Gulfareen
@gulfareen.bsky.social
Archaeologist, potterhead/sherd nerd |
Mum to 3 humans and far too many🪴🪴|
Hijabi Muslim | Love blue & white 💙🤍 |
She/Her | Crafty 😏
Mum to 3 humans and far too many🪴🪴|
Hijabi Muslim | Love blue & white 💙🤍 |
She/Her | Crafty 😏
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🏺🧪 With the new Predator film out, I guess it’s a good time to repost our old ArchaeoAnimals episode where we decided that the best use of our combined zooarchaeological skills was to figure out the anatomy of the aliens in the Predator franchise.
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/animals/63
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/animals/63
The Zooarchaeology of Predator - Ep 63 — ArchaeoAnimals (Archive)
Join us for this year’s Halloween episode where we discuss the zooarchaeology of the Predator franchise.From Hellhounds to Feral Predators, join us on a journey through 36 years of concept art and cre...
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:25 AM
🏺🧪 With the new Predator film out, I guess it’s a good time to repost our old ArchaeoAnimals episode where we decided that the best use of our combined zooarchaeological skills was to figure out the anatomy of the aliens in the Predator franchise.
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/animals/63
www.archaeologypodcastnetwork.com/animals/63
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Join us Wednesday 15th October 12-2pm BST for our AGM and a special online event to celebrate the launch of the Fourth Edition of First Aid for Finds. Lectures from the authors and a Q&A to follow! Free for ICON Members, £10 for non-members. Book here: www.icon.org.uk/events/first...
First Aid for Finds Celebration and AGM
Join us to celebrate the launch of the Fourth Edition of First Aid for Finds!
www.icon.org.uk
October 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
Join us Wednesday 15th October 12-2pm BST for our AGM and a special online event to celebrate the launch of the Fourth Edition of First Aid for Finds. Lectures from the authors and a Q&A to follow! Free for ICON Members, £10 for non-members. Book here: www.icon.org.uk/events/first...
All roads lead to Rome 😊
Exciting news! I've been awarded a Historic England Archaeology Mentoring Partnership Grant. I will be working alongside my mentor, David Griffiths, a Roman pottery specialist. Stay tuned for updates on our progress!
#Archaeology
#RomanPottery
#Mentorship
#GrantRecipient
Exciting news! I've been awarded a Historic England Archaeology Mentoring Partnership Grant. I will be working alongside my mentor, David Griffiths, a Roman pottery specialist. Stay tuned for updates on our progress!
#Archaeology
#RomanPottery
#Mentorship
#GrantRecipient
July 3, 2025 at 12:10 PM
All roads lead to Rome 😊
Exciting news! I've been awarded a Historic England Archaeology Mentoring Partnership Grant. I will be working alongside my mentor, David Griffiths, a Roman pottery specialist. Stay tuned for updates on our progress!
#Archaeology
#RomanPottery
#Mentorship
#GrantRecipient
Exciting news! I've been awarded a Historic England Archaeology Mentoring Partnership Grant. I will be working alongside my mentor, David Griffiths, a Roman pottery specialist. Stay tuned for updates on our progress!
#Archaeology
#RomanPottery
#Mentorship
#GrantRecipient
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In the final chapter of my book, Between Two Rivers, I talk about rock art and inscriptions in Saudi Arabia that tell us a bit about Nabonidus, the Babylonian king.
This dark boulder sits on reddish sand outside of Tayma, a major, multicultural hub of ancient trade. It seems unremarkable at first.
This dark boulder sits on reddish sand outside of Tayma, a major, multicultural hub of ancient trade. It seems unremarkable at first.
March 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
In the final chapter of my book, Between Two Rivers, I talk about rock art and inscriptions in Saudi Arabia that tell us a bit about Nabonidus, the Babylonian king.
This dark boulder sits on reddish sand outside of Tayma, a major, multicultural hub of ancient trade. It seems unremarkable at first.
This dark boulder sits on reddish sand outside of Tayma, a major, multicultural hub of ancient trade. It seems unremarkable at first.
