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Writer of histfic/sff & permanently exhausted Egyptologist • Medical papyri specialist and unofficial Sethxpert • Getting back into gymnastics in her thirties because after you give birth nothing is scary anymore (I wish)

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · May 27

When the deco is on brand for the delicate flower you are

A photo of a corner of an oak tv cabinet, upon which stands a matte black vase with three branches of foxglove (silk, not real). To the right of the vase are two black candelabras with gold accents, which hold two black candles. To the left of the black vase is a terrarrium with mosses, rock and grasses. on the right the corner of the tv is visible, which shows a reflection of a coffee table full of colourful duplo bricks, and serves as a solid hint as to why the foxglove branches are fake ones.

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Mar 12

Mountango Penins would be a good strip club name ngl

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Huw TD @huwtd.bsky.social · Feb 24

"Your two arms upon the beauties!"

The goddess Satet hands her necklace to the king. Thutmosis III's temple to Satet at Elephantine, c. 1479-1425 BCE.

Limestone relief made of multiple blocks, with the left side in shade. Two figures in elaborate headdresses face each other. The male figure on the right holds the female figure's hand. The female figure reaches forward with one hand grasping the interior edge of the front of her necklace or collar, which she proffers to the figure on the right.

A column of hieroglyphs between them reads: "Saying the words: your two arms upon the beauties!"

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

Hah, go right ahead! I'm saving the linear b option too

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

1. talking about how people will tell *non-white* Egyptian archaeologists to put shit back
2. you're assuming I'm talking about POC only when I'm not
3. insisting on ignoring context and nuance isn't going to decolonise a field, actually

Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

It is *so* cool!

Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

Anyway, we found Thutmose II's tomb in Luxor. First new royal tomb discovery in the Valley of Kings since Tutankhamun!

english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...

Long-lost royal tomb of King Thutmose II finally discovered in Luxor - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities

A joint Egyptian-British archaeological team has uncovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, the last missing royal tomb of the 18th Dynasty.

english.ahram.org.eg

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

😂 yep, and something REALLY cool, too! english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/...

Long-lost royal tomb of King Thutmose II finally discovered in Luxor - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities

A joint Egyptian-British archaeological team has uncovered the long-lost tomb of King Thutmose II, the last missing royal tomb of the 18th Dynasty.

english.ahram.org.eg

Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

The meme says tumblr discoursians but it's not platform specific tbh.

The "high shelf meme", which is an image of a mother putting away toys on high shelves to put them out of reach of an upset child who has his arms crossed. On top of the child the words "tumblr discoursians" is superimposed. The various toys read "archaeologists are just graverobbers", "historians hide all queer history", "museums are evil", and "academics never listen to normal people". Putting these on the high shelf indicates that people aren't allowed to use these phrases in discussion, because they are false and aren't conducive to e.g. actual efforts to decolonise academia.

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

Tbh at this point I'm only on Bluesky to be angry about anti-intellectualism and nonsensical virtue-signalling off the back of dead ancient Egyptians.

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

Probably not tbh. This attitude of "calling out" archaeologists, primarily those in Egypt but other non-white/non-Western countries as well, has become the standard in most online spaces. The headline can say "Egyptian team discovers X", and people will still say shit like "put it back, robbers!"

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Feb 19

Honestly, that rhetoric ("archaeology is grave-robbing") has been gaining traction in online spaces again over the past few years and it's been doing my head in. It's performative at best and actively damaging at worst.

Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Jan 28

Why perspective matters: a story in three photos of the pyramids of Giza

An image of the three pyramids and three satellite pyramids on the Giza plateau that looks exactly the same as you've always seen it: Menkaure's smaller pyramid and the three queen's pyramids are in the foreground, with Khafre's pyramid looming behind it. Behind Khafre's pyramid is Khufu's, a.k.a. the Great Pyramid, which looks smaller than both Khafre's and Menkaure's in this image.

Another photo of the pyramids of the Giza plateau. This time the pyramids are all shown from the same distance, so that the distance between them is clear as well as their relative size. It's now painfully obvious that Khufu's Great Pyramid on the far right is indeed the largest, with Khafre's in the centre only an increment smaller. Menkaure's pyramid, on the other hand, is less than half the height of Khafre's. In the bottom right, you can see a glimpse of the city of Giza.

An aerial photo of the Giza plateau and it's pyramids, which shows how close the plateau and the city of Giza (and Cairo beyond it) really are. The shortest distance between the nearest fast food shop and the Giza Pyramids is a seven minute walk.

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Dr. Oliver Dietrich @oliverdietrich.bsky.social · Jan 12

Some reliefs at Göbekli Tepe have a narrative character. Here, a lurking leopard is shown apparently ready to jump towards its prey, a boar. Pillar 27, Building C, 10th/9th millennium BC. #archaeology

A limestome pillar with a high relief/sculpture of a leopard. In front of the leopard, a low relief of a boar.

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Jun 10

Occasional reminder.

A graphic with purple text with neon glow effect that reads "Egyptian workmen built the pyramids". Above "egyptian workmen", two additional words are written down but struck through with a red line, namely "aliens" and "slaves". It refers to the misconception that the pyramids were built through either chattel slavery or alien involvement.

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Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social · Sep 13

Bluesky's first archaeology video, from our 2022 Karnak Temple season. Our amazing workmen (Quftis) are moving a massive hand fragment from a 21m tall statue of Amenhotep III (1400-1350 BC)

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Aug 21

"Only give praise" is not what they said, you insipid banjo. If you can't properly interpret a message delivered with words, maybe you aren't the best person to have an opinion on books, which require at least a bare minimum of reading comprehension. Just saying.

Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Aug 20

Finally processed the fact that my secretary desk was far too small for my needs (it also still had fucking woodworm despite treatment so THAT was fun to find out) and got myself a new desk. It's... kind of ridiculous how much more productive I am now. Turns out deciding to take up space helps!

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Aug 17

It was well out of reach of the 4 y/o, but therein lay the problem: I put them all away just before she was born, and then forgot the storage spaces for roughly half of them. So every once in a while: surprise knife!

Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Aug 17

The most Sonja thing to happen today was me clearing out the linnen chest drawers and finding a dagger there.

I remain on brand.

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Alex de Campi @alexdecampi.bsky.social · Jul 30

Harrison Ford at SDCC: a king

Also no time for Feedback, Reading List, or Quote of the Week, though it certainly would’ve been this gem from Harrison Ford, who was asked at Comic-Con whether his Marvel character or Indiana Jones is better at handling snakes:

“I’ve always treated these questions with the utmost respect and somehow, at the same time, complete disdain. I will not answer that stupid question. But thank you. Delighted to have the opportunity.”

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Jul 23

About 10% of the joy in having piercings is my younger sister's face whenever I get a new one tbh.

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Jul 23

You are so right, actually, I can't believe I didn't clock that. I do also have a butterfly because nothing signifies the passage between states like a butterfly does. Be fearless, become soup.

Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Jul 23

Yes my ears have swords and skulls and shit in them but a woman's gotta be versatile yknow

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Sonja @rudjedet.bsky.social · Jul 23

Motherhood is choosing a little flower for your high nostril piercing because you know your 4 y/o is going to love it. 😂

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