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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 13h

October 13, 187 CE: In Roman Egypt, a man named Chosion gives Tanenteris a receipt from moneys pulled from the bank at the Serapeum which she paid to him for “wages, oil, clothes“ & expenses for the 2 years C’s slave Sarapias nursed her daughter Helena (P. Oxy. I, 91). papyri.info/ddbdp/p.oxy;...

Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant
Greek
late 5th century BCE
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Childbirth in antiquity often resulted in the death of both the mother and infant. This small relief, which shows the mother and child alive post-partum, was presumably an offering to a healing deity such as Asklepios or Hygieia, in thanks for protection during this particularly dangerous rite of passage.
Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant, Marble, Island, Greek
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Title: Marble votive relief fragment of goddesses, mother, nurse, and infant

Period: Classical

Date: late 5th century BCE

Culture: Greek

Medium: Marble, Island

Dimensions: h. 10 1/2in (26.7cm); w. 8 9/16in. (21.7cm)

Classification: Stone Sculpture

Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1924

Object Number: 24.97.92

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 16h

No, southern Egypt. 🙂

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 1d

A #Caturday post

A calico cat napping in the shade inside an Egyptian temple.

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Sarah E. Bond @sarahebond.bsky.social · 3d

The latest Pasts Imperfect is out! This week, art historian Lachelle Oglesby discusses obelisks, Roman colonialism, & the AAR summer school. Then, a video game on repatriation, the Nubian ivory trade, a new Roman wood workshop, new ancient world journals by @yaleclassicslib.bsky.social & much more.

Pasts Imperfect (10.9.25)

This week, art historian and AAR Classical Summer School attendee Lachelle Oglesby discusses obelisks, Roman colonialism, and lived experiences in ancient Rome. Then, a new video game allows you to "r...

pasts-imperfect.ghost.io

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Kristina Killgrove @killgrove.bsky.social · 5d

"In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted to periods, and how the first known pregnancy test actually worked." 🏺🧪

'The papyrus also recommends putting a clove of garlic in your vagina before bed': The texts that reveal the baffling healthcare for women in ancient Egypt

In this excerpt from "Born: A History of Childbirth," author and historian Lucy Inglis reveals records from ancient Egypt that show how female physicians treated issues of "the womb," how men reacted ...

www.livescience.com

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Debborah Donnelly @debborahdonnelly.bsky.social · 4d

Integrated geophysical techniques for archaeological exploration of subsurface tombs in #Saqqara necropolis, Giza, Egypt
#archaeology #Egyptology
www.nature.com/articles/s40...

Integrated geophysical techniques for archaeological exploration of subsurface tombs in Saqqara necropolis, Giza, Egypt - npj Heritage Science

npj Heritage Science - Integrated geophysical techniques for archaeological exploration of subsurface tombs in Saqqara necropolis, Giza, Egypt

www.nature.com

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Luxor Times @luxortimes.bsky.social · 5d

Khaled El-Enany Wins UNESCO in a Landslide as Egypt Marks a Defining Cultural Victory. Read full article ⁦‪‬⁩ shorturl.at/qt13T ⁦‪#Egypt‬⁩ ⁦‪#UNESCO‬ @indyfromspace.bsky.social @egyptologylessons.bsky.social @debborahdonnelly.bsky.social @wadjetweret.bsky.social

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 5d

Me at 12: Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Tudor England
Me now: Egypt, Egypt, Egypt, Medieval& Tudor England, etc

Dr. Briana Jackson 🏴‍☠️ @baladria.bsky.social · 5d

It concerns me that I don’t have example to support this.

wwxwashere.bsky.social @wwxwashere.bsky.social · 6d

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 5d

Conceptual origins and geomorphic evolution of the temple of Amun-Ra at Karnak (Luxor, Egypt)
by Pennington et al

Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · 6d

NEW Karnak, at the ancient #Egyptian capital of Thebes, is one of the world's largest temple complexes. The first geoarchaeological research there suggests the complex may have been constructed to recall the 'primeval mound' of Egyptian creation myths.

🆓 doi.org/10.15184/aqy...

🏺 #Archaeology

Four researchers stood with a drill extracting a sediment core. In the background stand the remains of an ancient Egyptian temple with large obelisks reaching upwards.

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Ticia Verveer @ticiaverveer.bsky.social · 7d

An engraved marble panel found in a Roman-era bathhouse at the ancient site of Sagalassos in southwestern Türkiye depicts the sphinx god Tutu on the lintel of a doorway.

Egyptian Tutu figure found at Sagalassos carved into Afyon marble - Türkiye Today

Egyptian god Tutu figure found at Sagalassos ancient city carved into Afyon marble slabs, unveiling a unique example of Egyptian influence in Anatolia

www.turkiyetoday.com

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 8d

Here is the object page from the museum's online collections
collections.rom.on.ca/objects/1949...

