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A brief journey into medical care and disease in ancient Egypt
Ancient Egyptians suffered from a variety of diseases, both congenital and acquired, which developed as a result of their
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Did the Ancient Egyptians of the Old, Middle and New Kingdom ever reach Malta and the Central Mediterranean?
A number of ancient Egyptian artefacts have reached the Maltese islands over the centuries. The Phoenicians seem to have been the main importers of these artefacts in antiquity, and yet some archaeological specimens reached the islands before their time.
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A Roman Legion Lost in China
The battle of Carrhae ended fifty-three years before the birth of Jesus Christ, on the last day of May. It was a shameful disaster for the Roman army: seven legions with the strength of 45,000 men were humiliated and routed by 10,000 Parthian archers.
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TURIA, LEPIDUS, AND ROME
Scholarship of the last century has discussed this element of the LT in its historical and literary contexts, addressed a variety of social and legal issues pertinent to the laudator’s account, and evaluated its depiction of M. Aemilius Lepidus in the light of his attested character and career.1 None of these treatments has approached the de‐ scription of the experiences and actions of the laudata from the perspective of the ancient consumer of information and meaning within the complete epigraphic envi‐ ronment of the inscription.
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£3.5m project to record ancient music
Posted on June 14, 2013 | No CommentsMusic from the ancient world - from the Stone Age to the Romans - will be recreated and recorded as part of a £3.5 million European Music Archaeology Project. -
Ancient Egyptians accessorised with meteorites
Posted on June 11, 2013 | No CommentsResearchers at The Open University (OU) and The University of Manchester have found conclusive proof that Ancient Egyptians used meteorites to make symbolic accessories. -
1,700 year-old Roman cemetery discovered under another car park in Leicester
Posted on May 5, 2013 | No CommentsUniversity of Leicester Archaeological Services, the same group that discovered King Richard III under a car park in Leicester, has found a Roman cemetery in another car park in the same city. -
Rare bronze rams from the First Punic War discovered
Posted on April 22, 2013 | No CommentsThe ten rams (Latin rostra), each weighing around 125 kilogrammes and made of bronze, were mounted on the prow of the warships (ancient triremes or quinquiremes), and were used to ram the enemy ships.
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Films
Movie Review: Agora
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Films
Movie Review: Centurion
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The Silk Road in Late Antiquity: Politics, Trade, and Culture Contact between Rome and China, 300-700 CE
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Books
What Did the Romans Know?
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News
Film project ‘The Lost Legion’ to show clash between Roman and Han empires
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Books
Hadrian’s Wall and the End of Empire: The Roman Frontier in the 4th and 5th Centuries
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Roman Mosaic from Lod, Israel: Insights and Interpretations
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The Ancient Greek World
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Why Does The Past Matter? Greco-Roman Antiquity In 21st Century
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