Gabe Moshenska @gabemoshenska.bsky.social I want Ken Railings to walk in here right now and say 'Pam Shortt's broken both her legs and I wanna dance with you’
Zena Kamash @zenakamash.bsky.social Writing - archaeology - heritage.
British Iraqi.
Faber Academy 'Writing Your Novel' graduate.
Winner: EAA Book Prize 2025.
Working Classicist of the Year 2025.
She/her
De Gruyter Brill Ancient Studies @dgb-ancientstudies.bsky.social News from the Classical, Ancient Near Eastern & Egyptian Studies department at De Gruyter Brill @degruyterbrill.bsky.social. Posts by our editors.
Elisabeth Bik @elisabethbik.bsky.social Science integrity consultant and crowdfunded volunteer, PhD.
Ex-Stanford University. Maddox Prize/Einstein F Award winner
NL/USA/SFO.
#ImageForensics
@MicrobiomDigest on X.
Blog: ScienceIntegrityDigest.com
Support me: https://www.patreon.com/elisabethbik
Christy Coysh @christycoysh.bsky.social Lad from Wakey who does funny singing videos
Steffen Terp Laursen @terplaursen.bsky.social Archaeologist Ancient Arabia, PhD, Dr Phil. 🇩🇰🇺🇦🇩🇰
Hey-dol-merry-dol @boing-loings.bsky.social
Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social Official journal of the Women, Gender, and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.
Horus the Elder 𓅃𓅨𓂋 ♿ @horusofnekhen.bsky.social He/Him | Disabled archaeologist and curator specialising in the study of disability in antiquity. #BlackLivesMatter #FreePalestine 🍉
Martin Miller @martinmiller.bsky.social Klassische Archäologie - Fahrradfahren
Ulla Rajala @ullamr.bsky.social An archaeologist who loves Eurovision and popular tv. Sharing content on heritage, politics and entertainment.
She/her
My opinions are my own.
Dr. Kristina Hill ☠️ 🏳️🌈 thinks this is a bad timeline @kzhill.bsky.social Prof. at Berkeley, research on design for adaptation to flooding, air quality, justice, and biodiversity. So committed to DEI that there's no going back. Interested in conversations about the long run of history and human adaptation to env change.
Paul G @anakuaqabbi.bsky.social Assyriologist turned data scientist.
Hendrik @hendrikh.bsky.social Assyriologist, archaeologist, imaging heritage
Moudhy Al-Rashid (she/her) @moudhy.bsky.social Assyriologist at Wolfson College (Oxford), writer plagued by self-doubt, lover of dead languages. I think we should all be doing what we can to save the planet.
My book 😎 https://lnk.to/BetweenTwoRivers
Matthew Monger @biblemonger.bsky.social Scholar of the languages and literature of the Ancient Near East. Focusing on reception history, manuscripts, and material philology.
MF Norwegian School of Theology, Religion, and Society, Oslo.
On YouTube as Biblemonger
nadia @tamacahut.bsky.social 🇩🇿🇫🇷🇬🇧 Provenance researcher. Cuneiformist. Writes about 19th c. antiquities dealers who smuggled cuneiform tablets out of Iraq to sell to museums in EU/US. Now writing a biography of dealer & smuggler Ibrahim Elias Gejou (British Academy monograph 2026)
Sally @sallymub.bsky.social Mandaean/Iraqi Kiwi🇳🇿 Current PhD @ St Andrews. Ancient Historian studying the Roman Republic, war & trauma, & challenging colonial research frameworks 🏛🌿🍉
Archaeohammer @archaeohammer.bsky.social Wannabe Archaeologist currently interested in Ancient colonialism and cultural change in Southern Italy and Sicily. More importantly, a Video Games, TTRPGs and Warhammer lover. Currently painting Tempests Eye Cities of Sigmar and Argent Shroud Sororitas.