Funerary model of cow giving birth

This charming wooden tomb model dates to the Middle Kingdom (ca. 2055 -1650 BC). Models depicting various aspects of daily life, especially food production, were place …

collections.rom.on.ca

Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 8d

I saw this at least once every day while teaching at the ROM. A unique piece.

Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 8d

Models of everyday life were deposited in #Egyptian tombs. They were supposed to support the deceased in the afterlife. One of the most charming examples is the model of a #cow giving birth.
Carved in wood, painted.
Probably from Meir, #Egypt, dating c. 2040-1985 BC.

📷 Royal Ontario Museum

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The photo shows a wooden model of a cow giving birth accompanied by two men. One man calms the cow while the other ensures a proper delivery.The calf emerges from his mother, licking the hand of the man.

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 8d

#Caturday
Gold ring with carnelian cat-figure bezel
Egypt, Third Intermediate Period
Now in British Museum

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BM: Egyptian, Classical, Ancient Art (Bot) @bmegyptian.bsky.social · 9d

Coffin of the Lady of the House, Weretwahset, Reinscribed for Bensuipet Containing Face Mask and Openwork Body Covering https://www.brooklynmuseum.org/opencollection/objects/116784

Lower half of a painted wooden coffin and the painted cartonnage (containing part of the mummy) of a woman. The piece was usurped. In the column of text on the lower front of the cartonnage is written the name with the first part of the name being left blank (or erased if an earlier name appeared here). On the coffin the name is written more completely: Bns'wipt var. (B(n)s'wipt. Also visible, in several place underneath this name is what may possible be read Wr.t-w'h-(s'w). The cartonnage has a double wig.

The sides of the coffin are decorated with representations of funerary deities with accompanying texts. Proper left: 2 ibis headed gods (Thoth) flank two human-headed gods (Imsety) and a jackal-headed god (Duamutef) in the center.
Proper right: 2 ibis headed gods (Thoth) flank from (head to foot), the baboon-headed god (Hapy), the jackal-headed god (Duamutef) and (likely) the hawk-headed god (Quebsenuef). Bottom: Knot of Isis, Nephthys

Fragments of a bouquet of Persea leaves found in the coffin.

The coffin box is identified as 37.47Ea.
The coffin lid is identified as 37.47Eb.
The mask is identified as 37.47Ec.
The openwork body covering is identified as 37.47Ed.

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 9d

An urgent order for 4 windows
Ca. Early 12th cent BCE
Louvre. Currently on display in special exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum
www.cam.ac.uk/stories/made...

Ancient Egyptian ‘sick notes’ go on display in new Fitzwilliam Museum exhibition

'Made in Ancient Egypt', the new exhibition at The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge runs from 3 October 2025 – 12 April 2026. .

www.cam.ac.uk

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 10d

A painted clay tilapia fish
18th Dynasty, c. 1390-1336 BCE
Saqqara (?), now in the Brooklyn Museum 48.111

Within the belly are numerous pellets of clay, representing the eggs. Egyptologists think that it was used as a musical instrument, possibly during festivals or fertility rituals.

Read more:

Painted clay Tilapia fish - Egypt Museum

This Tilapia fish, is painted with colour scheme of oranges and blues, which were popular within the reign of Amenhotep III and Akhenaten.

egypt-museum.com

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 12d

One of my favourite pieces of ancient glass

Getty @gettymuseum.bsky.social · 13d

Kids, families, listen up! Today's new ep of "If Objects Could Talk" brings a friendly fish flask used for...fish sauce.

Dive in to hear from our funny yet functional friend:
gty.art/46tejpj

Modern illustration of the ancient glass blow fish flask.

Ancient glass blown fish flask with yellow and brown coloring. The fish's mouth is used as a spout to pour liquid

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 12d

FREE HYBRID Event!
Investigating “Their Walls”: The 2024 Season at el-Hibeh (ancient Teudjoi)

Lecturer: Prof. Jean Li, Toronto Metropolitan University
University College, Rm 244 or by zoom: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

For more information sseatoronto.wordpress.com/2025/07/30/j...

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Average Aussie Egyptologist (aka Thérèse Clarke)🦋 @ausegyptology.bsky.social · 13d

Egyptologica Vlaanderen vzw (Leuven, Belgium)

First Lecture of the fall program coming up! Professor Yann Tristant will tell us about his discoveries at the site of Abu Rawash.

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Warwick History Post-Doc Club @post-doc-club.bsky.social · 13d

Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

www.jstor.org/action/showL...

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Lyn Green @wadjetweret.bsky.social · 15d

#Caturday
Sketch of a cat in red paint on.a flake of limestone.
From the New Kingdom artists' village of Deir el Medina.
Now in the Fitzwilliam Museum