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Georgia Andreou

@gmandreou.bsky.social

Lecturer in Archaeology & Sustainability, University of Southampton

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Seth L. Sanders@nabalkattu.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Film criticism aside, Emily Wilson's review of the Odyssey concerned me because it misrepresents Late Bronze Age history and reinforces an old Eurocentric pattern of dismissing the experiences--and reality--of ancient peoples other than the Greeks.

Nolan’s other major addition to Homer’s narrative is the repeated reference to threats to ‘our civilisation’ from ‘the sea peoples’ – a now debunked 19th-century theory about maritime tribes who were thought to have attacked Egypt around 1200 BCE and to have also been responsible for the roughly coeval collapse of Mycenaean Greek culture. ‘Our civilisation is under attack,’ Penelope wails. Odysseus comforts her by saying that ‘Bronze Age civilisation’, including literacy, will rise again from the ashes. The current consensus, as Nolan clearly knows, is that there was no such thing as ‘the sea peoples’, and that the Greek-speaking world’s shift away from the more centralised, literate palace culture of the Mycenaeans in the 11th century BCE towards the fragmented social formations of the early Greek Iron Age was caused by a range of factors, including climate change, earthquakes and internal unrest. Nolan uses these competing historical theories to create a characteristic narrative twist about the identity of ‘the sea peoples’, which I will not spoil, though you can probably guess it.
Aditi Rao@aditilrao.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It’s strange to scroll through this depraved timeline today and be confronted with so many invocations of “illegal.” As if “the law” and its juridical kith hold any relevancy or power three years into a live-streamed genocide.

Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 6mo ago

🚨🏺🩸🇱🇧 NEW: "Silence Is Not Neutral: An Archaeological Update from Lebanon" by Nelly P. Abboud: everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/04/02/s...

Silence Is Not Neutral: An Archaeological Update from Lebanon

by Nelly P. Abboud On April 1, 2026, in the context of Israel’s illegal invasion of Lebanon and criminal targeting of the country’s civilian populations and heritage sites, the UNESCO c…

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Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

🚨🚨🚨 🇮🇱 BOMBED NEXT TO THE UNESCO SITE OF BAALBEK This adds to the 🇺🇸🇮🇱 axis targeting of a series of heritage sites in Iran, Palestine and Lebanon over the past week (see post 👇 🧵)

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Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 7mo ago

A piece related to this topic was published by an Egyptian scholar based in the UK 3 months ago. It is not referenced in the Guardian piece so here it is www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/opinion/2025/12/ancestors-dignity-cannot-wait-for-repatriation/#

Ancestors’ dignity cannot wait for repatriation - Museums Association

The Horniman's Heba Abd el Gawad on the ethics of storing human remains

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Margot Finn@eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 7mo ago

'Lord Paul Boateng said the findings exposed UK museums and universities as “imperial charnel houses where the bones of Indigenous peoples torn from Britain’s empire in the past, with little or no regard...continue to be retained to this day in circumstances that beggar belief”.'

Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide@archagainstaparth.bsky.social · 8mo ago

The British Museum and Palestine: On Misinformation, Zionist Lobbying, Cultural Erasure, and Complicity in Genocide #archaeology #🏺https://everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2026/02/25/the-british-museum-and-palestine-on-misinformation-zionist-lobbying-cultural-erasure-and-complicity-in-genocide/

The British Museum and Palestine: On Misinformation, Zionist Lobbying, Cultural Erasure, and Complicity in Genocide

by Archaeologists Against Apartheid Cover Image: Gold plaque (pendant) representing the Canaanite goddess ‘Astarte’ (repoussé), and other gold and jewellery from Palestine ( 16th c. BCE…

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Zena Kamash@zenakamash.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Following yesterday's EAA Special Meeting, I have submitted a complaint to the EAA Appeal and Anti-Harassment Committee. I post it here, with names redacted, for any members who were not present. Thank you so much to everyone who has reached out with messages of solidarity and support 🙏💓🙏

