mastodon 4.5.7Amateur of #Egyptology. Retired #journalist and consultant. Studied #linguistics (MA), cognitive #psychology, public #management (SMG). Lives in #Zwolle NL. Toots in Dutch as @pierre@waag.social Cover pic: double-statue of Maya and Merit (RMO Leiden AST 3)
I am excited to be enrolled in "Piecing together the past: science and history in Egyptology", a new online course by Paul Nicholson, Emeritus Professor of Archaeology at Cardiff University, organised by Kemet Klub.
https://kemetklub.co.uk/product/piecing-together-the-past-science-and-history-in-egyptology/
Für #Fensterfreitag ein Blick aus einer Wohnung in Paris über den Square de la Tour St Jacques, am frühen Morgen. Von links nach rechts: Théâtre de la Ville, Tour de l’Horloge, Sainte-Chapelle, Conciergerie, Tour Montparnasse
“Who let the wolves in? Genetic record for domestic dogs pushed back by 5,000 years” (Nature)
The oldest ancient dog genomes on record all come from a population that lived alongside Ice Age hunter-gatherers across Europe and the Middle East.
“Drowning in the Nile: A Foreignism or a Loanword?” (Lauren Dogaer in The Afro-Asiatic Corner)
https://afroasiaticcorner.wordpress.com/2026/05/04/drowning-in-the-nile-a-foreignism-or-a-loanword/
