Ancient History News
LONDON. The British Museum is hosting the exhibition Afghanistan: Crossroads of the Ancient World, featuring over 200 objects found in Afghanistan dating from between 2000 BC to the first century AD. The Exhibition is on display from 03 March to 03 July 2011 at the British Museum in London Bloomsbury.
A team led by Oxford University professor Christopher Ramsey has established a more accurate chronology of Dynastic Egypt than has ever been possible. The study was based on a radiocarbon analysis of plant remains from ancient Egypt. Surprisingly, the results largely confirm the previously established chronology from ancient sources.
Amsterdam: The Hermitage Museum in Amsterdam is hosting the exhibition The Immortal Alexander the Great, which will be on view from 18 September 2010 until 18 March 2011 in the Hermitage Amsterdam, with over 350 masterpieces, including the famous Gonzaga cameo from the State Museum the Hermitage in St Petersburg.
The website Livius.org has been awarded the 2010 Oikos Prize for popularizing Ancient History by the Dutch national research school of classicists. In his acceptance spech titled "Ancient History, Poor Information, and the Internet" the site owner, Jona Lendering explains why the quality standards of information about ancient history have fallen over the years, and what needs to be done to improve the situation.
London: The British Museum is hosting an exhibition about the Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead. The Book was not a single text but a compilation of spells designed to guide the deceased through the dangers of the underworld, ultimately ensuring eternal life. The exhibition is on display from 04 November 2010 to 06 March 2011. Tickets are on sale now.
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Augustus
Augustus was the first Roman Emperor (23 September 63 BCE – 19 August 14 CE, reigned 27 BC to 14 AD). Born Gaius Octavius Thurinus, he received the title 'Augustus' (which means 'illustrious one' or 'revered...[Continue Reading...]
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Octavian
Octavian (63 BCE – 14 CE) was the name of the man who would later be known as Augustus, the first (and, by all accounts, greatest) emperor of Rome. Octavian was born Gaius Octavius Thurinus on 23 September...[Continue Reading...]
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Faience
Egyptian faience is a glassy substance manufactured most expertly by the ancient Egyptians (though the process was first developed in Mesopotamia, first at Ur and, later, Babylon). Faience was made by grinding...[Continue Reading...]
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Ergamenes
King Ergamenes (also known as King Arakakamani, reigned 295-275 BCE) was the first great king of Meroe (located in modern-day Sudan) who broke free from Egyptian dominance to help create a wholly distinct culture...[Continue Reading...]
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Meroe
Meroe was a wealthy kingdom in southern Egypt, bordered on three sides by the waters of the Blue and White Nile, which flourished from between 800 BCE to 350 CE. As no one, yet, has been able to decipher...[Continue Reading...]
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The Forty-Two Judges were the divine beings of the Egyptian after-life who presided over the Hall of Truth where the great god Osiris judged the dead. The soul of the deceased was called upon...
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Dogs have been a part of the history of human beings since before the written word. The ancient temple of Gobekli-Tepe in Turkey, dated to at least 12,000 years BCE, has provided archaeologists...
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Heraclitus of Ephesus (late 6th century BCE) is probably best known for his oft-misquoted assertion, "You cannot step twice into the same river" (first mis-quoted by Plato in his dialogue...
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