The cover art is set against an orange background, with white text reading "Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences. Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World." The cover art shows a series of ancient artifacts (sculptures, busts, vases) set on shelves as if being displayed to an audience.

We are so excited to reveal the cover for “Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World” designed by the amazing @flaroh.bsky.social! 🤩
Pre-orders begin Feb 7th and the volume will be GOLD open access! Find out more here:
www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...

To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.

Picture of an ostracon (made of limestone) on a grayish background. The ostracon depicts the 3 hieroglyphs for ‘life’, ‘stability’ and ‘power’. The sign for life is written in red ink, the others in black ink. The vertical and horizontal grid lines in red ink are still visible behind the 3 hieroglyphs.

This ostracon shows the hieroglyphs for ‘life’, ‘stability’ and ‘power’. Look at the grid system that the artist used to draw the signs at the correct proportion. 🤩

(c) MET Museum (23.3.4), Public domain

#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt

Picture of an ancient Egyptian writing board made of wood on a grey black background. The upright format shows several lines of uneven spaced and imperfectly formed hieroglyphs in black ink on a white ground.

Love this writing board from ancient Egypt which shows how an apprentice scribe was practising writing hieroglyphs.

(c) MET museum (28.9.5), Public domain

#ancientegypt #ancientbluesky

Brightly painted wall inscription from the tomb with depictions of elaborate necklaces, mostly blue with some red and green.

Panoramic view of one of the tomb walls, brightly painted, depicting numerous items of furniture, vessels and other burial goods, with hieroglyphic inscriptions along the top.

How shiny is this?! A new tomb discovered in south Saqqara of a royal physician from the reign of Pepi II.

Information from @SilviaZago6 on X and photos from @TourismandAntiq on X.

www.unige.ch/mafssaqqara/...

Happy holidays to all my dear people.

This year has been A Lot for most of us, and I hope we all get some time now to chill and take care of ourselves, each other, and our loved ones 💜

a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane Alt: Gif a cartoon of snoopy (dog) standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane. Snoopy picks up the candy cane and dances with a big smile

Wishing all who celebrate a wonderful Christmas 🎄✨ Hope you’re having an amazing day 🤗

Congratulations Louise 🎉🥳

Image of a broken jar (brownish yellow) on a grey background. The upper half of the jar is on the image - the other half is broken off. There are two lines of hieratic writing in black ink on the jar. Parts of the second line are missing due to the destruction of the jar.

Image of a papyrus on a grey background. The rectangular papyrus has a brownish color and 17 columns of hieratic script is written on it. Some parts of the papyrus are destroyed, as we can see several larger and smaller holes in the papyrus.

What is hieratic? 📜
Hieratic is a cursive script based on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It’s written with ink & a reed brush on papyrus, leather, or other surfaces.
This handwritten script was used as a faster way of writing.
📷 MET Museum, Public domain

#ancientbluesky #manuscriptmonday

so much of teaching is teaching students that they are worth taking seriously, that they should take themselves seriously, that the world is in their hands, that they are up to its challenges

(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)

Had a wonderful time at the BAJA conference! 🥰 So many great and inspiring talks by early-career scholars. ✨ Also happy I could share my research on expressions of emotions in ancient Egyptian letters. 📜

#phdlife #phdsky

Academic slang:

I'm running a little behind = this was due in 2021

This shouldn't take too long = I'll finish in 2027

My writing process is usually:

a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread

Foto of a poster (looks a bit like an open book) with light green background on a darker green pedestal. The left side of the poster shows the Face of a donkey in relief. Above the donkey is the quote ‘Esel sind nicht störrischer als Pferde, sie geben dir nur mehr Zeit zu überlegen, was du falsch gemacht hast.‘ the right side of the poster shows the back of a donkey. Above is an arrow and the text ‚Lernen Sie das intelligente Grautier besser kennen, in unserer Ausstellung: Einfach unentbehrlich. Der Esel in der antiken welt‘

Picture of a display showcase (detail) with bright green covers. On a white floor, 5 figures of donkeys (made of terracotta) are lining up. One donkey figure has a rider, other have saddles and transport containers. On the left lies a papyrus (Greek text) in a frame made of Glas. A label with a description (not readable in the picture) lies next to the papyrus.

