Lindsay Allen
@vastarchive.bsky.social
senior lecturer in ancient history at KCL. Working on ancient Iran, Persepolis & history of collecting & scholarship re: both
Holy grounds www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/25/h...
Holy ground: why Persian carpets play an important symbolic role in the funeral of Pope Francis
For over 600 years carpets from Anatolia, Turkey and Persia have been used in Catholic ceremony and religious paintings by artists including Andrea del Verrochio to indicate a carefully defined, sacre...
www.theartnewspaper.com
April 26, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Holy grounds www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/25/h...
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Think you're good at spotting a fake? Come join us at Burlington House this Friday to take part on our Spot the Fakes' open day! It's free and you can drop in from 11am - 3.30pm. www.sal.org.uk/event/openfr...
April 2, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Think you're good at spotting a fake? Come join us at Burlington House this Friday to take part on our Spot the Fakes' open day! It's free and you can drop in from 11am - 3.30pm. www.sal.org.uk/event/openfr...
*dons tin hat* 👀 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - In Our Time, Cyrus the Great
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Persian ruler Cyrus the Great.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 13, 2025 at 7:45 AM
*dons tin hat* 👀 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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Help us by following and sharing @biblioiranica.bsky.social on here or by subscribing to our emails at the bottom of our website. We have been announcing publications relating to ancient and pre-Islamic Iran for 10 years. This is not for profit, wet just love to know that you know where to find us 😊
For 10 years @farridnejad.bsky.social, @puerachaemenius.bsky.social & @zeini.bsky.social have shared publications relating to ancient Iran. We've around 1000 to 1500 weekly views on www.biblioiranica.info where you can subscribe to our emails. Help us by following and sharing this account as well.
February 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Help us by following and sharing @biblioiranica.bsky.social on here or by subscribing to our emails at the bottom of our website. We have been announcing publications relating to ancient and pre-Islamic Iran for 10 years. This is not for profit, wet just love to know that you know where to find us 😊
I’m going to assume someone mistakenly replaced “millennium” with “century” here. 👀
December 9, 2024 at 1:07 PM
I’m going to assume someone mistakenly replaced “millennium” with “century” here. 👀
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Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund for research on 'the antiquities or historical geography or early history or arts of those parts of Asia which come within the sphere of the ancient civilisations of India, China, and Iran, including Central Asia' is open. Award c. £2.5k; max £5k; deadline 8 Jan 25. 1/2
Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund 2024-25
The Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund was established according to the terms of the will of Sir Aurel Stein FBA, to commemorate his friendship with Sir Thomas Arnold FBA, for 'the encouragement of researc...
www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk
December 2, 2024 at 10:39 AM
Stein-Arnold Exploration Fund for research on 'the antiquities or historical geography or early history or arts of those parts of Asia which come within the sphere of the ancient civilisations of India, China, and Iran, including Central Asia' is open. Award c. £2.5k; max £5k; deadline 8 Jan 25. 1/2
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Funded 3 month Doctoral Fellowship opportunity:
'Presenting Agatha Christie to diverse audiences at the British Library and the National Trust's Greenway House'
Deadline for applications 15 December: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/r...
'Presenting Agatha Christie to diverse audiences at the British Library and the National Trust's Greenway House'
Deadline for applications 15 December: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/r...
Doctoral fellowships at the National Trust
Find out more about the doctoral fellowships available through the partnership between the National Trust and the British Library.
www.nationaltrust.org.uk
November 27, 2024 at 12:30 PM
Funded 3 month Doctoral Fellowship opportunity:
'Presenting Agatha Christie to diverse audiences at the British Library and the National Trust's Greenway House'
Deadline for applications 15 December: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/r...
'Presenting Agatha Christie to diverse audiences at the British Library and the National Trust's Greenway House'
Deadline for applications 15 December: www.nationaltrust.org.uk/who-we-are/r...
Please shoot me now
February 1, 2024 at 12:34 PM
Please shoot me now
Anyone want an Aldine title page? Yes, yes you do.
December 1, 2023 at 8:57 AM
Anyone want an Aldine title page? Yes, yes you do.
Turkish pomegranate from Ocado vs pomegranate from Turkish grocery on Green Lanes #presentedwithoutcomment
November 22, 2023 at 5:14 PM
Turkish pomegranate from Ocado vs pomegranate from Turkish grocery on Green Lanes #presentedwithoutcomment
Objects, space & imagination
Great article about Jack Fisk, probably the only person who has worked with Scorsese, Malick, Lynch, De Palma, Demme, and Anderson.
The Genius Behind Hollywood’s Most Indelible Sets
How Jack Fisk, the master production designer behind ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ and many other films, brings the past to life.
www.nytimes.com
October 22, 2023 at 4:29 PM
Objects, space & imagination
Might as well kick off here with a preview of the exhibition I’ve been assisting with at Sissinghurst in Kent: surfacing another place, another time, in an English family estate: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-...
Sissinghurst Castle’s newest exhibition reveals its ancient treasures
The exhibition has uncovered the true provenance of the ancient artefacts ‘collected’ by Vita Sackville-West
www.thetimes.co.uk
October 12, 2023 at 10:10 PM
Might as well kick off here with a preview of the exhibition I’ve been assisting with at Sissinghurst in Kent: surfacing another place, another time, in an English family estate: www.thetimes.co.uk/article/the-...