This splendid 7th-6th c. BC scarab, carved from green agate, was uncovered at Chiusi in #Italy. It figures a popular scene from the #Egyptian #mythology: #goddess Isis breast feeding her son Horus in the marshes, while he is hiding from his murderous uncle Seth. #BritishMuseum
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Aurelia Masson-Berghoff
@aurelia_masson
Archaeologist and Egyptologist who loves the wider Mediterranean World. Oscillates between G&R and E&S
Aso: @aurelia_masson@mastodon.social
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Fantastic new show on #Tutankhamun with a modern #Egyptian twist . Mabrouk to all involved! (cont) twitlonger.com/show/n_1ss6ivf
#EYAMapsPlans #EYAFocusWeek There are 10k+ plans in #archive re the building & the previous museum building on the site in Great Russell St. Here’s a plan of Montagu House & garden in 1725, the Reading Room in 1857 & the ground floor after WWII #BritishMuseum
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Heartbroken by the loss of our dear friend Ross He was an incredible archaeologist and such a kind person. and #underwaterarchaeology will not be the same without you. Please consider donating to the GoFundMe to help support his family.
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I am devastated by the passing of my wonderful friend Ross (@rossiainthomas). Together we’ve worked on #Naukratis & wider Western Nile Delta. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help his wife and two young kids: gofund.me/f70a106a. Every donation counts. Thank you!
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Oh my god. This is shocking and heartbreaking. Please consider supporting the GoFundMe for his family. No words.
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Incredibly sad news about Ross Thomas. We have all lost an incredible friend, archaeologist, colleague. So much more to say.
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We are all devastated by the sudden and unexpected death of Dr Ross Thomas. He was such a wonderful archaeologist and we are so proud of having had him as one of our PhD students.
#RIPRoss
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I am devastated by the passing of my wonderful friend Ross (@rossiainthomas). Together we’ve worked on #Naukratis & wider Western Nile Delta. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help his wife and two young kids: gofund.me/f70a106a. Every donation counts. Thank you!
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No words can describe this loss of an extraordinary colleague , friend, father, husband of another dear colleague. Total utter shock.
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I am devastated by the passing of my wonderful friend Ross (@rossiainthomas). Together we’ve worked on #Naukratis & wider Western Nile Delta. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help his wife and two young kids: gofund.me/f70a106a. Every donation counts. Thank you!
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I am devastated by the passing of my wonderful friend Ross (). Together we’ve worked on #Naukratis & wider Western Nile Delta. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to help his wife and two young kids: gofund.me/f70a106a. Every donation counts. Thank you!
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Amazing discovery of pristine #bronzes in a bathhouse in San Casciano dei Bagni, #Italy: bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur
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The tomb of Tutankhamun was discovered #OnThisDay in 1922.
The discovery inspired Ancient Egyptian-style design, becoming an integral part of the visual language of Art Deco, a decorative art style that would dominate until the mid-1930s.
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I love experimental #archaeology, and THIS sounds really exciting! Here's one of my favourite #britishmuseum #Predynastic palettes 🦛
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The palette preforms are ready, why not join me and @EssexEgyptology on the 14th of November to learn about pallets and get the chance to do some experimental archaeology and make your own!
Full details here: essexegyptology.co.uk/?page_id=2262
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Beautiful traces of pigment on the so-called Alexander sarcophagus from Sidon, Lebanon, late fourth century BCE, on display at the Istanbul Archaeology Museum. Greek soldiers are naked, Persian soldiers dressed.
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This #britishmuseum project re-examines earlier survey and excavations in the region of Kom Firin and #Naukratis.
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#Histoire #Égypte
💡 Vous n'avez pu y assister ?
"#Champollion au Collège de France : son héritage et ses héritiers"
🖥 La vidéo de la conférence d'Olivier Perdu est disponible.
👉 college-de-france.fr/agenda/seminai
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The hole on the top of the head would have received Serapis’ headdress, the modius, a grain-measure. On close inspection, another hole in the back indicates that it was worn as a pendant. A small figure, of which not much remains, rests on the god’s left shoulder.
