Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 26/09/2026A fascinating thread on Tolkien’s ancient Egyptian inspirations (also featuring a signet ring of Nefertiti from the collections of National Museums Scotland!) 041
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandLeire Olabarria @leireolabarria.bsky.social · 19/06/2026🚨JOB ALERT🚨 Teaching Fellow in Egyptology at the University of Birmingham Full time, fixed-term contract from 1 September 2026 to 31 August 2027 Application deadline: 6 July www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRX646/t...jobs.ac.ukTeaching Fellow in Egyptology at University of BirminghamAn opportunity for an academic position as a Teaching Fellow in Egyptology is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic job openings. 065
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandLeire Olabarria @leireolabarria.bsky.social · 24/04/2026Check out the open access special issue of Interdisciplinary Egyptology, titled "Egyptology in dialogue: Historical bodies in relations, comparisons, and negotiations". #EgyptologyInDialogue journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/in...journals.univie.ac.at Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025): Egyptology in Dialogue: Historical bodies in relations, comparisons, and negotiations (Interdisciplinary Egyptology Special Issue 2) | Interdisciplinary Egyptology 172
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandHorus the Elder 𓅃𓅨𓂋 ♿ @horusofnekhen.bsky.social · 20/04/2026On Thursday May 7th, I'll be delivering the final lecture in @arf-ucb.bsky.social's Lecture Series on Disability in the Ancient Middle East and Mediterranean. I'll be aiming to give a concise overview on our evidences for disability in Ancient Egypt, and the interesting questions they give us. 1/2 193
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandWorking Class History @workingclasshistory.com · 01/04/2026#OtD 1 Apr 1882 charcoal workers in Egypt on the Suez Canal went on strike, in the first recorded strike in the modern history of the country stories.workingclasshistory.com/article/8026... 05818
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 18/01/2026Excited to be organising this Egyptian community workshop in Edinburgh on February 7th with Lama Said & Mohamed Tonsy! Tomorrow is the last day to register ❤️ forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... 010
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandVictoria Reed @victoria-reed.bsky.social · 29/10/2025The MFA has reached a first-of-its-kind ownership resolution for 2 vessels by the enslaved potter David Drake. This restitution to his family takes its place alongside other resolutions we've reached, but it's the first that addresses theft during slavery. www.mfa.org/press-releas...mfa.orgMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston, Resolves Ownership of Works by Enslaved Artist David DrakeBOSTON (October 29, 2025)—The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (MFA), has reached a historic agreement with the known descendants of David Drake (also k 1128
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandAnna Willi @annabwilli.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Come work with us!🏺 Together with my brilliant colleague Georgia Barker we are looking for a project curator to research how childhood is represented in the collections of our two departments at the British Museum, Egypt & Sudan and Greece & Rome. 👇👇👇 bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.comProject Curator: Hidden Stories of Childhood Greece and Rome; Egypt and Sudan Full-time: 41 hours per week (including one hour paid lunch break) Fixed term for 12 months £36,396 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 17 October 2025 11911
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 10/09/2025In case anyone was still in any doubt about the relevance of historical context to current conflict… Also a reminder, if you can, to see Egyptian artist Wael Shawky’s Cabaret Crusades and Drama 1882 at the Talbot Rice Gallery in Edinburgh until Sept 28! www.trg.ed.ac.uk/exhibition/w... 062
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 26/07/2025Just one of the many extraordinary objects found in an intact 17th dynasty royal burial excavated in Thebes/Luxor, Egypt and now displayed in National Museums Scotland www.nms.ac.uk/discover-cat... 071
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandDr Susan Greaney @suegreaney.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Funding for Arts and Humanities PhDs in the UK was always tight, now it is nearly non-existent. This will exclude even more scholars, leaving PhDs an option only for the wealthy. 22612