Anna P. Judson @annapjudson.bsky.social Durham Classicist (languages, Linear B, epigraphy, archaeology). Member of WCC UK and WIASN. Blogging (intermittently) at http://itsallgreektoanna.wordpress.com. She/her
@mokersel @mokersel.bsky.social archaeologist, adventurer, follower of pots and neolithic masks
Marshall Schurtz @marshallschurtz.com PhD in Mesopotamian Archaeology | Founder | Tour Operator | Traveler
✈️ Lead archaeology themed trips at merakivatravel.com
📍Philadelphia
Amanda Hills Podany @ahpodany.bsky.social Author of Weavers, Scribes, and Kings, Professor Emeritus of History at Cal Poly Pomona, Assyriologist, and occasional bass player
Laurence Totelin @ltotelin.bsky.social Historian of Ancient Mediterranean science and medicine. Mother of two. Feminist. Plant lover. Trade unionist. Super Belgie. Welsh by adoption. Many typos.
Jana Mynářová @pudukhepa.bsky.social Assyriologist and Egyptologist, devoted Wagnerian. Professor at Charles University, Prague.
Imane Achouche @imaneachouche.bsky.social Doctoral student in Western Asian archaeology. Université de Liège.
(Elle ; She ; Her)
Morgane Pique @mpique.bsky.social PhD student / Doctorante en Assyriologie, université de Lille (UMR 9028-HARTIS)
> Old Babylonian period and its merchants, institutions and society
> Page Pro : https://pro.univ-lille.fr/morgane-pique- E Ben Fleuss @enricodandolo.bsky.social Assyriology PhD student at Johns Hopkins University. 🇪🇺🇺🇦
Adam Anderson @admndrsn.bsky.social Assyriologist, archaeologist & data scientist
Ilī-Yahu - 𒉌𒉌𒀭𒅀𒌑 @ili-yahu.bsky.social Assyriology PhD Candidate – UMR 9028 - HARTIS (Université de Lille, CNRS, MC)
The Connected Past @theconnectedpast.bsky.social The official BlueSky handle for The Connected Past community. Find upcoming events: https://connectedpast.net/
Janine Wende @janinewende.bsky.social Assyriologist || Altorientalistin
https://shorturl.at/pUv6p
Research team leader at the Leipzig Akkadian Dictionary at the Saxon Academy of Science and Humanitites in Leipzig.
Podcast: Von Assur nach Babylon https://pod.link/1730076141
Christina Tsouparopoulou @christinatsoup.bsky.social Ancient Middle East & EastMed Archaeology & History | religion, human-animal & human-environment relations, cylinder seals, early writing | Ass.Prof@UKSW Warsaw| Editor NEA | former PI @Cambridge | Hon. Fellow @Durham| mother of 2 | Living with an RD
Association des doctorant·es des mondes cunéiformes @docmoc.bsky.social DOCMOC est née en 2024, à l’initiative de doctorant·es en assyriologie. Son objectif est de rassembler des doctorant·es dont le domaine d’étude est la recherche en histoire, histoire de l’art, philologie et archéologie sur les mondes cunéiformes.
Troels Pank Arbøll @panktroels.bsky.social Lū šulmu. Researching ancient Mesopotamian medicine and magic. Associate Professor of Assyriology, University of Copenhagen.
https://research.ku.dk/search/result/profile/?id=276392
Member of @theyoungacademydk.bsky.social
Assyriologie à l'Université de Lille @en-lille.bsky.social Suivez l'actualité du pôle d'assyriologie de l'Université de Lille, composée de 2 enseignants-chercheurs et 7 doctorant·es, au sein de l'UMR 9028-HARTIS 📜
Follow the assyriologists from the University of Lille!
Lena Tambs @lenatambs.bsky.social Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (HCAS) Core Fellow / mother / the Connected Past (TCP) steering committee. Egyptology, (social) network analysis, socio-economic history, Ptolemaic Egypt.
