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Seth L. Sanders @nabalkattu.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

Film criticism aside, Emily Wilson's review of the Odyssey concerned me because it misrepresents Late Bronze Age history and reinforces an old Eurocentric pattern of dismissing the experiences--and reality--of ancient peoples other than the Greeks.

Nolan’s other major addition to Homer’s narrative is the repeated reference to threats to ‘our civilisation’ from ‘the sea peoples’ – a now debunked 19th-century theory about maritime tribes who were thought to have attacked Egypt around 1200 BCE and to have also been responsible for the roughly coeval collapse of Mycenaean Greek culture. ‘Our civilisation is under attack,’ Penelope wails. Odysseus comforts her by saying that ‘Bronze Age civilisation’, including literacy, will rise again from the ashes. The current consensus, as Nolan clearly knows, is that there was no such thing as ‘the sea peoples’, and that the Greek-speaking world’s shift away from the more centralised, literate palace culture of the Mycenaeans in the 11th century BCE towards the fragmented social formations of the early Greek Iron Age was caused by a range of factors, including climate change, earthquakes and internal unrest. Nolan uses these competing historical theories to create a characteristic narrative twist about the identity of ‘the sea peoples’, which I will not spoil, though you can probably guess it.

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Please support our colleagues at the University for Exeter Archaeology department. A prestigious and impactful centre for prehistory, archaeological science and experimental archaeology and so much more. its one of the pillars of our academic archaeological community and needs our support. 🏺

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

I'll be live on @flintdibble.bsky.social' channel to chat about Archaeology and current geopolitics today (12:30 EST = 5:30pm UK time): www.youtube.com/live/Xgc9PLE...

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Archaeology and Current Geopolitics with Dr Katherine Blouin

We will discuss how archaeology is intertwined with ongoing politic...

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

Archaeological land-grab again and again and again with complete impunity..

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Aditi Rao @aditilrao.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

It’s strange to scroll through this depraved timeline today and be confronted with so many invocations of “illegal.” As if “the law” and its juridical kith hold any relevancy or power three years into a live-streamed genocide.

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

Poster abstract submissions are open for one more week for the #BANEA conference in London, 22-24 April 2026. A great opportunity for students and early career researchers to showcase their research in an international conference! #archaeology #westasia #neareast

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

🚨🚨🚨 ISRAEL ANNOUNCED THE ATTACK OF THE ENTIRE HISTORIC CITY OF TYRE, INCL. ARCHAEOLOGICAL + HERITAGE SITES www.instagram.com/p/DWAjVuJDKW3/

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🚨🚨🚨 🇮🇱 BOMBED NEXT TO THE UNESCO SITE OF BAALBEK This adds to the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 axis targeting of a series of heritage sites in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon over the past week (see post 👇 🧵)

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🚨 New job alert! We are recruiting a Research Fellow in Landscape Archaeology (Eastern Mediterranean and Middle East) at the @unisouthampton.bsky.social funded by the @leverhulme.ac.uk. Details and application: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQU914/r...

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

A piece related to this topic was published by an Egyptian scholar based in the UK 3 months ago. It is not referenced in the Guardian piece so here it is www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/opinion/2025/12/ancestors-dignity-cannot-wait-for-repatriation/#

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Ancestors’ dignity cannot wait for repatriation - Museums Association

The Horniman's Heba Abd el Gawad on the ethics of storing human remains

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 01/03/2026

Thank you @leverhulme.ac.uk for giving me the opportunity to pursue this project.

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Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide @archagainstaparth.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

The British Museum and Palestine: On Misinformation, Zionist Lobbying, Cultural Erasure, and Complicity in Genocide #archaeology #🏺https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/the-british-museum-and-palestine-on-misinformation-zionist-lobbying-cultural-erasure-and-complicity-in-genocide/

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The British Museum and Palestine: On Misinformation, Zionist Lobbying, Cultural Erasure, and Complicity in Genocide

by Archaeologists Against Apartheid Cover Image: Gold plaque (pendant) representing the Canaanite goddess ‘Astarte’ (repoussé), and other gold and jewellery from Palestine ( 16th c. BCE…

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Zena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏

In spite of the Safe Space Policy being clearly stated at the beginning of the meeting, Prof. XXXXX targeted me by name, calling for my resignation from my position as Editor of the society's journal. Furthermore, his misuse of my title, referring to me as "Miss Kamash", felt deliberately demeaning. This intimidating behaviour explicitly contravenes the EAA Safe Space Policy. Although he was muted, for which I was grateful, I experienced a panic attack following his comments and did not feel safe to speak for the remainder of the meeting. This was further compounded by not only Prof. XXXXX being allowed to remain in the online meeting, but also being invited to take the floor again after the break. This gives me strong concerns about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy.

