Funding for Arts and Humanities PhDs in the UK was always tight, now it is nearly non-existent. This will exclude even more scholars, leaving PhDs an option only for the wealthy.
21.07.2025 07:31 — 👍 26 🔁 12 💬 2 📌 0
Really impressed by the panel on Palestinian archaeology held at #ICAANE. Encouraging to hear the things that needed to be said, actually being said. Will look forward to seeing the positive changes the #ICAANE committee will implement going forwards, setting a strong example for the field 💪🙌
25.06.2025 17:51 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Megan presenting at ICAANE, title slide behind her reads “Bitumen life cycles at Lagash: Isotopic and biomarkers investigations of raw material trade in southern Mesopotamia”. Co-authors are Emeritus Prof. Jacques Connan & Prof. Michael H. Engel.
Aperol and a notebook on a table outside in Lyon
Lyon fine arts museum from across the square with beautiful blue and cloudy sky
Lyon 5th arrondissement from across the river, Basilica of Notre Dame of Fourvière most prominent on the skyline.
What an excellent ICAANE - thank you to everyone that asked great bitumen questions, and thank you to Lyon for all the incredible food (and Aperol) ☺️
25.06.2025 17:46 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A beautiful new paperback publication of ‘Mummified’! 😍
25.06.2025 17:31 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Image of the cover of the volume, with the title ‘Food, Gods & Ancestors: global perspectives on the archaeology of ritual food practices’ edited by Megan Rose Hinks & Ella McCafferty Wright. The image is a still life in the style of a non-denominational altar in a triangular composition. It includes a mixture of foodstuffs such as fruit, pulses, grains, a cacao pod & glass gem corn, with a jug containing draping amaranth flower creating a high point. A sheep skull and cow tibia form the central point. A candle at the front throws the skull into relief and reflects on the fruit creating a moody feel with the dark blue draped backdrop.
Hard copy of the book held up next to a door with posters advertising the volume launch and the talk by Dr Salima Ikram “Tutankhamun’s Pantry: food and drink in the tomb” held at the McDonald Institute, Department of Archaeology, University of Cambridge on June 20th.
Pleased to announce the publication of our Archaeological Review from
Cambridge volume 40.1: “Food, Gods & Ancestors”! So much work for this little book but so happy with the final result. Thank you to all the amazing contributors and to Dr Salima Ikram for giving a wonderful talk during our launch!
25.06.2025 17:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Another #Nippur fieldwork season done, back to teaching on Tuesday (Assyrian Empire!). I thought I would never put together a team as good as the Brak team was, but this Nippur team is amazing. V proud of the work we did. Until next year. 🏺
22.03.2025 09:25 — 👍 25 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Photo of a fragment of a clay tablet shaped a bit like a diamond. Although it is only a fragment, the cuneiform text on it is well-preserved. There is a vertical line down the centre which indicates it once had at least two columns. The colour is reddish brown
“Do not bend your neck for that which cuts necks.”
A Sumerian proverb, as relevant today as it was thousands of years ago.
07.02.2025 13:31 — 👍 3901 🔁 1348 💬 30 📌 66
Nippur & Kish teams together in the Kish dig house garden.
Members of the Nippur & Kish teams sat around a table in the Kish dig house garden, listening to a talk about the Kish project
Nippur team on a tour of the site
Nippur & Kish teams eating lunch together in the Kish dig house garden on a sunny day. They are sat around the edge of a long mat with food laid out in the middle.
…and #Kish, where we caught up with the team from the University of Freiburg archaeological project at Kish. Very lucky to be given a sneak peek at the mag results and a tour of the site by Dr Ivana Puljiz, and a lovely lunch together in the garden! #Nippur
20.03.2025 11:24 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Made the absolute most of our days off from excavation at #Nippur, visiting other important sites that many of the team hadn’t seen yet - like #Babylon…
20.03.2025 10:58 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
So proud to be here at #Nippur with so many brilliant women! 💪 #InternationalWomensDay
09.03.2025 16:18 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Happy International Women's Day
Happy International Women’s Day! Today, we celebrate the incredible contributions of women in archaeology—past, present, and future. #IWD2025
08.03.2025 09:21 — 👍 2 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
High tech innovation for rainy days on OCHRE… #Nippur
06.03.2025 16:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Demon Barber of Nippur strikes again! ✂️✂️😂 @augustamcmahon.bsky.social
06.03.2025 16:00 — 👍 8 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
The arrival of new team members at #Nippur means starting two new trenches; resupply of ziplock bags, duct tape and chocolate; another visit to the ziggurat; and a tiny trowel for our mascot, #Tuppi.
17.02.2025 14:55 — 👍 11 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0
Preparing my layers! 🥶 Excited to be joining you all out there soon!
29.01.2025 17:12 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Good job Boston!
07.12.2024 03:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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