Want to learn more about the New Kingdom fortress at Zawiyet Umm el-Rakham? Then join me for a virtual launch of my new Bloomsbury Books UK monograph about the site at 8pm on December 7th! The event will include a lecture and Q&A! Book tickets here: shorturl.at/itLTW

House of the Venus in the Shell

Our #ObjectoftheDay is this #ancientEgyptian copper alloy #statuette of the #god #Osiris. He was the god of #fertility as well as the embodiment of the dead and the resurrected #king.

"Athena on Parnassus" by Sir William Russell Flint (1880-1969). Mixed media on board; 11 x 8 3/4in. Photo via Bonhams.

#ObjectoftheDay is this ornate, painted #ancientEgyptian figure of a hippocampus. Made from #cartonnage & dated to the #PtolemaicPeriod c.305 to 30 BCE. The #hippocampus is a #creature of #Greek #mythology comprising of a snake with the head of a horse. E.2002

Yesterday I had the immense pleasure of taking some of Garstang Museum #student #volunteers and #placements to visit the stores of National Museums Liverpool. A huge thank you to Chrissypartheni for showing us around!

The execution of Lady Jane Grey in the Tower of London in the year 1554, by French painter Paul Delaroche (1833). National Gallery.

French Art Nouveau comb from 1900. Pic: Tadema Gallery

Enormous congratulations to the esteemed Prof Joyce Tyldesley on her OBE!

Really psyched to be expanding my Atlas Obscura column "A Beginner's Guide to the Afterlife" beyond Ancient Egypt - also loving the series logo! Next installment is now out! atlasobscura.com/articles/first…

Places still available for Saturday's study day - featuring statuary, warfare, death + regional administration 🤩

I had the pleasure of attending the 'Buying Power' conference & seeing #Garstang's #archaeological business practices discussed in the broader 19th century context of the #ancientEgyptian #artefacts trade. Special thanks to Dr Dan Potter & National Museums Scotland for organising this!

It's official! The museum is back to being open every Wednesday and Thursday from 10:00 to 16:00. Why not come and visit us? #museum #visit #open #Liverpool

I'm super chuffed to see my article on this beautiful relief fragment in Manchester Museum published in JAEI. Especially as this was one of the first things Dr Campbell Price showed me in the collection 8 years ago when I started at UoM! Thanks for that, Campbell! ☺️ shorturl.at/gqQW4

The latest piece in my Atlas Obscura column 'A Beginner's Guide to the Afterlife' has just been published! This one focuses on burial practices among whaling crews on the remote Svalbard Archipelago!

A sneak peek at some of the exciting pieces featured in the upcoming exhibition at Victoria Gallery & Museum Liverpool that are being kindly lent to us by World Museum 🌎! 🏛️ All these pieces and many more will be displayed in our 'Creatures of the Nile' exhibition, opening Saturday 4 May!

NEWS | An exciting exhibition at Victoria Gallery & Museum Liverpool that explores the fascinating position animals held in ancient Egyptian and Sudanese society and culture opens this Saturday 4 May 🦛🐈🐍🐒 Read more here ⬇️ news.liverpool.ac.uk/2024/05/03/uni…

Our new temporary exhibition got a mention on BBC News ☺️ bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… University of Liverpool University of Liverpool News

I am super pleased to get a chance to teach one of my favourite topics, Ancient Egyptian warfare, with The Egypt Exploration Society starting June 13th! You can sign up here: ees.ac.uk/whats-on/event…

Landscapes. Studies in Honour of Steven Snape - now available to buy from Abercromby Press abercrombypress.com/books/landscap… with contributions by Susanna Thomas Dr Dan Potter Jenny Cromwell Dr Silvia Zago 𓏞𓏜 𓎛𓅱𓀀 Dr Campbell Price Dr Diana T. Nikolova Dr Nicky Nielsen Anna K. Hodgkinson Katherine Slinger et al