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This guy was Gardener of the divine offerings of Amun, can you tell?

Writing a PhD thesis is coming up with a lot of questions that you then have to answer yourself

Before I started my PhD I worked in a project where I met someone who had just finished their PhD. They looked tired as hell, as if they had just come out of the jungle and commented: "I gave it everything I had". I think about that a lot these days

Marsh birds (and butterflies) in the tomb of Ti

Baby hyena in the tomb of Ptahhotep at Saqqara (photo by Paolo Scremin)

"Goats can climb trees" was one of the conclusions of my MA thesis

I was a podcast guest at UBLeiden! Learn about Egyptologist Herta Mohr, female academic in the 1930s: podcastluisteren.nl/ep/UBLpodcast-…

What is Digital Egyptology? I would love to hear about and share your projects! digitalegyptology.org/2024/06/05/wha…

Reading a tombstone: finding descendants of the Mohr family nickyvandebeek.com/2024/06/readin… #HertaMohr Leiden University - Faculty of Humanities Leiden University UBLeiden

How I try to get up in the morning

Dating app for academics that shows funding opportunities

Nothing to see here, just shaking hands with my donkey (fragment from the tomb of Rawer at Giza)

Chilling with my birds (from the tomb of Kawab at Giza, now in the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - that I really need to visit for all the Old Kingdom goodies)

Cool PhD in Landscape Archaeology and Architecture! Berliner Antike-Kolleg berliner-antike-kolleg.org/bergsas/aussch…

Plain Tiger/African Monarch butterfly (Danaus chrysippus) in the tomb of Nebamun British Museum

"Trees and grasses flourish / Birds fly from their nests / their wings greeting your Ka..." - Hymn to the Aten (sun god). Image: Painted pavement from the Maru-Aten at Amarna.

Nikauisesi's pet monkey and dog. Photo: Osirisnet

4 years of my life

The plural of mongoose is not mongeese and now I'm disappointed (photo: mongoose and dog on a leash in the tomb of Baqet I at Beni Hassan)