@edwardscrivens
Egyptologist (Development Manager at the Egypt Exploration Society / @theees.bsky.social - views here my own), occasional improv comedian and drag artist. I research goddesses, and sometimes I am one. 🏳️🌈He/Him.
Did you know that @theees.bsky.social was founded by pioneering writer Amelia Edwards, author of 'A Thousand Miles Up the Nile'? #InternationalWomensDay
She envisaged the EES to include other eminent women. Read about her and these women in our Spotlight volume👇
www.ees.ac.uk/resource/ame...
“You must not read from the booooook!” #WorldBookDay #BookOfTheDead
Join us for a special screening of The Mummy (1999) @thegardencinema.bsky.social on Wednesday 3 June, as we kick off EES Fest!
Book from 1 April 🎫 www.ees.ac.uk/whats-on/eve...
What a dream to appear live on The One Show tonight talking about the amazing artefacts in the Ramses exhibition! A huge thank you to the team, to the star that is Angellica Bell, and to @theees.bsky.social for letting me out the library for an evening!
#egypt #exhibition #ancientegypt #history
Ramadan Mubarak to all observing! 🌙
A great time at the Garden Cinema last night for a screening of the 1982 #film ‘For the Love of Egypt’ about @theees.bsky.social founder Amelia B. Edwards. Brilliant to meet Director Anna Benson Gyles and cast member Jeremy Clyde - huge congrats to @cgraves88.bsky.social for organising!
#egyptology
In our February episode of #AwayWithThePharaohs, @edwardscrivens.bsky.social provides an overview of religion in ancient Egypt, before exploring the complex, fluid nature of its gods and goddesses and the rituals that empowered them.
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#AncientEgypt #Gods #Goddess #Mythology
Love a podcast? Interested in Egyptian gods and goddesses, myth, and investigating ancient religion? Catch me on the latest episode of ‘Away with the Pharaohs’, available wherever you get your podcasts!
@theees.bsky.social #egyptology #mythology #religion #gods #ancienthistory #archaeology
I was positively giddy today at the Petrie Museum, where I had the chance to handle this fragment of a red jasper statue foot found at the site of Amarna. The most gorgeous ankle I ever did see!
#museum #ancientegypt #egyptology #archaeology #amarna
We're excited to launch #ADozenDiscoveries!
Follow us on Facebook or Instagram for monthly updates and go behind the scenes with a spotlight on 12 different collection highlights from @theees.bsky.social.
Head over now to learn about our replica head of Nefertiti!
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As an ex e-learning developer, I can confidently say this will be a terrible learning experience. I cannot wait to rip it to shreds.
Here's what the Free AI Training will look like 🧵
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A few examples from the EES collections; this grant will be transformative for these materials and what we can do with them!
Having worked on this for over 3 years, it feels amazing to share this news! @theees.bsky.social has been awarded a £2.03million grant by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to transform its premises into a sustainable and accessible heritage centre.
#heritage #museums #archives #egyptology #funding
Today I listened to a few of the songs he made while living here: Space Oddity, Life on Mars, and Changes ⚡️
Some local interest on David Bowie’s birthday. I live in Beckenham, a leafy little place where Bowie lived as his career took off. The Three Tuns pub on the high street, now a chain restaurant, was home to his collective ‘the Arts Lab’. Beckenham is where he created the persona of Ziggy Stardust.
A very happy Coptic Christmas to those celebrating!
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Interdisciplinary Egyptology Vol. 2 No. 2 (2025) journals.univie.ac.at/index.php/in... #openaccess Egyptology in Dialogue: Historical bodies in relations, comparisons, and negotiations @runenyord.bsky.social @leireolabarria.bsky.social @edwardscrivens.bsky.social @emilywhitehead.bsky.social
Bloomsbury in the snow! ❄️
So excited to see #Egyptology in Dialogue has been published, which features my article ‘Who wears a kilt like men and a sash like women: Negotiating #gender, foreignness, and the body in New Kingdom representations of ‘Near Eastern’ #goddesses’. OPEN ACCESS!✨
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@theees.bsky.social has closed for the holiday season, and we wish you a great one!
Wondering how you can show your appreciation for our work over the past year? Please support our appeal to preserve a lasting record of our premises in Doughty Mews. #EESTimeCapsule
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It’s 1st December and the season switch has very much been flipped here in London 🌧️❄️ Here are some photos from a walk in a local park yesterday, which was the last day of (meteorological) autumn.
So excited to see my article about curating an exhibit at @theees.bsky.social, and about the challenges/possibilities of using collections to tell stories, in the latest edition of Egyptian Archaeology magazine! #publicationday #article #ancientEgypt #heritage #curation #archives #exhibit
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Now @theees.bsky.social is sat alongside our BIRI colleagues from @bsrome.bsky.social at #HistDay25 @ihr.bsky.social @senatehouselib.bsky.social
Come chat to us over at Senate House! #HistDay25
Come visit @edwardscrivens.bsky.social and I @senatehouselib.bsky.social @ihr.bsky.social #HistoryDay to find out about @theees.bsky.social and the queer history of British Egyptology today!
Cheers to the Grand Egyptian Museum from us here in London and from @theees.bsky.social! 🇪🇬
#GrandEgyptianMuseum #Egyptology #launchnight
The hymn to Isis fills the Great Court
An honour to attend the Egyptian Embassy’s reception to mark the opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum, held at the British Museum. Between the esteemed company, performances of ancient hymns, and the chance to wander the Egyptian sculpture gallery out of hours, it was a wonderful night!
HUGE shout outs are in order for @tetisheriphoto.bsky.social and @aakheperure.bsky.social, whose typesetting and illustrations have made this book so gorgeous!
