Category: Academic life

Posts about the practice of academic archaeology and Egyptology, academic life and experience.

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Lessons from Little Miss Sobek in Ptolemaic breasts, ancient clothing and nursing

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What impact would the ubiquity of nursing have on ancient Egyptian society? Three insights from a nursing mother.

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5 pieces of advice I wish I’d heard in the first year of my PhD

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How to set yourself up for career success and get to grips with your PhD in your first year.

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Ten practical things I wish in knew in the first year of my PhD

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What should you know to make a great start on your PhD? Here I share 10 things I've learned since, that I wish I knew then.

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Should I do a PhD?

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Should you do a PhD? What should you think about before you apply? How can you maximise your career chances before you even begin your PhD.

Will a computer take my job?: Archaeology and technological development?

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Can archaeologists be replaced by machines? As technology develops where does that leave the human?

Undercurrents: Clichés and scientific archaeology in Egyptian foreign relations

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How far have we internalised ancient mores, and how does science and archaeology challenge those clichés?