Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 27/09/2025Pompeii, Regio V Thermopolium doesn't disappoint! 050
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Overall though it is an incredibly beautiful space with stone etched interpretation panels, well produced sounds capes and narrations. It's bite sized archaeology, which enables you take time to get a sense of the thing you are looking at, or pop into to soak up the atmosphere in a hectic day.🏺📜🏛 050
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025The archaeological history of the site can be found online rather than in building. The oral histories of the discovery is a great project and fantastic resource to explore public perceptions of our discipline 70+ years ago compared to new discoveries today. www.londonmithraeum.com/about/londonmithraeum.com 030
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Displaying more finds from the site itself as part of the temple level (not in but cases along the sides) might have added some more detail and understanding? The only finds were as you entered and more 'a variety of material' rather than use of the site. 130
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025The immersive experience was interesting and offered some interpretation of how the space may have felt or sounded like during rites and festivals. But it somehow felt lacking to me. 120
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025I had a chance to visit the London Mithraeum and would love to hear other peoples thoughts! Located under the Bloomberg building in central London, in the heart of the ancient Roman city, are the foundations of a 3rd C temple of Mithras, conserved and displayed in an immersive initiation experience. 5295
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 12/09/2025A great article on Ennigaldi-Nanna @theconversation.com by Dr Louise Pryke theconversation.com/hidden-women...theconversation.comHidden women of history: Ennigaldi-Nanna, curator of the world’s first museumEnnigaldi-Nanna is largely unknown in the modern day. But in 530BC, this Mesopotamian priestess worked to arrange and label various artefacts in the world’s first museum. 110
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 07/09/2025www.ledroimuseum.comledroimuseum.comHome | Local Archaeological Museum Ledroi 010
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 07/09/20255 weeks in Cyprus @caari-cyprus.bsky.social = serious library time plus fun museum and heritage excursions. The Ledra city is super cute, displaying the finds from the excavations on site. A figurine factory means lots of wasters. Favourite find has to be the terracotta bath tub. 291
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 06/09/2025You can read about our super fun exhibition 'Kerameikos' at Sydney Uni - Chau Chak Wing Museum in the latest Journal of Australian Ceramics. Exhibition extended until 2 Feb 2026! 🏺🏛️📜 search.informit.org/doi/abs/10.3...search.informit.orgKerameikos: The potters' quarter 051
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Make sure to repost / quote the original from the author! 000
Reposted by Candace RichardsDr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 08/08/2025Our new piece is out in @nature.com big mihi to all my co-authors it was a pleasure to work with you on this @lanipai.bsky.social @niiyokamigaabaw.bsky.social @napaaqtuk.bsky.social @sereananaepi.bsky.social @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social Bradley Moggridge and Brittany Kamai tinyurl.com/yc4y9kfknature.comDecolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them | NatureIndigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. Indigenous scholars set out eight steps to stop marginalization in academia and to enable a shared Indigenous agenda in science. 414057
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 14/08/2025Essential reading! "Scientists must also attend to their own racism. It is not enough to be non-racist. Structural issues and inequities exist in the Western academy. Those who avoid engaging with racism and colonialism in scientific works and spaces merely promote the status quo." 🏺📜🏛 182
Reposted by Candace RichardsAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 13/08/2025Experimental #archaeology of tin smelting. South-west Britain was a major source of tin for bronze production, with British tin reaching as far as the major Bronze Age civilisations of the Eastern Mediterranean 🏺 Learn more 🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy... 26113
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I'm not all about ancient stuff... I also like to make pots! My first raku firing was an amazing time and the kiln gods were smiling upon me. Thanks to the instruction of Blake Clay, instagram: www.instagram.com/_blake_clay?... 040
Reposted by Candace RichardsCambridge University Press - Archaeology @cambup-archaeology.cambridge.org · 04/07/2025📢 Call for Papers: "Advances in Archaeological Labor Management"📢 We invite submissions for a themed issue on “Advances in Archaeological Labor Management,” to be published in Aug 2026. Abstract submission deadline: Sep 1, 2025. Find out more: cup.org/3Ibus9e @saa-aap.bsky.social #archaeology 062
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 04/07/2025Fabulous new article on the experience of girlhood in Ancient Egypt by the phenomenal @julia-hamilton.bsky.social - great research and great teaching as always 🔥 040
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/06/2025The final chapter, 20, offers a distribution guide to the known publicly accessible collections in the region - 66 in total. Each institution is given a short entry that situates the ancient Med. artefacts within its broader collections, with the aim of increasing visibility of these materials 🏺📜🏛. 041
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 19/06/2025Chapter 19 by Caleb Hamilton offers new perspectives and a distinctly Māori framework, exploring whether the use of tikanga could be offered to mummified Egyptian human remains held within museums in Aotearoa New Zealand, aligning with attitudes towards the display and care of kōiwi tangata.🏺📜🏛 000
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 18/06/2025Chapter 18 is on developing collaborative holistic research practices for the ethical care, treatment, interpretation, and display of Egyptian human remains at CCWM. The authors aim to encourage all who care for human remains in their collections to think more critically about ‘best practice’ 🏺📜🏛 020
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Chapter 17 from ANU Classics Museum discusses recent restitution of three Italian objects and shares detail of the processes in a way that might benefit other institutions, hoping to encourage a wider dialogue around restitution that focuses on the realities and opportunities that can arise. 000
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Chapter 16 by Brit Asmussen and @cairojim.bsky.social explores the sticky-ness of objects. They consider the relevance of antiquities held in museums and the varied contributions they make to the contemporary world via people’s engagement with them today. 031
