Dr Silvia Zago
@SilviaZago6
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Lecturer in Egyptology @LivAncWorlds | Member @ifaocaire mission to Deir el-Medina | Fellow @AdvanceHE | Member @RoyalHistSoc | Otherworld & Magic 𓊻𓇽
Liverpool, UK
Joined February 2021
Fifty shades of pink as the sun set over the Theban necropolis at Deir el-Medina earlier tonight. My heart struggles to take in all the beauty these days 😍.#egypt #egyptology #archaeology
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This Friday (9th May) in @LivAncWorlds.
We are delighted to host the Spring Meeting of the British Epigraphic Society in @LivAncWorlds on 9th May 2025, with a theme "Graffiti in Desert Landscapes". Full programme and registration info at @BeatricePestar3 @instclasstudies
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We are delighted to host the Spring Meeting of the British Epigraphic Society in @LivAncWorlds on 9th May 2025, with a theme "Graffiti in Desert Landscapes". Full programme and registration info at @BeatricePestar3 @instclasstudies
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🚨 Next Wednesday 2 April 5-6 pm in @livancworlds, we'll get to hear about the Tebtynis temple library #papyri from a colleague working at the Papyrology Institute "G. Vitelli" of Florence. Tune in via Zoom at or come to Rendall SR 4!.#egypt #papyrology
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Reminder of this in-person only event, next Thursday (27th March) at 17:15 at @LivUni @LivAncWorlds .#egyptology #archaeology #academia.
🚨 Save the date for the 2nd @LivAncWorlds Brunner Lecture in #Egyptology by Prof. J.M. Galán (CSIC, Madrid) on Th. 27th March at 17:15 only on campus at @LivUni. This is a free event and open to the public. For info and registration, see the flyer 👇 and
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RT @ace_wip: On 19th March 5-6 p.m., Trent Hugler returns to discuss Hatshepsut, Thutmose III, and damnatio memoriae! Join us in Rendall SR….
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RT @BeatricePestar3: I am happy to announce an in-person Ancient History seminar at @LivAncWorlds by Ory Amitay (Haifa) on 'Alexander the G….
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🚨 Save the date for the 2nd @LivAncWorlds Brunner Lecture in #Egyptology by Prof. J.M. Galán (CSIC, Madrid) on Th. 27th March at 17:15 only on campus at @LivUni. This is a free event and open to the public. For info and registration, see the flyer 👇 and
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The obituary for Kenneth Kitchen, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology in @LivAncWorlds has been now published in the @livuninews. You can find it here:.#academia #egyptology.
news.liverpool.ac.uk
Obituary: Kenneth Kitchen, Professor Emeritus of Egyptology
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🚨 Next Liverpool #Egyptology Seminar in @LivAncWorlds will take place this Thursday (6 March) at 5pm UK, when Sofia Torallas Tovar (University of Chicago/Princeton) will speak of "Transmission of Magical Knowledge: Scribes and their books". Details 👇🏻.
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RT @ifaocaire: L'appel à candidature pour 5 #contrats doctoraux du @sup_recherche, fléchés #EFE 2025-2028, est ouvert jusqu'au 5 mai ! .Po….
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🚨The conference Resistance and Adaptation: Navigating elites' power in (early) Hellenistic Mediterranean and Near East', organised by @BeatricePestar3 (@LeverhulmeTrust ECF) is coming to @LivAncWorlds 3-4 April. All welcome (also online). Deets👇.@livuniHSS .#classics #hellenism
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It seems we finally have a positive ID on the final resting place of Thutmosis II (Tomb C4, in the Western Wadis of the Theban necropolis) thanks to an Egyptian-British team (SCA & NKResearch Foundation), who have been working in the area for years 🥳.#archaeology #egyptology.
Discovery of the Tomb of King Thutmose II: The Last Missing Royal Tomb of the 18th Dynasty. 1st Royal Tomb Found Since Tutankhamun’s in 1922. More info #Egypt #Egyptology #Archaeology @indyfromspace @yukinegy @SilviaZago6 .@chrisnaunton @Cambridge_Uni
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There will soon be an official obituary in the University of Liverpool news, but in the meantime, you can read a brief notice on Prof. Kitchen's (emeritus professor of #egyptology in @LivAncWorlds) here 👇🏻.
The EES, and many friends and colleagues around the world, mourn the death of Vice-President Prof Kenneth Kitchen, who sadly passed away on Thursday 6th February, aged 92. Our full condolence message can be read here:
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RT @BeatricePestar3: And finally #AlviseMatessi ' s book is out !! Frontiers, Territories and the Making of Hittite Political Landscape for….
degruyterbrill.com
This monograph aims to explore the production of political landscapes in Anatolia under the Hittite rule (1650-1200 BCE). The focus of the research is the geopolitical role played within the Hittite...
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A few photos from my recent visit to the Khanqah of Faraj ibn Barquq, a splendid example of early 15th century Mamluk funerary architecture in Cairo's Northern Cemetery, which is part of the historic "City of the Dead" necropolis districts. #egypt #cairo #mamlukperiod #travel
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🚨New job posting: two-year Postdoctoral Research Fellow in ancient Near Eastern archaeology (including Egypt) at the NINO. Deadline to apply 15 March 2025. Details at #archaeology #egyptology #academia.
nino-leiden.nl
NINO initiates, supports, and conducts scholarly research in the civilizations of the Near East from the ancient to the early modern period. In particular, it concentrates on the archaeology,...
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🚨Please consider signing this petition and help to spread awareness of the awful plans to dismiss hundreds of people at Cardiff University, which include cutting the Anciet History Department altogether. Reposts much needed, thanks 🙏🏻.
change.org
Save Cardiff University Ancient History Degree
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A day well spent in Dahshur yesterday. But I'm just not young, flexible, and fit enough to descend into such a death trap as the bent pyramid leaving unscathed 😅😭.Beware, future passers-by! .#pyramids #egypt #egyptology #fieldtrip
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I've been fortunate enough lately to work at the Archives and Library of the @ifaocaire in the Mounira Palace, once belonged to Princess Mounira Sultan (mid 19th century), daughter of an Ottoman Sultan and wife of Prince Ibrahim Pasha. #egyptology #egypt #academia
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Capturing the immensity and beauty of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) in just a few photos is impossible, but here's some shots nevertheless. Truly grand! .#egyptology #archaeology #museums
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