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Royal Land in Ptolemaic Egypt: A Demographic Model
Royal Land in Ptolemaic Egypt: A Demographic Model Monson, Andrew Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, January 2007 Abstract Studies of Ptolemaic agrarian history…
An Early Ptolemaic Land Survey in Demotic: P. Cair. II 31073
An Early Ptolemaic Land Survey in Demotic: P. Cair. II 31073 Monson, Andrew Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, January 2007 Abstract This paper…
Epigraphy and demography: birth, marriage, family, and death
Epigraphy and demography: birth, marriage, family, and death Scheidel, Walter Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, June 2007 Abstract In recent years, the adoption…
Rule and Revenue in Egypt and Rome: Political Stability and Fiscal Institutions
Rule and Revenue in Egypt and Rome: Political Stability and Fiscal Institutions Monson, Andrew Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, August 2007 Abstract This…
What the Ancient Greeks Can Tell Us About Democracy
The classical Greek experience has more to tell us about the origins and definition of democracy, and about the relationship between participatory democracy and formal institutions, rhetoric, civic identity, political values, political criticism, war, economy, culture, and religion.
Counting the Greeks in Egypt: Immigration in the first century of Ptolemaic rule
Counting the Greeks in Egypt: Immigration in the first century of Ptolemaic rule Fischer-Bovet, Christelle Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, October 2007 Abstract…
Communal Agriculture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Fayyum
Communal Agriculture in the Ptolemaic and Roman Fayyum Monson, Andrew Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, October 2007 Abstract The article presents the model…
Monogamy and polygyny in Greece, Rome, and world history
Monogamy and polygyny in Greece, Rome, and world history Scheidel, Walter Princeton/Stanford Working Papers in Classics, June 2008 Abstract:
Monogamy and polygyny
This paper discusses Greco-Roman practices of monogamy and polygyny for a forthcoming handbook on the ancient family.
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EXHIBITS – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art
My review of the British Museum’s – Defining Beauty: The Body in Ancient Greek Art which explores daily life, gender, sexuality, athleticism, heroism, and the social and political ideologies the Greeks espoused through their views on the human form.
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Basel papyrus is an ancient medical text, researchers find
Since the 16th century, Basel has been home to a mysterious papyrus. With mirror writing on both sides, it has puzzled generations of researchers.
Research network sheds new light on drinking and eating habits in the Roman world
The landmark 50th issue of the journal Internet Archaeology is featuring pioneering research that is investigating new ways of analysing millions of Roman artefacts associated with the consumption of food and drink.
Ancient human remains and a medieval mystery unearthed in southern England
Excavation of a Bronze Age burial mound in south west England leads to the discovery of an intact 4,000 year old human cremation as well as evidence of unaccountable activity from the medieval period on the same site.
2,100-year-old ‘hawk’ mummy actually a stillborn baby, scan reveals
A tiny Egyptian mummy long believed to be that of a hawk is actually a rare example of a near-to-term, severely malformed fetus
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BOOKS: Hot New Ancient History Releases!: January
If improving your reading is your goal for 2016, you’ve come to the right place! Here are our hot new ancient history releases for January!
New Releases: Ancient Books for the Holiday Season!
A few new releases for the historian on your shopping list!
The Death of Caesar: New Light on History’s Most Famous Assassination
Barry Strauss talks about his new book The Death of Caesar: The Story of History’s Most Famous Assassination.
The Tears of Re: Beekeeping in Ancient Egypt
In these four videos, Gene Kritsky, author of The Tears of Re, talks about beekeeping in Ancient Egypt
New Open Access Book on Vergil’s Political Commentary
Leendert Weeda examines Vergil’s political views by analyzing the whole of the poet’s work and introduces the notion of the functional model, which suggests that the poet does not primarily have a literary objective, but a functional one.
Fall of Roman Empire can be explained by biology, researcher says
Forget the Vandals – the fall of the Roman Empire can be explained by biology, according to a new book.