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Marjan Mashkour
@mmashkour.bsky.social
#Archaeozoologist, #Bioarchaeologist working at the #CNRS and the National History Museum in Paris. (#MNHN) Specialist of #Pastoralism of the #Iranian Plateau and #SouthWest Asia.
Neanderthals reached deep into Arabia 55,000 years ago, study of stone tools suggests Stone tools from Saudi Arabia suggest Neanderthals reached deep into Arabia about 55,000 years ago. The finding adds to evidence of Neanderthal life in warm, dry settings... archaeologymag.com/2026/08/nean...
Bronze Age barrow reused as Roman shrine and later execution site in England A Bronze Age barrow became the center of a Roman rural shrine at Red Lodge in Suffolk, where people returned for ritual acts for centuries... More information: archaeologymag.com/2026/08/bron...
Bronze Age barrow reused as Roman shrine and later execution site in England | Archaeology News Online Magazine
A Bronze Age barrow in Suffolk was reused as a Roman shrine, with animal offerings, coins and ritual deposits found around the ancient monument.
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1,500-year-old Roman tax scandal exposed by ancient inscription found in Turkey New pieces of a Roman stone inscription in western Turkey help reconstruct a legal order from CE 480. The text describes a long-running tax scam in Asia Minor and the Roman response.. archaeologymag.com/2026/08/roma...
1,500-year-old Roman tax scandal exposed by ancient inscription found in Turkey | Archaeology News Online Magazine
New inscription fragments reveal a Roman tax scam in Turkey where corrupt officials faced the death penalty in CE 480.
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🏺 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Some more ancient genomes from Neolithic northern France, particularly associated with the Cerny culture - no additional ancestry from local Mesolithic populations despite rise in hunting-related iconography and close genetic relatedness does not seem…
Ancient <fc>DNA</fc> Reveals Limited Hunter‐Gatherer Ancestry in the Cerny Culture (Middle Neolithic, France) Despite Hunting‐Associated Practices
The arrival of the Neolithic way of life in Europe is associated with the migration of Anatolian farmers and their admixture with local hunter-gatherers. In the Paris Basin (Northern France), the Mid...
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Left: Livia da Porto and her daughter, by Veronese, 1552 Right; Blanca Pozoni by Sofonisba Anguissola (her daughter), 1557 The two paintings are separated by just 5 years and some 160 kms (Vicenza to Cremona) They share a striking feature: a masked, jewelled mustelid fur @ebdonana.bsky.social
Beyond animal glue: Paleoproteomic analysis of paint binders and adhesives in ancient Egypt | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Beyond animal glue: Paleoproteomic analysis of paint binders and adhesives in ancient Egypt
Despite the wealth of artworks from ancient Egypt in collections worldwide, the number of analytical studies on the organic media used in paints and adhesives is limited, especially because microsampl...
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Denmark, particularly in Copenhagen, has installed floating platforms/islands planted with wildflowers and native vegetation in its harbors and canals. These create safe urban habitats and sanctuaries for birds, bees, pollinators, insects, and even some aquatic life. Original post
Publication scientifique portée par nos collègues de @umr-bioarch.bsky.social et de MCAM @mmashkour.bsky.social
CNRS Écologie & Environnement@cnrsecologie.bsky.social · 3mo ago#RésultatScientifique🔎 Une nouvelle étude publiée dans la revue Nature Human Behaviour révèle qu’au 7e millénaire avant notre ère, les communautés agro-pastorales néolithiques du Zagros (Iran) utilisaient déjà du lait de caprinés. ➡️ www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...
