Isabelle Vella Gregory
@ivg.bsky.social
Archaeologist. Sudan. Malta. UCL. Cambridge. https://thejebelmoyaproject.wordpress.com/
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This year we ended up with three nativity scenes. This one features mummies and a galaxy. Obvs. Oh and my Agatha Christie collection cos why not?
November 29, 2025 at 6:17 PM
This year we ended up with three nativity scenes. This one features mummies and a galaxy. Obvs. Oh and my Agatha Christie collection cos why not?
Never ever have I felt so seen. #archaeology #cats
November 6, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Never ever have I felt so seen. #archaeology #cats
Here’s the bones, l-għadam tal-mejtin, the bones of the dead. On All Souls’ Day we remember our departed. Some people like a thick coat of icing on these but I hate icing. And anyway this looks more like buried bones 🙂
November 2, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Here’s the bones, l-għadam tal-mejtin, the bones of the dead. On All Souls’ Day we remember our departed. Some people like a thick coat of icing on these but I hate icing. And anyway this looks more like buried bones 🙂
Spent a lovely Sunday afternoon making a terrarium :-)
October 26, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Spent a lovely Sunday afternoon making a terrarium :-)
Another busy day @uclarchaeology.bsky.social with #JebelMoya material and processing #pXRF results from figurines curated by @maacambridge.bsky.social I have a lot of love for London but my heart is always in #Sudan 🏺
October 8, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Another busy day @uclarchaeology.bsky.social with #JebelMoya material and processing #pXRF results from figurines curated by @maacambridge.bsky.social I have a lot of love for London but my heart is always in #Sudan 🏺
And here’s my view for the day. This is what is behind the figurines from @maacambridge.bsky.social #Sudan #archaeology #JebelMoya 🏺
October 5, 2025 at 10:49 AM
And here’s my view for the day. This is what is behind the figurines from @maacambridge.bsky.social #Sudan #archaeology #JebelMoya 🏺
Don’t be too jealous but I’m spending Sunday in the company of Excel and my research assistant.
October 5, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Don’t be too jealous but I’m spending Sunday in the company of Excel and my research assistant.
Essential things you need when you’re trying to write a lecture. He also added crucial text to mine and under union rules that means he gets paid.
September 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Essential things you need when you’re trying to write a lecture. He also added crucial text to mine and under union rules that means he gets paid.
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social I venture into Cambridge and there you are :-)
September 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
@drfrancisyoung.bsky.social I venture into Cambridge and there you are :-)
Today it was back to this. My love for figurines is longstanding. The Jebel Moya corpus is fascinating, complex, infuriating - cos that’s what figurines are like 😂 So there’s always something new to explore. #Sudan #archaeology
August 26, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Today it was back to this. My love for figurines is longstanding. The Jebel Moya corpus is fascinating, complex, infuriating - cos that’s what figurines are like 😂 So there’s always something new to explore. #Sudan #archaeology
Thank you! My own chonkers has plenty to say about paperwork. Apparently I am not funny.
July 25, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Thank you! My own chonkers has plenty to say about paperwork. Apparently I am not funny.
We have a squad 🤣🤣🤣
July 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
We have a squad 🤣🤣🤣
Everyone loves a trip to Blue Grotto (or to call it by its proper name, il-Ħnejja).
July 13, 2025 at 7:08 AM
Everyone loves a trip to Blue Grotto (or to call it by its proper name, il-Ħnejja).
Now it feels like summer. Love me a bit of octopus.
July 12, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Now it feels like summer. Love me a bit of octopus.
How yesterday started and how it ended. Much needed bliss and recharging. Still exhausted but feeling a lot better.
July 11, 2025 at 11:30 AM
How yesterday started and how it ended. Much needed bliss and recharging. Still exhausted but feeling a lot better.
Found this scarlet tiger moth in my garden :-) 🪴
June 8, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Found this scarlet tiger moth in my garden :-) 🪴
The temperature in Malta right now is absolutely perfect. Just saying. 😂
June 4, 2025 at 6:20 AM
The temperature in Malta right now is absolutely perfect. Just saying. 😂
When you try to take a selfie with your cat but you’re just disturbing his aura.
May 17, 2025 at 5:17 PM
When you try to take a selfie with your cat but you’re just disturbing his aura.
Mine is resting on his laurels, as it were 😂😂😂😂
May 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Mine is resting on his laurels, as it were 😂😂😂😂
Pumpkin says being my research assistant is exhausting.
April 15, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Pumpkin says being my research assistant is exhausting.
I can’t believe it. 11k views on our paper. Not sure if this is normal for others but I can assure you this is very new to me! 🏺
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
April 11, 2025 at 5:18 PM
I can’t believe it. 11k views on our paper. Not sure if this is normal for others but I can assure you this is very new to me! 🏺
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Has everyone lost their minds? Springer is offering me the chance to buy a poster for a paper I wrote. For 89 dollar. wtf. A poster? Someone explain this madness.
March 31, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Has everyone lost their minds? Springer is offering me the chance to buy a poster for a paper I wrote. For 89 dollar. wtf. A poster? Someone explain this madness.