Horus the Elder 𓅃𓅨𓂋 ♿
@horusofnekhen.bsky.social
He/Him | Disabled archaeologist and curator specialising in the study of disability in antiquity. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine 🍉
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🚨New Bad Ancient article🚨 from a new contributor. I am really happy to see this question finally answered - it has been sat on our list for quite a while now. @horusofnekhen.bsky.social has done a great job walking us through the evidence and scholarship.
www.badancient.com/claims/tutan...
www.badancient.com/claims/tutan...
Did Tutankhamun have a dagger made from a meteorite?
Wrapped within his mummified remains, a dagger has intrigued archaeologists for over a century. What was it made of, who made it, and why bury it with him?
www.badancient.com
Really happy to have been invited to contribute to the wonderful @badancient.bsky.social site on a really fun question: was King Tutankhamun buried with a dagger made from a meteorite?
If you want to learn more about ancient metallurgy and Late Bronze Age diplomacy, check out the article below!
If you want to learn more about ancient metallurgy and Late Bronze Age diplomacy, check out the article below!
Happy to have received a copy of the latest issue of @theees.bsky.social's Egyptian Archaeology magazine, where I've made a small contribution in the form of a book review.
I reviewed @leireolabarria.bsky.social's "Making Memories in Ancient Egypt", part of the Ancient Egypt in Context series. 1/3
I reviewed @leireolabarria.bsky.social's "Making Memories in Ancient Egypt", part of the Ancient Egypt in Context series. 1/3
November 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Happy to have received a copy of the latest issue of @theees.bsky.social's Egyptian Archaeology magazine, where I've made a small contribution in the form of a book review.
I reviewed @leireolabarria.bsky.social's "Making Memories in Ancient Egypt", part of the Ancient Egypt in Context series. 1/3
I reviewed @leireolabarria.bsky.social's "Making Memories in Ancient Egypt", part of the Ancient Egypt in Context series. 1/3
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Tuning in (3pm PT on Nov. 6) to hear Mason Shrader (PhD student, Brown University) talk about "Digging into Disability: How Experience Affects Theory." Join me! www.youtube.com/live/5Fg_QiU...
November 6, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Tuning in (3pm PT on Nov. 6) to hear Mason Shrader (PhD student, Brown University) talk about "Digging into Disability: How Experience Affects Theory." Join me! www.youtube.com/live/5Fg_QiU...
Wonderful to see @debscavator.bsky.social, @tibg1312.bsky.social & myself in print for the latest issue of the Classical Review. Our piece gives a "state of the field" overview to the study of Disability in Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquity.
It's Open Access and can be accessed via the QT below.
It's Open Access and can be accessed via the QT below.
Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
New issue of The Classical Review Vol. 75 , No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @universitypress.cambridge.org @debscavator.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Wonderful to see @debscavator.bsky.social, @tibg1312.bsky.social & myself in print for the latest issue of the Classical Review. Our piece gives a "state of the field" overview to the study of Disability in Egyptian, Greek and Roman Antiquity.
It's Open Access and can be accessed via the QT below.
It's Open Access and can be accessed via the QT below.
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Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
New issue of The Classical Review Vol. 75 , No. 2 (2025) www.cambridge.org/core/journal... @universitypress.cambridge.org @debscavator.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
@thedancinggrad.bsky.social @alysonroy.bsky.social @jessicamckenzie.bsky.social @pacman343.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Included is a state-of-the-field piece about disability in antiquity (open access), which I co-wrote with @horusofnekhen.bsky.social and @tibg1312.bsky.social. See where we're at with this subfield!
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chuffed.org/project/1531... muhammad from gaza needs to survive a tumor, but the costs of his surgery are incredibly expensive! people of bluesky, can we raise enough to save him? donate what you can if you can as much as you can, and if you can't donate, share and boost with those who can donate!
October 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
chuffed.org/project/1531... muhammad from gaza needs to survive a tumor, but the costs of his surgery are incredibly expensive! people of bluesky, can we raise enough to save him? donate what you can if you can as much as you can, and if you can't donate, share and boost with those who can donate!
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chuffed.org/project/1531... mohammed needs emergency surgery for the tumor growing in his right eye and much of his head! furthermore, the family is malnourished! donate what you can if you can as much as you can, and if you can't donate, share and boost with those who can donate!
October 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
chuffed.org/project/1531... mohammed needs emergency surgery for the tumor growing in his right eye and much of his head! furthermore, the family is malnourished! donate what you can if you can as much as you can, and if you can't donate, share and boost with those who can donate!
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…and that’s problematic as a discourse because it negates any theory of change. If you can’t articulate that things are getting worse, you can’t strategize about how to make them better.
there’s a subset of people who, if you point out something bad happening now, will basically reply “it was always like this and anyone who disagrees is just privileged.” it parades as savvy but nine times out of ten it’s just an ahistorical oversimplification.
"they've always been like this" is always a tempting savvy take but it is just not true that Republican staffers were 100 percent open Nazis back in 2004, or hell even 2014. they just weren't
October 15, 2025 at 10:32 PM
…and that’s problematic as a discourse because it negates any theory of change. If you can’t articulate that things are getting worse, you can’t strategize about how to make them better.
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There are now 450 entries in GAERHF. So I made a video of scrolling through the "List" view. And paused to click on a few along the way. That was a bit random. This all neither here nor there yet. Much work to do! I had to compress it a bit to get under 100 mb. #GlobalAntiquity #GlobalDH gaerhf.org
October 10, 2025 at 5:37 PM
There are now 450 entries in GAERHF. So I made a video of scrolling through the "List" view. And paused to click on a few along the way. That was a bit random. This all neither here nor there yet. Much work to do! I had to compress it a bit to get under 100 mb. #GlobalAntiquity #GlobalDH gaerhf.org
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Going to share this post from @jgsseeerd41.bsky.social as a screenshot w/ the link to the family fundraiser as the video shows more of the baby than is safe for her (creepers be creeping & I want the family protected from those people). Donate and share. www.muslimgiving.org/arfat
![Screenshot includes a freeze frame from a video of a baby in Gaza with a large abdominal sore, with a watermelon digital sticker overlying where the baby’s vagina is visible on the original video. There is skin irritation on the inside thigh of the other leg as well, which is what the mother was trying to show.
Post says: “literally, my child will die if we don’t quickly save [her] life with emergency surgery. I am poor, I have no money, and I don’t want to lose my child. I beg you and implore you to save my child. The story is on the donations page. Donate via the link.” After that, the same link provided in my post is displayed. Please click the link in my post to navigate to the donations page to help this poor family.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:23tqqqoeeo23dxrwwu2yjwwq/bafkreicebma5c7zrafhse6zjqnzeb2wesxkefcvll2rvgvm6a6yizibm6q@jpeg)
May 9, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Going to share this post from @jgsseeerd41.bsky.social as a screenshot w/ the link to the family fundraiser as the video shows more of the baby than is safe for her (creepers be creeping & I want the family protected from those people). Donate and share. www.muslimgiving.org/arfat