orange background.
July 4, 2025 at 10:39 PM
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Fabulous new article on the experience of girlhood in Ancient Egypt by the phenomenal @julia-hamilton.bsky.social - great research and great teaching as always 🔥
July 3, 2025 at 11:11 PM
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The final chapter, 20, offers a distribution guide to the known publicly accessible collections in the region - 66 in total. Each institution is given a short entry that situates the ancient Med. artefacts within its broader collections, with the aim of increasing visibility of these materials 🏺📜🏛.
June 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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Chapter 19 by Caleb Hamilton offers new perspectives and a distinctly Māori framework, exploring whether the use of tikanga could be offered to mummified Egyptian human remains held within museums in Aotearoa New Zealand, aligning with attitudes towards the display and care of kōiwi tangata.🏺📜🏛
June 19, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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Chapter 18 is on developing collaborative holistic research practices for the ethical care, treatment, interpretation, and display of Egyptian human remains at CCWM. The authors aim to encourage all who care for human remains in their collections to think more critically about ‘best practice’ 🏺📜🏛
June 18, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Chapter 17 from ANU Classics Museum discusses recent restitution of three Italian objects and shares detail of the processes in a way that might benefit other institutions, hoping to encourage a wider dialogue around restitution that focuses on the realities and opportunities that can arise.
June 17, 2025 at 5:06 AM
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Chapter 16 by Brit Asmussen and @cairojim.bsky.social explores the sticky-ness of objects. They consider the relevance of antiquities held in museums and the varied contributions they make to the contemporary world via people’s engagement with them today.
June 16, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Chapter 15 by Lilly Withycombe focuses on a screen-based exhibition interactive that the National Museum of Australia developed to introduce visitors to ancient polychromy through a playful medium and to encourage a closer interaction with objects within blockbuster travelling exhibitions 🏺📜🏛
June 11, 2025 at 7:49 AM
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Chapter 14 by the Hellenic Museum team explores recent projects 'WHO ARE YOU? Athens, Aotearoa and the Art of Marian Maguire', 'Becoming You' and 'Greek Love' as practical examples of the use of ancient Mediterranean-based collections for social wellbeing and the exploration of identity 🏺📜🏛
June 11, 2025 at 7:47 AM
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Chapter 13 from the CCWM at Sydney Uni team uses four case studies to demonstrate how we are widening participation with ancient Med collections through OBL, community co-developed programming and taking collections out of the museum environment. 🏺📜🏛
June 5, 2025 at 8:55 AM
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Chapter 12 by Diana Burton reviews a recent collaboration between Victoria University Wellington's Classics Museum and School of Design to develop innovative ways for students and the public to engage with the Museum’s artefacts through 3D printing techniques. 🏺📜🏛
June 5, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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I am thrilled to receive the 2025 Danielle Parks Memorial Fellowship @caari-cyprus.bsky.social (the announcement just went out in the newsletter)! I'll be working on my Recycling Paphos project that explores reuse practices in Nea Paphos and new methodologies for recording multiple reuse events 🏺
June 3, 2025 at 11:50 PM
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Chapter 11 explores the remote learning opportunities offered by the UNE Museum of Antiquities as part of a rural university traditionally serving a wide geographic dispersal of students. Hands on learning and practical experience delivered from afar and with significant pedagogical outcomes 🏺📜🏛
June 2, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Reposted by Candace Richards
circa-candace.bsky.social
Out now! A collaborative volume that explores provenance, pedagogy, participatory programming and ethics for managing ancient Mediterranean collections in this region by #museum experts and researchers. 🏺📜🖼🏛
www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...
Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand | Pers
This volume brings together academics and museum professionals responsible for ancient Mediterranean collections across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to
www.taylorfrancis.com
May 8, 2025 at 5:10 AM
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Chapter 10 explores the Tūhura Otago Museum numismatic collection of over 2500 ancient coins. The authors offer a case study of their work integrated learning internships that help digitise the collections and add narrative value for the museum's visitors online and for future in gallery display🏺📜🏛
June 1, 2025 at 7:23 AM