Atlas Obscura Article

At the end of last year I made an Ugaritic biscuits cooking video. I kind of forgot to mention it on here what with all the pre-Christmas busyness, but it did moderately well. Now, in a slightly surreal turn of events for me, the website Atlas Obscura has picked up on it and interviewed me for an article:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/ancient-writing-baking-cookies-cuneiform-near-east

Or, if you just want the original video, here it is:

 

CREWS Exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum: Writing in Cyprus and the Ancient Mediterranean

It was my birthday last Monday, and I was lucky enough to spend it behind the scenes at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Together with my fellow members of the CREWS Project, we were helping with the installation of a new temporary exhibition on ancient writing, a collaboration between our project and the Museum.

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