Andrew Curry
@andrewcurry.com
Journalist covering archaeology, science, culture, politics, business, and cycling. When not on my bike, I'm found most often in Science, National Geographic & Archaeology. WahlBerliner, on Signal at andrewcurry.01 More at andrewcurry.com
(I went anyway and made their refusal part of the story.) www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/art...
Are museums celebrating cultural heritage—or clinging to stolen treasure?
Curators are realizing that returning looted artifacts isn’t closing museums—it’s opening new doors. “The ethnographic museum of the past is making its way to the exit.”
www.nationalgeographic.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
(I went anyway and made their refusal part of the story.) www.nationalgeographic.com/magazine/art...
I KNOW!!! Pretty sure that's not from a pigeon, but I'm no birdologist.
November 28, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I KNOW!!! Pretty sure that's not from a pigeon, but I'm no birdologist.
Better start looking for avocados!
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Better start looking for avocados!
And of course follow @neolithicbodies.bsky.social and @ktfx.bsky.social for Vráble news straight from the source!
November 27, 2025 at 9:17 AM
And of course follow @neolithicbodies.bsky.social and @ktfx.bsky.social for Vráble news straight from the source!
I don't know that there's much out there in terms of podcasts or videos yet, although I talked about it with @boron110.bsky.social for @science.org. @dgron.bsky.social has written some really good articles and there are some links in the story to specific studies. www.science.org/content/podc...
A headless mystery, and a deep dive on dog research
On this week’s show: Mass graves reveal and obscure Neolithic farmers’ fate, and the long history of dog diversification
www.science.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:13 AM
I don't know that there's much out there in terms of podcasts or videos yet, although I talked about it with @boron110.bsky.social for @science.org. @dgron.bsky.social has written some really good articles and there are some links in the story to specific studies. www.science.org/content/podc...
This is the thing about archaeology: The settlement covers several square kilometers, and finding the bodies at all was a lucky break. The skulls could be anywhere. Maybe there's a pyramid of skulls 2 meters to the left of the excavation! Or maybe they were stuck on spikes, or buried in the woods.
November 26, 2025 at 11:51 AM
This is the thing about archaeology: The settlement covers several square kilometers, and finding the bodies at all was a lucky break. The skulls could be anywhere. Maybe there's a pyramid of skulls 2 meters to the left of the excavation! Or maybe they were stuck on spikes, or buried in the woods.
When it comes to Hittitology and archaeoastronomy they have to work a little harder to make their cases to the grant committees...
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 PM
When it comes to Hittitology and archaeoastronomy they have to work a little harder to make their cases to the grant committees...