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandGeorgia Andreou @gmandreou.bsky.social · 15/05/2025We are fundraising to support #archaeology #students in #Gaza to settle their tuition fees & complete their degrees. We've worked with them at the #GAZAMAP project monitoring vulnerable #culturalheritage. Please donate and share: gogetfunding.com/help-gazan-s...gogetfunding.comHelp Gazan students to complete their university degreesThe war in Gaza has devastated the region’s higher education infrastructure. Several universities have been damaged or destroyed, forcing students to continue their studies online under extremely diff... 15557
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 08/07/2025Great post offering insights the lives of girls in ancient Egypt! @julia-hamilton.bsky.social draws together administrative, archaeological, and artistic evidence in discussing girls’ working lives, wages, migration, and more: theconversation.com/work-wages-a... 162
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandGabe Moshenska @gabemoshenska.bsky.social · 28/05/2025Brilliant and important research. Archaeology and nationalism have been entangled for centuries, still producing all sorts of poisonous bullshit. 0286
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Great opportunity! Paid remote internships related to the ancient world 🏺 030
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Fantastically fun and inspiring podcast with the amazing @robertamazza.bsky.social examining papyrology’s problematic past, questionable practices of the present, and building a more ethical future peoplingthepast.com/2025/05/06/p... 1114
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 13/05/2025Shocking to see Labour take anti-immigrant rhetoric to new lows, preferring to spread hate and blame rather than putting in the work to rebuild our society after years of Conservative cuts. This piece is a good reminder of the many important forms of migration and the UK’s responsibilities 020
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandApollo @apollo-magazine.com · 26/04/2025A significant part of the Sudan National Museum’s collections come from the UNESCO campaign of the 1960s and ’70s to salvage ancient artefacts from areas to be flooded for dams. The looting of those collections is the undoing of those efforts, writes Rennan Lemosbuff.lyThe threat to Sudan’s cultural heritage | Apollo MagazineReports of looting at the Sudan National Museum were confirmed last month as government forces retook Khartoum. Rennan Lemos weighs up the potential losses 066
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandUroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 26/04/2025I am especially excited because I will open this conference, organized by Romane Betbeze, with a key note lecture on intersectionality and #gender studies in #Egyptology. @humboldtuni.bsky.social @humboldt-foundation.de 1103
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandDr. Alexandra F. Morris @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social · 24/04/2025I'm excited to announce my co-editor & I are hosting a virtual author panel for "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays," on May 21st. Come listen and join our brilliant authors for a detailed discussion. More information & registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/qa-panel-w...eventbrite.comQ&A Panel with the Authors: Disability in Ancient Egypt and EgyptologyJoin us for a virtual Q&A session with authors of the newly published "Disability in Ancient Egypt and Egyptology: All Our Yesterdays" 02312
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Last few days to see the exhibition ‘Injecting Hope’ @ the National Museum of Scotland! I helped collect these beautiful masks during the pandemic, incl. one from the khayyamia workshop of Essam Ali in Cairo featuring a protective Eye of Horus (see alt text for more) www.nms.ac.uk/exhibitions/... 020
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandDr. Alexandra F. Morris @disabledarchaeo.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Come follow us on Bluesky, and also please let us know who else we should be following! 021
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandLeire Olabarria @leireolabarria.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Friends, TOMORROW is your last chance to download this @cambridgeuparchaeo.bsky.social Element for free! cup.org/4iCMeQbcup.orgMaking Memories in Ancient EgyptCambridge Core - Egyptology - Making Memories in Ancient Egypt 1206
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 07/04/2025"On the Semicivilized" by @jeelyachar.bsky.social is a sweeping analysis of the coloniality that shaped—and blocked—sovereign futures for those dubbed barbarian and semicivilized in the former Ottoman Empire. Check out the intro for free! #Anthropology #MiddleEastStudies buff.ly/2L5s53D 22414
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandThe Egypt Exploration Society @theees.bsky.social · 24/03/2025We're delighted to welcome Leire Olabarria, Ass Prof in Egyptology @unibirmingham.bsky.social, as Chair of @theees.bsky.social! Read how Leire plans to contribute to our mission, making #Egyptology more inclusive and expanding our activities in London and Cairo. ℹ️ www.ees.ac.uk/resource/gre... 1224
