Hartwig Fischer, former British Museum director, appointed founding director of a new museum of world cultures in Riyadh, set to open in 2026 after resigning amid a theft scandal
https://t.co/5c9IGM6zzJ
Ich freue mich über die Wahl von Marion Ackermann zu meiner Nachfolgerin.Sie bringt als international angesehene Kollegin die nötige Erfahrung, Weitsicht und Netzwerke mit. Ich freue mich auf die kommenden Monate enger werdender Zusammenarbeit bis zum Amtswechsel 2025.
Used to be good at #mathematics - you wouldn't guess when you watch this video... 😬 On ancient fractions, Pi, and pyramid slope calculations - ancient #Egyptian mathematics was quite advanced!
One of my last little projects while @britishmuseum
https://t.co/ZtxZ3OMWxz
Also Sudan 💚
“this great Nile migration of antelope is the largest on Earth, according to our data, dwarfing any other known land mammal migration on the planet”.
https://t.co/X5uSw8MSzZ
#هل_تعلم بان @USEmbassyBaghdad تعاونت مع الصندوق العالمي للآثار والتراث @WorldMonuments وهيئة الاثار والتراث العراقية للحفاظ على موقع بابل الأثري؟ يسعى حرفيون مهرة ممن يعملون في بوابة عشتار ومعبد ننماخ لحماية التراث الثقافي وتشجيع الزوار على خوض تجربة عجائب حضارة العراق وتاريخه الذين يبعثان على الفخر. #الشراكة_الامريكية_العراقية_الشاملة.
✒️Our beautiful pair Tairkap and Pestjenfi, living 2675 years ago in #Egypt, commemorated in this wonderful new publication @harrassowitz_v
Spoiler🙊: they are completely covered with #hieroglyphs !
@neuesmuseum@kulturSPK
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our director, Dr. Rudolf de Jong. We extend our deepest condolences to his loved ones. NVIC will be closed the coming week in mourning. Details of a memorial in Cairo will follow soon. Rest in peace, boss. We will miss you.
I wrote a short eulogy for Souq Omdurman - the beating heart of our capital, left in ruins by this war.
Massive trigger warning for my Sudanese friends - very upsetting images of a place we know and love.
https://t.co/DzrP52qx6U
In 1931, the first school was opened in the villages of Babylon, and it was in the village of Kwersh. The German excavation mission’s house, or as the village people call "Koldewey Palace", was transformed into a school.
@UNICEFgermany#photooftheyear shows again that still too many children are suffering from violence, trauma, displacement, malnutrition and shortage of drinking water - everywhere in the world!
Another compelling #exhibition@WillyBrandtHaus@berlin
https://t.co/NNARTenevJ
@UNICEFgermany#Photooftheyear shows again that too many children are suffering from violence, trauma, displacement, malnutrition and shortage of drinking water. @WillyBrandtHaus@Berlin
https://t.co/NNARTenevJ
📢 Wonderful 2-year fellowship at #Pisa University looking at clay objects in #archaeological contexts of the Nile Valley #Egypt and #Sudan
https://t.co/U3hhFrcPpU
📢 Only a few more days for #museum professionals from #African countries to apply for #theMuseumsLab@DAAD_Germany and spend some time with us at the Egyptian Museum in Berlin? @kulturSPK - especially interesting for colleagues from #Sudan
https://t.co/2bjT1P6tqC
Der Abend mit @rbb24 in der @stabiberlin am Donnerstag war eine Inventur unserer Reform. Danke an Ulrike Lorenz von der @KlassikStiftung Andreas Kilb von @FAZ_NET und Gabriele Schulz vom @DKRKultur für die Runde. https://t.co/QqvY4LwXVr
I am absolutely thrilled to share with you the news of the publication of my first ever co-edited volume that I had initiated and co-edited after being the co-organizer of our Berlin conference in April 2019!
You can access it here:
https://t.co/HZlWEk9o8v
An ancient Christmas carol 🌲 from Egypt, written in Greek, calls for celebration 🎉 as the 'son of God is now on earth' 🌟 - markings above letters and letter doubling indicate the rhythm in which the text should be sung 🎼🎶🎵 @kulturSPK https://t.co/xzUxEyxJhe