Robert Frost

Historian and Geographer, Interested in history of Egyptology. Research Fellow, University of Leicester.
I have moved to Bluesky.

[Robert Frost @RFrost_1]

New article out now: why did Britons (esp. John Gardner Wilkinson) choose to wear non-western styles of clothing whilst carrying out fieldwork in C19th Egypt? Here’s the link to the full text in the @JofVictCulture, and a summary 🧵https://t.co/5szXdqwvv9 @HyPIRUoL

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A third runway was bad enough; another at Gatwick with an extra 50,000 flights/ year next decade won't help the UK meet its climate change commitments. Progress to meet the upcoming carbon budgets is already very tight.
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Now it's official: we have a Kathleen Kenyon building. A great choice of name, as Kenyon was one of the great archaeologists of the C20th, with important work at sites including Great Zimbabwe; St Albans, Jericho, Jerusalem and, of course, Leicester.
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As of today, I'm on Bluesky @rfrost1.bsky.social. Looking to reconnect with old and new colleagues. I will be staying on Twitter for now, but obviously the platform is not what it once was.

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@pittsmike @LinaGhotmeh To those with a long acquaintance with the British Museum, some of these themes won’t be entirely new. But they have been implicit for way too long, and subtlety can leave avenues open for misinterpretation. Happy to have seen this + video link. Interesting developmments!

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It’s wild that the American VP is criticizing European countries for stifling freedom of speech.

In the Press Freedom Index, the US ranks 55th, while Sweden is 3rd and Germany 10th.

Russia, meanwhile, sits at 162.

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@diarmidf Thanks Diarmid!

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@UoNGeography @simon_gosling That's surprisingly good news, except for the note on lack of water and increased risk of dengue.

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@RichardJAnsell @the_bsr @HyPIRUoL @historyleic @alhambraarchbi Congratulations Richard!

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Just been to @EgyptMcr's "Golden Mummies of Egypt" exhibition and can confirm it's well worth a visit. Besides mummies and lot of gold, there's interesting new ideas about the purpose of mummification, and whether portraits were ever supposed to be exact likenesses.

[Dr Campbell Price @EgyptMcr]

Our special exhibition 'Golden Mummies of Egypt' has been seen by *almost* one million people after 4 years and across 3 continents. It closes on Sunday 14th April. Will you be the millionth visitor...?

Book FREE tickets now: https://t.co/XpCt5Agcgd

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@lotnumber249 A couple of years ago I saw Charlotte Booth's PhD thesis on the topic. Plaster casting especially for Abu Simbel is also mentioned several times in Selwyn Tillett's biography of Robert Hay (1820s/ 1830s).

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Incidentally, if you'd like to contact me about the post, please email me on [email protected], which is my new email address.

[Robert Frost @RFrost_1]

New article out now: why did Britons (esp. John Gardner Wilkinson) choose to wear non-western styles of clothing whilst carrying out fieldwork in C19th Egypt? Here’s the link to the full text in the @JofVictCulture, and a summary 🧵https://t.co/5szXdqwvv9 @HyPIRUoL

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That’s the summary over: please see the essay itself for more details if you want to know more. Last but not least, I’d like to thank those who commented on the essay, James Kneale at the JVC, and the reviewers who helped to shape it.

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Disappointing to see Britain abstaining at another UN resolution and the US blocking any progress towards peace https://t.co/aKoRoMTX30

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@gerthuskens @JofVictCulture @HyPIRUoL It does -- I wish I'd seen that earlier so I could have cited you!