The Sciences in Ancient Greece and Rome: How Far Did They Get?
In this lively, illustrated talk, Dr. Carrier will compare modern science (from the Scientific Revolution to today) with science in the ancient Greco-Roman world, where science as we know it began. We will understand what the Greeks and Romans achieved — and how close they got to their own scientific revolution.
The use of the kidneys in secular and ritual practices according to ancient Greek and Byzantine texts
The use of the kidneys in secular and ritual practices according to ancient Greek and Byzantine texts Athanasios Diamandopoulos, Andreas Skarpelos, and Georgios…
Altered States: An inquiry into the possible use of narcotics or alcohol to induce dreams in Pharaonic Egypt
I have often been asked whether the Egyptians used drugs to induce dreams. This paper aims to address that question primarily as it relates to dream reports recorded prior to Egypt’s Late Period.
Ancient Egyptian herbal wines
The dry climate of Egypt has similarly contributed to excellent preservation of ancient organic materials, in addition to providing very detailed literary and botanical evidence for medicinal wines from one of the most long-standing ancient traditions.
Ancient Egyptian herbal wines
The dry climate of Egypt has similarly contributed to excellent preservation of ancient organic materials, in addition to providing very detailed literary and botanical evidence for medicinal wines from one of the most long-standing ancient traditions.
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
cultural practices and environment.
Comparing comparisons: ancient East and West
What is comparative history good for? Does it pose special challenges? In our time of accelerating globalization, are we ready to embrace a new inter-discipline, Comparative Classics?
Shadow on the steps : time measurement in ancient Israel
We find that the ancient Israelites had more than one calendar, more than one method of measuring intervals of time between events, and several different chronologies of its history.
One accident too many?
Presentation of a skeleton discovered in the Sudan in the 1996/7 season of the Northern Dongola Reach Survey, sponsored by the Sudan Archaeological Research Society, in a small Kerma period cemetery (P37), south of Kawa. This skeleton exhibits an unusually interesting range of injuries, which are listed and discussed.
What Did the Romans Know?
This book is an inquiry into how and why the Romans saw things differently than we do, or to put it more pointedly, how and why they saw different things when they looked at the world.