Ancient Near East PhD at @UofT • Historian (Egypt, Sudan, Horn of Africa) • Linguistics (Egyptian hieroglyphs) •
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Taylor Bryanne retweeted
As a neuroscientist, here are 7 ways to trick your brain into doing difficult things:
1. Shrink the task to just two minutes.
Your brain resists big commitments. So don't make one.
- "Work out" → do one exercise.
- "Clean the house" → pick up three items.
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
Gold and stone inlaid “Ba” bird, Egypt, 3rd century BC, from The Walters Art Museum.
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
In Tawila, I visited this nutrition centre, backed by the Sudan Humanitarian Fund – a lifeline for displaced families, powered by Sudanese health workers and local groups who know the needs of their communities best.
This is humanitarian action amid immense hardship.
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
حفل أسطورى تحت سفح هرم زوسر المدرج فى سقارة بحضور مشاهير الفن والموضة برعاية Vogue Arabia والديار القطرية - الاضاءة والتنظيم والشكل العام والأجواء حاجة عالمية بمعنى الكلمة
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
Today marks 123 years since the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir opened— the world’s first museum built to display ancient Egyptian antiquities.
Since 1902, it has preserved Egypt’s history and welcomed millions from around the world.
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
It’s PhD application season and I want you to absolutely consider alternatives to academia as well as research opportunities.
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
1 in 3 children in #Sudan is at risk of malnutrition.
Thanks to the generous support of our partners 🇰🇷🇫🇷, WFP can support vulnerable girls and boys with life-saving nutrition, preventing malnutrition before it starts and treating it where it hits hardest.
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
1/ Let's have some fun with debunking my favorite internet ancient Egypt conspiracy theory (that's not about the Pyramids). The infamous "Abydos Helicopter"
The most recent bleat about this was @darkjournalist who claims this "stele" proves the Egyptians had advanced tech #Egypt
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
Everyone assumes the Rosetta Stone is a slab of black basalt, but that iconic dark look was actually a 19th-century coating of wax and city grime.
For almost two centuries the British Museum kept the surface covered in carnauba wax to protect it from visitors’ fingers, which trapped layers of London coal smoke and turned it pitch black.
When conservators finally removed this coating in 1999, they were stunned to find that the stone is actually a dark grey granodiorite with a pinkish crystalline sparkle – and that the bright white lettering in old photos was just chalk packed into the incised signs by 19th-century scholars to make the script pop for engravers like James Basire.
Taylor Bryanne retweeted
#GEM #grandegyptianmuseum....no crowd issues on 8 November 2025
Here is a photo of the funerary equipment of Queen Hetepheres on display at the GEM. The photo was taken at 16:10. An oasis of tranquillity where you can enjoy the displays.
