"A camel! Such a… special gift!" Ethiopia, 19th c. #camel #dromedary #miraclesofmary #geez #africanart

Ethiopian nun (እማሆይ፡) with an iron cross to crush demons 💪 Ethiopia, 20th c. #nun #africannun #emmahoy #africanart

Let me open the door.

Tomorrow!

Thank you to the TeTra | Text and Transmission Research Seminar team for inviring me, and giving me the opportunity to speak about one of my favourite topics! 🤩

Just published Journal of African Archaeology! At #amarawest in Upper #Nubia, large pyramid tombs contained the burials of those migrated from elsewhere, likely Egypt: so final phases of the pharaonic colonial project (c1300-1070BCE) relied on elite mobility #Sudan doi:10.1163/21915784-bja10033

If you are in Addis take the chance to see this exhibit! And congratulations to the curator our dear Sisay Sahile 🤩

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ወአስተርአየ፡ ተኣምር፡ ዓቢይ፡ በውስተ፡ ሰማይ፡ ብእሲት፡ እንተ፡ ትለብስ፡ ፀሓየ፡ ወወርኅ፡ ታሕተ፡ እገሪሃ፨ "A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet." (Rev 12:1a) Ethiopia, 19th c. (?) #StMary #africanart

Today, August 2, Roma people around the world commemorate the genocide of the Roma with Samudaripen memorial day. It marks both the specific moment in 1944 when the Nazis murdered around 3,000 Roma at Auschwitz, and the wider Roma genocide during the Second World War. 1/

OMG, Bryony Page, who just won Olympic Gold for trampolining, studied palaeontology and wrote her dissertation on acoustic signalling in dinosaurs 🤩🦖🦕

Team Ghana wearing kente during the 1964 Olympics ceremony in Tokyo

For a long time, I was wondering what those hunches on the backs of certain prostrating patrons were supposed to depict… 1/2 Ethiopia, 18th c. #patrons #donors #africanmen #quasimodo #africanart

‼️ Fully funded PHD scholarships in the field of Manuscript Cultures - do not miss this great opportunity! ‼️

Ah I love this artist - and happened to be publishing an article about him 😉

Fanged Death trying to swallow Adam Ethiopia, 15th c. #adam #death #fangs #protoplast #africanart

Job alert‼️ My department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions. Here’s the posting: apply.interfolio.com/153089 Religious Studies Department @ UT Austin

It’s clear that Israel's messianic government, led by Netanyahu, Ben Gvir, & Smotrich, is actively annexing the occupied West Bank. This map from tonight’s propaganda conference, along with the current reality, makes it undeniable. Is anyone going to act against this?

Due to the risk of kidnap and violence outside Bahir Dar, Dr Alemayehu is unable to travel to the Church Forests and meet communities. Incredibly the work continues and has now protected 70, double the initial aim. They could protect hundreds and maybe thousands given the