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Chapter 15 by Lilly Withycombe focuses on a screen-based exhibition interactive that the National Museum of Australia developed to introduce visitors to ancient polychromy through a playful medium and to encourage a closer interaction with objects within blockbuster travelling exhibitions 🏺📜🏛 000
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 11/06/2025Chapter 14 by the Hellenic Museum team explores recent projects 'WHO ARE YOU? Athens, Aotearoa and the Art of Marian Maguire', 'Becoming You' and 'Greek Love' as practical examples of the use of ancient Mediterranean-based collections for social wellbeing and the exploration of identity 🏺📜🏛 011
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Chapter 13 from the CCWM at Sydney Uni team uses four case studies to demonstrate how we are widening participation with ancient Med collections through OBL, community co-developed programming and taking collections out of the museum environment. 🏺📜🏛 000
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Chapter 12 by Diana Burton reviews a recent collaboration between Victoria University Wellington's Classics Museum and School of Design to develop innovative ways for students and the public to engage with the Museum’s artefacts through 3D printing techniques. 🏺📜🏛 000
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 05/06/2025Thank you very much! So looking forward to it! 010
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 04/06/2025I am thrilled to receive the 2025 Danielle Parks Memorial Fellowship @caari-cyprus.bsky.social (the announcement just went out in the newsletter)! I'll be working on my Recycling Paphos project that explores reuse practices in Nea Paphos and new methodologies for recording multiple reuse events 🏺 260
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 02/06/2025Chapter 11 explores the remote learning opportunities offered by the UNE Museum of Antiquities as part of a rural university traditionally serving a wide geographic dispersal of students. Hands on learning and practical experience delivered from afar and with significant pedagogical outcomes 🏺📜🏛 000
Reposted by Candace RichardsCandace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Out now! A collaborative volume that explores provenance, pedagogy, participatory programming and ethics for managing ancient Mediterranean collections in this region by #museum experts and researchers. 🏺📜🖼🏛 www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...taylorfrancis.comMediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand | PersThis volume brings together academics and museum professionals responsible for ancient Mediterranean collections across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to 02613
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Chapter 10 explores the Tūhura Otago Museum numismatic collection of over 2500 ancient coins. The authors offer a case study of their work integrated learning internships that help digitise the collections and add narrative value for the museum's visitors online and for future in gallery display🏺📜🏛 010
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Chapter 9 focuses on the new archaeological teaching collection at ANU gifted by the late Graeme Clarke, largely from the Jebel Khalid excavations in Syria. Author Georgia Pike-Rowney demonstrates how the collection is activated for multidisciplinary teaching and its value for teacher training. 🏺📜🏛 000
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Chapter 8 begins the pedagogical themed papers. Andrew Jamieson of Uni Melbourne reflects on the development of Arts West and its architectural design that supports object-based learning. A case study for how new university developments can embed collections in their design processes 🏺📜🏛 010
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Chapter 7 by Alina Kozlovski takes us through the Powerhouse collections, exploring the reception of antiquities in a technology museum and revealing their complicated role as objects that can disrupt the linearity of temporal boundaries that form the standards in current and past museum practice 🏺📜 020
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Chapter 6 focuses on the Antiquities Collection of the Uni of Queensland in the mid 20th century and the journey of the Classics department to form the RD Milns museum. It provides a historic framework from which to understand the place of ancient world studies in contemporary Australian education. 042
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Chapter 5 is all about the Egyptian collections of the Australian Museum. The authors explore the intersection of collecting and colonialism focussing on two major sources Ernest Wunderlich and the Egypt Exploration Fund/Society. 🏺📜🏛 075
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 26/05/2025Chapter 4 explores the past, present and future of the Australian Archaeology of Institute's collection, by Chris Davey and Lisa Mawdsley. It's a great example of the importance of digitising archives and talks about the value of these historic archaeological archives for current research. 040
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Chapter 3 by Ken Sheedy, Director of ACANS, explores the collecting of ancient coins in Australia and the creation of private collections and their journeys into public institutions. 050
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Chapter 2 by Emma Ash and Deirdre Harrison explores the Provenance History of the Mediterranean Collection @aucklandmuseum.bsky.social Tāmaki Paenga Hira - They aim to understand the development of museum collections and their intersection with the mechanisms of colonisation 020
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Chapter 1 introduces the excellent work of our collaborators and reflects on how and why Med archaeology collections were formed in the region. I hope that this volume encourages more reflection on the value of these heritages in dialogue with the First Nation's cultures of their new homelands. 📜🏺🏛 062
Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Out now! A collaborative volume that explores provenance, pedagogy, participatory programming and ethics for managing ancient Mediterranean collections in this region by #museum experts and researchers. 🏺📜🖼🏛 www.taylorfrancis.com/books/edit/1...taylorfrancis.comMediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand | PersThis volume brings together academics and museum professionals responsible for ancient Mediterranean collections across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to 02613
Reposted by Candace RichardsFlorida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Museum Resource 🏺 Ceramic Type Collection Our online type collections of historic period archaeological ceramics (1492-1850) is a searchable digital resource that includes thousands of images of sherds, representing hundreds of different ceramic types: www.floridamuseum.ufl.edu/histarch/cer... 0304
Reposted by Candace RichardsGlobal Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 09/01/20251/6 To celebrate our 10th anniversary & reflect on the past & future of the field we will be sharing highlights from past issues across the year. We have asked authors to offer thoughts in retrospect on their research, its evolution, & future. We begin with Francesco Campagnola co-editor... 1169