After filmmaker Curtis #Woodside and #Egyptologist Sofia #Aziz were tapped to work on #Netflix’s #QueenCleopatra "documentary," they set out to create their own documentary about #Cleopatra. Without reanactment, but with
contributions from trusted Egyptologists and historians.
https://youtu.be/zdGThahx5sE
As far as I can tell it is based on historical evidence instead of unproven speculation and wishfull thinking, allbeit with a bit of Egyptian patriotism.
Spoiler: Cleopatra was not Black!

#OnThisDay Birth Anniversary of Howard Carter (1874) - British #Archaeologist and #Egyptologist who became world-famous after discovering the intact tomb (designated KV62) of the 18th Dynasty Pharaoh, #Tutankhamun.

#Australia opened its first national parliament in #Melbourne (1901).

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

Considered following an #Egyptologist but when I looked at her timeline I discovered we hadn't a toot in common... 🤩

#egyptologist

Robert “Bob” Tignor, the Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History, Emeritus, and a renowned scholar of British colonialism and its aftermath, world history, and the modern histories of Egypt, Nigeria and Kenya, died of complications related to pneumonia at his home in Princeton on Dec. 9. He was 89.
https://www.princeton.edu/news/2022/12/21/robert-tignor-distinguished-egyptologist-and-historian-wonderful-mentor-and

The story of Dorothy Eady: The woman who lived two lives. ✨

https://journalnews.com.ph/the-story-of-dorothy-eady-most-convincing-evidence-for-reincarnation/

#OmmSety #Reincarnation #Egyptologist #Abydos #Isis #DorothyEady #Egypt

The story of Dorothy Eady: The woman who lived two lives. ✨

https://journalnews.com.ph/the-story-of-dorothy-eady-most-convincing-evidence-for-reincarnation/

#OmmSety #Reincarnation #Egyptologist #Abydos #Isis #DorothyEady #Egypt

apparently people are writing an #into here? I'm Stef, she/they, #Swiss and #German #Archaeologist and #Egyptologist, so probably of interest to #histodons.
Currently doing an #archive-internship and working with #historical photographs.