Still listening to this 'debate' between an archaeologist and a pseudoarchaeologist (- it's a long listen). It involves the presentation of how science works & the importance of big data, on the one hand - vs personal conviction, ideology and cherry-picked cases, with a complete…

As promised: williamcarruthers.wordpress.com/2024/04/17/pic…

Cough and a spit from me in this one too...

I just bought this engraving from Napoleon's Description de l'Egypte. The Attarine Mosque containing Alexander the Great's tomb in the centre with granite columns of the High St of Alexandria & views of the Ptolemaic 'Tower of the Romans'. All destroyed more than 100 years ago.😢

A decade on from the publication of Unwrapping Ancient Egypt (Bloomsbury Books UK), the first of three reflections on how the book came about - and why it matters more than ever. #museums #egypt ology #egypt #colonialism #archaeology #textiles #mummy #racism

christinariggs.com/2024/04/08/unw…

Trying to record a short announcement in between visits to sites with my tour group. Never enough time... 😂youtube.com/watch?v=5nw0jn… Ancient World Tours

Absolutely, & good piece. (Reminded me of conversations with my dad. I was going to art college but switched to archaeology, telling him archaeology was art. Later I helped open a restaurant, & told him serving food to people was archaeology. Now I write & he's gone)

Skeptics often ponder, 'How did the ancient Egyptians maneuver such colossal stones?' Meanwhile, the ancient Egyptians have quite straightforwardly illustrated their methods for us.

The painting from the tomb of Djehutihotep, an eminent Middle Kingdom Egyptian governor, is…

A video postcard from Luxor / a little announcement about some YouTube related plans for the coming months - pyramids, Amenhotep, Akhenaten, heiroglyphs, live broadcasts and channel memberships… youtube.com/watch?v=H-dpsm… Let me know what you think? More details to follow…

Quick visit to unfinished tomb KV 25 in the western branch of the Valley of Kings / the ‘Valley of the Monkeys’. First tomb of Akhenaten? youtube.com/shorts/a-PVOYS…

Luxor temple. Lots of photos of columns, and the name and images of Amun created under Amenhotep III, erased under Akhenaten, and subsequently restored in places. Strange weather: grey and muggy. I didn’t like it…

Cari amici oggi Maura Maffei ci ha rilasciato una breve intervista dove ci ringrazia per 'Lampada ardente' il suo ultimo libro e le fonti tratte anche dallo splendido libro 'I carnet degli egittologi' di Dr Chris Naunton che le abbiamo regalato con gioia! youtu.be/xvuvNAu-3Fg?fe…

The Great Pyramid and Sphynx. 1857. Photo by Francis Frith (English, 1822 - 1898).

Released next 17 September, you can now pre-order my book #StolenFragments - a decade of investigations on big evangelical Christian money, academia and the antiquity trade amazon.com/Stolen-Fragmen…