3+ day, 12+ hour ago  (342+ words) " Ramses the Great: how a pharaoh built his legacy " Roman siege warfare: republican strategies in Hispania and Gaul " Ancient ivory trade: rethinking its scope and impact " Monuments of kingship: power, memory, and belief at Jelling " Constructing coral cottages: a new…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago  (1659+ words) Ramses the Great: How a pharaoh built his legacy the-past. com Ramses the Great: How a pharaoh built his legacy When the 19th-century poet Percy Shelley put pen to paper to write "Ozymandias, he used the image of a shattered…...

4+ day, 10+ hour ago  (507+ words) Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art the-past. com Rock Art and its Legacy in Myth and Art is an illuminating and deeply engaging exploration of humanity's earliest artistic expressions, brought vividly to life by Christoph Baumer and…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago  (735+ words) The Egyptian Book of the Dead the-past. com The Egyptian Book of the Dead The ancient Egyptians had a complex set of beliefs and traditions surrounding death and what came next, and integral to their preparations for this critical transition…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (1082+ words) Monuments of kingship: Power, memory, and belief at Jelling the-past. com Monuments of kingship: Power, memory, and belief at Jelling Today, Jelling is a quiet town in southern Jutland, 10km north-west of the city of Vejle. In the past, however, Jelling…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (502+ words) A remarkable Roman cup discovered in central Spain is revealing links between Hadrian's Wall and the Hispanic soldiers who served there. The object was uncovered by chance in farmland in Berlanga de Duero, in the province of Soria. Despite being…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago  (378+ words) Archaeological investigations at a short-lived 16th-century Spanish settlement in southern Chile have uncovered a coin associated with its foundation. In 1584, colonists led by veteran navigator Pedro Sarmiento de Gamboa established a fort called Ciudad Rey Don Felipe beside the Strait…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (520+ words) Livy (History of Rome 5. 6. 8-9) While there was still time before total blockade, the besieged may send "useless mouths" (the elderly, women, and children) away to reduce the threat of famine. But these would have to run the gauntlet between enemy…...

6+ day, 12+ hour ago  (779+ words) Constructing coral cottages the-past. com The Mangareva Islands, today part of French Polynesia, are an archipelago in the South Pacific, situated in the middle of a lagoon surrounded by a coral reef. The islands are believed to have been discovered…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago  (532+ words) This kind of trumpet is rare in Germany. What is it? This ceramic trumpet, found in Bavaria, is more than 200 years old. Measuring 44cm long, the instrument comprises a coiled clay tube that was probably pressed using a ring-shaped template, while…...