Melissa in De Nile

05/07/2023

Part 2 of July’s Beyond the Nile lecture series will be given by me!

I am going to present my research on Ancient Egyptian scribes and scribal palettes on July 28th at 8 pm EST! Come and join me!

05/07/2023

So so excited to announce part 1 of July’s Beyond the Nile Lecture Series! We are happy to welcome to the stream where we are going to talk about her webcomic GODSLAVE and Egyptian mythology!

Join us on July 14th at 8 pm EST!

06/06/2023

Very excited to announce June’s guest lecture with !! Grace is going to talk about her research in Heritage Tourism and how to be a good tourist at heritage sites! Tune in June 16th at 8 pm EST!

Just fyi I have decided to go down to one guest lecture a month, but I will also be giving one lecture a month, which will be announced soon!

15/05/2023

So excited for this guest lecture this Friday at 7:30 EST with !! Cannot wait to dive into the world of Caribbean archaeology!

02/05/2023

So this Saturday at 8 pm EST, will be coming over to my Twitch to talk about some Ancient Dogs!
I’ll be presenting my thesis research on Ancient Egyptian dogs and Kelsie will be sharing her research on Mesopotamian dogs. Then we will be discussing the similarities and differences between the two!

Join us for a super exciting discussion!

02/05/2023

The second month of the Beyond the Nile Guest lecture series is here!
So excited to announce lecture with which is THIS Saturday! And then later this month is coming to tell us more about here research in the Caribbean!
More information to come!

09/04/2023

Also so excited for our second lecture for the month with !! Going to have so much fun discussing the differences and similarities in our fields! Visit twitch.tv/melissaindenile on April 30th at 3 pm EST!

09/04/2023

So excited for our upcoming lecture with ! We are actually going to be going into the Assassin’s Creed: Origins Discovery Tour to learn more about the city of Alexandria! Visit twitch.tv/melissaindenile on April 22nd at 8 pm EST to tune in!

04/04/2023

Slight change in the April Lecture schedule because of the Easter Holiday. Paleontologizing’s lecture will be on the 30th of April at 3 pm!

28/03/2023

Very happy to announce my new guest lecture series, Beyond the Nile!
On April 9th we will have for an Archaeology vs Palentology Q&A!
And on April 22nd we will have for a talk about Greek and Roman Egypt, maybe with some video games sprinkled in?!
More information to come about these talks and get ready for two guest lectures a month!

04/11/2022

Happy 100 years since the discovery of King Tutankhamun’s tomb! Check out my new ongoing TikTok Series about the boy king that I am hoping to post here on Facebook soon!

15/05/2022

Had an absolutely lovely morning with Mummies and Masterpieces! Can’t wait to see what we create together!

In museum heaven here with Egyptologist extraordinaire Melissa in De Nile. What a pleasure to finally meet in person, share museum experiences, and plan exciting programming together. A true gift to the field of museum education!

05/05/2022

Part 7 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!

05/05/2022

Part 6 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!

05/05/2022

Part 5.5 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!

05/05/2022

Part 5 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!

05/05/2022

Part 4 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!

05/05/2022

Part 3.5 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!
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05/05/2022

Part 3 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!
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05/05/2022

Part 2 of the Dogs of Ancient Egypt!
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05/05/2022

Part 1 of Dogs of Ancient Egypt!
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04/05/2022

What do y’all think? Should academics do more to curate their content to a non-academic audience by simplifying the language of the papers?

14/12/2021

Part 4 of the Gods and Goddesses of The Prince of Egypt!

18/08/2021

I’ve been blocked, and I don’t know why??