Happy World Book Day, fellow adventurers! 📖
✨ In celebration of all things literary, I'm diving into the world of artifacts and archaeology in fiction.
📚🔍Drop your recommendations in the comments below!
#WorldBookDay #BookRecommendations #Archaeology
#Artifacts #Fiction
#BookLovers
#Booksky
✨ In celebration of all things literary, I'm diving into the world of artifacts and archaeology in fiction.
📚🔍Drop your recommendations in the comments below!
#WorldBookDay #BookRecommendations #Archaeology
#Artifacts #Fiction
#BookLovers
#Booksky
March 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Happy World Book Day, fellow adventurers! 📖
✨ In celebration of all things literary, I'm diving into the world of artifacts and archaeology in fiction.
📚🔍Drop your recommendations in the comments below!
#WorldBookDay #BookRecommendations #Archaeology
#Artifacts #Fiction
#BookLovers
#Booksky
✨ In celebration of all things literary, I'm diving into the world of artifacts and archaeology in fiction.
📚🔍Drop your recommendations in the comments below!
#WorldBookDay #BookRecommendations #Archaeology
#Artifacts #Fiction
#BookLovers
#Booksky
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🌟 Next up in our introductions is our Communications Officer, Gulfareen Kamran.
Gulfareen completed her MA in 2022 from Newcastle University. Her MA thesis involved fabric and pXRF analysis of three primarily medieval assemblages from Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland. 1/2
Gulfareen completed her MA in 2022 from Newcastle University. Her MA thesis involved fabric and pXRF analysis of three primarily medieval assemblages from Upper Coquetdale, Northumberland. 1/2
March 4, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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Hi from volunteer Rose trimming in our local park! Get outside and give back to your communities, I promise it will make you feel awesome AND you will make new friends 😁🌷🌳💐🌹
March 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Hi from volunteer Rose trimming in our local park! Get outside and give back to your communities, I promise it will make you feel awesome AND you will make new friends 😁🌷🌳💐🌹
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…but what I AM doing today on my birthday is donating to a bunch of fundraisers and it would really mean a lot to me if you joined in.
These fundraisers have been dealing with stagnation lately so please consider supporting them or sharing them widely - even the smallest amount helps! ⬇️
These fundraisers have been dealing with stagnation lately so please consider supporting them or sharing them widely - even the smallest amount helps! ⬇️
February 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
…but what I AM doing today on my birthday is donating to a bunch of fundraisers and it would really mean a lot to me if you joined in.
These fundraisers have been dealing with stagnation lately so please consider supporting them or sharing them widely - even the smallest amount helps! ⬇️
These fundraisers have been dealing with stagnation lately so please consider supporting them or sharing them widely - even the smallest amount helps! ⬇️
Can't wait to get my hands on this!
Happy Publication Day to me! 🎉😱🥹🧿
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!
It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!
It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...
February 20, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Can't wait to get my hands on this!
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British people, help me out here. I lived in the UK for 5 years. I thought a "Farage" is what you call those BMs where no matter how much TP you use, you cannot get your ass clean. Am I remembering right?
February 4, 2025 at 11:16 AM
British people, help me out here. I lived in the UK for 5 years. I thought a "Farage" is what you call those BMs where no matter how much TP you use, you cannot get your ass clean. Am I remembering right?
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Egyptian blue pigment found in Augusta Raurica, Switzerland. The pigments were used in wall paintings. In #Roman times, Egyptian blue was distributed throughout the Empire in a more or less standardised form of small balls of 15-20 mm in diameter. 🧵 1/2
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🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
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🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
January 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Egyptian blue pigment found in Augusta Raurica, Switzerland. The pigments were used in wall paintings. In #Roman times, Egyptian blue was distributed throughout the Empire in a more or less standardised form of small balls of 15-20 mm in diameter. 🧵 1/2
📷 me
🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
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🏺 AncientBluesky #archaeology
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I am seeing so many posts on social media about boycotting the inauguration. Don't you dare. Don't you dare turn your eyes away from history, even the awful, scary parts. If you don't watch it with your own eyes, you rely on others to tell you what you saw. We all must bear witness to what's coming.
