Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures @ISAC_UChicago
ISAC of @UChicago, a leading research center for the cultures of ancient West Asia and North Africa, houses a world-renowned museum. isac.uchicago.edu Chicago, IL Joined October 2009-
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“Pioneers of the Sky: Aerial Archaeology and the Black Desert” opens today! Come to the ISAC Museum and learn about the history of ISAC’s work on the development of aerial archaeology and learn more about the applications of this technology in the Black Desert of Jordan!
The special exhibition “Pioneers of the Sky: Aerial Archaeology and the Black Desert” opens tomorrow! We’re excited to show you a few sneak peek photos! We look forward to seeing you at the exhibition soon!
Aqeel almansrawi @AqeelAlmansrawi
5K Followers 3K Following Landscape Archaeologist in the State Board of Antiquities and Heritage.Funded by Global Heritage Fund [email protected]
Jens Notroff @jens2go
19K Followers 2K Following #Archaeologist, got a hat (no whip though). Once known as "Yunus" among Bedouins. Demanding a revival of the venerable profession of the #ExpeditionPainter.
Manon Y. Schutz @ManonYSchutz
6K Followers 2K Following "Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin" #Egyptology @WWU_Muenster, PhD from @UniofOxford, furniture aficionada, cats & dog mother, bibliophile, 🇱🇺. Views my own
Megan Lewis @digi_hammurabi
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Dr Anna Garnett @Beket_Aten
9K Followers 3K Following Curator @PetrieMuseEgypt | PhD @LivUni | Trustee @Sudan_and_Nubia & Amarna Trust | Proud Cumbrian | Scruffy Crafter | Socialist | Views mine | Join a Union 💪
Julia Budka @jubudka
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Davide Nadali @davidenadali
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Jason Ur jasonur.bsky.. @jasonalikur
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Pavla Rosenstein @PavlaRosenstein
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Jaafar Jotheri جعف.. @JaafarJotheri
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Dr. Tine Rassalle @Tine_Rass
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Dr. Peter J Brand @PeterBrandEgypt
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William Carruthers @w_carruthers
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Jana Matuszak @JanaMatuszak
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إِنَّ ٱللَّ.. @MentalNfr
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Katie Davies @k8tdavies
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Dave Gaumer @DaveGaumer
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Les carnets de Jérô.. @les_carnets
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Sanghwa Ahn @SanghwaAhn
53 Followers 441 Following incoming Research Professional | Energy Policy Institute at U Chicago (@UChiEnergy) | Environmental & Spatial Economics, Seoul National Univ. (@SeoulNatlUni)
Morrow Clive @morrow_cli52336
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Megan Lewis @digi_hammurabi
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The Egyptian Museum �.. @EgyptianMuseumC
41K Followers 103 Following The official account of the Egyptian Museum on Twitter _ الحساب الرسمي للمتحف المصري علي تويتر
Sophus Helle @SophusHelle
2K Followers 512 Following Translator of Gilgamesh and Enheduana. My book on Enheduana is out now! He/him. Proud partner of the incredible @ayafrankenstein
William Carruthers @w_carruthers
4K Followers 3K Following Lecturer in Heritage @PHAISEssex, Fellow @RoyalHistSoc, ‘Flooded Pasts' out now @CornellPress https://t.co/CJHFQxIRUM مؤرخ
Jana Matuszak @JanaMatuszak
2K Followers 876 Following Sumerologist @UChicago @NELC_UChicago @ISAC_UChicago⎜ Come for #Sumerian #literature & all things #cuneiform stay for #cat pics
ASOR @ASOResearch
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Anna Stevens @AnnaS_Amarna
4K Followers 1K Following archaeology of urban life in ancient Egypt | Amarna Project (Ass. Dir.) | Cairo - Melbourne - Cambridge | https://t.co/J2LbcGP7YM | https://t.co/5elXrtpwIJ
