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The ceasefire was broken. And guess who broke it, killing hundreds, and who gave the thumbs up.

Please take a moment to read about the GAZAMAP Project and its important work documenting and protecting cultural heritage as well as training and supporting heritage students in Gaza ❤️

#PeoplingThePast #CulturalHeritage #MaritimeArchaeology #GAZAMAP

Thank you!

Thrilled to find out that @UoPeople, where I have the honor to serve as an adjunct instructor, is now accredited by WASC. If you agree that education should be a right for all and not a privilege for a few, share! #UoPeopleAccreditation #EducationForAll

Archaeologist Salah Al-Houdalieh has worked urgently over the last 12 months with students and personnel from the Palestinian Tourism and Antiquities Police Department to survey approximately one-fourth of the West Bank’s archaeological sites amid ongoing hostilities.

The Battle to Protect Archaeological Sites in the West Bank An archaeologist from Palestine is urgently working to assess archaeological sites in the West Bank devastated by destruction and looting amid Israel’s ongoing war in the region.

Coz the West Bank is also under fire...

The first royal #tomb in #Egypt's Theban area since 1922 has been found; Tomb C4 in the West Wadis (close to the Valley of the Kings) once hosted #Pharaoh Thutmose II, the husband of Queen Hatshepsut. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...

YouTube video by Everyday Orientalism In the Ruins of History: A Roundtable in Solidarity with Palestine

An overview of archaeological research and museum establishment in Gaza #Palestine, land grabs and Disneyfication in historic sites, canonizing illegal excavations, and how to stand up to what #Classics are teaching us. Just some of the topics under discussion here www.youtube.com/watch?v=alb0...

Missing link in Indo-European languages' history found Researchers found out that a newly recognized Caucasus-Lower Volga population can be connected to all Indo-European-speaking populations.

Missing link in Indo-European #languages’ history found. New insights into our linguistic roots via ancient #DNA analysis. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...

Ramesside Settlement Identified at Plinthine, Egypt A Ramesside settlement has been identified in the lower levels of an otherwise Grecoroman site next to Taposiris Magna, west of Alexandria

#Egypt, #archaeology Ramesside settlement levels found at Plinthine! A #Ramesside settlement has finally been identified in the lower levels of the mainly Hellenistic site of Kom el-Nugus next to Taposiris Magna. Full article @antiquityj.bsky.social, news post version buff.ly/3Q728pa

New details about lunar history University of Chicago scientists study samples from Apollo missions and reveal new details about lunar history.

Thinking about how "lunar history" redefines the meaning of #history as a term. Anyways, there are some updates on the measurements of moon rocks from the Apollo missions. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...

I hope the historians and archivists are kicking into high gear right now.

Re: USAID— So much history is literally about to be wiped out.

A King's Mother from the medieval #Nubian kingdom of Makuria. For more reconstructions of Medieval Robes from Nubia, in the exhibition at the Bode-Museum, Berlin, from February 6. #blackhistorymonth #archaeology #africa
www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...

Unique system gave way to the "Neolithic Revolution" A pre-Columbian society in the Amazon developed a sophisticated agricultural engineering system to produce maize throughout the year.

The #Amazon Casarabe people used extensive drainage canals and farm ponds, starting the #Neolithic Revolution in their area between 500 and 1400 A.D. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...

Islamic ‘altar tent’ discovery A 13th-c. fresco rediscovered in Ferrara provides unique evidence of medieval churches using Islamic tents to conceal their high altars.

13th-century fresco rediscovered in Ferrara, Italy, provides unique evidence of #medieval #churches using #Islamic tents to conceal their high altars. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...

Reconstructions of #Medieval Robes from #Nubia. Five robes for royal mothers, kings, and a bishop have been reconstructed based on paintings from the cathedral of Faras (medieval Nubian Kingdom of Makuria) and archaeological material. #exhibition. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/02...

Lead Contamination in Ancient Greece Points to Societal Change Heidelberg geoscientists find the oldest evidence of human-caused contamination with the heavy metal lead in the Aegean region.