On a broader point about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy, I also note that members whose position aligned with that of Concerned EAA were repeatedly and persistently accused of anti-Semitism throughout the meeting. This is a serious accusation that should not be levelled without due care and evidentiary support. Its use as a blanket accusation seems to have been designed with the explicit aim of silencing and intimidating members aligned with Concerned EAA, which again contravenes the Safe Space Policy and should have been dealt with more robustly during the meeting.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

🏺The conference "Urban Heritage in Crisis in Egypt, Sudan & Palestine" was SO special! 🙏Huge thanks to @gmandreou.bsky.social @archaeologuest.bsky.social & Noha Abou-Khatwa for being a dream team 📽️Recordings coming up on Everyday Orientalism everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/09/15/c...

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Siobhán McElduff @siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

This week! Make sure to register online!

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

I am deeply honoured and grateful to be part of the 2025 cohort @leverhulme.ac.uk Congratulations to all the awardees!

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

#BANEA2026 will take place in London, 22–24 April 2026, under the theme Production and Consumption of Knowledge in the Archaeology of West Asia. Planned sessions include history & historiography, maritime archaeology, museums & heritage, among others.

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(Mar)Chella Ward @luxmea.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻 Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core

How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine - Volume 1

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Beatriz Marín-Aguilera @archaeotext.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The moral compass of many (white) archaeologists was clearly lost already a while ago (if they even had it). The President of the EAA also signed a support letter for Isr*el in April 2024, after the killing of 34,535 Palestin*ans and injuring 77,704, destroying hospitals/universities, etc.

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The Black Trowel Collective @blacktrowel.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

BTC Call for Action - EAA EAA reversed its decision to exclude Israeli institutions complicit in the genocide of Palestinians after intimidation campaigns. Read & share the full statement: blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Given the EAA has gone back on excluding Israeli institutions from the conference - and is also trying to prevent @archagainstaparth.bsky.social from protesting in their sessions - it’s time to walk away until they can find their moral compass. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

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BTC Call for Action – EAA

URGENT ARCHAEOLOGISTS: YOUR EAA PARTICIPATION Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoing genocide of the population of Ga…

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Over 1200 signatories asking the EAA to boycott Israeli institutions complicit w genocide and yet its executive board decides to cave in to Zionist bullies while attempting to silence @archagainstaparth.bsky.social 🤡 Executive board members + EAA emails listed here: www.e-a-a.org/EAA/About/EA...

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Laura McAtackney @lauramca.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

A scholar from Ariel University was recently excluded from WAC as it is recognized that this is a university of illegal occupation.

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Isis Naucratis @isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Columbia U deserves to lose its accreditation: Not over the false claims of the Trump gvt, but over its failure to protect academic freedom Thrilled to join @nkalamb.bsky.social & @derekcrim.bsky.social as co-author of this @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social oped www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

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Columbia University deserves to lose its accreditation

Not over the false claims of the Trump administration, but over its failure to protect academic freedom.

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Jake Godin @godin.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

April 15 SkySat imagery from @planet.com shows Tell Ali Muntar, an archeological site already damaged last year, has been further damaged/turned into an IDF staging area with berms. A nearby cemetery has also been damaged. This is part of the IDF's expansion of the buffer zone into Shejaiya.

A March 19 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing part of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood where the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar is located. A nearby cemetery and a camp for internally displaced people are both annotated. There is a large amount of destruction visible.

A April 15 2025 SkySat satellite image from Planet Labs showing part of Gaza City's Shejaiya neighborhood where the archeological mound Tell Ali Muntar is located. A nearby cemetery and IDF positions are also annotated. There is a large amount of destruction visible. The cemetery is now damaged with clearing activity visible and the archeological mound has IDF vehicles and berms on it now.

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Georgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

A family reduced to boxes with human remains.

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