The Nahrein Network @NahreinNetwork
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Ifao - Institut fran�.. @ifaocaire
3K Followers 64 Following L’Ifao fait partie du @reseau_EFE et a pour vocation l’étude des cultures qui se sont succédé en Égypte depuis la préhistoire jusqu’à l’époque moderne #ResEFE
SFDAS @sfdaskhartoum
1K Followers 239 Following Section Française de la Direction des Antiquités du Soudan French Archaeological Unit in Sudan
Loot and Plunder @lootplunder
4K Followers 2K Following On stolen stuff and other treasure, by Andrew Heavens, author of The Prince and the Plunder, about how the UK took piles of loot and one small boy from Ethiopia
cripantiquity @cripantiquity
2K Followers 1K Following Amplifying crip voices & building premodern community. Also tweeting @duxfeminafacti9 @thaumatic @r_you_a_manatee🤰🏾♿️🙈🤯🤢🙉🧟♂️
Lauren B 🥀🏛🦇.. @gothicbookworm
3K Followers 5K Following PhD student-19thC travel encounters with mummified remains🌍use of mummy brown paint🎨 historian @MummifiedNR @RiderHaggardSoc 📖 @issegyptomania🪲Gothic blog🦇
Narratives of Mummifi.. @mummifiedNR
397 Followers 975 Following Exploring Travel & the Body #TravelStudies 🌍 Museums, Literature, Travellers, ‘mummy brown’ paint & more Created/ran by PhD Student: @Gothicbookworm
Dr Marchella Ward (al.. @LuxMea
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Sinjar Academy @SinjarAcademy
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GMAndreou @GMAndreou
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Mapping Africa’s En.. @MAEASaMProject
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Dr. Alexandra F. Morr.. @DisabledArchaeo
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UChicago CSRPC @CSRPC
2K Followers 1K Following CSRPC is a hub of research and an incubator of anti-racist practice. 📍 5733 S University Ave @uchicago
UChicago Admissions @ThisIsUChicago
8K Followers 346 Following Official Twitter of the University of Chicago College Admissions. Follow us on TikTok and Instagram to see more!
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Dr. Lyra D. Monteiro .. @intersectionist
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Society of Black Arch.. @SbaArch
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Dr. Verena Krebs @KrebsVerena
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Dr. Moudhy Al-Rashid @Moudhy
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Do312 @Do312
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In the Chicago area? Don't miss the beautiful and dramatic presentation of aerial archaeology!
“Pioneers of the Sky: Aerial Archaeology and the Black Desert” opens today! Come to the ISAC Museum and learn about the history of ISAC’s work on the development of aerial archaeology and learn more about the applications of this technology in the Black Desert of Jordan!
Sinjar Academy is delighted to be working with @CombatLooting & @alda_benjamen assistant professor in the @univofdayton Department of History, @USAID & @aid_iraq to create curriculum, teach, present, and preserve Yazidi cultural heritage. udayton.edu/blogs/artsscie…
Remembering Donald Whitcomb, a UChicago alum and renowned scholar of Islamic archaeology. Whitcomb is remembered for 'redefining the discipline' through his fieldwork across the Middle East and his mentorship of generations of UChicago students. ms.spr.ly/6015YHHZb
If you are in #Chicago go and see this excellent new exhibit at @ISAC_UChicago #kitesincontext #Jordan #archaeology
Just went to the members’ opening and it is amazing! Go!
We’re excited that the new ISAC Museum special exhibition “Pioneers of the Sky: Aerial Archaeology and the Black Desert” is opening this Thursday, April 25! The exhibition will include a video that introduces museum visitors to the stunning landscape of the Black Desert of Jordan
@ISAC_UChicago @robertbewley The basalt landscape is amazing. There are literally thousands of stone/ jellyfish houses, ancient petroglyphs and enormous desert kites… just extraordinary. One of my favourite places to visit in Jordan.
