Funds raised for Silsila don’t just pay for the excavation & conservation of the site. By recruiting local workers it supports the local community through employment & training. Help at bit.ly/4213kQe #ancientegypt #archaeology #gebelelsilsila #egyptianarchaeology

Apply now* The Heritage Angel Awards are back! If you've completed a successful restoration, maintenance or interpretation project, or know someone who has, then visit heritageangelawards-ni.org.uk to nominate the project for an award. Applications close 1st February📆 pic.x.com/RAt3zdEHLA

This beautiful relief depicts a life-sized, naturalistic camel 🐪 Similarities between camel engravings in the Nafud Desert suggest that they were made by the same person or group, that travelled hundreds of kilometres to make the art #ReliefWednesday 🆓 buff.ly/3tX8zni

Exclusive analysis by our C4 News FactCheck team shows just how bad things are getting in Northern Ireland’s health service. The number of people waiting more than 12 hours in A&E is now 36 times higher than it was in 2009. Ciaran Jenkins reports.

Amazing work with the first forensically excavated iron age bog body in northern Ireland and C14 dating with QUB C14 lab Best info direct from PSNI

Recent find in Bellaghy also Seamus Heaney county. Heaney was interested in the bog and bog bodies as in this 1974 poem he linked to the violence of the death of bog bodies with the troubles

1 WEEK left to apply to be a part of the CAER Heritage team as Community Partnership Co-ordinator. Spread the word! @LJaneHenderson @AliAbdi_ Helen Willson Richard Osgood @karenbrookfield.bsky.social Islam UK Centre Dr Toby Driver Museum of Cardiff | Amgueddfa Caerdydd Impact SHARE with Schools Glamorgan Archives

Not too long until this starts ! Time to get the wild yeast starter made

I've had so many requests for an online workshop. Here it is! My very first entirely online course. Join me in June & July 2024 for an in depth, online class into harvesting, preparing & using Stinging Nettle Fibre. Available anywhere in the world. plantsandcolour.co.uk/workshops-even…

The sole 1750s window sash surviving in the facade of 68 Arran Street East enabled specialist joiners Lambstongue to precisely replicate all of the missing sashes, in addition to conserving the original model with its original handblown glass. Try spotting it amidst the others!

This removal of the CIfA minima pay seems v shortsighted. It was a useful benchmark to stop/shame employers from underpaying staff in a sadly underpaid section. Many of us are graduates several times over and shouldn't be so lowly paid !

Lovely write-up! 🤩express.co.uk/news/world/186…

Thank you joel day and Daily Express for this piece about our beloved Silsila today ❤ bit.ly/3SY3HYJ #ancientegypt #egypt #archaeology #friendsofsilsila #gebelelsilsilaepigraphicsurveyproject

Nearly time to start !

Well if that's not worth a spontaneous round of applause from passers-by, I don't know what is...

🙏Thankful Thursday🙏 The whole Silsila Family would like to say thank you to everyone who’s donated so far. It means the world to us. If you’ve yet donated but would like to, you can do so here 👇 bit.ly/4213kQe #ancientegypt #egypt #egypt #archaeology #friendsofsilsila

Starts today !

Brilliant it's gone to a museum !

#Egypt's forgotten wonder: The lost city of Ibn Tulun 📅2 Apr, 1pm🇬🇧3pm🇪🇬 Carl Graves introduces the city of Al-Qata'i founded by #IbnTulun in 870 CE, including the ruler's famous #mosque, the only part still standing today (or so people will tell you). 🎫ees.ac.uk/whats-on/event…

🖐️ We're hiring! We're looking for a part-time archivist to join us the Griffith Institute! For more details, visit jobs.ox.ac.uk then 'Search All Jobs' & click 'Asian and Middle Eastern Studies' from the dropdown menu. Please share! The deadline to apply is 22nd April.