The Magic At The Court Of Cheops
A. Sutherland – AncientPages.com – The “Papyrus Westcar,” a Middle Kingdom manuscript (ca. 2030–1650 BC), is far more than an
How To Deal With Jealousy Revealed On 1,500-Year-Old Mosaic Found In The Ancient City Of Syedra, Türkiye – Ancient Pages
Jan Bartek – AncientPages.com – Jealousy is a timeless aspect of human nature. Throughout history, people have experienced jealousy, and
Roman Forum Found Beneath Barcelona Hotel Rewrites Barcino
Getting your audio player ready… What started as a routine elevator shaft installation in a Barcelona hotel basement has turned
Black Gold: Sumerian Bitumen Recipes Worked Like Asphalt, 4,000 Years Ago
Getting your audio player ready… Sumerian craftspeople in Mesopotamia didn’t simply scoop up natural bitumen and slap it on boats
Healing, Purification and Holiness: How Ancient Cultures Used Olive Oil
Getting your audio player ready… Tamara Lewit/The Conversation Today, olive oil is often hailed as helping to protect against disease, but
Hidden Signatures Reveal Ancient Rome’s Master Glassmakers
Getting your audio player ready… A simple turn of the wrist at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in February 2023
4,000-Year-Old Bronze Age Tree Trunk Coffin to Make Museum Debut
Getting your audio player ready… A massive 4,000-year-old Bronze Age coffin, carved from a single oak tree and discovered by
Strange Appetites: Pica in Early Modern Pregnancy
In 1650 the physician Thomas Willis was called to the Falkam household in Oxfordshire on an urgent call. Mrs Falkam,
Did Sauropods Walk or Waddle?
Four feet long and made of plaster, a lifelike model of Diplodocus carnegii lurks atop one of the cabinets in
Indonesia’s Heroic History | History Today
When Indonesia’s former president Suharto died aged 86 in 2008, the nation began a week of mourning and conflicted reflection.