Zena Kamash
@zenakamash.bsky.social
Writing - archaeology - heritage.
British Iraqi.
Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' graduate.
Editor: European Journal of Archaeology.
Winner: EAA Book Prize 2025.
Working Classicist of the Year 2025.
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British Iraqi.
Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' graduate.
Editor: European Journal of Archaeology.
Winner: EAA Book Prize 2025.
Working Classicist of the Year 2025.
She/her
(NB: no access to DMs)
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Zena Kamash
@zenakamash.bsky.social
· Nov 16
Hello 👋 Some more about me:
📚Senior Visiting Research Fellow at KCL working on archaeology/heritage projects
🏛️Archaeology tour guide
🔍Writing a crime fiction novel
🧶Love books, snooker, board games, cake & embroidery
😻Live in a tiny village w my husband, Pete (pottery specialist), & our cat, Cyril
📚Senior Visiting Research Fellow at KCL working on archaeology/heritage projects
🏛️Archaeology tour guide
🔍Writing a crime fiction novel
🧶Love books, snooker, board games, cake & embroidery
😻Live in a tiny village w my husband, Pete (pottery specialist), & our cat, Cyril
CATS!! LOTS OF CATS! 😻
Hello new friends! I think it is time to share once again the most joyful thing in my life.
You know what that means.
It's cat thread time!
Some of the cats I have sat for this year. Each a tiny cat star!
You know what that means.
It's cat thread time!
Some of the cats I have sat for this year. Each a tiny cat star!
November 22, 2025 at 8:10 AM
CATS!! LOTS OF CATS! 😻
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"The coins were auctioned off in 57 lots by Noonans Mayfair on Wednesday, November 12, attracting global bidders from the UK, USA, Europe and New Zealand."
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
*Archaeological find of national significance broken up and dispersed overseas*
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
There, fixed that headline for you
www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/2562811...
Roman coin find in Dorset field sells for over £16,000
A hoard of 97 Roman coins found in Dorset by metal detectorist Trenton Oliver sold for £16,625 at Noonans Mayfair auction, exceeding estimates.
www.dorsetecho.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 5:39 AM
"The coins were auctioned off in 57 lots by Noonans Mayfair on Wednesday, November 12, attracting global bidders from the UK, USA, Europe and New Zealand."
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
Honestly, it's relentless...
#Archaeology 🏺 #Detecting #Treasure #Coins
Ah - Long Covid - the gift that keeps on giving... Now I have a plant food allergy - lucky old me!
November 19, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Ah - Long Covid - the gift that keeps on giving... Now I have a plant food allergy - lucky old me!
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My latest piece of writing - looking at Export Licences, detecting tourism, etc and pulling together some of the earlier figures.
We really are in a mess...
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺 #Gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/19/g...
We really are in a mess...
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺 #Gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/19/g...
Going… going… gone overseas?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract With the boom in detecting tourism, and with mass detecting rallies being held across the UK, increasin…
bigbookoftorcs.com
November 19, 2025 at 6:41 AM
My latest piece of writing - looking at Export Licences, detecting tourism, etc and pulling together some of the earlier figures.
We really are in a mess...
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺 #Gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/19/g...
We really are in a mess...
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺 #Gold #Treasure
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/11/19/g...
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BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
November 17, 2025 at 10:11 PM
BBC News: "the government believe refugees are deliberately bringing their children to avoid deportation"
As opposed to doing what with their children??
As opposed to doing what with their children??
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I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
November 17, 2025 at 9:24 PM
I'm giving a talk at my work this week that is being broadcast online via Zoom! Maybe you're interested in watching?
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
"Archaeology of Ableism and Ableism in Archaeology: Building a More Rigorous Archaeology through Disability Studies"
Wednesday, November 19, 12-1pm Pacific
#academicsky 🏺♿
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“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
November 17, 2025 at 1:10 PM
“How many refugees have been granted asylum in the UK?”
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
Most people overestimate the number - by a lot. With far-right figures spreading misinformation, it’s hard for the public to know the truth.
