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Book Review: The Rise and Fall of Ancient Egypt: The History of a Civilisation from 3000 BC to Cleopatra
This entry was posted on September 15, 2021.
By Toby Wilkinson Reviewed by Sandra Alvarez "From earliest times, the Egyptians were adept at recording things as they wished them to be seen, not... Read more -
QUIZ: Gazing at the Stars: Technology and Astronomy in Antiquity!
This entry was posted on August 31, 2021.
Our latest issue is hot off the press! See how much you really know about science, technology, and astronomy in antiquity by taking our quiz... Read more -
The Earliest Roleplaying Game - Learning from the Egyptians
This entry was posted on August 18, 2021.
Much debate can still be generated by bringing up the question suggested by the title of this piece – the most usual answer is that... Read more -
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Le Plan de Rome: Ancient Rome in Miniature
This entry was posted on July 7, 2021.
Plan cast in bronze at CIREVE Université de Caen ©CIREVE UNiversité de Caen, WikimediaCommons For Ancient History 34, our news editor, Lindsay Powell, wrote an... Read more -
Book Review: Meditations by Marcus Aurelius - Translated by Robin Waterfield
This entry was posted on June 24, 2021.
Everything is transient; everything quickly becomes the stuff of stories, and then is quickly buried by complete oblivion. I'm talking here about men who shone... Read more -
QUIZ: Fun & Frolicking in the Ancient World – Life Before Netflix!
This entry was posted on June 9, 2021.
Summer is here and it's time to let your hair down and have some fun! How did people enjoy their free time in the Ancient... Read more -
New Nero Exhibition Opens at the British Museum
This entry was posted on May 27, 2021.
Marble bust of Nero. Italy, around AD 55. Photo by Francesco Piras. With permission of the Ministero per i Beni e le Attività Culturali e... Read more -
The Celts: A Welsh Perspective
This entry was posted on May 10, 2021.
Crescentic bronze plaque with triskele decoration, from Llyn Cerrig Bach lake deposit (200 BC – AD 100). In the collection of Amgueddfa Cymru – National... Read more -
Computer reads seven metres of the Dead Sea Scroll and ‘sees’ that there were two writers
This entry was posted on April 28, 2021.
The Great Isaiah Scroll. In the middle row, at the bottom of the fifth sheet from the right, are the blank lines where the first... Read more
