Paradigmatic research on ancient #DNA and population dynamics, the sort we need for addressing Final Palatial #Crete and issues of #ancestry and #identity

The VIEWS project is based at Cambridge and run by PI Dr Pippa Steele (she/her). We are conducting new research on visual aspects of writing systems in the pre-modern world and examining relationships between writing and visual culture. Visit our website: viewsproject.wordpress.com

Info for 2022-23 ISAW NYU Visiting Research Scholar program : isaw.nyu.edu/visiting-schol… . Including 2-year visiting faculty positions. "...Africa, Central Asia, South Asia, and Southeast Asia, are especially welcome..." Please(!) retweet. #JOBS

To celebrate the new #HieroglyphsExhibition British Museum, here is the stela of Damanhur The Egyptian Museum المتحف المصري. 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.

Online seminar on decipherment: www2.helsinki.fi/en/news/langua…

“This inventory will of course help to retrieve trafficked artifacts” "it will also help Jordan’s many museums and centers to responsibly display its cultural heritage, which will in turn give a boost to the economy through tourism." petra.gov.jo/Include/InnerP…

At work on an a 3rd millenium BC mudbrick wall. #archaeology #Iraq #Sumerians #Nigin Sapienza Università di Roma Italy in Iraq

Υπερασπιζόμαστε τα Δημόσια Μουσεία #StandWithGreekStateMuseums youtu.be/-RnsLBOloQ0

Analyzing the residue on vessels in a 7th-6th century BC mummification workshop has given researchers insights into how the ancient Egyptians embalmed the bodies of their dead. Some of the substances were imported from the Mediterranean region, tropical Africa and Southeast Asia.

#StandWithGreekStateMuseums Υπόγραψε το ψήφισμα: secure.avaaz.org/community_peti… Επισκέψου τη σελίδα facebook.com/standwithgreek…

A pamphlet on Early Humans in Iran published by the #Paleolithic department of the National Museum of Iran in 2023 Free access: researchgate.net/publication/36…

Άρθρο της LIFO για το πρότζεκτ μας Being an Islander και την έκθεση στο Fitzwilliam Museum lifo.gr/culture/arxaio…

So excited to be co-organizing with INSCRIBE ERC Project a one-day colloquium on the #Aegean undeciphered #scripts at the Heraklion Archaeological Museum! Stay tuned! @InscribeP

ΤΡΑΓΩΔΙΑ -ΤΕΜΠΗ 2023 - Sign the Petition! chng.it/2mpKxWkn via Change.org

New paper! I argue that a song in the archaic Luwian dialect of Ištanuwa can be subjected to metrical analysis. If I am correct, this song is one of the earliest instances of Indo-European poetry. The paper is published with open access; see: degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/1…

Discover how artificial intelligence, ontologies, and semantic knowledge graphs are transforming cultural heritage from static data into intelligent, responsive systems. Webinar #2 on Thursday 3rd July at 15:00 CEST on Zoom and YouTube. Register here: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Save a unique Minoan monument - Σώστε την Παπούρα – Ένα εμβληματικό μνημείο καταστρέφεται secure.avaaz.org/community_peti…