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Postdoc Researcher @oeai_oeaw @oeaw | Communities Reassembled - Rethinking Identity in Ancient Egypt | Funded by @FWF_at

Vienna, Austria
Joined June 2017
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I’m sad to hear of the passing of Prof. Donald B. Redford. My 1st excavation in Egypt was with Redford at East Karnak in 2006. He was quite a character! Egyptology is losing a generation of influential scholars.
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Last week I was at @World_Museum drawing, photographing, & conducting RTI on objects from early NK Saqqara burials. The objects have waited since their move from @TheEES in 1969 for a moment in the spotlight! ✨ Thanks @EgyptCurator for your help! @oeai_oeaw @FWF_at
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📕If someone is interested in buying any book, including mine, from @degruyter_brill , now is the time! 👉Get 50% off with code DGBSS24 #AcademicTwitter #BookSale #academia #ancientfashion #AncientEgypt #Egyptology #Egypt #FashionHistory #dress #archaeology #dress
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Dr Natasha Ayers retweeted
Want to learn Egyptian hieroglyphs? Let's go! eventbrite.com/e/introductio… Bundle Glyphs 1, Glyphs 2, Coptic 1, and Coptic 2 for savings on a full year of Egyptian language training!
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I was at @bristolmuseum this week to study objects from early NK Saqqara burials. I matched another pot to its exact findspot thanks to photos in @TheEES from Emery’s 1950’s excavations. These burials, now scattered across the UK, are being reassembled! @FWF_at @oeai_oeaw
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Last week I recorded objects at @mcrmuseum from a group of early NK burials at Saqqara that reveal what seems to be a unique ‘community of practice’ in #Egypt. It was a successful trip & I’m grateful to the curators, @egyptmcr & Susan Martin, for their help & good company!
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Tomorrow is the Lange Nacht der Forschung! The @oeai_oeaw theme is “Bread, Beer and Bananas: What did our ancestors eat and drink?” 🥖🍺🍌 I’ll be at the ancient Egyptian table. Come say hi! Otto Wagner Postsparkasse, 5pm-11pm #LNF2024
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📣 Petrographic analysis at Tell Edfu! @ownbyanalytical is here & every day brings new discoveries about the origins of our imported pottery (Hello Lebanon and Syria! 🤩 For a start!). Our collaboration will add to the bigger picture of late MK-early NK trade to #Egypt
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This collaborative research for my Communities Reassembled project would not be possible without the support of @fwf_at @oeai_oeaw @oeaw @archeogrego @NadineMoeller!
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The #TellEdfu2024 season has begun! We had a short 1st week opening the site & the 2nd wave of team members arrives Saturday. I have exciting plans for the pottery & my project this season. 😁 More updates on that soon! #egypt #archaeology #ancientegypt #ceramics #pottery – at Aswan, Egypt
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We proudly present our new booklet! All projects & related publications of the @oeai_oeaw groups in the Prehistory & WANA Archaeology of the last years & their work in 23 countries. Special thanks to researchers, technicians & students 🩷 academia.edu/resource/work/1…
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I am thrilled to announce that both volumes of my book “Ancient Egyptian Clothing: Studies in Late Period Private Representations” have just been published by @BrillPublishing in the series Harvard Egyptological Studies (20.1-2). 🧵 #newbook #Egypt #AcademicTwitter #egyptology
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Final evening in our department before moving to a new building! For sure, with a last party.. remembering our many grants, books, projects, lectures & scientific discussions. Thank you all 🩷 Excited about the new building & facilities @oeaw @oeai_oeaw!
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On Thursday, May 25, we honored Donald Whitcomb and Janet Johnson on their upcoming retirement. We are grateful to their work at ISAC that has lasted over fifty years. We look forward to their continued participation in the institute and wish them the best in their retirement!
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Join us next week for the final conference of the @FWF_at Beyond Politics Project! Zoom and in-person registration 👉 t.ly/lwtU @oeai_oeaw @oeaw
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I’m proud to present this season’s winner of P.O.T.S (Pot Of The Season)! It’s an amphora from the Levant. 🤩 As part of my @FWF_at project, the Tell Edfu imports will be studied in collaboration with @ownbyanalytical. I’m excited to learn more about the origins of our imports!
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Ceramics crash course! I like to give the excavators & students a crash course in the pottery of the periods they are excavating at Tell #Edfu. This helps us work together more effectively. We all have different pieces of the same puzzle! 🧩 @Yale @oeai_oeaw
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This morning was a rare opportunity to be alone in the Temple of #Edfu. Normally, it’s full of tour groups before we arrive for excavation. The #temple was empty this morning, so it was necessary to leave the sherd yard and enjoy the best preserved temple in #Egypt!
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