Founded in 1939, the Griffith Institute is the heart of Egyptology & Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the University of Oxford (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/griffith.html).https://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3mhbb6rjbdk2zWe are excited to share another new story, which is now available to read on the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, this time about the archive as a living network! You can find the story here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/seeing-archive-living-network-archivists-perspective-tutankhamun-archive17 Mar 2026 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhbb6rjbdk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3mgs7fhk6k22fThis month we continue to update our new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive with material, including scientific notes - today we published notes on the first (outermost) sepulchral shrine which you can see here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/scientific-notes/taa-i324-first-outermost-sepulchral-shrine As always, we welcome any feedback!11 Mar 2026 15:32 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgs7fhk6k22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3mfluis6pr22lJob alert: A fixed-term lectureship in Egyptology (2 years) at Oxford, to cover the sabbatical leave of two members of staff, Richard Parkinson (2026-7) and Elizabeth Frood (2027-8); see https://www.jobs.ac.uk/.../departmental-lecturer-in... or search for 'Departmental Lecturer in Egyptology' on: jobs.ox.ac.uk24 Feb 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfluis6pr22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3mf7nx4hr6s2uAnother new story is now available to read on the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, this time about some of the fascinating images and their creation process! You can find the story here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/seeing-three-dimensions-stereoscopic-images-and-tutankhamun-spatial-archive19 Feb 2026 13:06 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf7nx4hr6s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3meyi6gkit22oWe are busy updating the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive with material, including scientific notes completed on several important objects - today we published several notes on the shrines which you can see here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/scientific-notes/taa-i323-sepulchral-shrines-general-notes?fbclid=IwY2xjawQAJnFleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFCaWFhTUFtSFRkT2tYb3I1c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHlo5Lyu6q3ztvOcHIsBEJuIIi9_lfX31ROon_SdW65ekRORWStSPz4EDtR6O_aem_ZHXSS7HjiAfTdVsyli5RuQ16 Feb 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyi6gkit22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3me2aw4lxps2kNew publication alert! An exciting new volume on the furniture of Hetepheres I, completed and edited by Geoffrey P. Killen (with contributions from Julie Dawson and Helen Farrar) is now available to purchase!04 Feb 2026 16:05 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3me2aw4lxps2khttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3mdxbr4rivs2vWhile we work on uploading all of our Tutankhamun materials onto the new Spatial Archive, we're also working on some exciting collaborative projects including creating 3D models of some of the famous funerary objects. You can read about this work here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/re-creating-tutankhamuns-mask-3d-harry-burtons-photographs-digital-model https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/stories/re-creating-tutankhamuns-mask-3d-harry-burtons-photographs-digital-model?fbclid=IwY2xjawPuvjtleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEe4shvMZfhhtVk3Bgvupb1upz-wW8BntuO2ydTD0lrTzFXmnQkal64Dvqv_aQ_aem_BRXWg5Nti6nB_P7HEQflWg03 Feb 2026 11:42 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxbr4rivs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3mdn6pugmhk2wWe are busy updating the new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive with material and we are happy to announce that all related maps, plans, sketches and drawings are now available online! You can browse them here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/maps-plans-sketches-drawings As always, we welcome any feedback!30 Jan 2026 11:21 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdn6pugmhk2whttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3madp2fskyk2xIt's been a very exciting year for us with the launch of our new Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, and we are looking forward to sharing more in 2026. We hope you enjoy the new website, which now includes a brand new story you can read here: https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/.../preserving...19 Dec 2025 12:31 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3madp2fskyk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3m5dvsa2t4s2p100 years after Tutankhamun’s mummified body was unwrapped, we are retelling this story through the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive, a new searchable database of every archaeological record from the tomb’s excavation. Explore the Beta release on the 1925 unwrapping: tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk https://tutankhamun.griffith.ox.ac.uk/11 Nov 2025 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dvsa2t4s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3m5bmxn4yxc2zTomorrow we unwrap a new way to explore Tutankhamun’s tomb. The Griffith Institute @UniofOxford will launch the Beta version of the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive featuring the king’s body, his funerary mask, & all the objects revealed during the 1925 unwrapping. #Tutankhamun #Archaeology #Egyptology10 Nov 2025 12:32 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5bmxn4yxc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3m336zbody22sOn this day 100 years ago, the team excavating the tomb of Tutankhamun