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An old friend from #SunkenCities exhibition . The 6th c BC stela combines Egyptian, #Greek and #Carian elements. This tombstone, and others erected in #Saqqara, shows how foreign mercenaries and their families mixed Egyptian beliefs with their own cultural identity.
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Pleased to see Piambr's stela in this display @britishmuseum in the case usually occupied by the #RosettaStone whilst this is in the #HieroglyphsExhibition. Great to see a schematic of what the stela's #polychromy may have looked liked from our investigations of the paint traces!
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If you want to learn more on Sheamenopy, the rams, the sheep of Naukratis and raw wool processing, see this article by Damien Agut-Labordère: webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ukgwa/20190801
All images © Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan. 🐑
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Sheamenopy has diligently served the local community of sheep breeders as well as the sacred ram associated with the local god Amun of Baded and represented at the top of the stela. He commercialised the wool of a flock of sheep, whose breed was originally from Miletos (#Turkey).
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And another stela from #Naukratis to mark the #HieroglyphsExhibition . This early #Ptolemaic stela (now in Kelsey Museum) bares an unusual inscription written in Demotic script. It doesn’t sing the praise of a king, but that of an individual, Sheamenopy.
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The top of the stela represents two scenes: Ptolemy V piercing a bound enemy, followed by his wife Cleopatra I (right); Shu giving the king a khepesh-sword, followed by Tefnut and 6 divinised ancestors of Ptolemy V (left). The scene remains unfinished, with empty cartouches.
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It probably once stood in the sanctuary of Amun-Ra Baded at #Naukratis, perhaps not on its own. Gardner supposed a Greek version as a pendant to that stela. Yoyotte proposed another stela inscribed in hieroglyphic script, but with the signs written in the opposite direction.
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To celebrate the new #HieroglyphsExhibition , here is the stela of Damanhur . It was discovered in the village of Nobeira, near #Naukratis. It features the complete decree of the #Rosettastone, dated to Ptolemy V, but only in hieroglyphic script.
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Plastered human skull. Place of origin: Jericho, Palestinian National Authority. Date: c.7000–6500 BC. Medium: Bone, shell and clay, 15.2 x 16.7 x 22 cm. Credit: Ashmolean Museum.
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#HieroglyphsExhibition book is out! Lots of exciting stories about the rediscovery of ancient Egypt through #hieroglyphs and it's cursive #scripts
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Aurelia (with many scarves) dressed as an explorer for Egyptology day at school. She has taken @aurelia_masson as her role model. Never underestimate how something so simple as sharing a name with someone can inspire children to learn more about the past. #InspiringWomen #history
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After months of work, “Shattered #Glass of #Beirut” opened today & it looks fabulous! Massive congratulations to everyone who made it happen & particularly to Claire Cuyaubére who painstakingly put these 8 vessels back together. More here: britishmuseum.org/exhibitions/sh
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The use of #diamond in #jewellery starts already in the #Hellenistic period when harder gemstones like emeralds became popular. The craftsmen would use diamond-tipped drills to pierce through the hard gemstone beads.
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#Diamonds are eternal… and hard to cut. In #Roman #jewellery, they were only used in their natural octahedral crystal form, as shown in these 3rd c. AD finger rings. Ring with one double pyramid-shaped diamond is from Tartus in #Syria. Both Franks Bequest, #britishmuseum
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Another variant of the temple of Aphrodite at Paphos in #Cyprus is featured on the sard intaglio of this #britishmuseum early #Roman gold finger ring. The cross-hatched semi-circular element in front of the sacred chamber is interpreted as a paved forecourt.
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Enter the Enlightenment Gallery of the British Museum (the oldest part) and turn right. You’ll find lots of material from the 1st c. AD Roman shipwreck at Pudding Pan shoal. The wreck hasnt been found, but plates found by fishers and early archaeological divers date to 18th c.
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