It's been a fun week for me ( @MichaelDPress) as #Tweetistorian, thanks again to @DrWorsTen and @sasanianshah & to everyone else for following.

A thread of threads for the week:
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1. An introduction to my work and the #LyingPen project I'm part of at @AgderUniversity
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1379033840757448704
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2. An explanation of these two photos, which I used for my profile and banner pictures
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1379075076553895937
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3. An introduction to #Palestine in the 19th century: geography, administration, population
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1379359085016055808
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4. A look at how archaeology emerged in #Palestine over the course of the 19th century: hunting treasure, stocking museums, looking for the Bible, and more.
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1379710113565511682
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5. Archaeology wasn't pure romance or science, but of course had a historical context.
What were Europeans doing in Palestine in the 19th century in the first place, and how did they interact with Ottoman laws & authorities?
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1379792390580490241
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6. A look at how easy it really was to buy antiquities in Palestine & bring them back to Europe or America -- or to just buy them without even leaving home.
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1380114781793873921
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7. A closer look at how the antiquities trade worked in Palestine in the 19th century & the range of people involved.
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1380479742214860800
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8. And then a focus on one specific figure in that trade, the notorious Moses Shapira, and the thousands of forgeries he sold.
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1380519163274391559
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9. And, wrapping it up yesterday, a tour of the Jaffa Gate area -- the center of the tourist trade and of the city itself -- around the year 1900
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1380877837947789316
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Finally, if you're interested in learning more about the antiquities trade in Late Ottoman Palestine, consider joining a Zoom lecture I'll be giving on April 29th!
https://twitter.com/Tweetistorian/status/1380526758538182658
Thanks again!
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