Cool Coper
@coolcoper.bsky.social
Higher educator of all things Egypt, vinyl DJ and collector, Viking at heart.
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Luxor’s Karnak Temple is one of the most magnificent complexes from ancient Egypt, but its roots were mysterious. New research has found that the Nile once flooded there, making it uninhabitable at first.
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/08/investigating-the-history-of-egypts-karnak-temple/
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/08/investigating-the-history-of-egypts-karnak-temple/
Investigating the History of Egypt’s Karnak Temple
archaeology.org
October 8, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Luxor’s Karnak Temple is one of the most magnificent complexes from ancient Egypt, but its roots were mysterious. New research has found that the Nile once flooded there, making it uninhabitable at first.
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/08/investigating-the-history-of-egypts-karnak-temple/
archaeology.org/news/2025/10/08/investigating-the-history-of-egypts-karnak-temple/
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Wednesday, Oct. 8 5:30pm New Haven Society AIA Thompson Lecture “Out of Anatolia:Hittites, Homer and the Trojan War,” by Professor Sarah Morris, UCLA aia.yale.edu @archaeological.org
October 1, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Wednesday, Oct. 8 5:30pm New Haven Society AIA Thompson Lecture “Out of Anatolia:Hittites, Homer and the Trojan War,” by Professor Sarah Morris, UCLA aia.yale.edu @archaeological.org
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Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
July 28, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Why read books? Because there's a book for EVERYONE out there. And once you find the right book - reading will change your life forever! #literacy
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
(Art: Charles M Schulz)
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Analysis of tablets used by scribes uncovered from the Assyrian capital of Nimrud after they were thrown down a well in 612 B.C. when the Babylonians sacked the city, suggests that they were made of beeswax or ivory or wood.
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/digs-discoveries/wax-on-wax-off/
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/digs-discoveries/wax-on-wax-off/
July 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Analysis of tablets used by scribes uncovered from the Assyrian capital of Nimrud after they were thrown down a well in 612 B.C. when the Babylonians sacked the city, suggests that they were made of beeswax or ivory or wood.
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/digs-discoveries/wax-on-wax-off/
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/digs-discoveries/wax-on-wax-off/
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“Fall On Me,” the first single from the band’s fourth album, Lifes Rich Pageant, was released in the 🇬🇧 on July 14, 1986. The video was filmed and directed by Michael.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6v...
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R.E.M. - Fall On Me
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July 14, 2025 at 4:01 PM
“Fall On Me,” the first single from the band’s fourth album, Lifes Rich Pageant, was released in the 🇬🇧 on July 14, 1986. The video was filmed and directed by Michael.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6v...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf6v...
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Two shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea were revealed to be the Dutch slave ships Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, which went missing after the crew and enslaved people on board mutinied in 1710.
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/world/?location=costa-rica
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/world/?location=costa-rica
July 7, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Two shipwrecks in the Caribbean Sea were revealed to be the Dutch slave ships Fridericus Quartus and Christianus Quintus, which went missing after the crew and enslaved people on board mutinied in 1710.
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/world/?location=costa-rica
archaeology.org/issues/july-august-2025/world/?location=costa-rica
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74 years ago, a Federal District Court ruled against desegregating schools in Clarendon County, S.C., in Briggs v. Elliott.
Harry and Eliza Briggs appealed, making theirs the first of five cases combined into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, which ultimately struck down school segregation.
Harry and Eliza Briggs appealed, making theirs the first of five cases combined into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, which ultimately struck down school segregation.
June 23, 2025 at 9:41 PM
74 years ago, a Federal District Court ruled against desegregating schools in Clarendon County, S.C., in Briggs v. Elliott.
Harry and Eliza Briggs appealed, making theirs the first of five cases combined into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, which ultimately struck down school segregation.
Harry and Eliza Briggs appealed, making theirs the first of five cases combined into the landmark Brown v. Board of Education, which ultimately struck down school segregation.
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42 years ago
Minor Threat at 9.30 Club, Washington DC, June 1983.
Minor Threat - 9.30 Club -June 1983 - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #IanMacKaye #history #punkrockhistory
Minor Threat at 9.30 Club, Washington DC, June 1983.
Minor Threat - 9.30 Club -June 1983 - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #IanMacKaye #history #punkrockhistory
June 21, 2025 at 3:34 AM
42 years ago
Minor Threat at 9.30 Club, Washington DC, June 1983.
Minor Threat - 9.30 Club -June 1983 - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #IanMacKaye #history #punkrockhistory
Minor Threat at 9.30 Club, Washington DC, June 1983.
Minor Threat - 9.30 Club -June 1983 - (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone
#punk #punks #punkrock #hardcorepunk #straightedge #minorthreat #IanMacKaye #history #punkrockhistory
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SPIELBERG: When John Williams first played me his theme to “Jaws”, “I began to laugh .. He had a great sense of humor, I thought he was putting me on.”
(via Todd Spence)
@benstiller.redhour.com
(via Todd Spence)
@benstiller.redhour.com
June 20, 2025 at 8:34 PM
SPIELBERG: When John Williams first played me his theme to “Jaws”, “I began to laugh .. He had a great sense of humor, I thought he was putting me on.”
(via Todd Spence)
@benstiller.redhour.com
(via Todd Spence)
@benstiller.redhour.com
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On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
June 19, 2025 at 1:46 PM
On Juneteenth, we celebrate freedom and recommit ourselves to the work that remains undone. We remember that even in the darkest hours, there is cause to hope for tomorrow’s light.
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I would rather LIVE in Peace than Rest in Peace
June 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
I would rather LIVE in Peace than Rest in Peace
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#OTD in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, died in Babylon. Read more about excavation of the locales where the ruler spent his young adulthood.
