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Adam R. Hemmings

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Archaeologist ~ Producer ~ Community Builder My many and different hats: Founder of Citizen State | Archaeology & Heritage Law Academic 🏛️ | Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society 🌍 | Editor of Studies of Biblical Interest 📚| Sometimes a bass-baritone

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · Nov 15

Well, I made it! Who’s over here already? Interested in following:

🌟 #CommunityBuilders
🌈 #Utopians
🏠 #Housing and #Homelessness #Activists
⚒️ #Archaeologists
🔬 #Scientists
📜 #Historians
🎭 #TheatreMakers
👽 #Scifi and 🎃 #Horror Makers
🎓 #Academics
🌍 And anyone building a #betterworld

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Sonia Zakrzewski @soniaz.bsky.social · 1d

Saddened by the responses to this.

The Guardian @theguardian.com · 1d

Two years after 7 October and the kidnap of my parents, hate is in fashion. For all our sakes, we need compassion | Sharone Lifschitz

So many were killed – yet on her release, my mother said ‘shalom’ to her captors. Let’s learn from that moment of grace, says Sharone Lifschitz, London-based film-maker and academic

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 6d

What a person and life-story! I always remember watching wonderful Jane Goodall documentaries with my Grandfather, showing those often-dismissed bonds between humans and our animal kin.

And may we all have that verve for discovery to continue our lifework at 91!

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Dame Jane Goodall revolutionised our understanding of our closest primate cousins

Those she inspired say she not only revolutionised our understanding of chimpanzees - but challenged how we relate to the natural world.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 9d

A sacred Mayan cave system in the Yucatán is under threat from projects like the Tren Maya, where concrete pillars are already polluting water that flows to the Caribbean. History, culture, and climate all on the line. #Yucatán #ClimateJustice #Maya

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A journey through an ancient underground Mayan cave - BBC Reel

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 12d

Ah, just wonderful! Yet another rights-trampling policy. I can't wait to see how they deal with the flurry of lawsuits because 4.5 MILLION people don't have smartphones in the UK - and that's for for many reasons (i.e. protected characteristics). #DigitalID #BrokenGov

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Digital ID cards will make it tougher to work in UK illegally, says Keir Starmer

The prime minister says Labour has shied away from illegal immigration concerns, but says the new ID will make

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 13d

That's a lot a lamassu! I'm interest to see what the "war spoils" finds from Egypt and the Levant turn out to be. #Archaeology #Iraq #Assyria

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Iraq discovers largest Assyrian winged bull, standing 6 meters tall - Türkiye Today

The Iraqi Antiquities Authority will establish a museum at the discovery area to connect Assyrian artifacts with the Islamic heritage.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 14d

Moved by @unesco.org's launch of the Museum of Stolen Cultural Objects. Powerful way to push back against illicit trafficking. One day, may we also see a physical museum, where returned treasures can be honoured in the communities they belong to. #Museums

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Unesco launches virtual museum of stolen cultural objects - Museums Association

Online platform will recreate stolen artefacts to raise awareness about looting

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 14d

When I thought the universe couldn’t get any weirder… UChicago physicists suggest dark energy may be evolving. This could mean a new particle, a changing cosmic acceleration, and a Big Freeze billions of yrs from now. Not a physicist, but pretty awesome! #Cosmology

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Is dark energy evolving? UChicago astrophysicists consider the possibilities

In Q&A, experts unpack new evidence that hints at the true nature of dark energy

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 15d

That poor bear!

#Serbia #Roman #Amphitheatre

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A spectacle of the Roman amphitheatre at Viminacium: multiproxy analysis of a brown bear skull | Antiquity | Cambridge Core

A spectacle of the Roman amphitheatre at Viminacium: multiproxy analysis of a brown bear skull

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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 16d

Basically, Farage is promoting fascism. I don’t see how anyone can deny it.

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Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 20d

Mural in the museum at #Bewcastle, just north of Hadrian's Wall, showing the many phases of human activity there: from Roman (site of a six-sided fort!), through Anglian, Norman to modern (note the RAF on the horizon). It is a remote, captivating spot. #RomanFortThursday #Cumberland
📷 My own

A photo of a colourful painted mural inside a museum. It is from the perspective of looking through a gap in a ruined wall, on which a shepherd sits with his sheepdog. Sheep rest around the Bewcastle Cross as a Roman cavalryman approaches. Rolling hills disappear into the distance, and an RAF jet flies low just above the horizon.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 21d

This is a must-read. Survival is priority in Gaza, yet citizens race to save centuries of history. Gaza is more than violence: it’s culture, heritage, people. The horrors and destruction witnessed are so unnecessary and cruel - they damage the whole of us as humans.

