Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes

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Archaeologist & word-witcher
Twitter@LeMoustier
AgentPatrick Walsh at PEW Literary
Websitehttps://rebeccawraggsykes.com
Dr Rebecca Wragg SykesJul 30, 2023
@rlcj working in Gladstone's Library and this is on the shelf next to my desk
Show threadDr Rebecca Wragg SykesJul 4, 2023
@rlcj great news x
Show threadDr Rebecca Wragg SykesJul 3, 2023
@rlcj have you read Nomad Century by @WanderingGaia
Dr Rebecca Wragg SykesJul 2, 2023
@daszeiserl ah that is really nice to hear! And I must know, which cave?!
Dr Rebecca Wragg SykesJul 2, 2023
@rlcj hello Richard, realising that this is probably the best way to reach you, sending huge love from all the WS x
Show threadDr Rebecca Wragg SykesMay 16, 2023
@PiperCasp @fkamiah17 @sheepnik thank you!
Dr Rebecca Wragg SykesMay 5, 2023
#ToriesOut
Dr Rebecca Wragg SykesMay 5, 2023

RT @ScottishGraves
Day 125 of a year of #RandomScottishGravestones 🪦

"Death is the end of all"

I almost missed this not-at-all cheery inscription on a badly worn and toppled stone in Libberton & Quothquan Kirkyard, South Lanarkshire.

A few more winters and these words will be gone forever...

Dr Rebecca Wragg SykesMay 5, 2023
RT @UVicAnthro
Great article includes so many interesting links, from @LeMoustier
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230428-the-puzzle-of-neanderthal-culture-and-aesthetics
The puzzle of Neanderthal aesthetics

Surprising new insights into the minds of this extinct human species suggest they may have been far more cultured than their outdated brutish reputation once suggested. But getting into the minds of a long-dead species is no easy task.

BBC
Dr Rebecca Wragg SykesMay 5, 2023
Congratulations to @holland_tom on this, told from the perspective of Gorgo, princess of Sparta, with the most stunning illustrations and MAPS too 😍
(it's now joining my childhood Ancient Greek favourites!)
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RT @Walsh_e_Patrick
Happy Publication Day today to Tom Holland on his wonderful children’s book, THE WOLF-GIRL, THE GREEKS AND THE GODS, out now from Walker Books.

Brilliant launch last night at Daunt Books in Cheapside, …
https://twitter.com/Walsh_e_Patrick/status/1654145545005330432
Patrick Walsh on Twitter

“Happy Publication Day today to Tom Holland on his wonderful children’s book, THE WOLF-GIRL, THE GREEKS AND THE GODS, out now from Walker Books. Brilliant launch last night at Daunt Books in Cheapside, with great speeches by Denise Johnstone-Burt of Walker and Tom himself.”

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