removed the lid of the king’s outermost coffin.13 Oct 2025 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3m336zbody22shttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lywzi3mr5c2kThinking of warmer climates with these shots of the Memphite statue of Ramesses II across various different collections! (Hoskins MSS 1.110, Horeau 4.2 and Béchard photograph 134). صور من الأرشيف لتمثال رمسيس الثاني في ممفيس (ميت رهينه). Hoskins MSS 1.110, Horeau MSS 4.2 و Béchard photograph 13416 Sep 2025 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lywzi3mr5c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lww2xtefec25جوارب أطفال من العصر المتأخر في مصر. حفائر جمعية استكشاف مصر بالشيخ عبادة (انطينوبوليس) علم ١٩١٣-١٩١٤. من مجموعة John de Monins Johnson Tiny late antique children’s socks discovered during the Egypt Exploration Fund’s 1913-14 excavations at Antinoupolis. From the John de Monins Johnson Collection21 Aug 2025 13:40 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lww2xtefec25https://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lvq5rqrj4k23نتأمل جمال لوحة Wild I.C.12، هذه اللوحة الجميلة التي رسمها جيمس ويلد للسقف والأفريز داخل مقبرة كا و زوجته مريت TT 8. We’ve just been admiring Wild MSS i.C.12, James Wild’s gorgeous painting of the ceiling and frieze of the tomb of the foreman Kha & his wife Merit (TT8, Deir el-Medina).06 Aug 2025 11:49 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvq5rqrj4k23https://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lv3vrptnyk2bAnother great image from the archive - المدخل إلى بهو الأعمدة في معبد دير الحجر، واحة الداخلة، حوالي عام ١٨٧٣ The entrance to the hypostyle of the Temple of Deir el Hagar, Dakhla Oasis. c1873. Remelé MSS Da 01.29 Jul 2025 10:33 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lv3vrptnyk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lukbpkxva22wRecently we've been admiring early images of Egypt from the Simpson collection, including this beautiful fountain of the mosque of Mohammad Ali in Cairo. Photo taken in 1888 (Griffith Institute, Simpson Photograph Collection). نافورة جامع محمد من مجموعة الفوتوغرافية علي - القاهرة في عام ١٨٨٨.​22 Jul 2025 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lukbpkxva22whttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3ls3wgkdenc2sTo mark the day in 1838 that Charles Wheatstone presented his stereoscope to the Royal Society, the Griffith Institute joins the Brian May Archive of Stereoscopy in celebrating the fourth International Stereoscopy Day.21 Jun 2025 06:29 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ls3wgkdenc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lrv7fc337k2xWe are lucky to have Sara Aly joining us & working hard researching the Clère collection (https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/clere-collection). Success stories from her work include locating statues & other unidentified objects discussed in Clère's notes which are now part of international museum collections!18 Jun 2025 14:20 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lrv7fc337k2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lqfin4kimk2pWe are delighted to share the exciting news that Lara Bampfield has joined our team as the Research Assistant for our new Tutankhamun project which aims to produce the first spatial archive in Egyptology!30 May 2025 14:58 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lqfin4kimk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3loqollllks2vHappy 151st Birthday to Howard Carter, born on this day in 1874! To mark the occasion this year, we are sharing Carter's watercolour of a 'Theban landscape with figures and tent', which is said to have hung above his desk in his house, 'Carter Castle II', at Thebes.09 May 2025 14:54 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3loqollllks2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3ll7f2s3m5k2kSome recent excitement in the archive - Nick from the Bodleian joined us to take new images of some of our fantastic Carter drawings and watercolours! Thank you to Nick for his work, and we can't wait to see the results!25 Mar 2025 13:32 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll7f2s3m5k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lijwkmkxk226Part-time vacancy at the Griffith Institute working on the Tutankhamun archive! The part-time post will assist in the creation of the Tutankhamun Spatial Archive. The closing date for applications is 12 noon on 11 March 2025. You can find more details about the post here: shorturl.at/NhRLH https://shorturl.at/NhRLH19 Feb 2025 13:56 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lijwkmkxk226https://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lgxnhopyn22jThanks to a generous donation from the Friends of the Nations' Libraries (www.fnl.org.uk), we are so pleased to share that we have acquired 3 original lecture notes of Howard Carter! Our first step is to digitise and make these notes available online.30 Jan 2025 14:01 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgxnhopyn22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lgakzwznrc2bHappy birthday to us! 🎉 Today we are celebrating the 86th anniversary of the foundation of the Griffith Institute, home to the study of ancient Egypt and the Near East at Oxford.21 Jan 2025 09:46 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lgakzwznrc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lfwz4q6to22uWe are delighted to share that we recently received a major grant from the University’s John Fell Fund! This will be used to revamp the Tutankhamun online resource (http://www.griffith.ox.ac.uk/discoveringTut/) - stay tuned for further updates!17 Jan 2025 14:31 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfwz4q6to22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/griffithinstitute.bsky.social/post/3lfd2gxrpee22Hello! This is the official Bluesky account of the Griffith Institute - we are looking forward to sharing lots of Egyptological content with you!09 Jan 2025 16:02 +0000at://did:plc:hoe3potu3ormobw3axccplsh/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfd2gxrpee22