Today I've been presenting at the Radiocarbon and diet conference our work on the caprine milk exploitation across the Iranian plateaufrom the 7th millennium BC @mmashkour.bsky.social @erc-agrochrono.bsky.social
Since 2016, in cooperation with @AntiquitieSindh #Chanhudaro #fieldwork includes trainning for students and professionals. 👀The program is #boosted by @FranceinPak & @CampusFrance thanks to the High Level Research Fellowships awarded through #MAFBI 2/2 page.hn/68g5un
A study of Animal bones and Preservation
This documentary introduces the public to the activities of the archeozoology team, led by M. Mashkour, during the pakistani-french excavations at the Bronze Age - Indus Valley Civilization site of Chanhu-daro. Chanhu-daro is the only site in the Indus plain where extended excavations are taking place since 2015 and provides a unique view of urbanism and subsistance patterns for South Asian Bronze (ca 5000 BCE) age archaeology "Dr. Marjan Mashkour is an Archaeozoologist, specialist of the South West Asian mammalian and bird remains. During the past 29 years. She worked in Iran, Irak, Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, Azerbaijan and Georgia, United Arab Emirates, Oman. Now she attached with FRENCH ARCHAEOLOGICAL MISSION IN THE INDUS BASIN (MAFBI). At Chanhu Daro, an archaeological site in Sindh-Pakistan". [D.A. Sheik]
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The French Archaeological Mission in the Indus Basin is thrilled to congratulate Asma Ayoob Khiljee, a valued member of #MAFBI since 2021, on receiving the prestigious PhD Eiffel Excellence Scholarship! 🎉 🇫🇷🤝🇵🇰 @sorbonne-universite.fr @cnrs.fr @mnhn.fr @umr-bioarch.bsky.social @ird-fr.bsky.social
🇵🇰🤝🇫🇷 The #MAFBI and @ArchZooBota welcome Asma Ayoob Khiljee student at @Aridianvoice and DVM from @SBBUVASPK for a fellowship on the study and curation of archeozoological remains. Research and #capacitybuilding with the support of @FranceinPak #Chanhudaro #Sindh 1/2
Le personnel du Muséum est en grève aujourd'hui ! Et comme vous le voyez le sous-paiement du personnel caché derrière le délabrement des bâtiments est une tradition du Muséum dont on se passerait bien. Revue des deux mondes, juillet 1952
Muséum en lutte@museum-en-lutte.bsky.social · 5mo agoÀ la veille d’une grosse journée de mobilisation, un point très complet sur la situation des agent-es du Muséum : merci France 3 Paris !
Tried the new 30w LED last night. Many flies, a cockchafer, not many moths but including this handsome Purple Thorn, and a NFG Dichrorampha acuminatana. #TeamMoth
Just coming home to my 16 and a half year old Egyptian street dog acting like a puppy. Her back legs are getting weaker and she’s almost 3 years into kidney disease but she still gives me times like these. I am forever grateful.
A morning working in the Louvre for our team, starting collaboration on oriental collections!
Le sceau du Muséum représente l’établissement depuis 1793… et il se pare aujourd’hui de nouvelles couleurs militantes ✊ Ses différents éléments nous ont inspiré-es mais on cherche encore le slogan ultime pour le bonnet phrygien… vous nous aidez ?
A rescuer visits the home of a dog whose life he saved many years ago and their bond couldn't be more pure . I remember you . 😍👍💙
Meet our keynote speakers 💁♀️ VICTORIA MULLIN (@victoriaemullin.bsky.social) Victoria is a leader in using ancient DNA to study the origins of domestication, tracing the genomic changes driven by the interactions between humans and animals. Conference info & registration👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org
When did the brains of domestic dogs shrink during their domestication? Cucchi Th. et al. Les premiers « proto-chiens » du Pléistocène possédait un cerveau plus volumineux que celui des loups : une capacité accrue d’adaptation comportementale en interaction avec les humains. doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
Le traitement par la chaîne britannique Channel 4 de l'assassinat de Amal Khalil est exemplaire, avec, notamment, le rappel des faits et du droit international.
Marg Leehane, part owner of Great Bear Lodge in Port Hardy, British Columbia, decided it was worth waking up the guests at 6 a.m. to show them two humpback whales in the bay. TT: bookofcabins
Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom in attempt to reverse declines in reading, math, and science. arstechnica.com/science/2026...
Sweden goes back to basics, swapping screens for books in the classroom
Sweden is bringing back books amid declining test scores.
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Biopathocodicology?? 🦠🧬🐑 (1/4) Check out this groundbreaking new #aDNA #pathology paper by @louis-lhote.bsky.social @gingerhowley.bsky.social and colleagues! www.biorxiv.org/content/10.6...
