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I came across this German book on the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in a local castle gift shop. “It”Die Hängenden Gärten von Babylon” was written by Stefan Schweizer, a professor of European garden design in Düsseldorf, Germany. I was intrigued by the cover and the title as I had…
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According to Goodreads, I read 18 books in 2024. That’s just two short of my annual target. This year I’m going to try again, and I’m almost done with my first one. But there is still time to look back and do a retrospective of the top five books…
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So, in September 2024, I made a trip to China to participate in a conference. Before going to Changchun, where the conference took place, I spent four days in Beijing. This is my report of these four days, divided into four parts. This post is day 4 of my…
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Listen, I have played my share of Indiana Jones games. I even wrote a lengthy chapter about it. For the longest time, the Fate of Atlantis has been my favourite game, because the riddles and the story were incredibly good and still are. Even for a game from 1992….
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Recently, I announced that I will organise an Archaeogaming Hackathon event. Last weekend, we finally did it and it went awesome! We had three groups, and each produced a small but playable game in only two full days. I was really intrigued by the simplicity of the software and…
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For the second time, the DiKopA network had a meeting in Darmstadt to discuss standing issues and most importantly plan the next workshop. We met for two days and had productive ideas about our second half of the project, what to do next and finally launching our website for…
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So, in September 2024, I made a trip to China to participate in a conference. Before going to Changchun, where the conference took place, I spent four days in Beijing. This is my report of these four days, divided into four parts. This post is day 3 of my…
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I reported before, that currently I am part of a bi-national project called Meet and Greet. The project is concerned with Roman fora, so public places, and how they were used. It is a joint venture of the Universities of Cologne and Basel, but we also collaborate with the…
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A couple weeks ago (after my visit to China), I was visiting Dubrovnik the famous Croatian city (ancient Ragusum). Its old town centre consisting of churches, places, houses, a great city wall, and much much more. Dubrovnik is famous for its listing as an UNESCO world heritage site. It…
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Lately, I travel a lot and I always try to travel lite. I do this for several reasons: First I do not want to carry too much and second, I feel freer this way. The last couple of years, I spend time to search and actually test some of…
Hi! My name is Sebastian. I am an archaeologist, a university lecturer, freelancer, guitarist, and father. You could say I am quiet busy, so I learned to manage my time and energy to build good habits and still have space for myself and my family. Sounds difficult? Read here how I do it. (Nearly) Every Friday.