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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

𝐒𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐇𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐲𝐩𝐡𝐢𝐜 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐨𝐝 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐞 New York, October 2–4, 2026 ifa.nyu.edu/events/date/...

Signs in Motion
[image of Egyptian deities in a sky boat from the astronomical ceiling of the Ptolemaic temple of Dendur]
Hieroglyphic transformation from Late Period Egypt to Rome
Keynote Speakers: Orly Goldwasser and Jean Winand
New York, October 2nd-4th 2026
At the Institute for the study of the Ancient World (ISAW) and The Institute of the Fine Arts (IFA), New York University
[Logos for: The Met, NYU The Institute of the Fine Arts, Columbia University, and NYU Institute for the Study of the Ancient World

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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

My book, "𝘚𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴": 𝘓𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘶𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤 𝘝𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘺𝘳𝘢𝘮𝘪𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘹𝘵𝘴 is now out! brill.com/display/titl...

The cover of the book "Speaking the Words": Linguistic Variation in the Pyramid Texts, by Brendan Hainline.

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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Time is running out to submit an abstract to the 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐋𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐬 session at the next ASOR Annual Meeting (November 18–21, 2026) in Chicago. The session's theme this year is “Language and People.” Abstracts may be submitted now through March 15 here: www.asor.org/am/2026/call...

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2026 CALL FOR PAPERS—ASOR Annual Meeting - American Society of Overseas Research (ASOR)

ASOR invites paper and workshop presentation proposals for the hybrid 2026 Annual Meeting, November 18-21.

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Oren Siegel @orensiegel.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

I wrote this overview of studies about boundaries and borderscapes in Pharaonic Egypt for a special issue of Etudes et Travaux! Check it out, and I hope you’ll also read the incredible work so many of my colleagues are doing on this subject! www.etudesettravaux.iksiopan.pl/index.php/en...

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An Appraisal of Pharaonic Egyptian Boundary Studies

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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

𝐂𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐞: 𝐅𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐄𝐠𝐲𝐩𝐭 Join experts for a series of lectures exploring unique festivals that celebrate the gods of ancient Egypt. The Met Fifth Avenue Thursday, December 4, 2025 2–5 pm engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa...

Charles K. Wilkinson, The Barque of Amun Arriving at the West Bank of Thebes, 20th century, 1930–31. Original from Egypt, Upper Egypt, Thebes, Dra Abu el-Naga, tomb of Amenmose (TT 19), original New Kingdom, Dynasty 19, reign of Ramesses I–Ramesses II; ca. 1295–1213 BCE. Tempera on paper. Facsimile, scale 1:1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Rogers Fund, 1931 (31.6.5).

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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

If you've ever wanted to hear me talk about art and ancient Egyptian deities, a video tour of Divine Egypt, the new exhibition on view at The Met, is now up on YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Wyh... #DivineEgypt

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Exhibition Tour—Divine Egypt | Met Exhibitions

YouTube video by The Met

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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

I am giving a talk this Sunday (October 19th) at The Met, New York, in conjunction with the new exhibition 𝘋𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘌𝘨𝘺𝘱𝘵 (which I worked on). engage.metmuseum.org/events/educa... #DivineEgypt

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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Go Birds! Several Egyptian hieroglyphic signs are birds. Here are some common bird signs and their meanings/uses: [resurrecting an old but topical thread]

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Oren Siegel @orensiegel.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Really happy to see this article come out, as it was a joy collaborating with @brendanhainline.bsky.social, Serena Niccolini, and Maria Gatto on this work discussing political boundaries in the later Old Kingdom near the Nile’s First Cataract. www.etudesettravaux.iksiopan.pl/index.php/en...

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Bordering Power: Reinterpreting Three First Cataract Inscriptions of King Merenra

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Brendan Hainline @brendanhainline.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

I thought a good first post to Bluesky would be to talk about how ancient Egyptians would have said “blue sky.” This ended up being a lot more challenging than I expected.

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