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T'rkiye's museums restore history with scientific precision
1+ hour, 16+ min ago (233+ words) T'rkiye is taking careful steps to preserve and showcase its rich cultural legacy. Recent restoration and conservation projects in museums across the country have been conducted using scientific methods, ensuring historical artifacts are both protected and prepared for public exhibition....
A sacred basin in the sands: Pelusium's water temple rewrites history - Ancient Egypt - Antiquities
10+ hour, 21+ min ago (336+ words) After six years of excavation at Tell El-Farama in North Sinai, archaeologists have uncovered a rare water-centred ritual complex dedicated to the deity Pelusius'reshaping long-held assumptions about the ancient city of Pelusium and its role in antiquity. After six years…...
Psychedelics at the Heart of Ancient Greece: Unveiling the Eleusinian Mysteries
14+ hour, 45+ min ago (364+ words) One of the biggest myths about drugs is that their use is new, purely recreational, or a way to escape reality. "In the good old days, people didn't do drugs'that's something for the lost youth," a sentiment that still resonates…...
Dame Averil Cameron, historian who transformed perceptions of the Byzantine empire
11+ hour, 17+ min ago (782+ words) The Byzantines were, she argued, far more dynamic, disputatious and intellectually sparky than historians had hitherto believed them to be Dame Averil Cameron, who has died aged 86, was Professor of Byzantine History at Oxford, and a leading voice in a…...
Archaeologists find and document the hydraulic system that supplied water for a thousand years to the ancient Greek city of Amphipolis
11+ hour, 34+ min ago (634+ words) The bilateral collaboration between the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology of the University of Granada (UGR) and the Ephorate of Antiquities of Serres, known as EAA/MYA (Study of the Aqueducts of Amphipolis), has made public the findings obtained during…...
Hinduism in the Roman Empire: A Quick Overview [2: 41]
2+ hour, 1+ min ago (241+ words) In 1938, a statue was discovered at Pompeii, subsequently known as "The Pompeii Lakshmi". It is a sycretistic statue, combining elements of the Roman Venus, and the Hindu Lakshmi, and is our main evidence for aspects of Hinduism, or at least…...
Prehistoric burials show gender roles were not so rigid
2+ hour, 7+ min ago (830+ words) A new study has found that some prehistoric communities enforced clear gender roles in burial while still allowing individuals to cross them. The finding recasts early farming societies as places where social rules could be both visible and flexible at…...
Greece's Must-See Archaeological Sites Before Climate Change Wins
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (11+ words) Greek Reporter. com...
5, 500-Year-Old Site in Poland Points to Women-Led Secret Societies
3+ hour, 16+ min ago (489+ words) Archaeologists in Poland have uncovered striking evidence that ancient women may have led secret societies and played a central role in drinking rituals nearly 5, 500 years ago. The discovery, published in the journal Praehistorische Zeitschrift, comes from excavations at S'aw'cinek in…...
Alexander couldn't conquer Sillyon: Ancient walls revived for modern visitors
5+ hour, 17+ min ago (221+ words) The ancient city of Sillyon in Serik, Antalya, has witnessed the revival of its historic defensive walls, long famed for resisting even the forces of Alexander the Great. Restoration works, sponsored by Opet and conducted under T'rkiye's Ministry of Culture…...