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Dr Edward Scrivens
@edwardscrivens.bsky.social
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Egyptologist (Development Manager at the Egypt Exploration Society / @theees.bsky.social - views here my own), occasional improv comedian and drag artist. I research goddesses, and sometimes I am one. 🏳️‍🌈He/Him.
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So excited to see my article about curating an exhibit at @theees.bsky.social, and about the challenges/possibilities of using collections to tell stories, in the latest edition of Egyptian Archaeology magazine! #publicationday #article #ancientEgypt #heritage #curation #archives #exhibit
November 7, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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Been running a murder mystery improv night for ten years. Here's the last London show, featuring @rosieisaholt.bsky.social, @edwardscrivens.bsky.social, Tom Skelton, and me old m8 Joel Gatehouse. It's gooooood.
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Criminal, the improvised murder mystery: Final. London. Show.
YouTube video by Criminal Improv
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November 7, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reposted by Dr Edward Scrivens
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Now @theees.bsky.social is sat alongside our BIRI colleagues from @bsrome.bsky.social at #HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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Come chat to us over at Senate House! #HistDay25
November 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Reposted by Dr Edward Scrivens
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Come visit @edwardscrivens.bsky.social and I @senatehouselib.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social #HistoryDay to find out about @theees.bsky.social and the queer history of British Egyptology today!
November 4, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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An honour to attend the Egyptian Embassy’s reception to mark the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, held at the British Museum. Between the esteemed company, performances of ancient hymns, and the chance to wander the Egyptian sculpture gallery out of hours, it was a wonderful night!
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
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Had such a lovely time at the Petrie Museum last night for the launch of ‘Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries’, the wonderful new book from @theees.bsky.social which I’m chuffed to have written some sections of. Congratulations to the editors @stephanieboonstra.bsky.social and Campbell Price!
October 25, 2025 at 12:36 PM
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Wishing a Happy Diwali to all who celebrate! 🪔
October 20, 2025 at 8:10 PM
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We’re getting murderous tonight in CRIMINAL! 🔪 If you’re in London and are a fan of dastardly #improv deeds, come join us down at Hoopla
October 15, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Get some Egypt in your ears!

#AwayWithThePharaohs #podcast #egyptology #history #archaeology
theees.bsky.social The Egypt Exploration Society @theees.bsky.social · Sep 30
We've launched a podcast: #AwayWithThePharaohs!

Listen now for an introduction to @theees.bsky.social and the #podcast itself. Make sure you follow to never miss our monthly episodes (starting tomorrow), bringing Egypt to life in ways you’ve never heard before! #InternationalPodcastDay
September 30, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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Come learn about ancient Egyptian art and architecture with me! 🎨 #course #ancientegypt #egyptology #art #arthistory #archaeology #learning
theees.bsky.social The Egypt Exploration Society @theees.bsky.social · Sep 17
Introduction to Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture
📅9 Oct-6 Nov ⏰ 6pm 🇬🇧 8pm 🇪🇬

Our next course with @edwardscrivens.bsky.social is ideal for anyone seeking a deeper understanding of the meanings and history of ancient Egyptian art.

🎫 www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...
📸 @britishmuseum.bsky.social
September 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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So excited to see this published! 🤩 I had the privilege of writing a number of pieces in the book about key objects/sites and topics like ancient Egyptian religion and art. Grab your copy of this gorgeous little book from the EES website! 📚

#newbook #ancientegypt #history #egyptology #archaeology
theees.bsky.social The Egypt Exploration Society @theees.bsky.social · Sep 1
Think you know history? Think again.

Discover 50 incredible finds that rewrote over 3,000 years of history in @theees.bsky.social's Ancient Egypt in 50 Discoveries, published today! #AE50EES

"Fascinating and unmissable" – Prof Kate Williams

Get your copy now 👉 www.ees.ac.uk/resource/anc...
September 2, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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‘In a city full of big exhibitions, sometimes it’s the smallest that delights the most…’

A lovely surprise to see that my spotlight exhibit at @theees.bsky.social has been featured on London institution IanVisits!
#egyptology #archives #museums #heritage #Hatshepsut #Nefertiti #archaeology
Small London exhibition looks at the legacy of two Queens of ancient Egypt
In a city full of big exhibitions, sometimes it's the smallest that delights the most, and few are smaller and more delightful than this small glass case in the Egypt Exploration Society.
www.ianvisits.co.uk
August 6, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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I had a great time showing Alicia round @theees.bsky.social for the Science Factory #podcast! Check it out for a peak inside the EES, a chat about #Hatshepsut and #Nefertiti, and to hear stories of life at the Society and our plans for the future!

