Film poster of Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny


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Movies

Indiana Jones 5 – My verdict

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2023-07-28

Ok, this blog post will be spoiler free. I watched Indiana Jones 5: The Dial of Destiny a couple weeks ago and I actually liked it for what it is! Archaeologically speaking, it is of course pure fantasy, but action-movie-wise it is not bad at all. Well, except one…

Image of the ancient Roman north gate in Cologne with a comic drawing of a young woman and a dog


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Academia Archaeology

Progress Report ArchaeoTrail course

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2023-07-21

So, a while ago I posted about a new ArchaeoTrail course that I am giving, where students create ArchaeoTrails through Roman Cologne. Well, a couple of weeks ago, the semester ended and we had a look at the nearly done ArchaeoTrails and I have to say: Impressive!

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Photo of the book by Jason Hickel "The Divide". Background image by Aditya Joshi on Unsplash


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Book Review

Book Review: The Divide by J. Hickel

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2023-07-14

As a reader, it can be challenging to find a book that truly challenges your perspectives and makes you question your beliefs. However, “The Divide” by Jason Hickel is a book that does just that. In this book, Hickel explores the vast inequalities that exist in our world. It…

Space as seen from the International Space Station. Photo by NASA.


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Archaeology

Archaeology in space?

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2023-07-07

Two weeks ago, I was listening to a presentation of Prof. Justin Walsh (Chapman University) about his “International Space Station Archaeological Project”. Is it really true? Is this archaeology in space? Well, not quiet, but the presentation and the project were fantastic. Let’s start from the beginning…

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Inside the Glyptoteket in Copenhagen, showing various statues. Photo by Sebastian Hageneuer


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Archaeology

Glyptotek in Copenhagen

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2023-06-30

Oh man. I feel a bit ashamed, but after studying 21 years the Archaeology of West Asia, I just recently found my way into the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen. This museum does offer way more than objects from West Asia, but it was not the exhibition that caught…

The image shows the title screen of a YouTube video that is stored at the DiKopA YouTube channel.


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DiKopA YouTube Channel

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2023-06-23

So a while ago, I reported that we got funded for a project in Digital Competencies in Archaeology (German Abbreviation: DiKopA). We are still in the process of getting started and a website will come soon. So far, we managed to create a YouTube Channel and there are already…

Title image of Age of Empires IV


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Age of Empires IV

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2023-06-16

Recently, I started to play Age of Empires IV. For me, this game is not what I usually play, but many people told me that this game is actually good and offers serious education. So I had to try it out. It did not take long to realize what…

The pyramids of Gizeh. Photo by David McEachan


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Archaeology

Colonialist Cosplay

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2023-06-09

So, last month I wrote about visiting the ICAANE (International Conference on the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East) in Copenhagen. One thing I didn’t mention back then was something that stroke me very odd. Apparently, there is an American couple, both Egyptologists, that like to dress in 1920ies…

3D render of the Ashurbanipal Banquet Scene | © Sebastian Hageneuer with kind permission of The British Museum


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Presenting progress progressively

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2023-06-02

I already wrote about my trips to London. I was able to scan the famous Ashurbanipal Banquet Scene in the British Museum. This week, I (together with the initiator of the project, Prof. Dominik Bonatz) was presenting some preliminary results. I presented at a research colloquium at the Freie…

Copenhagen | Photo by Nick Karvounis on Unsplash


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Academia

The 13th ICAANE in Copenhagen

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2023-05-26

So this week, I was in Copenhagen, Denmark to participate in the 13th International Conference of the Archaeology of the Ancien Near East (ICAANE). I co-organised a workshop on decolonising the orientalist narrative in archaeological practice and it was one of the most interesting workshops I have been to.

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