There's more cool data in this issue - Camilla Di Biase-Dyson take Ancient Egyptian religious texts to reflect on methodological challenges encountered in the study of ancient texts - as well as more evidence for #metaphoricity regarding the conceptualisation of deities.

How to study Ancient Egyptian metaphor? Check out my article in the new Special Issue of Metaphor and the Social World :-)

So excited to appear in the latest issue of CAJ! Talking about interpretations of Ancient Egyptian 'models' :-)

MQ students! The Free University in Berlin (Freie Universität has just launched a new MA Program: Digital Studies of Ancient Texts (#DISTANT). How many of you are keen on moving your research in a Digital Humanities direction? Asking for a friend... ;-)

I just signed the petition to federal and state education ministers (in Australia) to support university governance reform. Do you want to sign too? :-) nteu.au/News_Articles/…

There is a comet (67P) of which every area is named after an Egyptian god! space.com/29980-rosetta-…. Fascinatingly, some names are not arbitrary, e.g., Hapi for the middle section (like the Nile). The probe giving us information about the comet is, tellingly, called 'Rosetta' <3

Last chance to register for Introduction to Hieratic Mondays, October 2-November 20(8 weeks), 7-9pm Central Time on Zoom and recorded Register here: tinyurl.com/2uc4xz5p

For this #WorldTeachersDay, here's an Egyptian writing board in the MET's collection. The apprentice scribe is clearly fumbling with imperfectly formed, unevenly spaced hieroglyphs... which is probably what my Egittologia UniPI students are struggling with now 🙃 #egyptology

Join us for our next on-line lecture with Dr Conni Lord on #gardens in ancient #Egypt Wed 18 October 5.30pm AEDT #archaeology #plants Link here macquarie.zoom.us/j/86187031449

A brand new and absolutely delightful short animation about the bustle of Roman life in the streets of #Pompeii from the ever brilliant and erudite ray laurence 🇺🇦 youtu.be/jeh0Iw31bP4?si…

Ok, this sounds a bit spectacular :-D

Macquarie University is the Education Partner for #Ramses and the Gold of the Pharaohs exhibition opening at the Australian Museum Our #Egyptology team is prepped and ready! Macquarie University #archaeology #egypt lighthouse.mq.edu.au/article/novemb…

Have you ever wanted to learn ancient #Egyptian hieroglyphs? Now's your chance! Enrol in the Macquarie Ancient Languages School (MALS) this summer - beginners welcome Macquarie University Macquarie University History and Archaeology Details here mals.org.au

A little bit of hieroglyphs over the break? Join the Macquarie Ancient Languages School, Summer Edition, in January! It's on zoom, so you can do it at the beach ;-) Register here: Details here mals.org.au Macquarie University Macquarie University History and Archaeology

Hello archaeologists! Who can recommend a moderately-priced tablet ($EUR/USD 1K or $AUD 1.5K) for use in the field? Does anyone have experience with using e-ink tablets in the field? Thanks!!!

Ok! Buying this one! :-)

Beyond excited that my new work on pedagogic practice in Ancient Egypt has just appeared in JEA and is open access: …sagepub-com.simsrad.net.ocs.mq.edu.au/doi/10.1177/03…. Spoiler: I think I found a new type of scribal exercise... ;-)

Macquarie University (Sydney, Australia) will offer up to 10 full-time research positions within the Macquarie University Research Fellowship (MQRF) Scheme, to commence 2025. PM me if you want application details! Macquarie University History and Archaeology

Our work re-configuring narratology for Egyptology has just hit the press in open access! Very exciting! widmaier-verlag.de/index.php?cont…

So it turns out that Egyptology is a discipline of databases! Something for (almost) every niche -- check out this list and be amazed :-)