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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · 12d

www.gov.pl/web/mswia

Can't find anything stating that there though.

Ministerstwo Spraw Wewnętrznych i Administracji - Portal Gov.pl

www.gov.pl

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Scott Santens @scottsantens.com · 15d

Ireland just released a report showing the huge success of the unconditional basic income it provided to artists. Each $1 spent led to society gaining $1.39. Artists' earned incomes went up more than their side job incomes fell. And they were happier and used less welfare

www.gov.ie/en/departmen...

For every €1 of public money invested in the pilot, society received €1.39 in return
The net cost of the BIA pilot went from €105m to under €72m due to tax generated and savings on social welfare payments

It also finds that recipients’ arts-related income increased by over €500 per month on average, while their income from non-arts work decreased by around €280. Dependence on social protection declined, with recipients receiving €100 less per month on average, and 38 percentage points less likely to receive Jobseeker’s payments.

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Jens Notroff @jensnotroff.com · 15d

Meinen Vortrag über "Archäologische #Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen #Popkultur & #Ideologie" anläßlich der Ringvorlesung "Antike im Zerrspiegel politischer Ideologien" von @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social & @antike-kolleg.bsky.social gibt's jetzt auch als Videomittschnitt:

🏺 youtu.be/i5TQRBlgKP4

Arier, Aliens und Atlantis: Archäologische Wissenschaftskommunikation zwischen Popkultur & Ideologie

YouTube video by Berliner Antike-Kolleg

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · 23d

Côte Sauvage, Quiberon in Bretagne is full of silex, at least in one area. All pebbles, no modification. Could be original, could be from external sand used to make the walking path? Does anyone know? Or close silex sources? (Every flint put back on point of origin)

Ocean, ocean foam, cliffs, silex in a hand. Cote Sauvage

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · 28d

Kerzéro, Neolithic Megalith at Erdeven, Bretagne. Before the road construction there were around 1000 stones, stretching over 2 km.

Neolithic Megalith of Kerzérho near Erdeven, Bretagne, France. Stones on green grass.

Map showing the Kerzérho structure from above and cut by a street.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Sep 4

Any prehistoric and geomorphological must-sees in Brittany/Bretagne that you would recommend?

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Max Planck Institute for the History of Science @mpiwg.bsky.social · Aug 20

Department "Knowledge Systems and Collective Life" seeks a Collaborative Research Coordinator!

🤝 Help expand its community-based, publicly engaged research
🎤 Advise researchers on cooperative methods
📋 Coordinate cooperation agreements

🗓️ Deadline: Sep 28, 2025
🔗 bit.ly/45FXu8R

#HistSci #EnvHist

Collage of three images. The first reads: "Max Planck Institute for the history of Science. Career. We're hiring." The second image shows a researcher presenting at the March 2025 Publications Slam. The third shows a group of people at the institute's courtyard. Second image by Anna Ruhnow, MPIWG 2025. Third image by MPIWG, 2021.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 21

The project from 2022 to 2024 is explained in this video: youtu.be/IS4TCR30hcI

Edo|cation

YouTube video by Deutsches Archäologisches Institut

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our paper about Edo|cation by MOWAA and
@dai-weltweit.bsky.social is out. We report the current condition of the Iya around Benin City, locate a gate, describe UAV based method for monitoring and propose steps to preserve the remaining 48%. Uwese to the team!
doi.org/10.1007/s104...

Current Condition of the Iya in Benin City, the Gates and Future Preservation Strategies - African Archaeological Review

This paper investigates the preservation and morphology of the Inner City Iya of Benin in southern Nigeria, Edo State. The Iya have been the focus of research in the 1960s and 1970s by archaeologists ...

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 16

I got the book and have to retract my enthusiasm.
The text is fine, gaining much from the direct input of the researchers.
The illustrations are AI generated I think and it's not even stated.

Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 16

You find in at www.museum.ng

Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 16

Looked at Nigerias new digital museum. It's really impressiv and works well. Abundant objects, detailed information, audio guides, beautiful design. Great work by NCMM, IHS Nigeria and all involved.

Screenshot of the Digital Museum of Nigeria by NCMM and IHS Nigeria. 3D Model of a museum with sculptures, explanations and audio guide.

