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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

From the archive (2021): the final part of my #AcademicProductivity series looks at working hours and taking breaks. Burning the midnight oil may feel familiar, but breaks pay off more. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/08/20/t... #Academia

A woman lying in a hammock overlooking a beautiful landscape. Photo by Zach Betten on Unsplash

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Building Digital Bridges with games! Dear #Archaeogaming Community! Please consider applying for our archaeogaming session at CAA 2027 in Santiago, Chile! It will be fun as always, and let's be honest, this is the coolest of the sessions, am I right? https:// 2027.caaconference.org/

Section drawing of soil layers that turn from hand-drawn to pixelated, containing an ancient knucklebone, a die, a D-pad, and a pixel pawn. Title: "Knowing the Past through Play", CAA 2027 Santiago, Session S34, with CAA and VALUE Foundation logos.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

The so-called “Stone-Cone Building” is perhaps one of the most puzzling examples of West Asian architecture. The construction technique is unparalleled. The walls are decorated with hundreds of thousands of coloured stone cones. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

Technical illustration showing the building's interior organisation and assumed installations. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

🎮 Only days left: submit to our archaeogaming session S34 at #CAA2027, Santiago de Chile, 17–20 May 2027. Theme: play as a way of knowing the past – in research and in teaching. Deadline: 1 Oct 2026 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/09/25/k... #Archaeogaming #DigitalArchaeology

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

ICYMI: On a two-day trip to London in 2022, I managed to visit four museums – the British Library, the British Museum, the Natural History Museum and the V&A. The exhibitions were great, of course, but the gift shops turned out to be the real highlight. 🏛️🛍️ 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/11/18/m...

The Great Court of the British Museum in London. A vast glass-and-steel roof of triangular panes arches over the courtyard, letting in bright daylight. On the right stands the round, white Reading Room with tall arched windows and exhibition banners; on the left, the neoclassical façade with columns. Visitors walk and stand across the stone floor. Photo by Nicolas Lysandrou on Unsplash.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

The Oxus Temple is a sanctuary of Ancient Bactria and helps the research on the relations between indigenous and Greek cultures. In 2011, we were commissioned by the Eurasia Department of the German Archaeological Institute to reconstruct the temple. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

Perspective view of the 3D reconstruction on the archaeological ground plan. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

ICYMI: From the volume "Size Matters" – Pascal Butterlin on the Massif Rouge, a multi-phase high terrace at Mari, Syria. His argument: Mari's building traditions grew from its religious topography – monumentality as a local phenomenon. 🔓 #OpenAccess #Archaeology #AncientWestAsia

Mud-brick ruins of the ancient city of Mari (Tell Hariri) in eastern Syria, with eroded walls under a bright sky. Photo: Heretiq, CC BY-SA 2.5 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 04/05/2026

We scientifically reconstructed the Bit Resh, Irigal, Bit Akitu, as well as the Eanna and Anu Ziggurat of the Seleucid Period in Uruk (modern-day #Iraq) During the reconstruction process, we considered variations, leading to two different models. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

This image shows a detailed 3D visualisation of the Bit Resh. A massive white temple encircled with courts and gangways. People walking in front of the temple seem insignificant. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Back from CAA 2026 in Vienna! 🏛️ I presented the KIŠIB project, co-organised an archaeogaming session, and heard fascinating talks on AI and cuneiform translation. Great organisation, brilliant social events. New blog post with my highlights: itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/04/10/c... #CAA2026

A 19th-century hall with gigantic staircases leading up to a gallery with a statue. Photo: S. Hageneuer

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 06/04/2026

The palace at Til Barsib (Syria) was richly decorated with wall paintings in the Assyrian fashion ar. 744—631 BCE. Our visualisation combines black-and-white copies and coloured photographs and situates them in their architectural context. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

3D visualisation of room 24 of the palace of Til Barsip, which was the festival room. Walls are decorated with colourful paintings of Neo-Assyrian origin. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Mari is one of the most famous sites in West Asia. A French archaeological investigation focuses on the city’s fortification walls. We developed reconstructions of the fortification walls, the city gate, and an adjoining residential building. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

The visualisation shows two of the different building phases of the fortification wall in Mari. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 29/03/2026

ICYMI: "Does everyone need to… do Digital Humanities now?" where @idhrenil gives her views on what it means to do #DH today. Is all Humanities necessarily digital? In her view, working transdisciplinary is the way to go. Have a read on our blog here: 🔗 archaeoinformatics.net/does-everyon...

