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Candace Richards

@circa-candace.bsky.social
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Museum type. Mediterranean archaeologist. Coeliac traveller. Typo aficionado. Current research project: Reuse and recycling practices, Nea Paphos, Cyprus. A/Curator at CCWM Sydney Uni. Lives on unceded Gadigal land. She/her 📸 my own unless credited

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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Pompeii, Regio V Thermopolium doesn't disappoint!
The front face of a bar has a painted bright yellow border and three scenes. On the right is a black dog sitting with a chain to his collar. In the centre is a chicken with a big plumed tail. On the right are two upside down ducks.An L shaped bar, made up of ceramic vats sunk into the counter doors is in the middle of a room with amphorae leaning against it and the wall behind. This side of the bar has a yellow background and main scene of a woman, sea nymph, half naked draped in thin falling away cloths, as she rides a sea horse through the ocean. The end section of the bar photographed through the glass protecting the site. It has a jumble of amphorae standing on their pointed bases with a small uneven table (?) topped with vessels and a diminutive figure running along.In the sun shine the ruins of a building are supported by scaffolding. On one side is a sign painted in red and on the other a scene with a winding snake and vegetation.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Overall 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.🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The 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/
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Displaying 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.
Two people with backpacks on look at a large wall display of ancient Roman artefacts. The artefacts are varied made from ceramic, metal, wood and leather.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
The 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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
I 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.
In a dark room the ruins of stone and brick walls are preserved unevenly about a metre high. In the centre light shines on the outline of a figure riding a galloping bull wearing a billowing cape and soft beanie-like hat
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
A great article on Ennigaldi-Nanna @theconversation.com by Dr Louise Pryke theconversation.com/hidden-women...
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Hidden women of history: Ennigaldi-Nanna, curator of the world’s first museum
Ennigaldi-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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
www.ledroimuseum.com
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Home | Local Archaeological Museum Ledroi
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
5 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.
A limestone two story house sits on a small hill with new trees planted around it.A series of ceramic fragments, including a rim and handle have fused together to form an odd shaped lump.On the bottom of a cream coloured lamp is a line drawing od a person wearing a stripey red and black cloak and dress. Their face is obscured where the image has worn away over time.A terracotta bathtub with a small internal seat and footwell is displayed in a museum. It has been restored from many fragments.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
So dissapointed to miss this.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
You 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...
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Kerameikos: The potters' quarter
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
@cypriotartleeds.bsky.social any ideas?
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Make sure to repost / quote the original from the author!
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Dr Tara McAllister @taramcallister.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Our 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/yc4y9kfk
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Decolonize scientific institutions, don’t just diversify them | Nature
Indigenous 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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Essential 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." 🏺📜🏛
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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 13/08/2025
Experimental #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...
Experimental archaeology recreating tin smelting using tin ore in a crucible, surrounded by charcoal powered by a simple skin bellows plus insets of tin ore used (alluvial cassiterite excavated from a Bronze Age site in Cornwall) and a sectioned crucible showing the tin metal produced (credit: R. Alan Williams & Great Orme Mines).
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
I'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?...
Outsode an outstretched hand holds up a copper coloured shiny angular pot with a black base. It glistens in the sun.
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Cambridge 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
Banner for 'Advances in Archaeological Practice' featuring a call for papers, set against an orange background.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Fabulous new article on the experience of girlhood in Ancient Egypt by the phenomenal @julia-hamilton.bsky.social - great research and great teaching as always 🔥
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
The 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 🏺📜🏛.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Chapter 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.🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Chapter 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’ 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Chapter 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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
So good to hear! Thanks Anna 😍
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Chapter 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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Chapter 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 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Chapter 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 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Chapter 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. 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Chapter 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. 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
Thank you very much! So looking forward to it!
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
I 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 🏺
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Chapter 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 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Out 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...
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Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand | Pers
This volume brings together academics and museum professionals responsible for ancient Mediterranean collections across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand to
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Chapter 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🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Chapter 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. 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Chapter 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 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Chapter 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 🏺📜
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Chapter 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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Chapter 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. 🏺📜🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Chapter 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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Chapter 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.
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Chapter 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
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Chapter 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. 📜🏺🏛
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Out 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...
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Mediterranean Collections in Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand | Pers
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
So glad you enjoyed it!
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Candace Richards @circa-candace.bsky.social · 13/01/2025
Back in the office energy.
An ancient face of a gorgon is painted in the middle of a black cup. She has big big like eyes swirling red hair and a wide open mouth sticking out her big red tongue.
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Florida Museum of Natural History @floridamuseum.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Museum 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...
an irregular oblong of white ceramic painted with blue flowers as if it is part of a shattered platea rectangular piece of yellowed ceramic marked with wavy horizontal brown linesan oblong piece of pale gray pottery with raised rows of scallops crusted with reddish dusta somewhat rectangular piece of what looks like a shattered plate painted with florals and possibly a blue dragon tail and foot
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Global Intellectual History @global-ih.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
1/6 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...
An image of the journal cover left with a quote right that is repeated in the below tweets.
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