Jessica Knebel ✨💫
@jessyknebel.bsky.social
Museum trainee | PhD candidate in Egyptology | Working on the meaning and metaphors of fire in ancient Egyptian texts 🔥 📜 | she /her 🏳️🌈
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Hi everyone 🦋 ✨ I‘m Jessy, a graduate museum trainee & a part time PhD candidate. My research explores the meaning and metaphors of fire in ancient Egyptian texts 🔥 📜 Interested in ancient Egyptian language, lexical semantics, emotion & museum studies, outreach & education
#phdsky #ancientbluesky
#phdsky #ancientbluesky
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We are so excited to reveal the cover for “Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World” designed by the amazing @flaroh.bsky.social! 🤩
Pre-orders begin Feb 7th and the volume will be GOLD open access! Find out more here:
www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...
Pre-orders begin Feb 7th and the volume will be GOLD open access! Find out more here:
www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...
January 23, 2025 at 5:15 PM
We are so excited to reveal the cover for “Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World” designed by the amazing @flaroh.bsky.social! 🤩
Pre-orders begin Feb 7th and the volume will be GOLD open access! Find out more here:
www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...
Pre-orders begin Feb 7th and the volume will be GOLD open access! Find out more here:
www.routledge.com/Ancient-Past...
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To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.
January 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
To my nonbinary, agender, genderqueer, and otherwise off the binary friends & siblings: You are loved, you are valued, you are important to our community, you've been here longer than the tyrants, and you will still be here when their bones are dust and the names of their false gods are forgotten.
This ostracon shows the hieroglyphs for ‘life’, ‘stability’ and ‘power’. Look at the grid system that the artist used to draw the signs at the correct proportion. 🤩
(c) MET Museum (23.3.4), Public domain
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
(c) MET Museum (23.3.4), Public domain
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
January 19, 2025 at 6:46 PM
This ostracon shows the hieroglyphs for ‘life’, ‘stability’ and ‘power’. Look at the grid system that the artist used to draw the signs at the correct proportion. 🤩
(c) MET Museum (23.3.4), Public domain
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
(c) MET Museum (23.3.4), Public domain
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
Love this writing board from ancient Egypt which shows how an apprentice scribe was practising writing hieroglyphs.
(c) MET museum (28.9.5), Public domain
#ancientegypt #ancientbluesky
(c) MET museum (28.9.5), Public domain
#ancientegypt #ancientbluesky
January 12, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Love this writing board from ancient Egypt which shows how an apprentice scribe was practising writing hieroglyphs.
(c) MET museum (28.9.5), Public domain
#ancientegypt #ancientbluesky
(c) MET museum (28.9.5), Public domain
#ancientegypt #ancientbluesky
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How shiny is this?! A new tomb discovered in south Saqqara of a royal physician from the reign of Pepi II.
Information from @SilviaZago6 on X and photos from @TourismandAntiq on X.
www.unige.ch/mafssaqqara/...
Information from @SilviaZago6 on X and photos from @TourismandAntiq on X.
www.unige.ch/mafssaqqara/...
January 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
How shiny is this?! A new tomb discovered in south Saqqara of a royal physician from the reign of Pepi II.
Information from @SilviaZago6 on X and photos from @TourismandAntiq on X.
www.unige.ch/mafssaqqara/...
Information from @SilviaZago6 on X and photos from @TourismandAntiq on X.
www.unige.ch/mafssaqqara/...
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Happy holidays to all my dear people.
This year has been A Lot for most of us, and I hope we all get some time now to chill and take care of ourselves, each other, and our loved ones 💜
This year has been A Lot for most of us, and I hope we all get some time now to chill and take care of ourselves, each other, and our loved ones 💜
December 22, 2024 at 11:02 PM
Happy holidays to all my dear people.
This year has been A Lot for most of us, and I hope we all get some time now to chill and take care of ourselves, each other, and our loved ones 💜
This year has been A Lot for most of us, and I hope we all get some time now to chill and take care of ourselves, each other, and our loved ones 💜
Wishing all who celebrate a wonderful Christmas 🎄✨ Hope you’re having an amazing day 🤗
a cartoon of snoopy standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane
Alt: Gif a cartoon of snoopy (dog) standing next to a christmas tree with a candy cane. Snoopy picks up the candy cane and dances with a big smile
media.tenor.com
December 25, 2024 at 8:43 PM
Wishing all who celebrate a wonderful Christmas 🎄✨ Hope you’re having an amazing day 🤗
What is hieratic? 📜
Hieratic is a cursive script based on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It’s written with ink & a reed brush on papyrus, leather, or other surfaces.
This handwritten script was used as a faster way of writing.
