mastodon 4.8.0-nightly.2026-10-10Father, #Archaeologist (West Asia), Research Associate (Digital Archaeology, BBAW), PhD (Archaeology of West Asia), Gamer.
I mainly do Digital Archaeology now and am coordinating a project called KIŠIB at the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften.
Uruk/Warka, situated in modern-day Iraq, is one of the first cities in the world. During the Seleucid period (3–2 century BCE), Uruk was an important religious centre.
We scientifically reconstructed the Bit Resch, Irigal, Bit Akitu, and the Eanna and Anu Ziggurats of the Seleucid Period.
For the reconstruction process, we considered variations whenever the archaeological evidence was inconclusive. This led to the creation of two distinct models.
🔗 https://www.artefacts-berlin.de/portfolio-item/uruk-visualisation-project-the-seleucid-period/
The third Archaeogaming Hackathon has wrapped up in Kiel! 🎮⛏️ Four students came together at Kiel University's Institute for Pre- and Protohistory and built "Kieler Küstenfische" — a two-level RPG connecting a present-day coastal rescue excavation with the Mesolithic past. Brilliant work by a small but incredibly focused group. A full report is on the DiKopA project website. Until then, read my own blogpost about it:
🔗 https://itsmoreofacomment.com/2026/03/13/short-report-3-archaeogaming-hackathon-kiel/