A generic image showing books and technology.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 14/03/2026

The third Archaeogaming Hackathon is done! 🎮⛏️ Four students in Kiel built "Kieler Küstenfische" — a game that connects a present-day rescue excavation with life in the Mesolithic. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/03/13/s... #Archaeogaming #DiKopA

Four persons looking on a computer screen and one person working in the back. Photo: S. Hageneuer

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 06/03/2026

#280CharAbstracts: Christoph Rinne explores how Markdown & coding practices foster open source, interactivity & accessibility in teaching—especially for Windows users. 🔗https://doi.org/10.11588/propylaeum.1572.c23244 #DigitalHumanities #OpenSource

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Stefan Schreiber @stefanschreiber.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

The issue is edited by @archaeobasti.bsky.social , @apolitopoulos.bsky.social, Bärbel Morstadt and @aydinabar.bsky.social and contains also exciting contributions by Rune Rattenborg, Jessie DeGrado, Eric X. Jarrard and @luilog.bsky.social.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Our special issue "West Asia in the Center" just dropped in Forum Kritische Archäologie! Eight open access articles on colonialism, heritage, and decolonial perspectives 🎉 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/02/20/west-asia-in-the-center-a-new-special-issue-in-forum-kritische-archaologie/

A big ziggurat in the middle of the desert. The top is in ruins. Photo by حسن on Unsplash

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

#280CharAbstracts: Maria Shinoto emphasizes text literacy as a core skill in archaeology. Digital tools open new possibilities for analyzing and teaching textual sources in innovative ways. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #TextualStudies

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 15/02/2026

I won the 2025 Teaching Award at Cologne's Faculty of Arts & Humanities! 🎓 New blog post on why good teaching needs time, why practice matters alongside theory, and why recognition for teaching is important. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/02/13/t... #DigitalArchaeology #AcademicTeaching

This image shows an empty lecture hall at a university. Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

#280CharAbstracts: Stefan Krmnicek & Kevin Körner present *Graveler*, a serious game for numismatic teaching. It helps students explore coins interactively, linking play with academic learning. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Numismatics #SeriousGames

Roman town house with the dipinto “Romanes Eunt Domus” (Level “Roman metal extraction and minting”).

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

#280CharAbstracts: Sebastian Hageneuer argues that video games are not only a source for archaeology but also a medium through which archaeology can be taught. Archaeogaming bridges research, teaching & popular culture. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeogaming #Archaeology

Screenshot of the game "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis" (1992).

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

For the Tell Fecheriye exhibition, we presented the results of the ongoing excavation to the general public. We presented an entire archaeological experience and created a colourful illustration of the many tasks involved in an excavation. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

Graphic illustration of an excavation in Syria. Different people doing various jobs are typical for an archaeological excavation. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

#280CharAbstracts: Stefan Feuser discusses the potential and limits of immersive & browser-based VR for teaching archaeology. While VR can open new perspectives, it faces practical & pedagogical constraints. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... Part of larger volume: doi.org/10.11588/pro.... #Archaeology #VR

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

✨ New post! Reflecting on my @antike-kolleg.bsky.social interview – the return to Berlin 🏠, honest thoughts on AI in archaeology 🤖, and why someone should finally make an excavation game that's about methodology, not tomb raiding 🎮⛏️ 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/01/16/t... #DigitalArchaeology

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Ten Questions and a Few More Thoughts - It's more of a comment...

Recently, I had the pleasure of being interviewed for the Berliner Antike-Blog, a platform dedicated to research on the ancient world in the Berlin/Brandenburg region. The format – “10 Questions” – is...

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

New article out! 🎉 "Archaeology and interdisciplinarity after the digital turn" just published in Rethinking History – on RTI, machine learning & archaeogaming as examples for interdisciplinary work. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/01/02/a... #Archaeology #DigitalHumanities

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Archaeology and Interdisciplinarity after the Digital Turn - It's more of a comment...

New article out in Rethinking History! 🎉"Archaeology and interdisciplinarity after the digital turn" – on RTI, ML & archaeogaming.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 27/11/2025

#280CharAbstracts: Michaela Stark examines the use of serious games & 3D interaction in museums and teaching. These tools open new ways of engaging with archaeology, but also pose challenges for sustainability and accessibility. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #Museums

Museum 3D: View inside the Roman house (desktop version). (Viewport Unreal Engine; 3D visualisation: T. Jung).

