Lecturer in Silk Roads Archaeology and Heritage, UCL. Archaeologist of Central Asia, Iran, and the Caucasus. He/him. Views my own. 🇪🇺
Joined December 2013
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Paul Wordsworth retweeted
Delighted that Dilrabo Tosheva of @YaleMacMillan will present the final lecture of this year's @Kings_College #SilkRoads seminar, presenting 'From Foundation to Function: Reevaluating the Samanid Tomb through New Evidence' this Friday 14th at 2pm UK time:
kings.cam.ac.uk/research/sil…
ALT The Samanid Mausoleum in Bukhara, Uzbekistan (9th-10th centuries). A domed building constructed of pale-yellow fired brick with the bricks arranged in geometric patterns to create shadows across the facade, creating an effect which looks like stitching or weaving (photo: Katie Campbell)
Come join us for a discussion of Vita Sackville-West's engagement with the Persian world through some of the fascinating collections @SissinghurstNT and the wonderful current exhibition: nationaltrust.org.uk/visit/k…
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Do join us this Thursday (23rd Nov) at 2pm for a hybrid workshop @Kings_College!
'Rivers, Climate, and Human Settlement in the Countries of the Silk Roads'
Featuring case studies from #CentralAsia #InnerAsia #India #SouthCaucasus and the #MiddleEast.
kings.cam.ac.uk/research/sil…
0.8 FTE Assoc. Lecturer in Islamic Archaeology @UCLarchaeology . Come join us!! ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/search…
Farewell Tashkent! Was a lovely week walking past the superb, yet currently very poignant, Shevchenko mosaic mural each day. Also had an amazing time in deep in museum stores (more on that soon…). Time to head to Ashgabat! (so don’t expect Twitter posts for a bit…)
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Thank you to @PDWordsworth for a great series of lectures about the archaeology of the #SilkRoad, very informative, lots of great images to support the learning. When is the book being published?
The Islamic Archaeology Day @UCLarchaeology is back, in person, for the first time since the pandemic. March 11th, 11-6pm. Join us! eventbrite.co.uk/e/islamic-a…
Significantly frostier start to the final week of term @UCLarchaeology !
ALT View of Senate House from the Institute of Archaeology, Gordon Square in the snow.
Appropriate music suggestions please, as the lights come on, we’re asked to finish our our drinks and eject ourselves from the Twitter bar 🕺
It’s been a long week already, but impromptu gifts from my personal tutees have definitely brightened it up!! We’re extraordinarily lucky to have such a great and dedicated bunch of students @UCLarchaeology
Slight Diwali 🪔 connection in this week’s artefact practicals, with fantastic oil lamps of different periods from Egypt and Western Asia
Paul Wordsworth retweeted
Excavations at Caerlaverock Castle uncovered pieces of medieval Islamic glass. But how did it reach Scotland? 🤔
Together with @AminaMWRC, 8th Braid Salaam Scout & artist Alice Martin we uncovered more about the story of the glass. 🔍
📚 Our new blog: ow.ly/gcjI50LgLWQ
Feeling shades of Samarran politics in the 860s, thankfully with fewer deaths (image from 1916, Archnet.org)
ALT Minaret of al-Mutawakkil in Samarra, Iraq
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I spoke to some brilliant artists who are producing work in support of the current protest movement in Iran and wrote about them here: theguardian.com/artanddesign…
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This kiln is based on a 2nd century one found in the Medway Estuary! @UCLarchaeology's students created this replica earlier in the summer, and we filmed the process for Butser Plus 👀
Paul Wordsworth retweeted
د هرات موزیم مسوولین وایي، یوه انتیک پلورونکي ۳۷۵ تاریخي او لرغوني اثار دغه موزیم ته سپارلي دي. pajhwok.com/ps/2022/09/19/%d…