January 15, 2025 at 3:28 AM
I am seeing so many posts on social media about boycotting the inauguration. Don't you dare. Don't you dare turn your eyes away from history, even the awful, scary parts. If you don't watch it with your own eyes, you rely on others to tell you what you saw. We all must bear witness to what's coming.
I didn't think it could get worse.
It got worse. 😫
"#Stonehenge was built to unify ancient Britons during a “legitimation crisis” caused by the migration of people from mainland Europe, researchers have suggested."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
#Archaeology
It got worse. 😫
"#Stonehenge was built to unify ancient Britons during a “legitimation crisis” caused by the migration of people from mainland Europe, researchers have suggested."
www.independent.co.uk/news/science...
#Archaeology
Why Stonehenge was ‘ultimately a failure’ in striking new theory on its origins
Stonehenge may have served a political purpose for prehistoric Britons, research suggests
www.independent.co.uk
January 15, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Happy New Year to everyone!
I am currently trying to shake off a nasty infection but hoping to recharge with some new year energy and get more active here in the coming weeks. Let's see if it's a practical resolution. Watch this space 👀
I am currently trying to shake off a nasty infection but hoping to recharge with some new year energy and get more active here in the coming weeks. Let's see if it's a practical resolution. Watch this space 👀
January 1, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Happy New Year to everyone!
I am currently trying to shake off a nasty infection but hoping to recharge with some new year energy and get more active here in the coming weeks. Let's see if it's a practical resolution. Watch this space 👀
I am currently trying to shake off a nasty infection but hoping to recharge with some new year energy and get more active here in the coming weeks. Let's see if it's a practical resolution. Watch this space 👀
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One for #medieval #archaeology types: From an urban site in the midlands, a 13th/14th century Brill/Boarstall Ware pottery Rook's head. I can't find any sort of British parallel for this, so would be interested to know if anyone has seen anything like it
December 12, 2024 at 2:31 PM
One for #medieval #archaeology types: From an urban site in the midlands, a 13th/14th century Brill/Boarstall Ware pottery Rook's head. I can't find any sort of British parallel for this, so would be interested to know if anyone has seen anything like it
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A (quite interesting because different) #Neolithic figurine, apparently looted from #Catalhöyük in the 1960s and brought out of the country (the report doesn't go into details here) has been repatriated to #Türkiye recently from the #ShelbyWhite "collection":
🏺 www.dailysabah.com/arts/9000-ye...
🏺 www.dailysabah.com/arts/9000-ye...
9,000-year-old Çatalhöyük artifact repatriated to Türkiye's Konya
A significant cultural treasure, taken abroad in the 1960s during excavations at the ancient site of Çatalhöyük in Konya, central Türkiye, has finally...
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November 19, 2024 at 4:06 PM
A (quite interesting because different) #Neolithic figurine, apparently looted from #Catalhöyük in the 1960s and brought out of the country (the report doesn't go into details here) has been repatriated to #Türkiye recently from the #ShelbyWhite "collection":
🏺 www.dailysabah.com/arts/9000-ye...
🏺 www.dailysabah.com/arts/9000-ye...
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Hello new followers and welcome! My focus is on #archaeology, you can expect posts from me covering a wide range of topics, e.g. objects, exhibitions, and latest discoveries, primarily from the European Paleolithic to the early medieval period.
I may also share posts about nature and Star Trek.
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I may also share posts about nature and Star Trek.
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November 9, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Hello new followers and welcome! My focus is on #archaeology, you can expect posts from me covering a wide range of topics, e.g. objects, exhibitions, and latest discoveries, primarily from the European Paleolithic to the early medieval period.
I may also share posts about nature and Star Trek.
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I may also share posts about nature and Star Trek.
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Hello! Just want to assure everyone coming here from you know where that this is me, not a bot.
November 16, 2024 at 6:28 PM
Hello! Just want to assure everyone coming here from you know where that this is me, not a bot.