#ObjectoftheDay, is this stone #scarab which has an image of a #baboon on the back. The other side depicts a number of different #animals, including a #fish and a #gazelle, as well as a wadjet-eye. This scarab comes from the ancient Sudanese #settlement of #Meroë. E.1035

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Documenting scarabs and other seal amulets at the Manchester Museum 📸 This summer, the HESES team undertook its first research trips to the UK, to examine and document seals from old British excavations in Egypt and Sudan.

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Honestly that's a much better survival rate than I expected. Two URLs still working. One easy to fix. One at a new address. Two apparently completely lost. Not bad for 23 years of link rot!

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We're delighted to share that Mace's archaeological journals now join Howard Carter's archaeological journals for Seasons 1 to 9, all of which are published on the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive! You can find them here: tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/journals-and...

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The DFG and @sshrc-crsh.canada.ca expand their partnership for German-Canadian International Research Training Groups in Social Sciences and Humanities and hereby invite proposals under a joint proposal and funding scheme. Virtual information event on 29 Sep 26. Details and schedule: sohub.io/s01l

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