Isabelle Vella Gregory
@ivg.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Sudan. Malta. UCL. Cambridge. https://thejebelmoyaproject.wordpress.com/
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Never ever have I felt so seen. #archaeology #cats
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Never ever have I felt so seen. #archaeology #cats
Here’s the bones, l-għadam tal-mejtin, the bones of the dead. On All Souls’ Day we remember our departed. Some people like a thick coat of icing on these but I hate icing. And anyway this looks more like buried bones 🙂
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here’s the bones, l-għadam tal-mejtin, the bones of the dead. On All Souls’ Day we remember our departed. Some people like a thick coat of icing on these but I hate icing. And anyway this looks more like buried bones 🙂
Spent a lovely Sunday afternoon making a terrarium :-)
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Spent a lovely Sunday afternoon making a terrarium :-)
Another busy day @uclarchaeology.bsky.social with #JebelMoya material and processing #pXRF results from figurines curated by @maacambridge.bsky.social I have a lot of love for London but my heart is always in #Sudan 🏺
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Another busy day @uclarchaeology.bsky.social with #JebelMoya material and processing #pXRF results from figurines curated by @maacambridge.bsky.social I have a lot of love for London but my heart is always in #Sudan 🏺
And here’s my view for the day. This is what is behind the figurines from @maacambridge.bsky.social #Sudan #archaeology #JebelMoya 🏺
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And here’s my view for the day. This is what is behind the figurines from @maacambridge.bsky.social #Sudan #archaeology #JebelMoya 🏺
Don’t be too jealous but I’m spending Sunday in the company of Excel and my research assistant.
October 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Don’t be too jealous but I’m spending Sunday in the company of Excel and my research assistant.
Essential things you need when you’re trying to write a lecture. He also added crucial text to mine and under union rules that means he gets paid.
September 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Essential things you need when you’re trying to write a lecture. He also added crucial text to mine and under union rules that means he gets paid.
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social I venture into Cambridge and there you are :-)
September 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social I venture into Cambridge and there you are :-)
Today it was back to this. My love for figurines is longstanding. The Jebel Moya corpus is fascinating, complex, infuriating - cos that’s what figurines are like 😂 So there’s always something new to explore. #Sudan #archaeology
August 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today it was back to this. My love for figurines is longstanding. The Jebel Moya corpus is fascinating, complex, infuriating - cos that’s what figurines are like 😂 So there’s always something new to explore. #Sudan #archaeology
Thank you! My own chonkers has plenty to say about paperwork. Apparently I am not funny.
July 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Thank you! My own chonkers has plenty to say about paperwork. Apparently I am not funny.
We have a squad 🤣🤣🤣
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We have a squad 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone loves a trip to Blue Grotto (or to call it by its proper name, il-Ħnejja).
July 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Everyone loves a trip to Blue Grotto (or to call it by its proper name, il-Ħnejja).
Now it feels like summer. Love me a bit of octopus.
July 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Now it feels like summer. Love me a bit of octopus.
How yesterday started and how it ended. Much needed bliss and recharging. Still exhausted but feeling a lot better.
July 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
How yesterday started and how it ended. Much needed bliss and recharging. Still exhausted but feeling a lot better.
Found this scarlet tiger moth in my garden :-) 🪴
June 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Found this scarlet tiger moth in my garden :-) 🪴
The temperature in Malta right now is absolutely perfect. Just saying. 😂
June 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The temperature in Malta right now is absolutely perfect. Just saying. 😂
When you try to take a selfie with your cat but you’re just disturbing his aura.
May 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
When you try to take a selfie with your cat but you’re just disturbing his aura.
Mine is resting on his laurels, as it were 😂😂😂😂
May 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mine is resting on his laurels, as it were 😂😂😂😂
Pumpkin says being my research assistant is exhausting.
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Pumpkin says being my research assistant is exhausting.
I can’t believe it. 11k views on our paper. Not sure if this is normal for others but I can assure you this is very new to me! 🏺
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I can’t believe it. 11k views on our paper. Not sure if this is normal for others but I can assure you this is very new to me! 🏺
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Has everyone lost their minds? Springer is offering me the chance to buy a poster for a paper I wrote. For 89 dollar. wtf. A poster? Someone explain this madness.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Has everyone lost their minds? Springer is offering me the chance to buy a poster for a paper I wrote. For 89 dollar. wtf. A poster? Someone explain this madness.
And just round the corner it looks deceptively peaceful but it’s not. The undercurrents are not to be messed with, unless you want to become part of the rocks. Loving the carpet of three horned stock btw.
March 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And just round the corner it looks deceptively peaceful but it’s not. The undercurrents are not to be messed with, unless you want to become part of the rocks. Loving the carpet of three horned stock btw.
And then you get down to the sea. My usual swimming spot.
March 15, 2025 at 12:13 PM
And then you get down to the sea. My usual swimming spot.