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

#280CharAbstracts: Asuman Lätzer-Lasar explores ethical challenges of moving images in immersive learning. Reconstructions may distort understanding if not critically reflected upon. Teachers need to foster visual literacy. 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #Ethics

The Forum Romanum. Photo by Embla Munk Rynkebjerg on Unsplash.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

📢 Two new publications this week! 📍 Ethnoarchaeology of Moroccan marketplaces (with my SfM models!) 🎮 Archaeogaming as teaching practice (from my Cologne seminar) Two very different projects — one shared spirit. 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/11/21/t... #Archaeogaming #Ethnoarchaeology #OpenAccess

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Two new papers this week: 1) Material Traces of Marketplaces in Morocco and 2) Archaeogaming in the Classroom.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

🇨🇿 Just came back from my first trip to Prague — and fell in love. Art Nouveau façades, roast duck & goulash, a whole day at Prague Castle. Romantic, relaxing & full of charm. New blog post ➡️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/10/31/p... #Travel #Prague #Architecture #Food

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Prague, for the First Time - It's more of a comment...

Just came back from my first trip to Prague — and fell in love. Art Nouveau façades, roast duck & goulash, a whole day at Prague Castle.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

🎮 At #CAA2026 in Vienna, Aris Politopoulos & I are co-hosting a session on archaeology + play! We’ll explore inclusivity, ethics, critical limits—and how archaeogaming can challenge dominant narratives. Blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/26/b... #Archaeogaming #DigitalHeritage

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Beyond Fun and Games? Rethinking Archaeogaming, Play, and DigitalHeritage - It's more of a comment...

At #CAA2026, Aris Politopoulos & I are hosting a session on #archaeogaming! We’ll explore inclusivity, ethics, critical limits and much more!

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

#280CharAbstracts: 👩‍🏫 Martina Trognitz argues that teaching archaeology must include data literacy. Good data management, FAIR principles & Open Science should be exemplified by instructors and practiced by students. 🇩🇪 🔗 doi.org/10.11588/pro... #Archaeology #Data

Graphic explaining the research data lifecycle. Source: Martina Trognitz, CC BY 4.0

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

The Interactive Pasts Conference (TIPC) is an event where we get together to celebrate our joint love for video games and the past and share our playful, creative, smart, cool, beautiful ideas with each other. Come and join: interactivepasts.com/the-interact...

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

📣 New season of the Digital Classicist Berlin Seminar starts Oct 14! Hybrid lectures on 3D, cuneiform, digital twins, AI, citizen science & more. I’m happy to help organize it in my new role at BBAW. More in my blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/09/19/a... #DigitalClassics #DH

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

🎓 New edited volume out now: Digital Methods of Learning & Teaching in Archaeology! Packed with chapters on #VR, #archaeogaming & more. Open Access, CC‑BY‑ND, from a 2024 TU Darmstadt workshop. Read more in the blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/08/29/a... #DigitalArchaeology #OpenAccess

Cover of Bolder-Boos, Hageneuer, Pantelidis "Digitale Methoden des Lernens und Lehrens in der Archäologie". Background by Andrey Haimin on Unsplash.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 28/08/2025

ICYMI: I attended a workshop on virtual reality in digital media, where I was the only archaeologist. Nevertheless, I learnt a lot! The workshop, organised by J. Tomann and S. de Jong, was a delight. Read more about it here: itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/11/04/a... #VirtualReality #Archaeology

A random selection of people listening to a talk at a conference. Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

🏺 Uruk/Warka is one of the world's earliest cities. Excavations have uncovered a wide range of monumental buildings. Our focus was on the main buildings: C and B; the 'Pillared Hall' and 'Hallenbau'; the 'Great Courtyard'; and some smaller structures. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it...

This image shows a visualisation of the Pillared Hall in Uruk. Although it is a small building, it has wonderful decorations of coloured clay cones arranged in different geometric patterns. The walls were covered in egg-yolk yellow clay! © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

#280CharAbstracts: S. N. Autenrieth and D. von Boekel investigate why the destruction of architectural monuments and pictorial works occurs during times of change in the UK, Mesoamerica, Germany, Afghanistan and Syria, both in the past and in the present day. #OpenAccess 🔗 doi.org/10.14361/978...

Bamyan, the destroyed site without the buddhas. Photo by Zabihullah Habibi on Unsplash

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

🎮 I’m co-organizing The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 this October in Leiden! A seriously playful event where games, heritage & history meet. Expect workshops, papers, demos & good vibes. New blog post ➡️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/08/08/c... #TIPC4 #VALUE #Archaeogaming

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Celebrating a Decade of Playful Past Exploration - It's more of a comment...

I’m co-organizing The Interactive Pasts Conference 4 this October in Leiden! A seriously playful event where games, heritage & history meet.

