Kai Buckingham

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The Hapy Egyptology Society Attitudes to Disability in Ancient Egypt Born with Cerebral Palsy, Kyle Jordan has been passionate about ancient Egypt from an early age. He completed his masters degree at University College London, where his thesis explored the use and significance of disabled bodies within early societies in Egypt. The many lectures he has given have proven to be thought-provoking, occasionally funny and often moving. The Cooper Gallery in Barnsley Saturday 11th October at 4:15pm A buffet is included afterwards with tea or coffee Tickets are £15 (£14 for members) from the Cooper Gallery. They can be reserved by calling the Cooper Gallery on 01226 775678 or by visiting the Hapy Society website at hapysociety dot org. Cash sales only, please

Next Saturday 11th October, I'll be travelling up to Barnsley to deliver a lecture for the wonderful Hapy Egyptology Society. This lecture will be an overview to my work on disability in Ancient Egypt, focusing primarily on what we can tell about the ancient Egyptian's attitudes towards disability.

Nearly 20 years in academia and I have never seen a library website interface redesign that was better than the older version, NEVER

Why is it always like this

Description adapted from The Met: “Placed over the supine mummy the naturalistic painted bust would lie over the face, and the panels of gods would have been draped along its sides. The woman’s rosy face and large eyes are striking. A long bone or ivory pin holds coils of her hair in place on top of her head, and she holds a small wreath in one hand. Over her abdomen Isis and Nephthys mourn, and over her lower body are placed the long strands of the late protective ornament as well as a net garment. Columns on either side of her head are invocations to the god Osiris, but her name is lost. The side panels are paired, showing the goddesses Isis and Nephthys as red kites (a bird related to the hawk); the four mummy-shaped “sons of Horus” associated with the bodily integrity; jackals associated with transit and cemetery; the Thoth-ibis and the Horus-falcon; and at the bottom scenes of the dead woman led by Horus and alternatively Anubis into the afterlife.“

A woman’s linen shroud from Roman Period Egypt is our pick today for #ClassicsTober25.

The artistry is phenomenal. The woman is surrounded by uraeus-cobras and the goddesses Isis and Nephthys depicted as red kites. At the bottom we see the woman led by Horus and Anubis into the afterlife.

Art by flaroh illustration. Thanatos is carrying the body of a fallen Hoplite. The palette is greens and reds

#ClassicsTober Day 2: Thanatos 💀⚰️🪽

Archaeological drawing course round 2. I Chose some challenges this time!

5 more have arrived at my local bookstore last night!

Did I pick up enough books this week?

📰BREAKING📰

SafeWork NSW has stepped in to force Macquarie University to make work health and safety improvements to their consultation on proposed workplace changes.

Thanks to NTEU members at MQ who spoke out about the harm of workplace changes to staff mental health and wellbeing.

So true. Here is Casper.

My photo shows a Roman-era wooden toy sword made from oak. It is dark brown in colour, displayed against a cream and pale green background. It is carved to look like an adult sword, with a semi-circular handle, a blade with pointed tip, and a semi-circular guard embellished with a centrally-set oval polished stone. The wood is remarkably well-preserved except for a break across the hilt. Excavated in 2017 from the cavalry barracks at Vindolanda, a fort on the Roman Empire’s northern frontier. Dated c. AD 120.

At almost 2,000 years old, this child’s wooden toy sword is a remarkable survival from Roman times!

Found in the living quarters of the cavalry barracks at Vindolanda fort in 2017. Dated c.120 AD. Chesterholm Museum 📷 by me

#RomanFortThursday
#Archaeology

Best one in the series I think

Europe's oldest blue pigment

Dating back ~13,000 years, it questions the long-held belief that Palaeolithic artists only used red or black and indicates a more vibrant Ice Age world than previously imagined

Read the original research in Antiquity 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Alright, I want to make sure my team are booked and busy this autumn and so I’m offering a special discount for Bsky users only

Send us an enquiry via the web form or via email with the code ‘BSKYBELOVEDS’ for a tasty 15% discount off all interview, focus group, and workshop transcription services

Death Rituals Cambridge Core - Global History - Death Rituals

My friend wrote an Element! and a *really* cool one: it's a guide to the Arabic and Persian sources on Rūs death rituals, including new translations of them*.

It's still free to download until 2nd October 2025 so get it now (and try not to forget about it...)

www.cambridge.org/core/books/d...

This only happens to you once

YOU ARE ODYSSEUS - OUT NOW! Image of the book with glowing sparkles!

That’s it, it’s out!
YOU ARE ODYSSEUS, officially available wherever you order your books! Enjoy your weekend adventures if you’ve already got your copy!

laurajenkinsonbrown.co.uk/publications...

I ordered the books...

Bonus points if it's Egyptian or Mesopotamian focused

What's up, my fellow nerds.
For my fans of ancient history, what's a book that jumped out to you recently? I'm placing a massive book order and need recs tysm.

Chat... why are all the cool ones hardcover only... sobbing

Heading off to work at my local bookstore! I'm ordering a crap ton (actual measurement) of Ahis books for interest reading today and need that money.

These honestly make my day

View our First Nations Strategy | Harbour Trust Developed in collaboration with our First Nations Advisory Group and Terri Janke & Company, the strategy embeds respectful cultural values into the management of our Sydney Harbour places. It seeks…

Did you know that #hcnswmember, the @harbourtrust has finalised it's First Nations Strategy, – a 3-year plan outlining their commitments and responsibilities when working with First Nations peoples, cultures and heritage, and Country? Further information can be found below👇

I should try and reflect on my Dracula joke. It sucks.

We are delighted to announce that we will publish @sachacoward.bsky.social’s Queer as Folklore in paperback and ebook editions in December 2025.

Initially published by Unbound, it was longlisted for the 2025 Polari Prize and has been shortlisted for the British Fantasy Society awards. #booksky

My colleagues @horusofnekhen.bsky.social, @tibg1312.bsky.social, and I wrote a state-of-the-field-type article about disability in antiquity that was recently published and is open access. This article just gives a brief history of the subfield, with a discussion of future directions.

AIA Event Listings - Virtual Symposium: Disability in the Ancient Greek World - AIA-Nashville Society, Nashville Parthenon, Metro Nashville Parks & Recreation, Centennial Park Conservancy Archaeological event listing for AIA-Nashville Society, Nashville Parthenon, Metro Nashville Parks & Recreation, Centennial Park Conservancy

Coming up, I'm giving some talks, including a free online talk about my newest project, which is focused on Greek sculpture and the place of disability within it, on Sunday, October 19 at 10am Central:

Wordle accepts ‘DALEK’ as a valid guess but not ‘LATIN’, thereby demonstrating the superiority of the Dalek Empire over those puny Romans.

Reading Group In 2021 we established a new online reading group for AWAWS members. This group connects members for regular discussions in a social setting. We set readings about a month beforehand, on a range of...

Sept 26 online [2.30pm AEST] Australasian Women in Ancient World Studies #AWAWS Reading Group: Depictions & assumptions of gender & gender roles in early societies. Sign-up www.awaws.org/reading-grou...