It took a while, but last week a new publication came out that includes a chapter from me. I am proud to be part of this volume and to be able to write a little about video games. I am not only looking at a specific Indiana Jones game,…
Archaeology is my profession. Naturally, I like to talk about it, because there is so much interesting going on. I also think that Archaeology offers a lot to everyone, young and old.
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It took a while, but last week a new publication came out that includes a chapter from me. I am proud to be part of this volume and to be able to write a little about video games. I am not only looking at a specific Indiana Jones game,…
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A while ago I ranted about a then new Netflix show called Ancient Apocalypse created and moderated by Graham Hancock. Naturally, I wasn’t the only archaeologist discussing this show and many more spoke out. One of them was Flint Dibble, a scholar currently affiliated with Cardiff University, who also…
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A couple days ago I was presenting about my project on the Banquet Scene of Ashurbanipal to an audience. As I am in the midst of the project itself, I wasn’t sure what to talk about really. I therefore just told the story how I started, what I have…
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So I have already reported about my first visit and my second visit at the BM. There, I scanned the Ashurbanipal relief. I was also in Berlin and Leiden to scan further fragments of the same relief. This week I returned to the British Museum to scan yet another…
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So this week I made a trip to Leiden, the Netherlands, as part of my “Queen’s Garden Relief Project”. The first day I was visiting the faculty of Archaeology and the second day, I was at the Rijksmuseum von Oudheden, where I was scanning a particular piece of the…
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Last week I was at another project meeting in Bregenz, Austria. I was there to collect some more data for the Meet and Greet project that I am currently involved in. This time, I scanned a bunch of animal bones from excavations in Austria to evaluate the benefits of…
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There it is. 15 years after the last Indiana Jones video game (except some strange pinball and LEGO games) we will get a new one. It will have an original story and the teaser looks absolutely stunning. “Indiana Jones and the Great Circle” is supposed to come out this…
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This week I partly participated in a two-day CIDOC CRM workshop led by Stephen Stead, who is actively participating in creating and developing this ontology. I knew a bit about CIDOC CRM before, but also learnt a lot, especially for my own projects.
What is CIDOC CRM?
The CIDOC Conceptual Reference…
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I have good news! Before Christmas, I did apply for a small funding scheme to finance a sub-project of mine. I got the news that it got funded! This is great as it allows me to travel to three museums to do some scanning and using the data to…