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Bernd von Mallinckrodt @vonmallinckrodt.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

Die Reichen leben vom Strom der Armen … #Voltaire durchschaute schon im 18. Jahrhundert die Systemarchitektur … Der Komfort der oberen Klassen basiert auf einer konstanten #Spannung, erzeugt durch das prekäre Leben der unteren. Kein Wunder, dass die Maßeinheit #Volt nach ihm benannt wurde. 🖖

The comfort of the rich depends upon an abundant supply of the poor.
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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

ICYMI: One of Egypt’s earliest wells built entirely of stone was excavated in 2000–2001. 🧱💧 Detailed 3D visualisations now illustrate its architecture, building techniques, features, and stratigraphy. A glimpse into ancient engineering! 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it... #DigitalArchaeology

This visualisation shows how the Samana well was excavated by archaeologists. The infographic illustrates the different layers discovered within the well. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

🦫 Just wrote about DBeaver – a free, cross-platform database client that handles local and remote DBs like a pro. 🚨 Caveat: updates can break stuff, but there is a solution. Still: 🧰 probably the best tool I’ve used for managing complex DB setups. Blog post 👉 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/07/11/n...

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

ICYMI: I’ve finally left Academia.edu. They don’t support open science — they profit from locking your research behind paywalls and upselling “premium” features. I’m done. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/28/w... #OpenAccess #AcademicPublishing #AcademiaEdu #ScholarStrike

Leaving is always an option. Photo by mk. s on Unsplash

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

ICYMI: 🏺 How did light shape sacred space in ancient Mesopotamia? We explored this by reconstructing lighting conditions in 4 key temple types. ✨ Sacred architecture, seen in a new light. 🔗 www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-it... #DigitalArchaeology #Mesopotamia #3DModeling #SacralArchitecture

This image shows an example of the interior of a Mesopotamian temple. Light from the next room shines into the dimly lit cella. © artefacts-berlin.de

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

ICYMI: 🎮 In this blog post, I give a quick intro to archaeogaming: studying archaeology in, of, and through video games—from Tomb Raider to No Man’s Sky. Have a look: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2021/07/30/a... #Archaeogaming #GameStudies #DigitalArchaeology

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Archaeogaming: An overview - It's more of a comment...

What is Archaeogaming? In this article, I want to give an overview what Archaeogaming is and how it can be utilised to analyse videogames.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

For an old project, I instructed 4 students to evaluate an online 3D viewer that was developed. Our task was to evaluate its potential use in archaeology, and we already had some ideas. However, I wondered if a classic 3D viewer was the right approach. 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2022/10/21/t...

A laptop with the words "Just Start." on the screen. Photo by Dayne Topkin on Unsplash

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Just got back from #ICAANE in Lyon — a great experience! Enjoyed insightful talks, a well-run program, and the chance to present my work on digitally reassembling the garden scene of the North Palace at Nineveh. Also: tea, people-watching, and Lyon's charm 🌧️🍷☀️ itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/06/06/i...

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🚀 Two months into my new job & things are in full swing! 🔍 Working on a massive Mesopotamian seal database 🛠️ Juggling many tasks, team planning, outreach & LOD 💬 It’s intense—but progress is showing! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/30/m... #DigitalHumanities #Mesopotamia #NewJobVibes #AcademicLife

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My first two months in the new job - It's more of a comment...

After two months in a new job focused on Mesopotamian seals, I reflect on managing a growing database project.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Just back from the DiKopA workshop and wow—so much good discussion on digital archaeology, teaching, and what “skills” really mean in 2025. Wrote up some thoughts here: 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/23/t... #Archaeology #DigitalHumanities #AcademicLife #DiKopA #Fieldnotes

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The second DiKopA Workshop - It's more of a comment...

A recap of the 2nd DiKopA workshop—tools, teaching, and the future of the field, with reflections on academia and digital practice.

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Just got back from #CAA2025 in Athens—what a week! From archaeogaming sessions to exploring the Acropolis (and the coffee!), it was unforgettable. 🏛️☕ Check out my full recap: itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/16/c... #DigitalArchaeology #Archaeogaming #CAA

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CAA 2025 in Athens - It's more of a comment...

The 52nd CAA conference took place in Athens in May 2025. Highlights included sessions on archaeogaming, and exploring the Acropolis!

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Sebastian Hageneuer @archaeobasti.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

📅 May 19–20 | Darmstadt + Online Join us for the second DiKopA Workshop on digital teaching & learning in archaeology! Talks, keynotes & discussions on digitisation, reproducibility & more. Full programme now online! 🔗 itsmoreofacomment.com/2025/05/09/u... #Archaeology #DigitalTeaching #DiKopA

Darmstadt | Photo by Renato Dehnhardt on Pexels

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