The Role of Birds across the Religious Landscape of Ancient Egypt
Because of the close association between departed humans and the divine world, the metaphors evoked by avian imagery have further significance for under-standing the Egyptians’ conception of the afterlife.
Ancient Egyptian herbal wines
The dry climate of Egypt has similarly contributed to excellent preservation of ancient organic materials, in addition to providing very detailed literary and botanical evidence for medicinal wines from one of the most long-standing ancient traditions.
Ancient Egyptian herbal wines
The dry climate of Egypt has similarly contributed to excellent preservation of ancient organic materials, in addition to providing very detailed literary and botanical evidence for medicinal wines from one of the most long-standing ancient traditions.
Pigs and Their Prohibition
Because no single discipline or explanation seems adequate to understandthis practice, the search draws data from biology, anthropology, ancient history, mythology, religion, and ecology. Some have dismissed religious explanations as ar- bitrary and tautological, but the information provided in this article shows that religious beliefs are important.
Shape of the Beast: The Theriomorphic and Therianthropic Deities and Demons of Ancient Italy
Until recent times, the idea of a human-animal hybrid belonged only in tales of folklore and fantasy and the realm of science fiction.
The Monstrous and the Bestial: Animals in Greek Myths
In the myths, the ancient GreeJcs were at times rather positive toward animals. The Olympian gods were often represented as wild animals, usually symbolizing some divine attribute.
Seeds of Knowledge: Palaeoethnobotany in the Classical World
Ancient plants and the ways in which humans interacted with them can be explored through the traditional methods, examining organic remains in the lab and under the microscope…Therefore, this thesis will explore a number of case studies in which the archaeology of plants can be and have been examined.
Penelope's Geese: Pets of the Ancient Greeks
Herein lies the crux of the problem, because before we talk about the pets of the Greeks, we would be wise to define what a pet actually is. A pet is generally defined as an animal kept for companionship or amusement. But what about com- panion animals that also serve a practical use such as hunt ing or guarding, as Argos did? One would also assume that humans do not eat their pets. But did Penelope ever eat her geese?
Bulls and Bull-leaping in the Minoan World
A religious function is also suggested by the portrait-like quality of some rhyta. In contrast to the stylized depictions of priestesses, princes, and even deities, the Bull
The catastrophic extinction of North American mammoths and mastodonts
Archaeological and theoretical evidence reviewed here indicates that Clovis-era foragers exterminated mammoths and mastodonts in North America around 11,000 radiocarbon years ago.