The Mummy Archaeologist

Nurturing heritage and digging the dirt on motherhood

[Tristan - Gone to the other app with the colour @Anarchaeologist]

While the stories about the British Museum vindicate some of the feelings I have towards these institutions the reputational damage to museums and archaeology as a whole in the eyes of the public can't be understated.

[James Wright @jpwarchaeology]

I've resisted commenting on the fire and demolition of the Crooked House but this is all very suspicious and I think a public enquiry is the right next step. Please do sign this petition if you agree.

https://t.co/3aPqOGskGT

[Prof Alice Roberts💙 @theAliceRoberts]

This is one eighteenth-century invention I didn't expect to see coming back to 21st century Britain: the prison hulk.
https://t.co/Aey1gkssi1

[Whores of Yore @WhoresofYore]

July 22nd is the Feast Day of Mary Magdalene in the Christian faith. Much has been made of who Mary was, but she almost certainly wasn’t a sex worker. That story came about in 591, when Pope Gregory I got his Marys muddled.

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[Dr Harrie Larrington-Spencer @tricyclemayor]

A year ago I graduated from my PhD.

It took me five years to complete & I wrote many parts of my thesis whilst in hospital.

Disabled academics like myself often work on crip time. This doesn't make our contributions any less. And academia is a better place for us being in it.

[The Mary Rose @MaryRoseMuseum]

#OnThisDay. 19th July 1545, The Mary Rose sank during the Battle of the Solent, just a few miles from the coast of Portsmouth.

Of her 500 crew, only around 30-40 were saved. The Mary Rose Museum is dedicated to those who lost their lives that day.

[The Mummy Archaeologist @TheMummyArch]

Eek! I just submitted my first funding application. It's been a great experience in distilling from a large concept a clearer picture of what I want to achieve.

[The Thanatos Archive 💀⚰️ @ThanatosArchive]

This is the grave of ten-year-old Florence Irene Ford, who died in 1871 of yellow fever. The story goes that Florence was afraid of thunderstorms, and her mother, not wanting her to be alone during the storms, had steps built leading six feet down to her daughter's grave, with a little viewing window at her head. For many years after Florence's death, her mother would sit and read children's books to her during storms. The steps are still there, but the window was walled up in the 1950s.

[🏳️‍⚧️ TransEthics™🧜🏻‍♀️ #BlackTransLivesMatter @TransEthics]

We have seen this before. It was bullshit then, and it’s bullshit now.

[History Begins at Home @BeginsHistory]

Kitchenware available at Marks and Spencer in 1973, courtesy of @MandSHeritage.

Do you remember having items like this at home in the 1970s? Is there someone you could #JustCall to reminisce?

https://t.co/iR4B83JfiL

#HBAH1970s #EndLoneliness

[Jess Cox @JessJCox]

It's #PublicationDay and I'm so excited to see Confinement going out into the world! It's been a labour of love (pun intended) and I'm very grateful to all those who have helped along the way - and those who have already said lovely things about it!

[Dr Sarah Laurenson @SarahALaurenson]

My book is here 💃 Gave the baby the grand task of revealing its pages - she intuitively skipped to the index, bibliography then objects. Born scholar! @BloomsburyAcad have done a beautiful job of producing this thing, especially the lush images. Today is a happy day.

[The Mummy Archaeologist @TheMummyArch]

I used to work at the Nationsl Mining Museum Scotland and an excited to see that they are offering a fantastic collaborative funded PhD opportunity with the University of Stirling

[NationalMiningMuseum @NatMiningMuseum]

Applications are now invited for a fully funded PhD studentship starting 1 October 2023 at the University of Stirling, in collaboration with the National Mining Museum Scotland.

For further information and details on how to apply, see advert below!
https://t.co/OwkGX0rzTf

[Reforest Britain @ReforestB]

Great news! Historic 700 year old oak tree in Caversham, Reading saved after developers withdraw application to cut it down and replace with 3 bedroom home.

Congratulations to all who campaigned to save this national treasure.

https://t.co/asGsJ9G28Y

[Hallie Rubenhold @HallieRubenhold]

Please someone, write a book about how people did their banking in the 19th century. Not a big book about macro economics, but the nitty-gritty stuff that social historians need. If this already exists, I'd love to read it.

[The Mummy Archaeologist @TheMummyArch]

Today my little one turned to me and said:

'Don't panic mummy, that's just my brain being tired'

This, I believe, is something we can all relate too

[The Mummy Archaeologist @TheMummyArch]

Beautiful brutal honesty #academicproblems

[The Mummy Archaeologist @TheMummyArch]

@Anarchaeologist Sorry I have no words, but this is absolutely my reaction - so many layers of WTF to unpack in the tweet you shared!

[The Mummy Archaeologist @TheMummyArch]

@Anarchaeologist Had an idea for a story about stone tools telling their life stories - a whole little collection of then in a case from different sites around the world

[The Mummy Archaeologist @TheMummyArch]

Supermarket points/vouchers should apply for the purchase of formula milk - if you agree please sign this petition: https://t.co/e0Msk3cW6y

#costoflivingcrisis #fedisbest #endthestigma