Year: 2011

The concept of law and justice in ancient Egypt, with specific reference to “The tale of the eloquent peasant” By Nicolaas Johannes Van Blerk Master’s Thesis, University… [continue reading]

Malaria and Alexander the Great: How important is family history? By Srdjan Denic Emirates Medical Journal, Vol.24:3 (2006) Abstract: Alexander the Great died from an acute febrile illness in 323 BC. Recent analyses have suggested… [continue reading]

Sexuality and the Sacred in Gnostic Literature By Mary Sharpe Diploma in Theology and Religious Studies Dissertation, University of Cambridge, 2001 Introduction:  “Whoever finds the interpretation of these sayings will not experience death.”… [continue reading]

Financial Intermediation in the Early Roman Empire By Peter Temin The Journal of Economic History, Vol. 64, No. 3 (2004) Abstract: In this paper I use a theoretical hierarchy of financial sources to evaluate the effectiveness of financial… [continue reading]

Ophir: its location unveiled By Emilio Spedicato Paper given at the 2010 Conference of Quantavolution Abstract: Ophir is the name of a geographic location appearing in several passages in the Bible. Most notably it appears as the far away place wherefrom… [continue reading]

For our readers in the United States–specifically those of you located along the Mid-Atlantic–we wanted to inform you of an exciting, new exhibition, which just opened at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, Virginia. Mummy: Secrets of the Tomb features over a hundred objects, on lease, from the permanent collection of the British…

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History officially opened yesterday its largest exhibition of ancient Egyptian mummies and artifacts in “Eternal Life in Ancient Egypt”. The opening follows a preview in the spring of three cases… [continue reading]

Visigoths and Romans: Integration and Ethnicity By Jennifer Neal Honors BA Thesis, Pacific University, 2011 Introduction: Outside of Inginius’ fine home in Narbo, the January weather was far from pleasant. Inside the main apartments… [continue reading]

A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado Boulder has discovered the first prehistoric bronze artifact made from a cast ever found in Alaska, a small, buckle-like object found in an ancient Eskimo dwelling and which likely originated… [continue reading]

The Greeks were not always in such dire financial straits as today. But whether it is necessary to look as far back as these University of Bonn archaeologists did in order to see a huge, flourishing Greek commercial area? They have just discovered… [continue reading]