by History of the Ancient World
The year 2011 will be marked by several important archaeological discoveries, and the overthrow of authoritarian regimes in Egypt and Libya, which had profound implications for the preservation of ancient history.
Egyptian Museum attacked, artifacts damaged – the overthrow of Egypt’s authoritarian government early this year included violence directed at Cairo’s Egyptian Museum. Historians and archaeologists were worried about looting and damage throughout the country’s historic sites during that period, but fortunately, local residents and authorities prevented other attacks.
School for Roman Gladiators discovered in Austria - the interdisciplinary team has discovered a unique Roman building complex at Roman Carnuntum, 20 km east of Vienna in Austria and this will shed new light on how Roman gladiators lived and died in the provinces alongside the river Danube.
Castles in the desert – satellites reveal lost cities of Libya - The fall of Gaddafi has opened the way for archaeologists to explore the country’s pre-Islamic heritage, so long ignored under his regime.
Roman toilets were quite stinky, large international study reveals - Yes, the Romans had toilets and sewage. No, they didn’t match our idea of a clean bathroom in no way. Their toilets were stinking, disease spreading places, which gave rats and snakes an easy entrance to the house.
Ancient site of Olympia was buried by Tsunamis, researcher finds - Olympia, site of the famous Temple of Zeus and original venue of the Olympic Games in ancient Greece, was presumably destroyed by repeated tsunamis that travelled considerable distances inland, and not by earthquake and river floods as has been assumed to date
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Deadly medication? Bonn scientists shed light on the dark secret of Queen Hatshepsut’s flacon - After two years of research it is now clear that the flacon did not hold a perfume; instead, it was a kind of skin care lotion or even medication for a monarch suffering from eczema. In addition, the pharmacologists found a strongly carcinogenic substance. Was Hatshepsut killed by her medicine?
Valley of the Kings mystery: New research shows 3,500 year old tomb contained infants who suffered from disease - It certainly wasn’t a tomb for a pharaoh. New research presented recently at the annual meeting of the American Research Center in Egypt (ARCE) shows that a tomb in the Valley of the Kings, KV 44, contained the remains of infants who were suffering from disease.
Ancient medicine pills found on a Roman shipwreck - The pills were discovered from a Roman shipwreck dating back to the 2nd century BC in the Gulf of Baratti off of Tuscany. although the pillls were found in the 1980s, it is only now using DNA sequencing performed by geneticist Robert Fleischer of the Smithsonian that researchers can identify what were the pills made of…
Video tour of Ancient Rome created by the University of Reading - The new 3D fly-through digital model, the only of its kind developed in the UK and due for completion later this year, will offer scholars unprecedented opportunities to reconstruct key events in the history of the imperial capital.
Ancient Mesopotamian tablets reveal “complex” anti-witchcraft ceremony - About 3,000 years ago Mesopotamian rulers, and other elite members of society, feared that witches were working against them. Ancient records say that witches had the ability to use magic to harm those whom they wanted too.
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