VIEWS project @viewsproject.bsky.social Visual Interactions in Early Writing Systems (VIEWS) is a Cambridge Uni project funded by UKRI, and host of the Endangered Writing Network.
For more information please visit our websites: https://linktr.ee/viewsproject?utm_source=linktree_profile_share
Elisa Rossberger @elisarossberger.bsky.social archaeologist. making big stories out of small things forgotten. ancient art in digital space. West Asia | Munich Sendling | Freie Universität Berlin
Repekka @repekka.bsky.social phd/assyriology/Helsinki (for now). a big fan of rodents and energy drinks
Library of the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World @isawlibrary.bsky.social The ISAW Library is a research library that supports the core academic areas represented by the ISAW faculty and students, as well as the interdisciplinary, cross-boundary approach to the ancient world that lies at the center of ISAW's intellectual mission
Dr. Shana Zaia @shanazaia.bsky.social Assyriologist at VU Amsterdam | Formerly Uni Vienna and CSTT Helsinki | Yale PhD | Ask me about Assyria | shanazaia.com
Jon Taylor @jonjtaylor.bsky.social Cuneiformist. History of ancient western Asia. Likely to post on assyriology and museums. Hoping to be distracted by dogs, cows, running, zombies. Curator of cuneiform & cylinder seals at British Museum. Host of Thin End of the Wedge podcast. Views my own.
Tuomo Sipola @tuomosipola.bsky.social Ancient languages, old books, tabletop RPGs, playing the guitar, sound engineering, graphic design, demoscene. Day job includes researching AI and cybersecurity.
kelsie ehalt 𒆠𒂖𒋛 @wedgie-bce.bsky.social they/them and/or she/her
phd student umich
cuneiform + ritual + magic
+ animals + monsters
+ queer theory + decolonial theory
https://linktr.ee/wedgie_bce
ArchaeologistsEngage @archsengage.bsky.social An international independent non-profit group of archaeologists who enable community engagement and outreach.
https://archaeologists-engage.org/
Asociación Chilena de Estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo @epoa.cl Cuenta oficial de la Asociación Chilena de Estudios del Próximo Oriente Antiguo.
https://epoa.cl
📍Concepción, Biobío, Chile
Dr. Kiersten Neumann @knpazuzu.bsky.social Art historian, archaeologist, curator, educator 🖌️ | Assyria, Persia, Arabia 🌍 | Cultural Heritage, Museums, Provenance, Senses🪻 | Curator, ISAC Museum, UChicago 🪷 | Lecturer, Dept of Art History, UChicago 📖 | PhD, UCBerkeley 📚
Chuck Jones @chuckjones.bsky.social Father, Husband, Librarian, Open access and free-to-read scholarship advocate, always online. https://ancientworldonline.blogspot.com/
Seraina Nett @serainanett.bsky.social Assyriologist at the University of Copenhagen. Interested in languages, social and economic history, digital humanities, and cats. 🇨🇭🇩🇰🇸🇪
Jessica Knebel ✨💫 @jessyknebel.bsky.social Museum trainee | PhD candidate in Egyptology | Working on the meaning and metaphors of fire in ancient Egyptian texts 🔥 📜 | she /her 🏳️🌈
Eric H Cline @digkabri.bsky.social Archaeologist, ancient historian, author of 1177 BC, After 1177 BC, Three Stones Make a Wall, and other books
https://cnelc.columbian.gwu.edu/eric-h-cline
Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social America’s only art crime professor, studying theft, repatriation, and general museum shenanigans. Forthcoming book: The Styrofoam Mummy (Norton), on fraud and forgery on the market for ancient treasures. She/her; queer.
