Providing new insights into Egyptology and Popular Culture. linktr.ee/egypopcultlisboahttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mu3agnnb2s2sEgypopcult has prepared some new surprises coming up in September! Stay tuned for more 😎27 Aug 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu3agnnb2s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3msxbj44iu22iAfter some issues, Egypopcult is back online! Be sure to check back regularly for our latest news~ 🔸https://egypopcultlisboa.pt/ 🔸https://lisboadatabase.egypopcultlisboa.pt/ Wishing you all a lovely summer! ☀︎⛱13 Aug 2026 08:55 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxbj44iu22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mrrnkgwpms2vSite under maintenance. Our website and database are offline. We are currently fixing a few technical issues to improve your experience. Thank you for your patience!29 Jul 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrrnkgwpms2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mqw76koaic2oJulia Troche will be presenting her talk Imaginations of Ancient Egypt in Amusement Parks hosted by @issegyptomania.bsky.social online on 21st July 7pm BST! More info at: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/imaginations-of-ancient-egypt-in-amusement-parks-tickets-1993844662057?aff=ebdsoporgprofile&_gl=1*1usvmq7*_up*MQ..*_ga*MTI2NDU1ODYzNi4xNzgzOTcwMDM3*_ga_TQVES5V6SH*czE3ODM5NzAwMzYkbzEkZzAkdDE3ODM5NzAwMzYkajYwJGwwJGgw18 Jul 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqw76koaic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mq2hr74osk26One of our Egypopcult colleagues, Tara Sewell-Lasater, is currently working with a friend on a new project called the Alexandrian substack, based on a series of short stories on the life of Kleoaptra VII. Suscribe to watch their interviews at: thealexandrianseries.substack.com?utm_campaign... https://thealexandrianseries.substack.com/?utm_campaign=profile_chips07 Jul 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2hr74osk26https://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mox4k2memc26On July 18, the Manchester Game Center will host a seminar on Anubis in contemporary popular culture. The event is organized by two contributors to Egypopcult, Jennifer Cromwell and Arnaud Quertinmont, and will feature our IP Abraham I. Fernández Pichel, Lawrence Webb and Roxanne Bicker. https://manchestergamecentre.org/events/2026/7/18/anubis-in-contemporary-popular-culture23 Jun 2026 09:45 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mox4k2memc26https://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mnrek2vf3c2iDid you know that one the European Space Agency's satellites is called Cheops? The link between Egyptomania and space is as strong as ever! 🔭08 Jun 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnrek2vf3c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mnfk2yfhg22hThe book edited by our PI, A.I. Fernández Pichel, "Imagining the Past in Fiction: Reception of Antiquity in Contemporary Popular Culture", is currently undergoing peer review. We hope the book will be published soon and that it will be available in bookstores shortly!03 Jun 2026 16:34 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnfk2yfhg22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mmt5sunflk2uThe conference Antiquity in Simulation: Global Receptions of the Classical World in Video Games will take place on 13 June Saturday at the Oxford Classics Faculty (OX1 3LU), from 9am-5pm. Our colleague Jennifer Cromwell, will be giving a paper at this conference, so make sure to check it out!27 May 2026 09:07 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmt5sunflk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mkzpki62b22bA new thriller/suspense novel in Spanish has been published on Ancient Egypt! Check out more info at: https://www.penguinlibros.com/es/novela-negra-misterio-y-thriller/460080-libro-lo-que-pesa-el-corazon-9788425371721?srsltid=AfmBOoqx1IeLidmBOX8s8233uNgl0yAVXXERBeoLsfgLeaCCvkmUkfHm #egyptomania #ancientegypt04 May 2026 12:50 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkzpki62b22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mjoqu7v4fs2cLee Cronin's The Mummy’ is being released in cinemas across almost all of Europe today, marking one of the major highlights of this year's Egyptomania. We're going to watch it this afternoon and will let you know what we thought of it. If you're planning to watch it soon, tell us what you think!17 Apr 2026 10:49 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjoqu7v4fs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mjekf3v3tc2mJust one week to go until the online I Congreso Internacional RIIPOA en Didáctica del Próximo Oriente Antiguo. If you’d like to attend, please be sure to email daniel.justel@uah.es. More info at: https://chul.letras.ulisboa.pt/evento/congresso-internacional-didactica-del-proximo-oriente-antiguo/.13 Apr 2026 09:27 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjekf3v3tc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3miw6fr6cp22qOur PI has finally finished Silent Hill 1 and was pleasantly surprised to discover that there are also Egyptian-themed references! In the final part of the game, you have to find, among other symbols, the Egyptian ankh in order to progress through this level. Have you played this game before?07 Apr 2026 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3miw6fr6cp22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mi24z7o3bc27A new Egyptomania videogame is coming soon to PC! Alternate between an archaeologist exploring the temple in 3D and a painted figure navigating the 2D frescoes etched into the stone. Watch the trailer at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AxV7Xy4ODpw&time_continue=0&source_ve_path=MjM4NTE&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com%2F&embeds_referring_origin=https%3A%2F%2Fmail.google.com27 Mar 2026 12:36 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi24z7o3bc27https://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mhsbgdgguc2iCfP open until Friday 1st May 2026 for an online symposium examining the god Anubis in contemporary popular culture, organised by Jennifer Cromwell and Arnaud Quertinmont! If you're interested in participating, check out: https://manchestergamecentre.org/blog-db/2026/3/10/cfp-anubis-in-contemporary-popular-culture?fbclid=IwY2xjawQf5QFleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeFBtX2yeg3yBiwh78ciIe_WHHFjlLfmHdOZnKNLoCjrGziX5HajluUgIO_sk_aem_fAJv8V6N9ynArhHXpWQsLQ24 Mar 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhsbgdgguc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mhd64mhj622qCheck out this newly published volume on Ancient Egypt and video games, edited by Jennifer Cromwell. This volume is the first to focus solely on the portrayal of Ancient Egypt in video games. More info at: https://www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi/10.1515/9783111534046/html?srsltid=AfmBOoqEJiBXBWXNtdIOIl0jj00duvqafqAJrizx2pZjjcK27wfwv4Ml18 Mar 2026 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd64mhj622qhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mgp5egwukk22How are mummies and vampires similar in Egyptian-inspired fiction? Are they different, or do they combine in different works of popular culture beyond frequent crossovers? Abraham Fernández Pichel and Nolwenn Corriou analyse this in their future article, more info soon! @/Image by Jesús C. Gan.10 Mar 2026 10:17 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgp5egwukk22https://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mgcuytxuik2w"The Dog-Eared God" traces the story of an Egyptologist, Professor Dewey, who has been smuggling mummies out of Egypt for a number of years. Want to know more? Check out our database entry written by our new collaborator, Lawrence Webb: https://database.egypopcult.pt/the-dog-eared-god/05 Mar 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgcuytxuik2whttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mfttgwhnds2lIn the game Tomb Raider (1996), Lara Croft has to find a lost ancient artifact, the Scion of Atlantis. Her search for the remaining pieces takes her to Greece and ultimately to Egypt, where the third fragment is hidden. Check out our entry by Tara Sewell-Lasater: database.egypopcult.pt/tomb-raider/27 Feb 2026 13:38 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfttgwhnds2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mfkdgzkmt224Meet one of our collaborators! Víctor Sánchez Domínguez, professor and researcher in the Department of Specific Didactics at the University of Córdoba, is a leading specialist in the application of gamification in history as a teaching strategy at different educational levels.23 Feb 2026 18:58 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfkdgzkmt224https://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3meyhuldbsk2cDr. Daniel Rafaelić has recently published a book in Croatian on the relationship between Ancient Egypt and cinema, from which we can expect an English version very soon! More info at: https://dzepna.com/product/drevni-egipat-na-filmu/16 Feb 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3meyhuldbsk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3meogp2ylvc23French Nouvelle Vague film "Ma nuit chez Maud" (1969) alludes to the transcendence of love, the force of seduction and its power to shape History by reflecting on... the importance of Cleopatra's nose! See more at our database: database.egypopcult.pt/ma-nuit-chez-maud/12 Feb 2026 16:41 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3meogp2ylvc23https://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mefypa3o522pExciting upcoming events in February 2026. 🔸ISSE Book Club Launch Event - 19 February 2026 at 7pm UK time, online 🔸Lecture - Chris Wood 'Egyptomagia. An exploration of the influence of Ancient Egypt on Western Magic' - 24 February 2026 at 7pm UK time, online09 Feb 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mefypa3o522phttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mdunc3f3pk2iThe Egypopcult team likes travelling around! ✈️ Can you guess where our social media CM, Esperanza, is right now finishing her PhD? P.S.: There is a hint in the picture ;)02 Feb 2026 10:30 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdunc3f3pk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mdi25ii45c2gDon't forget to submit your proposal to participate in the "I Congreso Internacional RIIPOA en Didáctica de Próximo Oriente Antiguo" by February 2nd (Monday) to the following emails: egypopcult.lisboa@gmail.com and daniel.justel@uah.es!!28 Jan 2026 10:16 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdi25ii45c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mcujjat6322uJust ten days after the death of Erich von Däniken, we would like to revisit this article by Arnaud Quertinmont on the DC universe and ancient astronauts: https://egypopcult.pt/batman-and-the-book-of-the-dead-by-arnaud-quertinmont/ Comment on what you think about the role of this populariser in science fiction and popular culture in general!20 Jan 2026 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcujjat6322uhttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mcjwfffmns23The University of Zagreb and the Archeological Museum in Zagreb will held their first international conference on the perceptions and receptions of Ancient History on November 3-7th 2026. For more info, check out: https://www.starapovijest.eu/en/2025/08/26/global-perception-of-ancient-history/?fbclid=IwY2xjawPW58hleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEenTYJMzkCdAH5jPQAtpoLy4XgQi5et9kK9gKzsFvZmvDyba5qe6g-wiblPyo_aem_3zzrmAXT3JUFzg8GlyU-jA16 Jan 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcjwfffmns23https://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mcaird7gac2iThe ERAE project, led by Florian Ebeling, Julia Budka, and Miguel John Versluys, confirms academia's interest in the reception of Ancient Egypt. If Egypopcult was a first step, ERAE is the confirmation of this. More info at: www.erae.gwi.uni-muenchen.de12 Jan 2026 16:51 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcaird7gac2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/egypopcultlisboa.bsky.social/post/3mby76gmky22hWe are republishing information about the 1st RIIPOA International Congress on Ancient Near Eastern Didactics, which will be held on 21-22 April 2026. Contributions can be sent to daniel.justel@uah.es or egypopcult.lisboa@gmail.com. These email addresses replace the previous email address!09 Jan 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:x4ikfgqxt233pbs6hdbfmacj/app.bsky.feed.post/3mby76gmky22h