In spite of the Safe Space Policy being clearly stated at the beginning of the meeting, Prof. XXXXX targeted me by name, calling for my resignation from my position as Editor of the society's journal. Furthermore, his misuse of my title, referring to me as "Miss Kamash", felt deliberately demeaning. This intimidating behaviour explicitly contravenes the EAA Safe Space Policy. Although he was muted, for which I was grateful, I experienced a panic attack following his comments and did not feel safe to speak for the remainder of the meeting. This was further compounded by not only Prof. XXXXX being allowed to remain in the online meeting, but also being invited to take the floor again after the break. This gives me strong concerns about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy. On a broader point about the effectiveness of the Safe Space Policy, I also note that members whose position aligned with that of Concerned EAA were repeatedly and persistently accused of anti-Semitism throughout the meeting. This is a serious accusation that should not be levelled without due care and evidentiary support. Its use as a blanket accusation seems to have been designed with the explicit aim of silencing and intimidating members aligned with Concerned EAA, which again contravenes the Safe Space Policy and should have been dealt with more robustly during the meeting.
Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Wonder what Archaeologists and Antiquity Scholars did (or not) about Palestine in 2025? Here's a 80-item timeline! everydayorientalism.wordpress.com/2025/12/27/a...

Archaeologists and Antiquity Scholars on Palestine in 2025: An Archive

cover art and post: Katherine Blouin How are Antiquity scholars and organizations responding to Israel’s campaign of annihilation of Palestine’s past, present and future? What do archaeologists and…

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Siobhán McElduff@siobhanmcelduff.bsky.social · 11mo ago

When I was under 1, my dad was arrested in the UK. As was the standard procedure, he had the beating of his life and was left on a cell floor to reflect on the errors of his ways. He got 3 years in a max security jail. One of the men arrested with him died on hunger strike.

Sparrows for Palestine@sparrows4palestine.bsky.social · 11mo ago

🐦🔎The University of British Columbia hosts talk on excavation conducted next to Israeli torture camp: Megiddo is the site of one of the largest torture camps for Palestinians; the dig is right next to the prison sparrows4palestine.substack.com/p/ubc-hosts-...

Georgia Andreou@gmandreou.bsky.social · last yr.

#BANEA2026 will take place in London, 22–24 April 2026, under the theme Production and Consumption of Knowledge in the Archaeology of West Asia. Planned sessions include history & historiography, maritime archaeology, museums & heritage, among others.

(Mar)Chella Ward@luxmea.bsky.social · last yr.

I have a new article out today in Public Humanities, where I try to find some words for how historicide is (and has always been) a project of European colonialism - and I try to find some words for the historians who continue to support it. 🇵🇸✊🏻 Open access: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine | Public Humanities | Cambridge Core

How the Past Became a Weapon of Genocide in Palestine - Volume 1

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Beatriz Marín-Aguilera@archaeotext.bsky.social · last yr.

The moral compass of many (white) archaeologists was clearly lost already a while ago (if they even had it). The President of the EAA also signed a support letter for Isr*el in April 2024, after the killing of 34,535 Palestin*ans and injuring 77,704, destroying hospitals/universities, etc.

Laura McAtackney@lauramca.bsky.social · last yr.

Given the EAA has gone back on excluding Israeli institutions from the conference - and is also trying to prevent @archagainstaparth.bsky.social from protesting in their sessions - it’s time to walk away until they can find their moral compass. blacktrowelcollective.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/b...

BTC Call for Action – EAA

URGENT ARCHAEOLOGISTS: YOUR EAA PARTICIPATION Last week the executive board of the European Association of Archaeologists took the decision, in light of the ongoing genocide of the population of Ga…

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Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · last yr.

Over 1200 signatories asking the EAA to boycott Israeli institutions complicit w genocide and yet its executive board decides to cave in to Zionist bullies while attempting to silence @archagainstaparth.bsky.social 🤡 Executive board members + EAA emails listed here: www.e-a-a.org/EAA/About/EA...

Executive Board

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Archaeologists Against Apartheid and Genocide@archagainstaparth.bsky.social · last yr.

In response to ICOMOS Palestine's February 2025 appeal, archaeologists of conscience everywhere are mobilising. We are calling on our representative bodies to boycott Israel now! forms.gle/m8De7pW2oG4K... #archaeology #🏺 #eaa2025

Isis Naucratis@isisnaucratis.bsky.social · last yr.

Columbia U deserves to lose its accreditation: Not over the false claims of the Trump gvt, but over its failure to protect academic freedom Thrilled to join @nkalamb.bsky.social & @derekcrim.bsky.social as co-author of this @al-jazeera-english.bsky.social oped www.aljazeera.com/opinions/202...

Columbia University deserves to lose its accreditation

Not over the false claims of the Trump administration, but over its failure to protect academic freedom.

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