Lauren B 🥀🏛🦇(She/Her)

Finalising my paper on the treatment of mummies in the nineteenth century and I’ve managed to squeeze in a small section on ‘mummy brown’ paint… Made out of actual mummies 💀 if you’re interested in learning more, I did a short blog piece a while ago: thegothicbookworm.files.wordpress.com/2020/05/the-st…

CFP: Visual Theology III Beauty and Faith – Part Two: Beauty and the Revival of Faith, 8-10 May, 2026 (Deadline: 31st January, 2026) victorianist.wordpress.com/2026/01/14/cfp…

Eeeek so excited! My monograph, ‘Theological Monsters: Religion and Irish Gothic’ is out with University of Wales Press! uwp.co.uk/book/theologic…

Spooky season is here! 👻 Check out our new reading list with 25% OFF these titles until the 3rd November - enter SPOOKY25 at checkout on our website: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2025/10/0… Perfect for foggy evenings, reading under a blanket with the lights low. #spookyseason #Halloween

Most importantly of all, we wish to express our condolences to John's husband, his family and his close friends. You are in our hearts and in our thoughts. We are thinking of you all during this time of grief.

We will be in touch in due course to let you all know how we will pay homage to John once we have processed this awful news, and had the opportunity to collect our thoughts and our memories of our wonderful, kind, intelligent and warm friend.

Words cannot express our deep sadness to learn the devastating news that our dear friend, colleague and Ambassador, John J. Johnston has sadly passed away yesterday morning.

My paper on #Egyptomania in Balkan turbo folk, chalga and rap just came out last week and it’s already attracting media attention 🤓 #ancientegypt #turbofolk #chalga #hiphop #fyre #azis #lepabrena #sekaaleksic #mimimercedez #balkan @issegyptomania eualive.net/pharaohs-and-p…

🚨 Coming January 2026! a new collection edited by Irena Jurković, Marko Lukić & Tijana Parezanović (@UniWalesPress) — exploring folklore, fear & neoliberal nightmares — stay tuned! #HorrorStudies #Folklore #HauntedSpaces #NewBook #ComingSoon

It’s finally here, if you want to delve into the preparation and processes needed for an official to step into office and the contradicting themes of hereditary versus meritocratic promotions then this is for you!!! It will be available to buy very soon!!!

Compares the reception of ancient Egypt in Stargate and The Mummy, drawing upon insights from the behind the scenes dynamics of the production of the films to better understand the motivations behind their creation that can help clarify their messaging and popular impacts.

Grab yourself a copy over at @hauntedmagazine 🖤

What's your favourite 'Nosferatu' movie and why? Working on a project here.

For (hopefully) well-researched background to, and exposition of, the increasing and multiple layers of bull***t this news story involves, stay tuned for my forthcoming study on ancient Egyptian faces... 👀

The wild pansy goes by many names, which an early reader of this 16th century herbal has added, including the particularly lovely 'heartsease' #Readers #Herbals

Gilded mask of a lady (1st century BC- 1st century AD). The chest area is decorated with udjat above nb (on each side). She wears a collar of beads. Ptolemaic-Roman Period. #Egypt #History The Graeco-Roman Museum, Alexandria. Photo by me 📸

Major new publication for the #TravelWriting Studies folks - Twenty-First Century Perspectives on British Travel Writing, put together by the dream-team of @SamiaOunoughi, @afquaireau & Emmanuelle Peraldo. Lots of really excellent stuff in here. @SelvaVoyage

The Celestial Ceiling and Sacred Texts of the Tomb of Seti I ▫️What elevates this ceiling beyond mere starlit beauty is the presence of two extraordinary funerary texts: the Book of the Night and the Book of the Day. These writings, painstakingly inscribed along the arched surface and framed by the goddess Nut—whose outstretched body symbolically embraces the sky—tell the profound story of the sun god Ra and his endless voyage through time. The Book of the Night unfolds the drama of Ra’s nocturnal journey through the underworld. Divided into twelve shadowy hours, it charts the god’s perilous passage aboard his solar barque as he sails through the hidden realms of Duat. Each hour brings new trials: mighty serpents, dark caverns, and mysterious deities. But with every challenge overcome, Ra moves ever closer to rebirth, emerging at dawn from the body of Nut, radiant once more. This was not merely myth but sacred instruction—a blueprint for the pharaoh’s own journey through death and into the eternal sunrise. Complementing this nocturnal tale is the Book of the Day, which traces Ra’s path across the sky from morning to dusk. While less perilous than the journey through night, it remains rich in divine encounters and symbolic meaning. This text affirms the daily renewal of life and the triumph of order over chaos. In painting both books on the chamber ceiling, the priests of Seti I ensured that he would accompany Ra through the full celestial cycle, dying and rising again with the sun for all eternity. The walls bear witness to some of the most revered funerary texts of Ancient Egypt. Among these divine compositions are the Litany of Re, the Amduat, and the Book of Gates—each one a celestial roadmap for the soul’s passage through the underworld. Accompanying these are the Book of the Divine Cow, a myth steeped in cosmic rebellion and renewal, and the resplendent astronomical scenes that grace the ceiling of the burial chamber, where the night sky has been lovingly recreated in indigo and gold, evoking the timeless majesty of the heavens. Read more: egypt-museum.com/burial-chamber…

@DrCT1 Excellent news!🥳

I'm delighted to announce the publication today of the 2nd edition of my Travel Writing volume in the Routledge New Critical Idiom series. More details here: tinyurl.com/sfpkbc5n

Reacquainting with @bristolmuseum #Egypt gallery this morning - including my favourite use of a replica (@britishmuseum EA 8) with synthetic flowers to show how it might actually have been used in context 💐💚