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Antiquity Journal @antiquity.ac.uk · Aug 13

NEW West African ancestry in #medieval England? 🏺 #Archaeology
DNA analysis of two unrelated individuals from two seventh-century-AD cemeteries uncovers the first evidence for genetic connections between Britain and Africa during the Early Middle Ages.

#AntiquityThread 1/10 🧵

📷 Lilian Ladle

Several archaeologists wearing high-vis vests excavating graves. In the background an excavator stands amongst piles of earth. Excavation at the post-Roman cemetery at Worth Matravers cemetery (credit: Lilian Ladle).

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 13

Dieses Problem wird nicht angesprochen, das stimmt, aber die Tagesschau übernimmt nicht einfach die Meinung der USA Regierung. Es wird kritisiert und erläutert. Der Titel ist vielleicht nicht klar genug, aber nicht falsch. Aber das ist nur meine Sicht als Bürger. Bin kein Experte.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 10

The CRC 806 ended 2021. One of the outcomes is a children's book by Cornelia Ziegler, out now. One of the rich illustrations shows our camp at Sodicho Cave, Ethiopia. Compare to my photos. Amazing site, now a piece of art for children. Love it.
www.aibo-publishing.de/kind-and-jug...

Colourful illustration depicting a view of ethiopian landscape. Green grass, tents, a house and a bigger kitchen tent in blue.

The blue kitchen tent from Sodicho, Ethiopia. To the right team tents. Multiple people enjoying breakfast in the foggy morning.

The house from the old llustration but as photograph. Rammed earth, reddish brown House with metal roof. Enset fields to the right, green grass in the foreground and trees in the background.

Panorama of the excavation Camp at Sodicho, Ethiopia. Sky full of stormy Clouds, reddish brown earth, green trees, blue kitchen tent and smaller tents.

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Daniel Fountain @danielfountain.bsky.social · Aug 3

My University has opened a virtual scholar scheme for scholars from Gaza. Please share widely and help stop scholasticide. www.exeter.ac.uk/faculties/ha...

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 1

Forgot the roman "Spolien", here in Sevilla, Spain at the base of the Giralda.

Base of Giralda, Sevilla with reused roman material.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 1

Religious buildings, palaces, ornaments and here different defensive walls of rammed earth and stone in Portugal and Spain. It was an intriguing journey through the Almohad Empire and adjacent times.

Original rammed earth wall of the Kasbah of Silves, Portugal

Old almohad city wall in Sevilla, Spain. Plaza del Cabildo

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Aug 1

In the course of a year I visited Marrakesh in Marocco and Sevilla in Spain. Fascinating to see the 12th century connections, similarities, development and admixture of architecture styles till 19th century. So much history and complex processes of exchange in the material.

Koutoubia Mosque and Minarett in Marrakesh, Morocco. 12th century

Giralda in Sevilla. First minarett of almohad mosque in 12th century. Later bell tower of cathedral.

Bab Agnaou, Kasbah of Marrakesh, Morocco.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Jul 28

Mostly archaeologist, sometimes shooting with Flensburger. North German Brewery. www.instagram.com/reel/DMnmU6R...

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Jul 22

As a special I met again @osamawi.bsky.social after our first encounter many years ago in Cologne. And, of course many other colleagues. All, enjoy the conference wednesday.

Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Jul 22

Today I took no pictures from the lectures at #SAfA2025. Instead some impressions from my commute to the conference and the new postcard from Planet Africa exhibition.

Pink postcard of Planet Africa Exhibition.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Jul 21

Hello #SAfA2025. Thanks to @icarehb.bsky.social for the nice Welcome. Looking forward to the presentations starting tomorrow.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Jul 21

Obrigado!

ICArEHB @icarehb.bsky.social · Jul 21

#SAfA2025 kicks off today in #Faro, #Portugal!
Hosted by #ICArEHB, we’re ready to welcome the global #AfricanistArchaeology community for a week of connection and knowledge-sharing at the #CrossroadsThroughTime.

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Christian Schepers @schepers-cj.bsky.social · Jul 20

Tuc d'Audoubert Bisons. They are so beautiful.

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