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Feminist and social reformer Josephine Butler was born #onthisday in 1828. Considered one of the first feminist activists in British history, she was born into a wealthy, Christian family with

THANK YOU to everyone who contributed to another fab day of #MuseumsUnlocked. The Ashmolean may be in lockdown—but today we made a virtual "visit" today by sharing photographs, seeing the

ArtActivistBarbie

Much #female #representation in permanent collections is of women in domestic settings: portrayed in ‘gilded cages’ or in the perceived rustic charm of being poor. Music, reading, sewing: all ‘suitable’

#MuseumsUnlocked - 'Stone Tools'Now I know that technically this is volcanic glass, but one of my first research interests was the Aegean and Near Eastern trade in Obsidian, especially its

This year's teaching kicks off tomorrow with a lecture for our first years on the beginnings of Archaeology. First slide: this 1618 painting of the Earl of Arundel gesturing with

Dr Caitlin Green

A 7th-century Anglo-Saxon glass drinking horn, from Rainham, London: https://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=87164&partId=1 A 6th-century glass drinking horn from Rommersheim grav

Marguerite Morgan

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#CLST6 #CYO3 In this thread, I’ll be discussing Episode 4 of the Peopling the Past Podcast titled Athenashville: Parallel Parthenons with Katie Petrole. Now Director of Education at the Nashville

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We hope you’re enjoying the long weekend and managing to get some rest. We have some more subject resources today if you have some time and head space to explore

AFTER THE UNIVERSAL MUSEUM (Thread)My op-ed for @artnet published today #MuseumsUnlocked 1/ In the early evening of Wednesday Feb 26 the crowd thronged the opening of “Young Rembrandt” at Oxford’s

Lorna Richardson

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Hello! My paper is another sort of armchair archaeology! This is a quick & dirty guide to exploring your local archaeology from the comfort of your home. You will need

Keerthik Sasidharan

a thread of paintings that I can't help but return to see again, sometimes for the painters hard earned skill and on others for the vision it shares generously --

Monastery of Ghazali 500AD, makura -christian nubia hope to include more entries from sudan's christian period 500-1400AD,more;https://books.google.co.ug/books/about/The_Nubi