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2024/features/alexander-the-greats-untold-story/
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2024/features/alexander-the-greats-untold-story/
June 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
#OTD in 323 B.C., Alexander the Great, King of Macedonia, died in Babylon. Read more about excavation of the locales where the ruler spent his young adulthood.
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2024/features/alexander-the-greats-untold-story/
archaeology.org/issues/may-june-2024/features/alexander-the-greats-untold-story/
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Trump removed Medgar Evers, a fearless veteran and civil rights leader, from an Arlington Cemetery website commemorating Black soldiers.
Now the Pentagon may strip his name from a naval vessel.
This isn’t about “military preparedness.” This is about erasing history.
Now the Pentagon may strip his name from a naval vessel.
This isn’t about “military preparedness.” This is about erasing history.
June 13, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Trump removed Medgar Evers, a fearless veteran and civil rights leader, from an Arlington Cemetery website commemorating Black soldiers.
Now the Pentagon may strip his name from a naval vessel.
This isn’t about “military preparedness.” This is about erasing history.
Now the Pentagon may strip his name from a naval vessel.
This isn’t about “military preparedness.” This is about erasing history.
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The Shatt al-Arab floodplain, an agricultural system outside of the Iraqi city of Basra, was likely dug by enslaved Africans exploited by the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century A.D.
archaeology.org/news/2025/06/05/enslaved-africans-built-ancient-agricultural-system-in-southern-iraq/
archaeology.org/news/2025/06/05/enslaved-africans-built-ancient-agricultural-system-in-southern-iraq/
June 9, 2025 at 5:00 PM
The Shatt al-Arab floodplain, an agricultural system outside of the Iraqi city of Basra, was likely dug by enslaved Africans exploited by the Abbasid Caliphate in the 9th century A.D.
archaeology.org/news/2025/06/05/enslaved-africans-built-ancient-agricultural-system-in-southern-iraq/
archaeology.org/news/2025/06/05/enslaved-africans-built-ancient-agricultural-system-in-southern-iraq/
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New issue of Near Eastern Archaeology Vol. 88, No. 2 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/nea/2025... @chicagojournals.bsky.social @asor-research.bsky.social Megiddo, the Mother of All Tells @digkabri.bsky.social
Near Eastern Archaeology | Vol 88, No 2
www.journals.uchicago.edu
June 8, 2025 at 12:32 AM
New issue of Near Eastern Archaeology Vol. 88, No. 2 (2025) www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/nea/2025... @chicagojournals.bsky.social @asor-research.bsky.social Megiddo, the Mother of All Tells @digkabri.bsky.social
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As the world watches #VaticanCity for white smoke after the #conclave and the election of a new #Pope.
Explore AUC Press titles on #Egypt's rich #Coptic papal #history :
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#AUCPress #CopticBooks #Church
Explore AUC Press titles on #Egypt's rich #Coptic papal #history :
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#AUCPress #CopticBooks #Church
May 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
As the world watches #VaticanCity for white smoke after the #conclave and the election of a new #Pope.
Explore AUC Press titles on #Egypt's rich #Coptic papal #history :
📙1- tinyurl.com/Copticpapacy...
📙2- tinyurl.com/Copticpapacy
📙3- tinyurl.com/CopticPapacy...
#AUCPress #CopticBooks #Church
Explore AUC Press titles on #Egypt's rich #Coptic papal #history :
📙1- tinyurl.com/Copticpapacy...
📙2- tinyurl.com/Copticpapacy
📙3- tinyurl.com/CopticPapacy...
#AUCPress #CopticBooks #Church
This is soooo smooth. I love dancing to this.
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Suzanne Vega, DNA - Tom's Diner
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April 27, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This is soooo smooth. I love dancing to this.
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April 26, 2025 at 7:24 PM
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Hear no evil, hear all evil, hear some evil.
April 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hear no evil, hear all evil, hear some evil.
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Most approaches to identity in antiquity fixate upon a binary constructed in modern scholarship. Yet individuals embrace multiple identities, whether social, ideological, or kin-related. How to approach complexity in antiquity? Read the newest ANE Today by Aaron Burke here: buff.ly/SYTDCzA
The Amorites: Rethinking Approaches to Corporate Identity in Antiquity - The Ancient Near East Today
Most of our approaches to identity in antiquity fixate upon a binary, constructed in modern scholarship. But individuals embrace multiple collective identities, whether social, ideological, or kin-rel...
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April 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Most approaches to identity in antiquity fixate upon a binary constructed in modern scholarship. Yet individuals embrace multiple identities, whether social, ideological, or kin-related. How to approach complexity in antiquity? Read the newest ANE Today by Aaron Burke here: buff.ly/SYTDCzA
OMG I need to have my students reenact the Battle of Kadesh! #prof #Egypt #egyptology #hittiteology #kadesh #bronzeage
It's Battle of Kadesh day! And it's a beautiful day for some (fake!!!) bloodshed! Everyone, of all ages, is welcome to watch the Egyptians battle the Hittites on Brown's Quiet Green, today at 2:30pm. We're sharing some photos of past battles, for inspiration.
April 17, 2025 at 7:29 PM
OMG I need to have my students reenact the Battle of Kadesh! #prof #Egypt #egyptology #hittiteology #kadesh #bronzeage
I am so lucky to have seen them for the Kick tour. #INXS #spinningnext #kicktour #nevertearusapart
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INXS - Never Tear Us Apart (Official Music Video)
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April 17, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I am so lucky to have seen them for the Kick tour. #INXS #spinningnext #kicktour #nevertearusapart
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