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"[T]wo distinct ways of representing the animal and human worlds existed in prehistoric rock art... the coexistence of humans and wildlife [versus] hunting... [Perhaps] these scenes articulated a mythical reality or were metaphorical." #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky scienceinpoland.pl/en/news/news...

Ancient Egyptian rock art reveals two very different relationships between humans and animalsFor thousands of years, prehistoric artists in Egypt’s Dakhleh Oasis carved humans and animals into desert rocks — but they did not always tell the same story. Some images show people and wildlife exi...scienceinpoland.pl

Just published - Urška Furlan's "Amulets of the First Millennium BCE in the Nile Delta: Continuity and Change Through Production, Consumption and Circulation." Looks like some fascinating social history. #Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky www.goldenhp.co.uk/index2.htm

Upcoming 11/26-5/27 exhibit on magic in Egypt, Greece, Rome, etc., at the University of Würzburg -- "ANGST! Magie, Heilung und Schutz in der Antike." #Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky www.martinvonwagner-museum.com/vorschau

"[B]oth the ibis and baboon have spectral profiles indistinguishable from moonlight. This finding bolsters the idea that divinity [as Thoth] was conferred on the sacred ibis and baboon because their coloration resembles moonlight." #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky phys.org/news/2026-07...

Moon baboon: New insight into the mind of ancient EgyptiansNew research from the University of St Andrews has shed light on baboons, moonlight and their link to an ancient Egyptian deity.phys.org

Available for free download through Aug. 3rd -- Phillip W. Stokes's "The Linguistic Nature of Early Christian Arabic Literature," in the Cambridge Elements series. #Classics #AncientBlueSky www.cambridge.org/core/element...

The Linguistic Nature of Early Christian Arabic LiteratureCambridge Core - History of Religion - The Linguistic Nature of Early Christian Arabic Literaturewww.cambridge.org

Free download through August 6th! New Cambridge Elements volume "Egypt and the Levant: Networks and Negotiation in the Bronze Age," by Anna-Latifa Mourad. #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky #Classics www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Egypt and the LevantCambridge Core - Egyptology - Egypt and the Levantwww.cambridge.org

De Gruyter Brill summer sale! Before August 11th, use the code DGBSUMMER26 for up to 40% off. www.degruyterbrill.com/products/new...

A new papyrological book: "Household Violence in Greco-Roman Egypt: Social, Spatial, Temporal, and Material Perspectives," by Youssri Ezzat Hussein Abdelwahed. #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky #Classics www.barpublishing.com/book/househo...

A Tutankhamun opera by composer Lino Zimbone will soon make its premiere in Sicily. #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky see.news/tutankhamon-...

​"Tutankhamon" Opera to Have World Premiere at Taormina’s Ancient Theater in Sicily | Sada ElbaladIn a landmark cultural milestone fostering international diplomatic and artistic dialogue between Egypt and Italy, Italian author and media specialist Francesco Santocono has unveiled the official det...see.news

"Here Comes the Sun: A diachronic study on the role of music during the Amarna Period." An 8/16 ARCE - NC lecture by Waleed el-Hawatky, with online Zoom attendance possible. #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky arce.org/event/arce-n...

ARCE-NC: Here Comes the Sun: A diachronic study on the role of music during the Amarna Period by Waleed el-Hawatky - ARCEarce.org

A shout-out to the amazing library at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign! They have pretty strong holdings in #AfroAsiatic linguistics, and they always seriously consider my suggestions for new books. So nice to see this new collected volume acquisitioned & available... #LangSky

"[A]t the Ain el-Sabil site, located in the Dakhla Oasis... a fully articulated residential city dating to the Byzantine period... [and] about two hundred ostraca with inscriptions in Coptic and Greek..." #Egyptology #Classics #AncientBlueSky www.labrujulaverde.com/en/2026/07/a...

A Complete Byzantine City Discovered in the Dakhla Oasis in EgyptThe Egyptian archaeological mission under the Supreme Council of Antiquities operating at the Ain el-Sabil site, located in the Dakhla Oasis, has succeeded in uncovering a fully articulated residentia...www.labrujulaverde.com

Some amazing reading practice in #Hungarian... 🇭🇺 Peter Magyar did an AMA on Reddit! #LangSky 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 👇 www.reddit.com/r/hungary/co...

From the hungary community on Reddit: AMA szombaton 20 órátólExplore this post and more from the hungary communitywww.reddit.com

Program for the 8th Iberoamerican Congress of Egyptology, coming up in Sept. '26 at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. (Link = PDF in Spanish.) #Egyptology webs.uab.cat/congreso-ibe...

Personal testimony: Go see the Rylands papyri at UT-Austin! Exhibit closes August 2nd. Early LXX & NT fragments. Gospel of Mary. Lost bits of Sallust. Actual libelli from the Decian persecution. Earliest manuscript of the Nicene Creed. Unbelievable. #Egyptology #AncientBlueSky #ClassicsBlueSky

A fascinating reflection on how political commitments can interfere with historical inquiry at American presidential libraries. contingentmagazine.org/2019/07/19/a...

All the Presidents’ LibrariansDespite being spied on and intimidated during my time in Yorba Linda, I still think presidential libraries are too important for historians to wash their hands of them.contingentmagazine.org