📷 MET Museum, Public domain
#ancientbluesky #manuscriptmonday
Hieratic is a cursive script based on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It’s written with ink & a reed brush on papyrus, leather, or other surfaces.
This handwritten script was used as a faster way of writing.
📷 MET Museum, Public domain
#ancientbluesky #manuscriptmonday
December 16, 2024 at 7:03 PM
What is hieratic? 📜
Hieratic is a cursive script based on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It’s written with ink & a reed brush on papyrus, leather, or other surfaces.
This handwritten script was used as a faster way of writing.
📷 MET Museum, Public domain
#ancientbluesky #manuscriptmonday
Hieratic is a cursive script based on ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs. It’s written with ink & a reed brush on papyrus, leather, or other surfaces.
This handwritten script was used as a faster way of writing.
📷 MET Museum, Public domain
#ancientbluesky #manuscriptmonday
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so much of teaching is teaching students that they are worth taking seriously, that they should take themselves seriously, that the world is in their hands, that they are up to its challenges
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
December 15, 2024 at 4:11 PM
so much of teaching is teaching students that they are worth taking seriously, that they should take themselves seriously, that the world is in their hands, that they are up to its challenges
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
(this will be my only contribution to the current discourse about ai in the classroom)
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Academic slang:
I'm running a little behind = this was due in 2021
This shouldn't take too long = I'll finish in 2027
I'm running a little behind = this was due in 2021
This shouldn't take too long = I'll finish in 2027
December 11, 2024 at 7:33 PM
Academic slang:
I'm running a little behind = this was due in 2021
This shouldn't take too long = I'll finish in 2027
I'm running a little behind = this was due in 2021
This shouldn't take too long = I'll finish in 2027
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My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
December 4, 2024 at 10:29 PM
My writing process is usually:
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
a) I got this
b) well, fuck
c) wait that part was real good
d) wait no that part sucks
e) I am a god of this place
f) the fuck is this shit, who do I think I am, why am I here
g) oh man I just figured it all out
h) mistakes were made
I) existential dread
From today to 4 may 2025, come visit our showcase exhibition ‘Utterly Indispensable
The Donkey in the Ancient World’ at Neues Museum (Berlin). ✨ Explore the donkey’s significance in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. 🫏 🔎 📜
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt #archaeology
The Donkey in the Ancient World’ at Neues Museum (Berlin). ✨ Explore the donkey’s significance in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. 🫏 🔎 📜
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt #archaeology
December 5, 2024 at 10:34 AM
From today to 4 may 2025, come visit our showcase exhibition ‘Utterly Indispensable
The Donkey in the Ancient World’ at Neues Museum (Berlin). ✨ Explore the donkey’s significance in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. 🫏 🔎 📜
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt #archaeology
The Donkey in the Ancient World’ at Neues Museum (Berlin). ✨ Explore the donkey’s significance in ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia. 🫏 🔎 📜
www.smb.museum/en/exhibitio...
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt #archaeology
In which direction are hieroglyphs written in? 📜 🔎
- Horizontal line: left to right or right to left
- Vertical column: left to right or right to left (always top to bottom)
How do you know where to start? 👇🏻
(1/2)
- Horizontal line: left to right or right to left
- Vertical column: left to right or right to left (always top to bottom)
How do you know where to start? 👇🏻
(1/2)
December 2, 2024 at 6:10 PM
In which direction are hieroglyphs written in? 📜 🔎
- Horizontal line: left to right or right to left
- Vertical column: left to right or right to left (always top to bottom)
How do you know where to start? 👇🏻
(1/2)
- Horizontal line: left to right or right to left
- Vertical column: left to right or right to left (always top to bottom)
How do you know where to start? 👇🏻
(1/2)
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What are hieroglyphs?
Hieroglyphs, meaning ‘sacred carvings’, describe an ancient Egyptian script that originated around 3200 BCE. The signs were mostly carved in stone and used on temple & tomb walls, and on other objects such as sarcophagi, statues and stelae.
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
Hieroglyphs, meaning ‘sacred carvings’, describe an ancient Egyptian script that originated around 3200 BCE. The signs were mostly carved in stone and used on temple & tomb walls, and on other objects such as sarcophagi, statues and stelae.
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
November 27, 2024 at 9:44 PM
What are hieroglyphs?
Hieroglyphs, meaning ‘sacred carvings’, describe an ancient Egyptian script that originated around 3200 BCE. The signs were mostly carved in stone and used on temple & tomb walls, and on other objects such as sarcophagi, statues and stelae.
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
Hieroglyphs, meaning ‘sacred carvings’, describe an ancient Egyptian script that originated around 3200 BCE. The signs were mostly carved in stone and used on temple & tomb walls, and on other objects such as sarcophagi, statues and stelae.