www.artcrimeprof.com
Shai Gordin @shgordin.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Assyriology and Digital Humanities at #DigitalPastsLab. Interested in NLP for ancient languages, History of the ANE, Human-machine coop and LOD #questseeker
Heather D. Baker @apkallatu.bsky.social Professor of Ancient Near Eastern History at UofT. Assyriology, archaeology, Mesopotamia, ancient urbanism, house & household. Cuneiform. Cats. British/Canadian. 🇨🇦🇬🇧🇪🇺
George Heath-Whyte @gheathwhyte.bsky.social Assyriologist | Junior Research Fellow at Christ Church, Oxford | Opinions my own
Effin' Birds @effinbirds.com Daily comic by Aaron Reynolds that keeps on winning awards despite being nothing more than birds and curse words. Books, calendars and merch at effinbirds.com
Gabriel Bodard @palaeofuturist.bsky.social He/him. Reader in Digital Classics @dh-researchhub.bsky.social & @ics.bsky.social University of London. #EpiDoc #DigiClass #Epigraphy #Papyrology #AncientMagic #LinkedOpenData #Prosopography #3Dimaging #CulturalHeritage. Writes 100% in personal capacity.
Jennie Ebeling @siduri1.bsky.social Archaeology of west Asia in the Bronze and Iron Ages, baking and brewing tech, women in Canaan and ancient Israel, history of biblical archaeology. Professor of Archaeology @ U Evansville in Indiana. Editor-at-large @ Eisenbrauns/PSU Press.
Heidi Jauhiainen @heidijauhiainen.bsky.social Egyptologist working on building digital tools for the study and production of hieroglyphic /ancient texts. University of Helsinki. Finnish Egyptological Society.
NINO Leiden @nino-leiden.bsky.social Research centre and library for Egyptology (including Coptology), Assyriology (including Hittitology), Near Eastern archaeology and connected studies.
https://www.nino-leiden.nl
Émilie Pagé-Perron @epp.cdli.network Research Associate, Archaeology Data Service, University of York
Research Associate, University of Oxford
Co-Director, Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative https://cdli.earth
Vegan, cyclist, data lover...
Laurie Pearce @pearcele.bsky.social Assyriologist, MELC UCBerkeley. Gardener, Walker.
Dr. Jim Getz @jimgetz.bsky.social Historian of ancient Near Eastern ritual, religion, and magic. Professor of Instruction in the Intellectual Heritage program at Temple U. Pedagogy wonk.
he/they/Dr
Philly AF. Speaking for no one but myself.
AVAR: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Life and Society in ANE @avartnp.bsky.social A biannual, open access journal through TP London Press. We publish peer-reviewed scholarship on Anatolia, Egypt, the Levant, and Mesopotamia from the third through first millennia BCE that crosses and disrupts disciplinary boundaries.
Sonia Mzali @sonia-mzali.bsky.social Doctorante en Assyriologie
(UMR 9028-HARTIS, Université de Lille)
Sumer / Pratiques cultuelles / Genre / Maternités
PhD student in Assyriology
Sumer / Cultual practices / Gender / Motherhood
co-responsable de @ama-mater.bsky.social
Zach Rubin @zachrubin.bsky.social Adjunct assistant professor at Hunter and Fordham. Assyriologist, studying the dynamics of sacred knowledge in ancient Mesopotamia | ✡️&🏳️🌈
Andrew A.N. Deloucas @aandeloucas.com Postdoc Associate, Yale
Ph.D. (Assyriology), Harvard
visit me at www.aandeloucas.com
Dr. Sarah Parcak @indyfromspace.bsky.social Professor, Archaeologist, Egyptologist, Award-winning writer of books, Dad joke lover, mom, rabble-rouser academic. Owned by cats. she/her
M. Willis Monroe @willismonroe.com Cuneiform Studies, History of Science/Religion, Quantitative Humanities, Associate Professor at the University of New Brunswick, Co-Director of the Database of Religious History.
Sara Mohr @sarabmohr.bsky.social Humanities policy researcher | Assyriology PhD | Swim, bike, run | Writing about academic cuneiform collections | She/her 🏳️🌈
https://www.saramohr.com/
weird medieval guys @weirdmedieval.bsky.social fibre arts enthusiast
https://linktr.ee/weirdmedievalguys