16/08/2021

This week let’s talk about the only surviving mummy in Leeds, United Kingdom. Let’s meet Nesyamun! Life Nesyamun was a priest from the reign of Ramesses XI, around 1100 BCE. His name means “the one belonging to the God Amun.” He worked in the temple of Karnak, which may have employed over 80,000 people at one time. Nesyamun was specifically a wab priest, which means that he reached a certain level of purification and was therefore permitted to approach the statue of Amun in the innermost sanctum of the temple....

http://melissaindenile.com/2021/08/16/mummy-monday-nesyamun/

This week let’s talk about the only surviving mummy in Leeds, United Kingdom. Let’s meet Nesyamun! Life Nesyamun was a priest from the reign of Ramesses XI, around 1100 BCE. His name means “the one…

16/08/2021

This week let’s talk about the only surviving mummy in Leeds, United Kingdom. Let’s meet Nesyamun!
Nesyamun was a priest from the reign of Ramesses XI, around 1100 BCE. His name means “the one belonging to the God Amun.” He worked in the temple of Karnak as a wab priest, which means that he reached a certain level of purification and was therefore permitted to approach the statue of Amun in the innermost sanctum of the temple. He also held the titles of incense bearer and scribe.
Nesyamun and his coffins were donated to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society in 1824 by John Blaydes. In 1941 the Leeds Museum was bombed during the Blitz and the front half of the museum was destroyed. Two other Egyptian mummies were destroyed and Nesyamun’s inner coffin lid was blown out into the street. The mummy was remarkably unharmed.
Nesyamun died sometime in his 40s or 50s. Because of his job as a priest, his head was shaved. He had lost many of his teeth and there were splinters in his gums. His mouth was left open by the mummification priests, but it is unknown why they left it like that. The mummy has been studied extensively over the years.
In January 2020, Nesyamun made the news with a recent study about his voice. As a priest his voice would have been important, so modern scholars have used CT scans to print a 3D reconstruction of his throat and trachea. They were then able to create a noise for what Nesyamun’s voice may have sounded like.
Check out my blog post to learn more about Nesyamun and listen to his voice!

11/08/2021

This week let me introduce y’all to a French Egyptologist who excavated a 5th dynasty pyramid. Meet Paule Posener-Krieger! Early Life Paule was born in Paris on April 18th, 1925. Her family was of Alsatian origin and her father was an engineer. In 1946, she took a full year of medical courses and in 1951 she received a “license es-lettres,” which is the French equivalent of a Bachelors of Arts....

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This week let me introduce y’all to a French Egyptologist who excavated a 5th dynasty pyramid. Meet Paule Posener-Krieger! Early Life Paule was born in Paris on April 18th, 1925. Her family was of …

11/08/2021

This week let me introduce y’all to a French Egyptologist who excavated a 5th dynasty pyramid. Meet Paule Posener-Krieger!
She was born in April of 1925 in Paris. I couldn’t find much about her early life, but she completed a bachelor's degree in 1951, possibly in medicine. Paule then took an Egyptology course within the Louvre School, which obviously sparked an interest. She continued taking classes at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris. Her main research areas were hieratic and diplomatic paleography of the Old Kingdom, technical vocabulary and administrative practices of the Old Kingdom, and museum studies.
Paule’s greatest accomplishment was excavating the 5th dynasty pyramid complex of Pharaoh Neferefre in Abusir. Here she discovered the Abusir Papyri, which is a significant ensemble of documents dating to his reign, and statues of Neferefre, which are some of the best examples from this period.
In 1960, Paule married another French Egyptologist, Georges Posener. She became the director of the Institut Francais d’Archaeologie Orientale from 1981 to 1989. She also published several books and articles. She died in 1996.

10/08/2021

Twitch schedule for the week ✨
First week of my FREE course is live and I’ll be doing my first lecture on Twitch! I’ll be teaching some very basics on how to read hieroglyphs. It’ll be a bit hard, but hopefully we’ll have fun! It’ll be at 8 pm EST on Wednesday.
I’m also popping out of town for the weekend, so no stream on Saturday.

09/08/2021

This week let’s learn about a mummy with a tragic death. Let me introduce you to Takabuti, the mummy at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Life Takabuti was a young woman living in Thebes during the 25th Dynasty. Her mother’s name was Taseniric and her father (whose name seems to be lost) was a priest of Amun. She held the title of Mistress of the House, meaning she was probably married to a middle-class or elite man....

http://melissaindenile.com/2021/08/09/mummy-monday-takabuti/

This week let’s learn about a mummy with a tragic death. Let me introduce you to Takabuti, the mummy at the Ulster Museum in Belfast. Life Takabuti was a young woman living in Thebes during the 25t…