Science Archive
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Shadow on the steps : time measurement in ancient Israel
Posted on March 17, 2013 | No CommentsWe 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?
Posted on March 8, 2013 | No CommentsPresentation 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?
Posted on March 4, 2013 | No CommentsThis 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. -
Monsters in the Roman Sky: Heaven and Earth in Manilius’ Astronomica
Posted on January 31, 2013 | No CommentsThe five-book astrological poem of Manilius, composed during the final years of Augustus -
Ancient Egyptian astronomy: timekeeping and cosmography in the new kingdom
Posted on January 27, 2013 | No CommentsThe study of astronomy in Ancient Egypt has traditionally fallen between the fields of Egyptology, astronomy, archaeoastronomy,and history of science. Researchersfrom all four disciplines have looked at the area from different perspectives. In addition however, there have been reasonswhy researchershave not tackled the field: Egyptologists have felt it required too much technical knowledge while other researchershave believed that those capable of reading the texts are most suited to studying the material. -
Mysticism and Urology in Ancient Egypt
Posted on January 23, 2013 | No CommentsConclusion: Our presentation will give an overview of the practice of urology in ancient Egypt, both in terms of pharmacologic and surgical intervention but also with a look into the religion of medicine practiced at that time. -
Total solar eclipses in Ancient Egypt
Posted on January 21, 2013 | No CommentsThe sun played such an important role in the life of Ancient Egyptians, particularly in their religion that it is surprising that there is virtually no mention of solar eclipses in ancient records from the Nile valley. -
The History of Sepsis from Ancient Egypt to the XIX Century
Posted on December 22, 2012 | No CommentsThe oldest report we have about sepsis associated with wounds goes back to Edwin Smith -
Seeds of Knowledge: Palaeoethnobotany in the Classical World
Posted on November 27, 2012 | No CommentsAncient plants and the ways in which humans interacted with them can be explored through the traditional methods, examining organic remains in the lab and under the microscope...Therefore, this thesis will explore a number of case studies in which the archaeology of plants can be and have been examined. -
Infinite Possibilities: Ten Years of Study of the Archimedes Palimpsest
Posted on October 6, 2012 | No CommentsThe book is so named because the original texts beneath the prayerbook was recognized early in the twentieth century to include partial copies of seven treatises by Archimedes, the oldest reproductions of writings by the Greek mathematician, scientist, and engineer.