Lead contamination in ancient Greece points to societal change. Maritime contamination, especially, is contemporary with the Roman conquest of Greece. #paleoenvironment buff.ly/3WLBAxn

A story of successful cultural integration from the Avar period Genes and culture do not have to match, as confirmed by the latest research project in two cemeteries from the 8th century Avar period.

Getting to know the Avars. Two settlements with people of different origins living peacefully side by side, which were excavated in Austria, help us get closer to how the legendary conquerors looked like and behaved.

DGAM calls on archaeological missions to return to work in the country Damascus, SANA-The Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums (DGAM) announced that it welcomed all archaeological missions that were working in Syria and want to return to work after the victory ...

DGAM calls on archaeological missions to return to work in the country
#Syria #archaeology #havetrowelwilltravel
www.sana.sy/en/?p=345660

Heritage first: Archaeological update from Northern Gaza cover image and (unless stated otherwise) all photos by Fadel AlUtol On January 27, 2025, Gazan archaeologist Fadel AlUtol and his family joined hundreds of thousands of Gazans in a long walk that …

Recording heritage condition during the Great Return. Archaeologist Fadel AlUtol returns home to Gaza City and shares current images of the mosaics in the Byzantine church complex in Jabaliah, which he had extensively worked on before the war. #palestine, #archaeology, #heritage.

Athens peeps, this is for you! #palestine, #event

Open again: The Vasari Corridor Visitors enter through the Gallery of Statues and Paintings, walk through the core of the Ponte Vecchio, and exit at the Boboli Gardens.

The Vasari Corridor opens again in #Florence. Historic Medici-era route that joined the Uffizi with Palazzo Pitti/ Boboli Gardens, via Ponte Vecchio, reopens with a special ticket. www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/01...

Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology Genetics shows that women stayed put in Late Iron Age Dorset, while men moved to other groups.

"Ancient DNA study shows women at the centre of societies in iron age Britain – supporting decades of archaeology"
[la classe d'article que hauria tingut els 324alfamascles bullint a Tw]
theconversation.com/ancient-dna-...

Revealing the menu of 5000 years ago Up to now, a mystery has remained regarding the preferred plant food ingredients of the so-called Funnel Beaker Culture.

#Paleobotany. Analysis of plant microfossils from Middle #Neolithic grinding stones (3270–2920 cal BCE) found at Oldenburg, Germany, reveal a #diet of wild grass fruits, knotweeds, acorns, starch-rich tubers, and possibly wild legumes, apart from cereal. buff.ly/4gdXznF

Queerness beyond identity This panel invites methodological interventions, especially in conversation with queer and trans studies, to the treatment of content claimed or marginalized by Classics.

Queerness Βeyond Ιdentity. Cfp for a Panel at the Society for Classical Studies 157th Annual Meeting (Jan. 7-10, 2026). Deadline March 1, 2025. For more buff.ly/3WzErcS, #queer, #classics, #archaeology

Inventing Writing in South-west Asia - The Ancient Near East Today The shift from symbols to writing represents a major advancement in human cognitive technology. What role did Mesopotamian seal imagery play?

How we started writing. Great #archaeology post from a group of experts dedicated to tracing the origins of writing. anetoday.org/writing-sout...

An artist (Liberal Jane) drawing of a group of people. The person in the middle holds a sign saying “I don’t know how to convince you to care about other people.”

I can’t even look at the news today but this is about where I’m at.

Artist credit: Liberal Jane

Over 20,000 Palestinian Children Orphaned by War in Gaza Palestinian families have stepped in to take care of children not their own but the volume of children orphaned by the war is staggering

"Over 20,000 Palestinian Children Orphaned by War in Gaza"

"Palestinian families have stepped in to take care of children not their own but the volume of children orphaned by the war is staggering"

www.dropsitenews.com/p/20000-pale...

Volcanic eruption caused Neolithic sacrifice of unique "sun stones" 4,900 years ago, a Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs.

4,900 years ago, a #Neolithic people on the Danish island Bornholm sacrificed hundreds of stones engraved with sun and field motifs. The trigger? A large volcanic eruption that made the sun disappear throughout Northern Europe. #sunstones, #ancient, www.archaeology.wiki/blog/2025/01...