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandAntiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 18/03/2025📰 Iron shackles found at an Ancient Egyptian gold mine reveal the brutal working conditions of those mining precious metals in the Ptolemaic period. #AntiquityResearch in the news via Phys.org phys.org/news/2025-03...phys.orgIron shackles found at Ghozza suggest at least some gold miners during Egypt's Ptolemaic period were slavesA historian with Laboratoire HiSoMA, Maison de l'Orient et de la Méditerranée Jean Pouilloux, in France, has theorized that iron shackles found at a dig site in Ghozza, Egypt, suggest that at least… 1139
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 04/03/2025On International Women’s Day this Saturday at 2pm, I’ll be giving an online talk about the ‘Qurna Queen’ and our work reassessing this 17th Dynasty intact royal burial from Thebes, now held at National Museums Scotland. More info/booking with the Thames Valley Ancient Egypt Society: www.tvaes.org.uk 041
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Exciting reports of the discovery of the tomb of King Thutmose II, husband of female pharaoh Hatshepsut! Though the tomb is mostly destroyed, the excavation team still found items naming Thutmose & Hatshepsut, & fragments of the Amduat, a royal funerary text 🧵 1/4 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/f... 1266
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandMoudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Finally, an article on the decipherment of cuneiform that does justice to the many figures involved, the timeline, competition, and sheer philological grit. Fascinating and colourful synopsis of how we came to be able to read tablets from ancient Mesopotamia www.smithsonianmag.com/history/myst...smithsonianmag.comThe Mystery of the World's Oldest Writing System Remained Unsolved Until Four Competitive Scholars Raced to Decipher ItIn the 1850s, cuneiform was just a series of baffling scratches on clay, waiting to spill the secrets of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia 526798
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 07/02/2025What a brilliant discovery! ✨ A runic inscription on one of the many silver and gold objects in the Viking-age Galloway Hoard at National Museums Scotland has been discovered to read: ‘This is the community’s wealth’ www.theguardian.com/science/2025...theguardian.comMystery behind Viking-age treasure find in Scotland may finally have been solvedA runic inscription on one of the Galloway hoard’s elaborately decorated arm rings has been deciphered 04417
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandIsabelle Vella Gregory @ivg.bsky.social · 06/02/2025And it’s finally out - our paper on #photography #Sudan and #JebelMoya. It’s open access :-) It’s a collab between archaeologists and colleague from @wellcomecollection.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comCapturing Empire Through the Lens: Colonial Narratives and Power Structures in Henry Wellcome’s Expedition to Jebel Moya, Sudan - African Archaeological ReviewThis paper explores the relationship between archaeology, photography, and colonialism at the site of Jebel Moya (Site 100), Sudan. We consider technical aspects of the photographic archive, the role ... 22515
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Job alert! 📣 Project Curator - Animal Mummies exhibition, British Museum, deadline to apply February 16 bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.com//templates/C...bmrecruit.ciphr-irecruit.comProject Curator: Animal Mummies Exhibition Egypt and Sudan Full-time (41 hours per week) Fixed term (18 months) £29,734 per annum Application deadline: 12pm (midday) on 16 February 2025 072
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 02/02/2025Apparently it’s #NationalHedgehogDay & now more than ever, the world is in dire need of hedgehogs, so of course I had to post this lil’ fella! 🦔 🏺 This hoglet is actually a faience aryballos flask for perfume/oil from a Greek colony in Egypt, c.550BC & now on display @ntlmuseumsscot.bsky.social 1336
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Fantastic news that the remarkable online resource for the Tutankhamun excavation archive is going to be updated - if you haven’t explored the historic photographs and objects cards before, go check them out! www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/discoveringT... 1134
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandAlice Stevenson @alicestevenson.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Publication day 🥳 one outcome from my @britishacademy.bsky.social mid-career Fellowship now OA & free to download 👇. uclpress.co.uk/book/contemp...uclpress.co.ukContemporary Art and the Display of Ancient EgyptArtistic interventions are now a popular means of delivering fresh perspectives on museum displays, including in galleries devoted to ancient Egypt. Installations are commonly said to put the past and... 3338
