Exciting event alert: P21 Gallery and The Enheduanna Society are hosting a Performance Evening on 25th October in London. Badia Obaid, June Peters and Tara Jaff will perform Mesopotamian poetry and a modern retelling of the story of priestess and poet Enheduanna.
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By responsibly I mean in such a way that does not outsource thinking
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Has anything been said about what it means to use AI βresponsiblyβ and how tutors are meant to engage?
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Yes Sophusβ Enheduanna book is great, I also highly recommend that!
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A review of Library of Ancient Wisdom and Between Two Rivers by Moudhy Al-Rashid in The Times Literary Supplement - thank you @lsmwilson.bsky.social for kind words!
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Overboard! 2025
ποΈ25.09.25 πLinklaters, London EC2Y 8HQ ποΈ Β£20 (Β£15 concessions, Β£10 livestream) When Poseidon sends a tempest to stir up the Aegean, four titans of the ancient world find themselves stuck on a rapidl...
Thrilled to be taking part in the Overboard! @classicsforall.bsky.social reverse balloon debate discussing which arch villain from the ancient world deserves to be chucked out rather than saved
25th September, London or online - tickets:
classicsforall.org.uk/news-and-eve...
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The label doth protest too much, methinks
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Thank you, and yes I have! It is fantastic and so much rings so true
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The Ancients
A podcast for all ancient history fans! The Ancients is dedicated to discussing our distant past. Featuring interviews with historians and archaeologists, each episode covers a specific theme from ant...
Had a great time at Ancients history podcast! Thank you for inviting me, Tristan Hughes - it is always fun to talk about Ashurbanipal, his dynasty, library and more!
You can give it a listen here:
shows.acast.com/the-ancients...
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Why this Assyrian king hunted exactly eighteen lions | Curatorβs Corner S10 Ep5
YouTube video by The British Museum
Another amazing episode of Curator's Corner @BritishMuseum! Very informative and beautifully shot - Ashurbanipla's lion hunt scenes are presented in such incredible detail!
www.youtube.com/watch?app=de...
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In the bookshop this morning:
PARENTS: βOkay, weβre leaving now.β
CHILD: *pulls another book from the shelf and sits down *
CHILD: βThen I guess this is goodbye.β
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A stone tablet carved with ancient calculations
Imagine Excel but 5000 years agoβ¦
Early tablets like this one were used for administrative purposes to record the storage and distribution of goods, animals and people.
This tablet comes from Jemdet Nasr, the remains of an ancient site in southern Mesopotamia (modern Iraq).
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Thank you @scottgoldie.bsky.social ! So glad you enjoyed it
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Probably more reliable than Chat GPT in my experience π
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BBC Radio 6 Music - Cerys Matthews
Eclectic music from blues to beats with poetry and live sessions.
Excerpts from my new book, Library of Ancient Wisdom, will be read during @cerysmatthews.bsky.social upcoming Sunday show at BBC Radio 6! Join in from 10:00 am if you can: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b...
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Selena Wisnom
Dr Selena Wisnom is the Lecturer in the Heritage of the Middle East at the Univeristy of Leicester. Her research centres on the heritage of ancient Iraq, specifically the languages, literature, and in...
I'm pleased to announce the launch of my new website! If you'd like to see what events I have lined up for the next few months or easily access my past projects and media appearances, please visit: www.selenawisnom.com
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BBC Radio 6 Music - Cerys Matthews, Yoshika Colwell live from Maida Vale and Selena Wisnom
Cerys welcomes singer-songwriter Yoshika Colwell to perform live from Maida Vale.
Excited to be joining Cerys Matthews at BBC 6 Radio this Sunday, 27th July, at noon. I'll talk about the Library of Ancient Wisdom and the songs that remind me of great times at the British Museum's tablet room! Join in if you can!
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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The last photo shows the intricate process of defrosting authentic sheep livers.
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Super impressed with the illustrations for the @chalkefestival.bsky.social talks! Thank you for having me and for the great conversation!
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Tickets - Chalke History Festival
Heading off to the amazing @chalkefestival.bsky.social! Talks, living history, debate, performance β all set in the beautiful Wiltshire countryside. This Thursday, I will be discussing all things Mesopotamia with Becky Wragg Sykes - so excited!
www.chalkefestival.com/tickets/
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Idler Festival | Idler
The Idler Festival is a weekend of philosophy and merriment, comedy, talks, music, workshops and salons in the bucolic surroundings of Fenton House and
Iβll be performing at this yearβs Idler Festival which is at the beautiful Fenton House, Hampstead 11-13 July. Youβll be able to see me join Stewart Lee, Emma Thompson, Michael Palin, and more. Tickets can be found here: idler.co.uk/festival - Donβt miss out!
#IdlerFestival2025 #idlerfestival
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Yes!
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I like to think that Ashurbanipal would approve of being rested on a guitar amplifier :)
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Culture editor, New Lines magazine. Writer. https://newlinesmag.com/writers/lydia-wilson/
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Astrobiologist & palaeobiologist @ Univ. Edinburgh / Co-director, UK Centre for Astrobiology / Director, MSc Astrobiology & Planetary Sciences / Deputy Chair, Council for the Defence of British Universities. https://www.astrobiology.ac.uk/mcmahon-group
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Lecturer in Museum Studies, Dean of Internationalisation, University of Leicester. Research focus on Gulf Museums and Heritage & transnationalism.
Director, Museums in Arabia. Routledge Series Editor: Cultural Heritage, Art and Museums in the Middle East
Writer, historian. FRHistS. Recent work: History Today, The Spectator, Slightly Foxed, New Humanist, Engelsberg Ideas.
The IAA was founded in 2003 to promote and represent Cuneiform Studies, ancient Near Eastern History and Archaeology on an international basis.
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I am a Ph.D. candidate in Assyriology at Harvard University. I write on Bronze Age cities of Mesopotamia and their civic, economic, and legal institutions.
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Archaeologist and linguist working on the Bronze and Iron Age Levant. Research Associate with the VIEWS Project at the University of Cambridge. Formerly with the CREWS Project. Geek.
π©πΏπ«π·π¬π§ Provenance researcher. Cuneiformist. Writes about 19th c. antiquities dealers who smuggled cuneiform tablets out of Iraq to sell to museums in EU/US. Now writing a biography of dealer & smuggler Ibrahim Elias Gejou (British Academy monograph 2026)
