William Dalrymple

Scottish historian & art historian; @EmpirePodUK podcaster & Jaipur Lit Fest co-director. 2024 Visiting Fellow at All Souls, Oxford. Writes the occasional book.

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

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Who was Nefertiti?

[Yaroslav Trofimov @yarotrof]

What happens when an ammunition warehouse blows up.
Footage from Russia’s Belgorod region on the Ukrainian border this morning. All this stuff won’t kill Ukrainian civilians anymore.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

"In the past, Israel has traded land for peace. These days, it’s trading peace for land....Aggression and expansionism have come to define Israel’s foreign policy." https://t.co/A8GtdJLLJ8

[Harriet Williamson @harriepw]

EXCLUSIVE: More than half of former Labour voters who intent to back a centre or leftwing party in the next general election have cited the government's record on Gaza as a reason for abandoning Labour, new polling shows.

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Fine piece by @gideonrachman
"Netanyahu’s vision for Israeli security has failed. He deserves to lose" https://t.co/E00gnlQKf5 via @FT

[Empire: World History @EmpirePodUK]

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But Tutankhamun’s story is also wrapped in myth.

Was he murdered? Did he have club foot? And how much of what we think we know comes from modern fascination rather than ancient evidence?

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Tutankhamun also reversed the Aten Revolution.

After Akhenaten’s radical religious reforms, Egypt turned back towards its traditional gods. The young king even changed his name from Tutankhaten, “living image of Aten”, to Tutankhamun, “living image of Amun”.

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Tutankhamun was only a child when he came to the throne, yet his tomb would become the most famous archaeological discovery in history.

So what do we actually know about the boy behind the golden mask?

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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Ancient Egypt: Tutankhamun The Boy King

His death mask is one of the most famous faces in history, but who was the real Tutankhamun?

Join @DalrympleWill and @tweeter_anita + @EgyptMcras as they discuss the life, death and legacy of King Tut…

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William Dalrymple Tickets & Tour Dates - Fane https://t.co/7DtkIMbIFl

[William Dalrymple @DalrympleWill]

Friends and followers in Birmingham- a last cache of tickets still available for the Irresistible Rise of the East India Company tonight at 7.30 at Birmingham Town Hall (a rather amazing 790 tickets already sold!) Next venue on the @FaneProductions tour, Storyhouse, Chester on Wednesday 10th

[Maqamat @AlMaqamat_]

In pre-Islamic Arabia, certain birds were seen as bad omens and others as good omens. Hence, in verse 13 of Surah al-Isra, the Quran refers to one's deeds as a bird (ṭāʾir): 'And We have fastened every human's bird to his neck, and We will bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a record which he will find wide open.'

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"Armenia’s pro-Europe party wins election and cements shift away from Russia. Result strengthens PM Nikol Pashinyan’s drive for deeper integration with Europe despite warnings from Moscow"
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[Edward Luce @EdwardGLuce]

Trump told me this a couple of hours before Bibi struck Iran. He has turned himself into a prisoner of other people's decisions.

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

Newly released files include a previously unpublished memorandum from Israeli legal advisor Theodor Meron warning senior officials in 1967 that the forced expulsion of Palestinian civilians constituted "a serious violation of the Geneva Convention." https://t.co/1PxiGEnMpC

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

A video shows an Israeli settler terrorist brutally assaulting a foreign solidarity activist in Masafer Yatta in the West Bank — shoving him to the ground.

If a Palestinian or a solidarity activist had done this to a settler, they would be arrested within minutes.

[Nota T @NotaT240400]

Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī , Abū Zayd before the governor of Raḥba. Painter: Yaḥyā al-Wāsiṭī. Abbasid Baghdad, 634 AH/1237.

[Chris Doyle @Doylech]

Netanyahu, as I have stated repeatedly, will do whatever he can to undermine any chance of a deal

[Kenneth Roth @KenRoth]

The Israeli army does virtually nothing to hold its soldiers accountable for war crimes (many are ordered from on high) but it is making every effort to influence public opinion abroad so people ignore Israeli atrocities (let alone the genocide). https://t.co/sp4Q00hjcw

[Ihab Hassan @IhabHassane]

.@IDF and @IsraelPolice,

Here is a photo of Israeli settler terrorists arriving on a truck in the Palestinian town of Huwara in the West Bank. They set fields and a car dealership on fire, brutally assaulted two men—one of whom is in critical condition—and injured seven others.

The truck's license plate is clearly visible. Can you identify and arrest those responsible?

I already know the answer: no. These settlers act with total impunity under a system that protects them, shields them from accountability, and enables this violence to continue.