#ancientbluesky #ancientegypt
I also had way too many versions of this and got confused 🫣😅 Now I always add the date to each filename
#phdsky
#phdsky
FINALDRAFT_WITH_EDITS_1_THIS_COULD_BE_IT.pdf
FINALDRAFT_WITH_EDITS_INTEGRATED_1_OK_THIS_SEEMS_PROMISING.pdf
FINALDRAFT_WITH_EDITS_INCORPORATED_1_WELL_THATS_JUST_CONFUSING.pdf
FINALDRAFT_WITH_EDITS_INTEGRATED_1_OK_THIS_SEEMS_PROMISING.pdf
FINALDRAFT_WITH_EDITS_INCORPORATED_1_WELL_THATS_JUST_CONFUSING.pdf
I’m Not Sure Which, But One of These Fifteen PDF Files Is the Final Draft
FinalDraft.pdf FinalDraft_1.pdf FinalDraft_1_Send_This_One.pdf FinalDraft_1_No_Actually_Send_This_One.pdf FinalFinalDraft_1_This_Draft_Is_Correct.p...
buff.ly
November 24, 2024 at 8:52 PM
I also had way too many versions of this and got confused 🫣😅 Now I always add the date to each filename
#phdsky
#phdsky
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Once you get used to it, alt text is a lovely part of posting images. It's great to know that more people can enjoy them & it's also a chance to think about what's special about the image you've chosen. Describing what you love about that sunset, that fascinating building, that particular stone 😍
Also, alt text is not a caption for a credit or a joke response to the image. It gives screen readers the info to give to their users.
You need to describe the image for people who can't see it. What do you want them to know about the image you've chosen?
Using it for jokes is doubly exclusive
You need to describe the image for people who can't see it. What do you want them to know about the image you've chosen?
Using it for jokes is doubly exclusive
I'm posting and reposting a lot of things about alt text today & I have been responding to people with great posts, that I can't share because they don't have alt text. But I'm getting to the point where I'll stop following people who post a lot of images without alt text.
November 17, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Once you get used to it, alt text is a lovely part of posting images. It's great to know that more people can enjoy them & it's also a chance to think about what's special about the image you've chosen. Describing what you love about that sunset, that fascinating building, that particular stone 😍
Hi everyone 🦋 ✨ I‘m Jessy, a graduate museum trainee & a part time PhD candidate. My research explores the meaning and metaphors of fire in ancient Egyptian texts 🔥 📜 Interested in ancient Egyptian language, lexical semantics, emotion & museum studies, outreach & education
#phdsky #ancientbluesky
#phdsky #ancientbluesky
November 16, 2024 at 9:03 PM
Hi everyone 🦋 ✨ I‘m Jessy, a graduate museum trainee & a part time PhD candidate. My research explores the meaning and metaphors of fire in ancient Egyptian texts 🔥 📜 Interested in ancient Egyptian language, lexical semantics, emotion & museum studies, outreach & education
#phdsky #ancientbluesky
#phdsky #ancientbluesky
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October 7, 2024 at 6:26 AM
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Friends! Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - where we remember that we still need to fight for global LGBTIQA+ rights, equality, support and celebrate our wonderfully diverse communities.
Feel free to use this image (+ alt-text) across your socials.
#IDAHOBIT
Feel free to use this image (+ alt-text) across your socials.
#IDAHOBIT
May 16, 2024 at 9:36 PM
Friends! Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia - where we remember that we still need to fight for global LGBTIQA+ rights, equality, support and celebrate our wonderfully diverse communities.
Feel free to use this image (+ alt-text) across your socials.
#IDAHOBIT
Feel free to use this image (+ alt-text) across your socials.
#IDAHOBIT
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Attempting to use my 4 1/2 hour train journey effectively by working on a thesis chapter 💻🎒🚅
#phdlife #AcademicChatter #PhD #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #acwri
#phdlife #AcademicChatter #PhD #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #acwri
May 5, 2024 at 4:43 PM
Attempting to use my 4 1/2 hour train journey effectively by working on a thesis chapter 💻🎒🚅
#phdlife #AcademicChatter #PhD #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #acwri
#phdlife #AcademicChatter #PhD #phdchat #phdsky #academicsky #acwri
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Ohh hyperfocus, that #ADHD superpower (debatable) that I cannot turn on as needed. Really would have loved to have turned it on this morning. Even though the conditions were just right, it didn't happen.
April 12, 2024 at 3:34 PM
Ohh hyperfocus, that #ADHD superpower (debatable) that I cannot turn on as needed. Really would have loved to have turned it on this morning. Even though the conditions were just right, it didn't happen.
April 7, 2024 at 1:42 PM