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dr. keftiugal

@keftiugal.bsky.social
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PhD, Archaeologist/Egyptologist, ancient Egypt/Bronze Age Greece, random moments of fangirling, Marvel fan, D&D player, nerd... IG: instagram.com/ladysekhmet

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Was searching for something else and came across this article I wrote exactly a decade ago. Throwback! 🏺💀
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How The Ancient Romans Gave Us 'Bones Of the Dead' Cookies For Halloween
One tradition from an ancient Roman festival for the dead has survived to the present day, and you can learn how to make these tasty cookies to celebrate the season!
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 27/10/2025
Generative AI has made Amazon’s knockoff problem more inescapable than ever. Authors tell Rolling Stone it’s leaving them frustrated— and the internet worse in the process.
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Amazon Is the World's Biggest Online Book Marketplace. It's Filled With AI Knockoffs
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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 27/08/2025
Hi authors! Please remember to file a claim!
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NPR @npr.org · 24/09/2025
The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
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A statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands in D.C. is removed as fast as it appeared
The statue of Trump and Epstein holding hands mid-frolic wasn't the first anti-Trump artwork on the National Mall in recent months. But it was the first to be removed, despite having a permit.
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
I need a Tylenol after listening to him drone on.
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dr. keftiugal @keftiugal.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Say what now?
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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Doll made of linen, with real human hair, real gold jewellery and leather cuffs, 2nd Century CE Now in the Ägyptisches Museum, Berlin. ÄM 17954 Photograph by S. Steiß #ancientBluesky
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Stephen Blackmoore @stephenblackmoore.com · 17/07/2025
I like how they point out that this is the stupidest initiative YET. Because you know there are so so so many stupider ideas about to be unleashed upon us. www.latimes.com/california/s...
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Feds prep for reopening of Alcatraz prison. Critics call it the 'stupidest initiative yet'
Two federal officials are traveling to California to visit the shuttered Alcatraz prison, part of a plan to soon announce the reopening of the infamous federal prison.
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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Bloody hell, they're already firing the cheerful satirists
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dr. keftiugal @keftiugal.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
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News - New Discoveries from Famed Antikythera Shipwreck - Archaeology Magazine
ANTIKYTHERA, GREECE—According to a statement released by The Swiss School of ARCHAEOLOGY in Greece, renewed […]
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Tom & Lorenzo @tomandlorenzo.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
It's so hot that if I heard a thunderclap right now I'm pretty sure I'd cheer it like fireworks
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The idea that scholars just repeat what they were taught is anti science BS The whole point of a PhD dissertation is to train scholars to produce original, critical research We want to update "the narrative" and improve our understanding of the world around us
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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Yup. That’s the one.
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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
This thread and diagrams are really on point. I've encountered all of these methods, both during my debate with Graham Hancock and online It's frustrating how this rhetoric works so effectively
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It's The Weekend 😌 @craigweekend.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Ladies and gentlemen... the weekend. (also: you are important and are not alone 🧡)
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Brian Tyler Cohen @briantylercohen.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Steve Bannon is warning that Donald Trump will go “to prison” if Democrats win back the White House in 2028.
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Bannon: Trump ‘going to prison’ if Democrat wins White House in 2028
President Trump’s former adviser Steve Bannon predicted Thursday that President Trump will go to prison if a Democrat wins back the White House in 2028. “God forbid we don’t win in…
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NPR @npr.org · 15/04/2025
The Trump administration has drafted a memo to Congress outlining its intent to end nearly all federal funding for public media, which includes NPR and PBS, according to a White House official who spoke to NPR.
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Trump plans order to cut funding for NPR and PBS
President Trump and GOP members of Congress have accused the public broadcasters of biased and "woke" programming. The president plans a rescission, which would give Congress 45 days to approve the di...
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
florida is the one that got me
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
wow they really singled out this car
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Kasey Feral Smith @kaseysmith.net · 16/03/2025
Still better than Excel.
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dr. keftiugal @keftiugal.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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Headline: Antiquities Smuggling Rings Busted, Ancient Treasures Recovered
Police have arrested 23 suspects, including an archivist, in a major bust of antiquities smuggling rings in northern Greece. The raids uncovered ancient coins, artifacts, and explosives, with the grou...
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dr. keftiugal @keftiugal.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
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Ukrainian soldiers discover 6th–5th century BC burial site during fortification works in southern Ukraine – photos
Servicemen of the 123rd Territorial Defence Brigade uncovered an ancient burial site dating back to the 6th–5th centuries BC while constructing military fortifications in southern Ukraine.
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
What pigments were used in the frescoes of Pompeii? Study published on the subject www.finestresullarte.info/en/archaeolo...
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What pigments were used in the frescoes of Pompeii? Study published on the subject
A study done in the Pompeii Archaeological Park revealed how ancient artists skillfully mixed raw materials to achieve a wide range of color tones.
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rogueclassicist ~ david meadows @rogueclassicist.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Private baths at Pompeii – The Past the-past.com/news/private...
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Private baths at Pompeii | The Past
Ongoing excavations in Insula 10, Regio IX, at Pompeii have uncovered a luxurious private bathhouse, one of the biggest ever found in a domestic context in ...
