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Postdoc researcher @oeai_oeaw funded by @fwf_at. Editor @IntEgJournal. Nubian material culture & bringing Egyptology into the 21st Century. #WeAreEgyptology
Mar 17, 2020 22 tweets 10 min read
Dear Egyptology,
Egyptian Archaeology and the study of ancient Nubia *IS* Egyptology.
Egyptology is more than just texts and temples and tombs.
A thread…
#WeAreEgyptology Recently I was a victim of the old-school out-dated idea that Egyptian Archaeology is not Egyptology. I was pinned as just a ceramics specialist, and worse still… a Nubian ceramics specialist. Apparently that's not Egyptology, but let's clear things up.