This week, we feature the work of Uzma Z. Rizvi, whose project at MohenjoDaro in Pakistan highlights the ways in which archaeologists can engage in decolonial, non-extractive, and generative approaches in their use of legacy data and archival history through the framework of an archaeology of care.
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Blog #113: Pannonians Abroad? New Evidence from a Roman Auxiliary Base in Central Turkey with Andrew L. Goldman
In this week’s blog post, Andrew L. Goldman takes us through his archaeological project at the ancient Roman auxiliary base at Gordion in central Anatolia, and the possibility that Pannonian soldiers were stationed at this site. Here, he highlights the role played by non-Romans in the military, while also using archaeological evidence to characterize auxiliary bases as multi-gendered and multi-generational spaces.
Blog #112: “What Should You Do When You Encounter One of Our Egyptian Mummified Ancestors?” A 12-Point Manifesto on How to Deal with Egyptian Mummified Ancestral Remains with Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage Project
In this week’s blog post, we feature the work of our Egyptian colleagues from the Egypt’s Dispersed Heritage project. Here, they offer us a 12-point manifesto which highlights the ways in which the public can treat Egyptian mummified ancestral remains and their contemporary descendant communities with the dignity and respect that they deserve.
Blog Post #111: Telling New Stories: Do We Need to Display the Egyptian Dead? with Lisa Saladino Haney
In this week’s blog post, Dr. Lisa Saladino Haney takes us through her work on the Carnegie Museum of Natural History’s new “Egypt on the Nile” project, in which they are re-imagining the ways that we conceive of museum exhibitions related to ancient Egypt and the ethical treatment of the mummified human remains in the care of their museum.
Blog #110: Paeonia and the Paeonians in the Historical and Archaeological Evidence with Goran Sanev
In this instalment of our “Unknown Peoples” Series, Goran Sanev, the Curator Adviser at the National Archaeological Museum of North Macedonia and PhD Candidate at Simon Fraser University, takes us through the historical and archaeological evidence for the Paeonians, one of the oldest proto-historical communities in the Central Balkans.
Blog #109: Graduate Student Feature with Lylaah L. Bhalerao: On Serendipity and Sanskrit in the Study of the Mediterranean World
We are kicking off the 2025/26 academic year over here at Peopling the Past with a blog by Lylaah L. Bhalerao, a PhD Candidate at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University. Here, she takes us through her research on elephants in the ancient world and the way that serendipity and Sanskrit have informed her current research.
Blog #108: Everyday Orientalism with Katherine Blouin
In this week’s blog post, Katherine Blouin takes us through the inception and current direction of her project Everyday Orientalism (founded and co-edited with Usama Ali Gad and Rachel Mairs). Here, she discusses the collaborative nature of the project which centres voices and topics outside the hegemonic and ‘Classical’ canon. She also reflects on the project’s current focus on the history and cultural heritage of Palestine, providing a platform for scholars and activists to speak out about the atrocities currently plaguing the region, while also sharing resources on Palestine’s complex, rich, and layered history.
Blog Post #107: Tomb Robbers, Warehouses, and Vases: Giving Looted Antiquities a New Life with Marie Hélène van de Ven
In this week’s blog post, Marie Hélène van de Ven, a PhD student at Aarhus University, explores the ethics of studying looted artefacts without reinforcing the very networks through which they were illegally acquired. Here, she shares a component of this research based on her work with the Illicit Antiquities in the Museum project at Antikmuseet, Aarhus University.
Podcast Season 4, Episode 2: Fragments and Falsehoods: The Papyrus Trade with Roberta Mazza
In this week’s instalment of the podcast, we are joined by Roberta Mazza, papyrologist and Associate Professor at the University of Bologna.
Listen in, as Dr. Mazza discusses the antiquities trade, both past and present, and the ethics behind papyrology, especially highlighting her experience with the illicit papyrus trade in academia.
Blog Post #106: Breaking Barriers to Participation: Archaeology and Wellbeing in the Mediterranean
In this blog post, Francesco Ripanti talks about the importance of linking archaeology and cultural heritage with wellbeing. Here he takes us through his work on the Linking Community Archaeology and Wellbeing in the Mediterranean (LOGGIA) project and the ways in which an engagement with cultural heritage can have positive impacts on vulnerable groups.
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