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Ancient Kithara – Greek musical instrument – recreated by scholars
Posted on March 1, 2013 | No CommentsWhile we know something of the music of ancient people from surviving texts and images that describe and depict it, we know less about what their music and instruments actually sounded like. -
New steps recommended to preserve China’s famous Terracotta Warriors and other relics
Posted on February 27, 2013 | No CommentsThe preservation of immovable historic relics displayed in large open spaces like China's world-renowned Museum of Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses requires air curtains and other modifications to recreate the primitive environment from which archaeologists excavated the relics. -
Royal Ontario Museum to host Mesopotamia exhibition
Posted on February 21, 2013 | No CommentsToronto's Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) will be hosting the Mesopotamia exhibition later this year, the first stop in a North American tour of artefacts from the British Museum. -
Film project ‘The Lost Legion’ to show clash between Roman and Han empires
Posted on February 18, 2013 | No CommentsWarner Brothers has announced they will be making a new epic film that will depict a battle between ancient Rome and China. -
“The Past on Display: A Curatorial Perspective”
Posted on February 17, 2013 | No CommentsWhat goes into creating a captivating museum display? How do museums engage their visitors? Dr. Kate Cooper answered these questions in a fascinating talk at the University of Toronto about challenges in museum curation. -
Three-year project to examine what coin hoards tell us about Roman Britain in the 3rd century AD
Posted on February 16, 2013 | No CommentsThe Arts and Humanities Research Council has awarded the British Museum, working in collaboration with the University of Leicester, a -
Why did ancient athletes compete in sports?
Posted on February 13, 2013 | No CommentsStanford scholar Susan Stephens says that modern sports may be misguided in attempting to emulate ancient Greek and Roman athletic ideals. -
Computerized
Posted on February 12, 2013 | No CommentsUniversity of British Columbia and Berkeley researchers have used a sophisticated new computer system to quickly reconstruct protolanguages -
Evidence of Mass Sacrifice from Ancient Mexico discovered at Lake Xaltocan
Posted on February 7, 2013 | No Comments'It's absolutely remarkable to think about this little nothing on the landscape having potentially evidence of the largest mass human sacrifice in ancient Meso-America.' -
Oldest known copy of the Letters of St. Paul now available as an App
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsThe University of Michigan Library