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandChiara Bonacchi @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social · 15/01/2025New paper co-authored with @acerbialberto.com and Marta Krzyzanska! What makes archaeological content spread on social media? Positive sentiment and expertise can win! @hcaatedinburgh.bsky.social @edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social 👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 296
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 01/01/2025On Sudan’s Independence Day, this is a valuable reminder of the historic colonial context of Sudan’s ‘invisible’ civil war & some recommendations for how archaeologists can start to address the power imbalances that still persist in Sudan (& Egypt) 👇 082
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 01/01/2025Happy New Year! Or in ancient Egyptian, wep renpet nefer! 🪷🐒 This faience flask was used in the new year festival at the start of flood season. It's decorated with baboons symbolising the god Thoth who calculated time & may have held Nile water, rather than anything stronger! 0245
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandAmnesty International UK @amnestyuk.bsky.social · 05/12/20241/5 A groundbreaking Amnesty report published today concludes Israeli authorities are committing genocide against Palestinians in Gaza. www.amnesty.org.uk/genocide-rep... 3817581175
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandWorking Classicists @workingclassicists.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Just been informed of this upcoming lecture on prosthetics and assistive technology in ancient Greece and Rome by @jldraycott.bsky.social on 5th December. Looks absolutely fascinating and right up our street. It's free to register! www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...york.ac.ukProsthetics and Assistive Technology in Ancient Greece and RomeThe Paralympics highlighted assistive technology, but Jane Draycott explores its historical roots in classical antiquity prosthetics. 15519
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Interesting article that while focussed on Asia offers parallels with colonial-era approaches to ancient Egypt & Sudan - presenting prehistoric cultures as more primitive & using strategic narratives to disconnect local people from their ancient heritage 041
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandAlice Stevenson @alicestevenson.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Great to see this volume in the world. Edited vols like this take a lot of time & work so congrats to the editors (wrote my chapter while pregnant- now planning a 6th birthday party 🙃). Spotted a few other @uclarchaeology.bsky.social contributions too… 2426
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandUroš Matić (Priv.-Doz.Dr) @urosmatic.bsky.social · 04/12/2024In Open Access since yesterday! Check out my paper on failed masculinity of Syrian princes in the Tale of the Doomed Prince 💫 www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com/detail/index...vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.comDie Welt des Orients 2024 Band 54 173
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 02/12/2024These online talks by Rune Nyord will make you rethink everything you thought you knew about the ancient Egyptian afterlife 👇 0124
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandChristina Riggs @christinajriggs.bsky.social · 01/12/2024Turin's Museo Egizio has just celebrated its 200th anniversary (glimpse of one refurbished gallery below). But beyond the new spaces and PR blitz, its long history shows that Egyptian collections in Italy are marked by colonial practices and fascism, too. Great art in a gorgeous city, though. 📜🗃️🏺🇮🇹🇪🇬 0204
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Really looking forward to this lecture at 6pm GMT! www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve... 1104
Reposted by Dr Margaret MaitlandPenny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · 30/11/2024More about our new paper here - interesting discussing how to express the diversity. In the end we went with freedom, following @davidwengrow.bsky.social and David Graeber www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve...york.ac.ukMore equality in Neolithic society than previously thought, say researchersEarly Neolithic genetic data has helped archaeologists understand that there was likely more freedom and equality in Neolithic societies than previously thought. 715247
Dr Margaret Maitland @margaretmaitland.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Happy St Andrew’s Day! 🏴 A year ago today, my predecessor Liz Goring & I published a collection of ancient Egyptian objects dug up in Fife over 3 decades- the only Egyptian artefacts ever claimed under Scots Treasure Trove law journals.socantscot.org/index.php/ps... & media.nms.ac.uk/news/story-o... 2426