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The frantic race to protect historic treasures from Israeli bombs - BBC News

As Israel continues its bombardment, Palestinians are trying to protect what remains of Gaza’s ancient artefacts

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 22d

From sacred tree to symbol of power: the palmette motif in Iron Age Judah tells a story of divinity, empire, and shifting royal identity under Assyrian influence. #Archaeology #AncientHistory #IronAge

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Rooted in power: the transformation of the palmette motif from an elite symbol to a marker of royal authority in Iron Age Judah

The palmette, a representation of the sacred tree, was a prevalent motif in the southern Levant, often associated with divinity and royal authority. Its earliest attestations in Iron Age Judah date...

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 23d

Read about the damage to Lincoln’s Roman wall this morning. Dr Samantha Stein compared it to the Sycamore Gap felling, but harsher, because stone doesn’t grow back. Hard to see heritage chipped away like this. #Archaeology #History #Lincoln

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Lincoln Roman wall damage likened to Sycamore Gap felling

Archaeologist Dr Samantha Stein says the damage to the Roman wall was

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 26d

So this explains the use of data tapes in The Original Series...

#DNA #DataStorage #StarTrek #Hardware

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DNA cassette tapes could solve global data storage problems

Our increasingly digitized world has a data storage problem. Hard drives and other storage media are reaching their limits, and we are creating data faster than we can store it. Fortunately, we don't ...

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The Megalithic Portal Ancient Sites & Stones @megalithic.bsky.social · 26d

Menhir La Motte de Beurre: This menhir is broken in two, each part about 1.8m (6 ft) long. Only one is standing, it has a bird carved on it, shown in full flight, superposed over a white quartz vein.

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 27d

When political violence takes a life, as it has done to Charlie Kirk, we all lose. No matter our beliefs - and how fundamentally we might disagree - murder is never justified. It fuels extremism and tears at the fabric of democracy. We need to break this cycle: now! #EndPoliticalViolence

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · 27d

If I could teleport anywhere right now, it’d be to The Golden Age of Archaeology exhibition. Ancient coins, shipwreck treasures, the Karahantepe discoveries… I’d be in awe for hours.

#Archaeology #Türkiye

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · Sep 5

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France prepares law to fast-track return of art looted during imperial conquests

France's government on Wednesday discussed a bill that would streamline the process of returning artworks and cultural artefacts looted from the country's former colonies over more than a century of…

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · Sep 5

Very interesting France is considering this. It would seem to cover artefacts between 1815 to 1972 that were illegally removed.

That time frame would definitely include the Dendera Zodiac.

Anyone have a full text of the bill they could direct me to?

#repatriation #antiquities #museums

Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · Aug 27

Fondly remember working with Gabor at Bishopstone. Great to see his team’s Cookham discovery. This monastery may have been one of our first hospices, showing how caring for community health has always mattered.

#Archaeology #Healthcare @uor-research.bsky.social

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Cookham 2025 excavations Tumours and trauma treated at Anglo-Saxon hospice - University of Reading

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · Aug 27

Can't wait to see what you find when it is!

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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · Aug 27

Waking up to #HillfortsWednesday 🥳

The potentially early coastal promontory fort at Crickmail Down on the Castlemartin Range, #Pembrokeshire, was only identified in 2018 during aerial reconnaissance for the CHERISH Project

Not excavated, but needs digging & dating 🤔

📷 My own, 2 weeks ago

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · Aug 19

19th century remains uncovered in Gravesend reveal a mix of low-status ‘slum’ yards contrasted with higher-status homes & a coach factory on Bank & Queen Streets. A little window into Victorian life. 🏚️🏭 #Archaeology #Gravesend intarch.ac.uk/journal/issu...

'A State of Things Which Ought Not to be Permitted': Excavation of 19th-century slums (Bull Yard, Horn Yard, Swan Yard and Market Alley) surrounding Bank Street at 'The Charter', Gravesend

Nineteenth-century remains in Gravesend (Kent, UK) were revealed by excavation, chiefly comprising buildings, along with wells and cesspits. Historic maps, newspaper archives and other sources have be...

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Adam R. Hemmings @adamrhemmings.bsky.social · Aug 11

Zahi Hawass writes on the quest for Queen Nefertiti’s mummy, from disputed 2003 claims to new DNA leads in KV21. The mystery endures, as Egypt still seeks both her remains and the return of her iconic bust from Berlin. #Egyptology #Nefertiti english.ahram.org.eg/News/550780....

The mummy of Queen Nefertiti - Heritage - Al-Ahram Weekly

Zahi Hawass writes about attempts to uncover the mummy of the famous ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti.

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Citizen State @citizenstate.bsky.social · Aug 7

Do you know what we hate? EMPTY HOMES! England alone has about 265k long-term empty homes, whilst a housing crisis destroys generations. EDMOs are one solution, or you could give us a call!

#Housing #EmptyHomes #TimeforChange #Transformation #RenewalNow

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Number of empty homes on the rise across England

The number of vacant properties in England is rising, causing problems for residents and councils.

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