#egyptology #archaeology #heritage #archives
Unplanned Visit, Unexpected Stories – At the EES with Dr Scrivens
YouTube video by Science Factory
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July 29, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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I had the best time last night at Snapchat’s London HQ for the launch of Bettany Hughes’ new #documentary series ‘Seven Wonders of the Ancient World’! The series looks brilliant, with an exciting use of #augmentedreality to bring these monuments to life.

#ancienthistory #popularhistory #archaeology
July 10, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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Honoured to be invited to the residence of His Excellency the Egyptian Ambassador in celebration of Egypt’s National Day 🇪🇬

#Egypt #Heritage #Egyptology #Embassy
July 3, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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In honour of #worldUFOday, here’s an old video essay of mine. 4 years old but it bears repeating: ‘Ancient Aliens is Racist’.

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#archaeology #history #racisim #colonialism #ancientaliens #ancientastronauts #atlantis #conspiracytheories #pseudoarchaeology
July 2, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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My offering this #MonumentMonday comes from yesterday’s visit to the Iron Age hut circles of Tŷ Mawr, Anglesey.

#archeology #history #wales #anglesey #heritage
June 30, 2025 at 4:47 PM
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Check out my new piece for @theees.bsky.social, in which I search for stories of the groundbreaking female rulers #Hatshepsut and #Nefertiti among the EES’ amazing archival collections. #egypt #egyptology #archaeology #archives #history #heritage

www.ees.ac.uk/resource/hat...
Hatshepsut and Nefertiti: Two Women Who Changed Egypt
Edward Scrivens steps into the EES archives to discover the stories of two groundbreaking female rulers
www.ees.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Not to say brat was written about me but I’m considering having a coffee after 6pm
June 16, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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Went on a little jaunt to Eltham Palace today! Art Deco meets medieval, with what looks to be an Amarna-inspired embodiment of ‘the ancient world’ as an Egyptianising figure. @englishheritage.bsky.social #history #heritage #architecture #egypt #egyptology #1930s #egyptomania #london
The art deco entrance hall of Eltham Palace. The extravagant bathroom of Lady Virginia Courtauld, complete with a marble bathtub set into a gold-tiled niche in the wall, overlooked by a statue of Psyche. The great hall at Eltham Palace. The original was built by Edward IV in the late 1470s; the Courtaulds restored it when they did their art deco revamp of the palace. A wall moulding showing a male Egyptian-esque figure, captioned as ‘The Ancient World’. The proportions of the figure’s body may suggest it was inspired by art of the Amarna period.
June 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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I recently got back from a trip to Crete, where I took a turn around ancient Aptera - cisterns and bathhouses and theatres, oh my!

#archaeology #history #crete #greece #greek #hellenistic #roman
June 11, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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Happy Sunday from my leafy little corner of southeast London
April 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
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It’s #LondonMarathon day, which is kinda like the Egyptian Sed festival on a huge scale. The ‘Heb Sed’ was held on the king’s 30th jubilee (then every 3 years) to ritually renew their rule. The pharaoh ran a course representing the borders of #Egypt, symbolising dominion over the country. #history
A relief depicting the female king Hatshepsut running during the Sed festival, taken from her ‘Red Chapel’ at the Karnak temple complex. She is running alongside the sacred Apis bull, an embodiment of the god Ptah.
April 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
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Happy #StGeorgesDay to folks marking it! St George is venerated as ‘The Prince of the Martyrs’ in the #Egyptian Coptic Church. Some say his famous dragon-slaying depictions draw on ancient models, such as this Nubian carving of Horus as a Roman horseman spearing a crocodile. #history #archaeology
Coptic icon depicting St George riding a white horse. Beneath the feet of the horse is a dragon into whose mouth St George drives a spear or lance. Stone carving (perhaps part of a window) showing a falcon-headed human riding on a horse. The figure drives a spear into a crocodile positioned beneath the horse’s feet. It has been suggested that the horseman represents Horus, the Egyptian god of kingship and the sky, and that the crocodile might be his rival the chaotic god Seth. The object is provenanced to the Nubian site of Faras and dates to the 4th Century CE.
April 23, 2025 at 1:20 PM