Ancient – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas

Medicine in Classical Antiquity

Matthew McIntosh — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 15:03:19 +0000

From the earliest times, treatments involved incantations, invoking the gods , and the use of magical herbs, amulets,

Matthew McIntosh — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 14:04:55 +0000

The bull of Phalaris would appear to be a sick parody of Pasiphae’s bestial desires. In both case,

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 14:04:25 +0000

How loan forgiveness was handled thousands of years ago in the Near East and royal decrees. Introduction Student

Matthew McIntosh — Thu, 09 Sep 2021 17:06:21 +0000

Romans financed their expansion and government operations using the resources taken from vanquished territories. By Kurt CobbResource Insights

Matthew McIntosh — Mon, 21 Sep 2020 17:57:28 +0000

Trading stations played an important role as the furthest outposts of Ancient Greek culture. By Dr. Colette HemingwayIndependent

Matthew McIntosh — Wed, 16 Sep 2020 18:00:29 +0000

Dictators were only supposed to be appointed so long as the Romans had to carry on wars in

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:17:18 +0000

Borrowing from the east and west, their culture and art was an amalgam easily identified as Parthian. Introduction

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:17:08 +0000

The neat labels of Greek text that accompany and identify many of the characters on the vase still

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:16:15 +0000

What we know about this figure discovered in Neferibresaneith’s tomb. What’s an Ushtabi? Ushabtis are figurines that were

Matthew McIntosh — Sun, 30 Aug 2020 17:16:04 +0000

These texts developed from spells that were first inscribed on scarabs and coffins at the end of Egypt’s