It is. Perfect timing as I attempt to finish writing an article on events linked to the Tutankhamun centenary, whose failure to move Egyptology forward is in part due to what this piece describes. And in part due to structural racism in Western Egyptology.🏺📜🗃️
My new book is out! "Art of Divination: A Visual History". An original exploration of global divination traditions across time, and 240 colour images from around the world.
In Paris and at a loose end this afternoon? Come for some Commune chat @sorbonnenouvelle.bsky.social, 4pm 🙌
Christina Riggs
Owen Davies
Laura C Forster
Christina Riggs
This is very good on Zahi Hawass and everything that enabled him
An exciting new hybrid talk from @lauracforster.bsky.social on 9 June, exploring the Communard refugees who arrived in Britain following the defeat of the Paris Commune in May 1871. Find out more: sslh.org.uk/2026/05/29/e...
Having spent the day, much like every other day at present, listening to journalists and broadcasters restate unsubstantiated claims, and elide the fact of difference with a trigger for racist violence, here are simple rules even Chris Mason might grasp. ⬇️
