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Rome, international power relations, and 146 BCE
Posted on April 1, 2013 | No CommentsWithin a single year -- 146 BCE -- Roman generals had entered the cities of Carthage and Corinth and forever changed the course of Mediterranean history. -
Science of the Scrolls
Posted on April 1, 2013 | No CommentsHow far-reaching technologies help researchers unshroud the mysteries of the Dead Sea Scrolls -
The Question of the Inevitability of the Fall of the Roman Republic
Posted on March 31, 2013 | No CommentsThis paper questions whether the decline of the Roman Republic was inevitable by examining the factors that contributed to this decline. -
Was the Peloponnesian War inevitable after 435 BC?
Posted on March 31, 2013 | No CommentsBased heavily on the account of the Greek historian Thucydides, the paper outlines the events leading up to the outbreak of the 2nd Peloponnesian War in 435, and analyzes whether the outbreak of the war was inevitable -
Roman Thoughts, Ideas, and Practices of Pregnancy
Posted on March 31, 2013 | No CommentsGiven the pressure placed on Roman men and women to continue their blood lines, their cultural beliefs and practices surrounding the production of offspring are particularly interesting for classical historians. -
A Humorous Jesus? Orality, Structure and Characterisation in Luke 14:15-24, and Beyond
Posted on March 31, 2013 | No CommentsWas Jesus a friendly and benevolent teacher with a sense of humour? -
The Subsidiary Temple of Nekhtnebef at Tell el-Balamun
Posted on March 28, 2013 | No CommentsThe subsidiary temple constructed by Nekhtnebef (Nectanebo I) as a barque-station on the cross-axis of the Amun-Temple at Tell el-Balamun has been the subject of excavation during various seasons of excavation at the site by the British Museum, most recently in Spring 2004. The accumulated understanding of the monument gained through this work is now sufficient to present some conclusions on its design and how it compares with other temples of the period. -
Glassware from Roman Egypt at Begram (Afghanistan) and the Red Sea trade
Posted on March 27, 2013 | No CommentsIn the period of the early Roman Empire, the Mediterranean basin and south Asia were connected by vast and complex networks of long-distance travel and commerce. The itineraries given in the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea (maritime) and Parthian stations (overland) are not necessarily routes to be followed by a single merchant with a single cargo from beginning to end -
The Second Intermediate Period model coffin of Teti in the British Museum (EA 35016)
Posted on March 26, 2013 | No CommentsThis article publishes the model coffin British Museum EA 35016 bought in 1868 from the Robert J. Hay collection. It belongs to a military official called Teti and dates to the Second Intermediate Period. Its style of decoration with the high number of text columns on the long sides follows closely the full-scale coffins of the period found at Thebes and other places in Upper Egypt. The inscriptions with different spells spoken by gods are quite garbled but also have parallels on coffins of about the same period. -
The Egyptian Inscriptions at Jebel Dosha, Sudan
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No CommentsPending a more detailed survey of the site, I offer here, with the permission of NCAM, a few preliminary observations, with special reference to the Egyptian inscriptions.
