Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her)
@moudhy.bsky.social
Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet.
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
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Happy Publication Day to me! 🎉😱🥹🧿
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!
It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...
Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History is officially out!
It’s a history of the region through objects found in an ancient museum in Princess Ennigaldi-Nanna’s palace, and I hope you all like it 💛 lnk.to/BetweenTwoRi...
Just a friendly reminder on this hallowed day of overconsumption via @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 AM
Just a friendly reminder on this hallowed day of overconsumption via @earthlyeducation.bsky.social
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This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
To bear out this rosy projection, HSBC assumes that OpenAI will become "as ubiquitous [...] as Microsoft 365" (345mm users worldwide) while bringing in 10x the number of users (3bn).
November 25, 2025 at 11:11 PM
This is why OpenAI is selling so aggressively to education at all levels—they want to create entire generations of users incapable of reading, writing and thinking without ChatGPT to hold their hands
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
And teachers and professors should call this out for what it actually is
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I respect anyone who goes down a rabbit hole this hard 🫡
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 PM
I respect anyone who goes down a rabbit hole this hard 🫡
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Finally, the most ambitious crossover in history y'all have been waiting for! 😉
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Finally, the most ambitious crossover in history y'all have been waiting for! 😉
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
Two of my fav social media accounts, @moudhy.bsky.social and @dieworkwear.bsky.social, teaming up for: ancient Mesopotamian foot wear. 🏺👞
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New ancient Yelp Review just dropped!
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 26, 2025 at 6:27 PM
New ancient Yelp Review just dropped!
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Assyrian Louboutin's...
Recent studies have uncovered the vibrant colours that once covered ancient Assyrian palace reliefs.
Sandals were often red and black, two predominant colours in the reliefs of king Ashurnasirpal II’s palace at Nimrud.
Source: antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/sou...
Sandals were often red and black, two predominant colours in the reliefs of king Ashurnasirpal II’s palace at Nimrud.
Source: antiquity.ac.uk/projgall/sou...
November 26, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Assyrian Louboutin's...
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the ancient precious metals drama fandom is thriving
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 25, 2025 at 6:08 PM
the ancient precious metals drama fandom is thriving
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"Menswear meets mesopotamia" this is not a drill.
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:07 AM
"Menswear meets mesopotamia" this is not a drill.
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apropos of Buy Books discourse, here’s my current nonfiction reading & rec list:
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
apropos of Buy Books discourse, here’s my current nonfiction reading & rec list:
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
Bloody Crowns (100 years war), @michaellivingston.com
Between Two Rivers (Mesopotamia), @moudhy.bsky.social
Oathbreakers (Carolingians) & The Bright Ages (u can guess), @profgabriele.com & @lollardfish.bsky.social
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This book is absolutely fantastic and you owe it to yourself to read it. @moudhy.bsky.social thank you for this.
November 24, 2025 at 11:46 PM
This book is absolutely fantastic and you owe it to yourself to read it. @moudhy.bsky.social thank you for this.
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I am reading “between two rivers” by @moudhy.bsky.social
It is absolutely excellent. Talking about both the archeology and linguistics of cuineform and the societies and people that made all this written legacy. Told with humor and humanity. Highly recommend.
It is absolutely excellent. Talking about both the archeology and linguistics of cuineform and the societies and people that made all this written legacy. Told with humor and humanity. Highly recommend.
Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) (@moudhy.bsky.social)
Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet.
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRiv...
moudhy.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
I am reading “between two rivers” by @moudhy.bsky.social
It is absolutely excellent. Talking about both the archeology and linguistics of cuineform and the societies and people that made all this written legacy. Told with humor and humanity. Highly recommend.
It is absolutely excellent. Talking about both the archeology and linguistics of cuineform and the societies and people that made all this written legacy. Told with humor and humanity. Highly recommend.
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Thank you to all who attended our Annual Mallowan Lecture.
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
Dr Moudhy Al-Rashid on The Princess and the “Key”: Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
YouTube video by The British Institute for the Study of Iraq
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November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Thank you to all who attended our Annual Mallowan Lecture.
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
And a very special thank you to the fantastic Dr @moudhy.bsky.social for delivering such an insightful and eye-opening lecture on Archaeology in Ancient Mesopotamia
You can now watch the lecture here: youtu.be/0dB-Pxs_lMA?...
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
can't believe this ancient mesopotamia shoe wearing ass said people need to dress up at the airport
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
I guess I now have to do a thread on shoes in ancient Mesopotamia in response to this (which happens to be from one of my favourite accounts).
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
I’m not an archaeologist, nor do I really know anything about shoes, but let’s go on this journey together.
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“They are drunk and silver is stolen” covers so much.
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 24, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“They are drunk and silver is stolen” covers so much.
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"You're only as old as you feel, and I feel like I'm a puppy!"
proof that any dog can be a lap dog, provided there is a lap and a dog
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
"You're only as old as you feel, and I feel like I'm a puppy!"
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Worth noting that this is a continuation of a very, very ancient discipline. Although back in 1815 BCE—when someone was asked to draw this one up—they went far beyond 12 when studying multipliers.
November 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Worth noting that this is a continuation of a very, very ancient discipline. Although back in 1815 BCE—when someone was asked to draw this one up—they went far beyond 12 when studying multipliers.
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I love Bronze Age drama, gossip, and bureaucratic shenanigans.
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
I love Bronze Age drama, gossip, and bureaucratic shenanigans.
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People gotta people
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 24, 2025 at 4:59 PM
People gotta people
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Congrats @moudhy.bsky.social for being on Amazon's list of best history books for 2025 for Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
www.amazon.com/b?node=17296...
www.amazon.com/b?node=17296...
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November 22, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Congrats @moudhy.bsky.social for being on Amazon's list of best history books for 2025 for Between Two Rivers: Ancient Mesopotamia and the Birth of History
www.amazon.com/b?node=17296...
www.amazon.com/b?node=17296...
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1st in my #onehourreads is ##BetweenTwoRivers by Doc @moudhy.bsky.social and this is a delightful way to start a morning where we are on the 7th morning of puppy sitting. Im beat lol.
Let's retreat into #AncientMesopotamia for a break.
#onehourread
Let's retreat into #AncientMesopotamia for a break.
#onehourread
November 23, 2025 at 3:51 PM
1st in my #onehourreads is ##BetweenTwoRivers by Doc @moudhy.bsky.social and this is a delightful way to start a morning where we are on the 7th morning of puppy sitting. Im beat lol.
Let's retreat into #AncientMesopotamia for a break.
#onehourread
Let's retreat into #AncientMesopotamia for a break.
#onehourread
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Moudhy's back, folks!
Drama from the ancient times is the kinda good drama that fills the TL 👇
Drama from the ancient times is the kinda good drama that fills the TL 👇
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Moudhy's back, folks!
Drama from the ancient times is the kinda good drama that fills the TL 👇
Drama from the ancient times is the kinda good drama that fills the TL 👇
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Is this house the White House?
November 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Is this house the White House?
proof that any dog can be a lap dog, provided there is a lap and a dog
November 24, 2025 at 10:16 AM
proof that any dog can be a lap dog, provided there is a lap and a dog
good evening from one normal dog and one Ridgeback
November 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
good evening from one normal dog and one Ridgeback
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Guys, I got a movie idea...
Well this 2,600-year-old clay letter was a journey.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
It comes from the archive of a goldsmith named Nabû-zeru-iddin in the heart of ancient Assyria. We’ve got someone left on read, a lawsuit, a mean step-mom, and people who get drunk and steal silver.
November 21, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Guys, I got a movie idea...