Watch the video to see just how wide the gap is between perception and reality.
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Another morning, another chance to be ashamed to be British. People are fleeing war and persecution, which we are often implicated in. Britain, smugly saying it's the best country in the world, takes their last valuables to pay for bureaucracy & sub standard accommodation. Government by anecdote
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Another morning, another chance to be ashamed to be British. People are fleeing war and persecution, which we are often implicated in. Britain, smugly saying it's the best country in the world, takes their last valuables to pay for bureaucracy & sub standard accommodation. Government by anecdote
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gold fillings?
Govt minister Alex Norris is asked if the govt will take jewellery from people [fleeing war and persecution]. Norris says the govt won't be taking peoples wedding rings but they will seize assets.
November 17, 2025 at 7:51 AM
gold fillings?
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News | Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike, as Science Museum formally recognises union that won pay rise for security guards.
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike - Museums Association
More than 150 members of PCS union will take industrial action later this month
ow.ly
November 14, 2025 at 6:45 PM
News | Tate workers vote in favour of week-long strike, as Science Museum formally recognises union that won pay rise for security guards.
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
More than 150 members of PCS union are due to walk out later this month.
Read: https://ow.ly/LSY750XrTBX
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Today, I want to focus on donation of treasure finds to museums.
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
November 14, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Today, I want to focus on donation of treasure finds to museums.
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
Note, these figures include those who have sold their finds to museums at a reduced rate, as well as donated them for free - there's no way of finding out how many of each.
1/6
#Archaeology #Detecting #Treasure #Gold 🏺
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Hot drop: set of 12 large medieval cat stickers 😻
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
November 13, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hot drop: set of 12 large medieval cat stickers 😻
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
🛍️ tephraarts.etsy.com/listing/4404...
Adapted from authentic illuminated manuscripts, designed and made by me!
⚜️ #skystorians #history #archaeology #cats #medieval
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For the history, heritage and archaeology enthusiasts, I have 25% off over fifty niche items in my Etsy right now!
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
November 12, 2025 at 4:42 PM
For the history, heritage and archaeology enthusiasts, I have 25% off over fifty niche items in my Etsy right now!
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
✨ tephraarts.etsy.com
#history #heritage #geology #archaeology #folklore #medieval #archives
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📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess?
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
November 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
📢 Did you know the the Journal of Roman Archaeology is flipping to #OpenAccess?
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
All research content published in the journal from January 2026 will be permanently and freely available to read, download and share around the world 🌏. Find out more: https://cup.org/4oaKGzq
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#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
![Illustration = the Old English Hexateuch, w. an image of the creation of Eve.
Text = Everything you always wanted to know about medieval manuscripts — but were too afraid to ask
Attend the 2025-2026 CÉMA/AMAES Saturday morning sessions and learn to read medieval English manuscripts from scratch!
When — Saturday 10 am-12 noon — October 11, November 15, December 13, January 24, February 21, March 21, April 11, May 30, June 13
Where — Sorbonne & Zoom
To join at any point in the year, just e-mail us: florence.bourgne [at] sorbonne-universite.fr](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r55clalroymggnwcbda7rj6k/bafkreidcp4qdch723map5sjg4quxgqjohnccv3eokqtm7j4qzyly3boznu@jpeg)
November 12, 2025 at 5:22 PM
#medievalsky
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
Learn to read Old English from scratch! Join our online and in person monthly manuscript reading sessions at any time in the year.
Next session this Saturday, 10-12 CET, at the Sorbonne and on Zoom.
Ping us if you want to partake 🎉🎉🎉
With speculation from Adnan Almohamad, whom I can attest to being an astute and well-informed Syrian archaeologist, that this may have been an inside job 😢
As cultural looting surges in Syria after a bloody civil war and a decades-long brutal dictatorship, thieves have broken into the National Museum of Damascus and walked away with six valuable Roman-era statues.
