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Humanities research library and museum at @utaustin | On view through August 2: Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt

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The Egyptian national soccer team made history this weekend when they defeated New Zealand 3-1, scoring their first-ever World Cup victory. For a look at a more distant period of Egyptian history, visit Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt, on view at the HRC through August 2.

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What happens when RTF students from Moody get together to create their version of SNL?

You get "RTF Live!" 🎬

Students spent the semester creating, writing and producing their own sketch comedy show with the help of the @ransomcenter: https://t.co/T6UkOs7uCu

[Robert Stagg @robert_stagg]

A papyrus lament for a gladiator lover, with a tax account on the reverse. From Fayoum, Ancient Egypt, c. 100 CE. Now held in @TheJohnRylands and on display @ransomcenter’s astonishingly good ‘Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt’ exhibition.

#Austin 🇺🇸

[Naomi Daw @Naomi_Daw]

Before documentary photography even had a name, it was happening in Scotland.

More than 180 years ago, David Octavius Hill, Robert Adamson and Jessie Mann documented the lives of Newhaven's fishing community with remarkable empathy and artistry, capturing resilience, dignity and everyday life in images that still feel profoundly human today.

🔗https://t.co/BzaUN3ZvCi

📷 Barbara Johnstone Flucker at the door of Rock House, carbon print by Jessie Bertram from the original negative, c1843-6.

#Photography #Scotland #History

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Due to the outpouring of support and interest in celebrating Jim Magnuson’s life, the program on Saturday, June 13 has been moved to the Texas Union Theater at 2308 Whitis Avenue at the corner of Guadalupe and 24th Streets. RSVP: https://t.co/iMpoxfiLAR

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Before paper, there was papyrus, and was at the center of everything.

See rare fragments come to life in “Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt” at the @ransomcenter.

Read the story, then visit April 11–August 2: https://t.co/rEj2XlFMcM.

[John-Carlos Estrada 🎙️ @Mr_JCE]

Ancient texts. Real voices. Stories that still hit today. 📜

From everyday life in ancient Egypt to one of the earliest New Testament fragments… this exhibition brings history up close.

Opens Saturday at the @ransomcenter!

[The Daily Texan @thedailytexan]

.@ransomcenter’s new exhibit “Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt” provides a glimpse into the past with documents and artifacts from the Greco-Roman period that have been rarely seen by the public. The exhibition opened on Saturday and will run through Aug. 2, allowing visitors to learn about the culture, religion and day-to-day lives of the Ancient Egyptians.

https://t.co/Hoixx17GdM

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Join us on Tuesday, March 10 at 6 p.m. for a panel on @MagnumPhotos with Magnum Foundation President and photographer Susan Meiselas, Mark Menjivar, and Erina Duganne join UT faculty member Ann Reynolds.

Free with RSVP: https://t.co/AFPLa8gTco

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Our next exhibition, Lives and Literacy in Ancient Egypt, opens April 11. Developed in collaboration with @TheJohnRylands, this exhibition brings to life the voices of Greco-Roman Egyptians through rare papyrus manuscripts rarely seen by the public. More: https://t.co/mmjXQa1Kq2

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We are excited to announce that the Lorne Michaels Collection is officially open for research!

After many months of work by our dedicated team of processing archivists, the collection's finding aid is now available online: https://t.co/aKf9R2Xk1J

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The Harry Ransom Center has acquired the Olivia de Havilland Papers. The archive of the two-time Academy Award–winning actor illuminates Hollywood’s Golden Age and the transformation of the studio system. More: https://t.co/UWOPAzoYgD

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This Thursday, January 8, is your last day to see our Frida Kahlo self-portrait before its inclusion in the traveling exhibition Frida: The Making of an Icon. The painting will head nearby to MFA Houston followed by a trip to England where it will be on display at the @Tate.

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Happy birthday, Jane Austen! The English novelist was born 250 years ago on December 16, 1775. This copy of the famous 1894 peacock edition of Pride and Prejudice was owned by Brideshead Revisited author Evelyn Waugh. The Ransom Center is home to Waugh's papers and library.

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Have you seen our latest exhibition? The holidays are the perfect time to visit us to see Live From New York: The Lorne Michaels Collection.

Check our hours and plan your visit: https://t.co/qAx32oqU5s

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Watch Jenny Romero, the Ransom Center's Robert De Niro Curator of Film, on Chicago's @WGNMorningNews as she discusses our exhibition, Live From New York: The Lorne Michaels Collection, on view through March 20, 2026. Don't miss it!

https://t.co/NgRfXJisYI

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Joan Didion was born on this day in 1934. She is responsible for some of the most important works of her generation, including books like Play It as It Lays (1970) and screenplays co-written with her husband, John Gregory Dunne, like The Panic in Needle Park (1971).

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We are saddened to learn of the passing of Sir Tom Stoppard, one of the giants of British theatre. The Harry Ransom Center is the proud home of the Tom Stoppard Papers: https://t.co/1WxML695Js
Martha Swope, Tom Stoppard, 1983. Tom Stoppard Papers, 39.6.