We had so much fun at the launch event of Liverpool Disability History Trail @MuseumLiverpool on Thursday. It was great to join Iris for her tour, and to hear a bit more about Lizzie Griffins commissioned artwork. Check out our reel to see the launch😀 #disabilitytraillaunch
Delighted to have presented at my first @SAAorg conference my @UCLarchaeology doctoral research investigating the consequences of blockbuster exhibitions on the antiquities market #SAA2024NOLA #SAAStudents
Well done Iris - what a wonderful launch. With talks from artist Lizzie Griffin and touch tours of the trail, it’s been great to learn more about the Liverpool Disability History Trail. Make sure to visit if you can! #disabilitytraillaunch @MuseumLiverpool @ScreenSouth
Today is the launch of a new exhibition trail at the Museum of Liverpool. We are here to celebrate the launch of the Disability History Trail curated by Curating for Change Fellow Iris Sirendi. Congratulations Iris! #disabilitytraillaunch @ScreenSouth @MuseumLiverpool
Analysing gold samples from Lower Nubia today @UCamArchaeology. This will complement lead isotopic and trace element analyses already done. Results will be out eventually. First time samples of gold from ancient Nubia is analysed in this way.
Very rare opportunity to learn Demotic with an exceptional teacher @FDS_III "Introduction to Demotic (8 Weeks)" eventbrite.com/e/introduction… @eventbrite
Very much looking forward to presenting next week at the "Senses and Disability" hybrid workshop, where I'll be presenting a paper titled "Creating and Curating an Archaeology of Disability: Reflections and Aspirations". Not to be missed! Free registration in the QT below:
"Senses and disability: exploring sensory experience and disability in and beyond the Ancient World" Hybrid #workshop, 19 April 2024 St Andrews / MS Teams View programme and register: standrewsclassics.wordpress.com/2024/03/19/sen…
You've still got a month to go and see my display at @AshmoleanMuseum, and I'm delighted to say that Nothing Without Us: Experience's of Disability at @Pitt_Rivers has been extended until the 6th October!
Visit my current museum displays: FASHIONING BODIES IN THE ANCIENT WORLD 10th November 2023 - 8th May 2024 @AshmoleanMuseum ashmolean.org/exhibition/fas… & NOTHING WITHOUT US: EXPERIENCES OF DISABILITY 16th November 2023 - 31st May 2024 @Pitt_Rivers Museum prm.ox.ac.uk/event/nothing-…
May your #Eclipse2024 experience be cheerier/less apocalyptic than the one depicted in Johann Hebestreit's "Prognosticon physicum des Jhars Jhesu Christi 1565"! Call no. BF1783.H43 1565 #RareBooks #Woodcuts #16thCentury
Meet a little resident of the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology! This bone figurine (KM 1969.2.93) is from 9th–10th century Fustat (medieval Cairo), Egypt. The origins of this statuette are not clear, but whatever the purpose, its gaze is certainly arresting! #ArtifactOfTheWeek
This volume is an edition of Emily Dickinson’s (1830-1886) poetry, edited and published posthumously by Mabel Loomis Todd and Thomas Wentworth Higginson, and printed in Boston in 1890. Call number: PS1541.A15H58 #NationalPoetryMonth #EmilyDickinson #RareBooks
Une délégation des chercheurs de l’Ifao et de la @sfdaskhartoum menée par Abbès Zouache, dir. des études, ont rendu visite hier à la mission archéologique de Ouadi el-Jarf, une mission Ifao - @LettresSorbonne, soutenue par l’ARCE, @honor_frost et @mer_amers. (Photos C. Alù)
The slow unrolling… opening April 25, “Pioneers of the Sky: Aerial Archaeology and the Black Desert” @ISAC_UChicago ▶️ isac.uchicago.edu/pioneers-sky #specialexhibit #exhibitcountdown #lifeofacurator
I couldn't have asked for more amazing team members for Phase 1 of our RELIGHT Project (Restoring Religious Heritage in Eastern Tigrai) funded by the @ALIPHFoundation We repaired and conserved sacred objects at selected churches in E Tigrai #archaeology #culturalheritage
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