A view on the campus of Stendal's university.


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Academia

Presentation in front of 80 children

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2025-02-14

I have given my fair share of presentations over the past 16 years. 42 to be precise, which works out at 2 or 3 presentations a year. My last one, however, was special because I was not presenting at a conference or to students. I was giving a presentation…

The Nazi Voss is holding a stone in his hands and looks at it interested. A Nazi officer is holding a suitcase, from which Voss obbviously has taken the stone. A cleric is standing in the background watching.


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Games

Final thoughts on Indiana Jones and the Great Circle

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2025-02-07

I finished the game after 30 hours. Last time I wrote that Indiana Jones and the Great Circle (IJatGC) might have a chance of replacing my favourite IJ game, Fate of Atlantis. And I have to say, at least they now share first place. Story-wise, IJatGC is a really,…


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Academia Archaeology Games

Second Archaeogaming Hackathon in Darmstadt

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2025-01-24

At the end of last year I offered a first Archaeogaming Hackathon in Cologne. I also reported that it was quite successful and that we were planning to do more. Well, here it is, we have just announced the second hackathon, this time hosted by the Technische Universität Darmstadt….

A graph showing relations to different CIDOC CRM entities


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Archaeology Technology

My second CIDOC CRM workshop

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2025-01-17

Today I went to my second CIDOC CRM workshop. As before, the workshop was led by Stephen Stead, one of the people who started the CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model Special Interest Group (CRM-SIG). He has been working on the CRM since 2000 and is one of the editors who…

Cover of "Die Hängenden Gärten" by Stefan Schweizer. Background by Mockup Photos on Unsplash


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Book Review

Book Review: Die Hängenden Gärten von Babylon by S. Schweizer

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2025-01-10

I came across this German book on the Hanging Gardens of Babylon in a local castle gift shop. “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…

A pile of books. Photo by Ed Robertson on Unsplash


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Book Review

My top five books of 2024

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2025-01-03

According to Goodreads, I read 18 books in 2024. That’s just two short of my target for the year. I’m going to try again this year, and I’m almost done with my first one. But there is still time to look back and do a retrospective of the top…

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