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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.

Box of the game "Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis"


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Archaeology Games

“No bother Effendi” – The Orientalism of Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis

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2021-01-12

Indiana Jones and the Fate of Atlantis is one of the most successful adventure games of videogame history. LucasArts published the game in 1992 as a worthy successor of the (then three) Indiana Jones movies. Created by Hal Barwood, Hollywood screenwriter and also friend of George Lucas, it offered…

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Academia Archaeology Productivity Technology

How I use Zotero to organise all my citations

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2020-10-12

If you are writing academic papers or even books (like this one) you are in need of a citation manager. Academic articles need citations or in other words sources. These sources need to be listed in some form at the end of (or within) each work. With them listed,…

Academia Archaeology

The reconstruction of Pi-Ramesse or how I was invited to Berlin

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2019-12-19
While I am not an Egyptologist, I was invited by the Freie Universität Berlin to talk about my work on the Ancient Egyptian capitol of Pi-Ramesse. I held the lecture together with my friend and colleague Henning Franzmeier, who is also the director of excavations in the old city of Rameses II.
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Academia Archaeology Personal

Monumentality in Archaeology: Size matters

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2019-10-15

When I think back, I wasn’t paying so much attention. Back in 2017 I was invited to give a talk about some work on monumentality that I have done before. This work consisted of calculating building materials of ancient Sumerian architecture. In other words, I reconstructed and calculated which…

Sebastian Hageneuer
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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.

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