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BM: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Art (Bot) @bmegyptian.bsky.social · 16/03/2025
Scarab with Spiral www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollecti…
Scarab with Spiral
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Dr Crom @doccrom.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Fear not, it's not Imhotep again! One of my favourite photos: the Artemision Zeus / Poseidon, covered in tar paper before it was hidden during World War Two by the Greek Directorate of Archaeology. #Archaeology 🏺 Image: National Archaeological Museum, Athens. Link - namuseum.gr/en/to-moysei...
A bronze statue wrapped in tar-paper, lying on a set of wooden packing cases.
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Andy Richter @andyrichter.co · 12/03/2025
Perhaps the most depressing part about the last couple of months is that every awful shitty thing that’s happening to this country is self-induced. People asked for this. None of it had to happen.
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Tetisheri @tetisheri.eurosky.social · 07/03/2025
#OTD in 2019 I photographed this 23 cm-tall Predynastic black-topped redware vessel with a small glyph inscribed in the centre. Originating from ancient Nekhen (Hierakonpolis), I photographed it for the @garstangmuseum.bsky.social exhibition Before Egypt. Feels so long ago now ... #AncientBluesky
A tall, cylindrical ceramic vessel, mostly red with a thick band of black around the top. The inscription is a ladder-shaped glyph scratched into the surface.
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Governor Tim Walz @governorwalz.mn.gov · 07/03/2025
In Minnesota, we value the people who care for our veterans, even if DOGE doesn’t. If Trump fired you, come work for the State of Minnesota and help take care of our vets.
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
One takeaway from a discussion today: the circuits of aid money (not simply USAID) that have funded a lot of international heritage work are likely on their way out. Organisations need a plan B and to think about what it is that they’re actually doing.
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
No one is giving him any reason not to think that so far, which is the really alarming part.
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NPR @npr.org · 25/02/2025
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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21 DOGE staffers resign, saying they won't help 'dismantle' public services
Twenty-one members of the United State DOGE Service have resigned, they said in an anonymous letter, citing DOGE's ongoing work dramatically reshaping the federal government.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
If you feel unsafe doing this, fly a Star Wars Rebellion Alliance flag instead—just tell people you’re a fan of Star Wars. ;)
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Join us in solidarity—fly your American flag upside down, the traditional signal of distress and extreme emergency.
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Variety @variety.com · 24/02/2025
Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech variety.com/2025/film/ne...
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Jane Fonda Says ‘Woke Just Means You Give a Damn About Other People,’ Calls on Hollywood to Fight With Empathy in SAG Awards Speech
Jane Fonda was honored on Sunday night with SAG's life achievement award.
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Alexis Christensen @amchristensen.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
So, basically the US federal government???
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NPR @npr.org · 08/02/2025
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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The NFL is removing 'End Racism' from its Super Bowl end zone
Here's what the decision by America's favorite sports league tells us about "anticipatory obedience."
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Koert van Bekkum @koertvb.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Famous Egyptologist, ANE and biblical scholar Kenneth A. Kitchen (1932-2025), professor emeritus at the University of Liverpool, passed away. tyndalehouse.com/updates/news...
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Obituary: Professor Kenneth A. Kitchen (1932–2025)
Kenneth Anderson Kitchen was a phenomenon, one of a kind, and I felt very privileged to know him. He was someone with a vast knowledge of the ancient world.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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Brandy Schillace @bschillace.brandyschillace.com · 06/02/2025
This is a starter pack of accounts that bring me joy. Don’t we all need a bit more joy? It’s got book authors, fountain pen lovers, star gazers, nature photographers, music makers, comic artists and more. #MoreJoy go.bsky.app/Amyn4ZE
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Annalee Newitz @annaleen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is what revisionist history looks like, in real time. And this also is why it might appear that archaeologists and historians have to dig deep to discover the existence of powerful women and marginalized groups -- because their legacies are so often erased.
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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
2ndCent BCE Queen Shanakdakhete (probably), Kandake of Meroe in modern Sudan. Displayed British Museum
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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
2ndCent BCE Queen Shanakdakhete (probably), Kandake of Meroe in modern Sudan. Displayed British Museum
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dr. keftiugal @keftiugal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
www.turkiyetoday.com/culture/lost...
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Lost works of ancient mathematician Apollonius of Anatolia found in rare Arabic manuscript - Türkiye Today
Apollonius’s lost works found in Arabic manuscripts show the preservation of ancient Anatolian knowledge during the Islamic Golden Age.
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dr. keftiugal @keftiugal.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
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First glimpse inside burnt scroll after 2,000 years
The document charred by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius is being 'unwrapped' using X-ray scans and AI.
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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I hate that "gizmocrats" word so much it's way too serious for these dweebs with broccoli heads but that apart apparently we are now in the "trust me bro" phase of governance
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dr. keftiugal @keftiugal.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
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RFK Jr. appears on his way to being Trump's health secretary after a party-line vote
RFK Jr.'s nomination cleared the Senate Finance Committee by a 14-13 party line vote.
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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
It really is that simple. If Biden had announced he appointed Selena Gomez to shut down ICE, nobody would doubt that's illegal and unconstitutional. Appointing Musk to shut down USAID is no different.
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Liz Bourke @hawkwinglb.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
A reminder to my American friends that you should not advocate, plan, or communicate about things that you do not want law enforcement - or whatever passes for it - to know about or prosecute you for over the public internet if you can avoid it.
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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
Elon Musk now has access to your Social Security number. The world’s richest man has gained access to the confidential personal information of every taxpayer in the United States.
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