Thieves Steal Roman-Era Statues From Damascus Museum
A historian speculates it might have been an inside job.
hyperallergic.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:39 PM
With speculation from Adnan Almohamad, whom I can attest to being an astute and well-informed Syrian archaeologist, that this may have been an inside job 😢
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Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
Cambridge University Press
view.updates.cambridge.org
November 12, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Delighted that from January 2026 all research articles published in the Journal of Roman Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org will be Open Access
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
view.updates.cambridge.org?qs=85c24bbd7...
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#HeritageCrime News
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
Staveley clock statue damaged by town centre metal thieves - BBC News
A construction site forming part of the town's multimillion-pound regeneration was broken into.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 1:36 PM
#HeritageCrime News
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
Police investigating after thieves damaged a memorial clock and stole bronze plaques celebrating the industrial history of Staveley, Derbyshire.
HT to @archaeotea.bsky.social for spotting the story.
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Solidarity with @archanchistleic.bsky.social and Dept of History (amongst others) at University of Leicester starting two weeks of strikes today over appalling redundancies. 💪
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
Information for Supporters: Leicester UCU Strike 2025 | University of Leicester UCU
www.uculeicester.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Solidarity with @archanchistleic.bsky.social and Dept of History (amongst others) at University of Leicester starting two weeks of strikes today over appalling redundancies. 💪
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
#Archaeology 🏺 #History
www.uculeicester.org.uk/information-...
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Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Home - Long COVID Treatment Trial
Be part of groundbreaking Long COVID research from Scripps Research. We endeavor to conduct a portfolio of Long COVID clinical trials.
longcovid.scripps.edu
November 8, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Y'all, the hospital where I had my surgery is running trials to see if GLP-1 medications can help people suffering from long COVID. It's open to any person with documented long COVID who lives in the US.
Please pass it on!
Please pass it on!
Oooh that is a particularly fine drain! 🤩
A view of the Roman drain now fully uncovered at the Uncovering Roman Carlisle excavation just south of #HadriansWall, stone robbers have removed a section but it’s still impressive #Archaeology
November 9, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Oooh that is a particularly fine drain! 🤩
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Aisling's stuff is fun and well made. Where else are you going to get stratigraphic jewellery. Check it out!
Looking for unique archaeology, history and geology gifts?
Check our my Etsy page for handmade hyper-niche wares!
tephraarts.etsy.com
Check our my Etsy page for handmade hyper-niche wares!
tephraarts.etsy.com
November 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Aisling's stuff is fun and well made. Where else are you going to get stratigraphic jewellery. Check it out!
So. Much. This. 👇🏼
In yet another addition of willful ignorance by the British tabloid press, the cyclical poppy furore. It is incredible it has to be explained to adults that there is nothing apolitical about remembering war and especially how it is used in the contemporary. www.irishmirror.ie/sport/soccer...
Katie McCabe takes clear poppy stance as she follows in McClean's footsteps
Katie McCabe follows in the footsteps of James McClean by not wearing the poppy while in action for Arsenal.
www.irishmirror.ie
November 8, 2025 at 2:32 PM
So. Much. This. 👇🏼
A helpful read, especially on a particularly hard day of post-exertional malaise...
🧵 Important new study out in Cell Reports Medicine (Shahbaz et al. 2025):
👉 Long Covid with ME/CFS isn’t the same in women and men - biologically.
👉 And it’s not “fatigue.” It’s immune, hormonal, and neurological chaos.
Let’s break it down layperson style 👇
👉 Long Covid with ME/CFS isn’t the same in women and men - biologically.
👉 And it’s not “fatigue.” It’s immune, hormonal, and neurological chaos.
Let’s break it down layperson style 👇
November 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
A helpful read, especially on a particularly hard day of post-exertional malaise...
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6️⃣ In short:
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.
November 8, 2025 at 11:47 AM
6️⃣ In short:
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.
Long Covid + ME/CFS =
🧠 Neuroinflammation
💥 Immune activation
⚖️ Hormonal imbalance
🩸 Disrupted blood and oxygen balance
And women are hit hardest.