From today to 4 may 2025, come visit our showcase exhibition ‘Utterly Indispensable
The Donkey in the Ancient World’ at Neues Museum (Berlin). ✨ Explore the donkey’s significance in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. 🫏 🔎 📜

www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...

#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt #archaeology

How do you know where to start?

Find signs with a clear front and back (for example, animals or people). They look at the beginning of the text 👀. So you read into the signs, and from top to bottom.

#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
(2/2)

Picture of a large sarcophagus with lid (detail) in a museum. The granite sarcophagus is seen from the front. It’s decorated with lots of hieroglyphs and images, carved into the stone. The image shows, among other things, the kneeling goddess Nephthys in front of a sun disc with a scarab.

In which direction are hieroglyphs written in? 📜 🔎

- Horizontal line: left to right or right to left
- Vertical column: left to right or right to left (always top to bottom)

How do you know where to start? 👇🏻
(1/2)

It sounds like one of the best ornaments to me 🐢 🎅🏻

A combo of A and B

true

Picture of a large sarcophagus with lid (detail) in a museum. The granite sarcophagus is seen from the front. It’s decorated with lots of hieroglyphs and images, carved into the stone. The image shows, among other things, the kneeling goddess Nephthys in front of a sun disc with a scarab.

Picture of the Block statue of Senenmut carrying the daughter of the queen Hatshepsut. Senenmuts body is shown as a block, only his head and the head of hatshepsuts daughter emerge from the block. Hieroglyphs are carved in the block statue. In the back you can see more ancient Egyptian statues in showcases.

Picture of a colourful limestone pillar depicting the king Seti I before the god Osiris (detail) in a museum. Seti I, wearing the royal diadem with cobra, stands before Osiris, wrapped in white mummy bandages. Above them are 5 columns of colourful hieroglyphs.

Picture of the tomb of the official Metjen (detail). The detail shows the false door depicting Metjen in the middle. The walls are covered with hieroglyphs.

What are hieroglyphs?
Hieroglyphs, meaning ‘sacred carvings’, describe an ancient Egyptian script that originated around 3200 BCE. The signs were mostly carved in stone and used on temple & tomb walls, and on other objects such as sarcophagi, statues and stelae.

#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt

I also had way too many versions of this and got confused 🫣😅 Now I always add the date to each filename
#phdsky

Once you get used to it, alt text is a lovely part of posting images. It's great to know that more people can enjoy them & it's also a chance to think about what's special about the image you've chosen. Describing what you love about that sunset, that fascinating building, that particular stone 😍

Hi everyone 🦋 ✨ I‘m Jessy, a graduate museum trainee & a part time PhD candidate. My research explores the meaning and metaphors of fire in ancient Egyptian texts 🔥 📜 Interested in ancient Egyptian language, lexical semantics, emotion & museum studies, outreach & education

#phdsky #ancientbluesky

I feel seen…..📒🖊️

#PhDsky #PhDchat

Banner poster that has a pride rainbow ribbon in its centre. The background is a pale sky blue. The words “we stand against LGBTIQA+ discrimination. International day against LGBTIQA+ Discrimination. May 17”

Friends! Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - where we remember that we still need to fight for global LGBTIQA+ rights, equality, support and celebrate our wonderfully diverse communities.

Feel free to use this image (+ alt-text) across your socials.

#IDAHOBIT

Michal Měchura (@lexiconista@mastodon.ie) posts: Don't let anyone talk you out of starting a PhD. It's only 3 years, and those 6 years will be the happiest 9 years of your life.

View from the train window: cloudy and a bit sunny, green meadows, and a city outline from afar

Attempting to use my 4 1/2 hour train journey effectively by working on a thesis chapter 💻🎒🚅

#phdlife #AcademicChatter #PhD #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #acwri

Ohh hyperfocus, that #ADHD superpower (debatable) that I cannot turn on as needed. Really would have loved to have turned it on this morning. Even though the conditions were just right, it didn't happen.

Picture over Charlottenburg palace gardens showing the carp pond (selection) surrounded by trees and green lawns, cloudy sky

Picture over Charlottenburg palace gardens showing the carp pond (selection) surrounded by trees and green lawns. You can see Charlottenburg palace in the background, cloudy sky

Recharging for a new week of work and phd writing ☀️🌳🏞️⛅️

#PhdSky #academicsky #phdlife #phdchat