News tagged with roman societies

High-tech imaging reveals hidden past in ancient texts

(PhysOrg.com) -- It might simply look like a smudge, but even the slightest stain on the ancient writing surface of papyrus could obscure a revelation of a past civilization. Now, with the advent of high-tech imaging, some ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

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Slaves or not, Babylonians were like us, says book

(PhysOrg.com) -- They got married, had children, made beer. Although they lived 3,500 years ago in Nippur, Babylonia, in many ways they seem like us. Whether they were also slaves is a hotly contested question ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 16

The Bronze Age - now in 3D

(PhysOrg.com) -- The world will get its first glimpse of one of the most significant later Bronze Age sites ever recorded in Britain today, yielding a rare and extraordinarily detailed view of life 3,000 years ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Dec 12, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New study shows how integrated institutions can lead diverse populations to cooperate in rebuilding countries

(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the most pressing issues in world affairs today is state building: how countries can construct stable, inclusive governments in which a variety of religious and ethnic groups coexist.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

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Papyrus research provides insight into job training, prayer and more in the ancient world

Education, jobs, religion and even the cultural effects of bilingualism were as topical in the ancient world as they are today.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Rethinking the fall of Rome's republic

When Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon -- a river in northern Italy -- in 49 B.C., leading what was effectively his own personal army, he triggered a set of changes that resonated through the ancient world ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Research to analyze the images of women in Roman mosaics

Research coordinated by Carlos III University in Madrid analyzes the images of women in Roman mosaics and their impact on the collective consciousness of feminine stereotypes. In many cases, the research concludes, ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Castles in the desert - satellites reveal lost cities of Libya

Satellite imagery has uncovered new evidence of a lost civilization of the Sahara in Libya's south-western desert wastes that will help re-write the history of the country.

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

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Computer scientist cracks mysterious 'Copiale Cipher'

The manuscript seems straight out of fiction: a strange handwritten message in abstract symbols and Roman letters meticulously covering 105 yellowing pages, hidden in the depths of an academic archive.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (26) | comments 21 | with audio podcast

Ancient artifacts yield their secrets under neutron imaging

(PhysOrg.com) -- For the first time, neutron images in 3 dimensions have been taken of rare archaeological artifacts here at ORNL. Bronze and brass artifacts excavated at the ancient city of Petra, in Jordan ...

Physics / General Physics

created Oct 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Team discovers ancient road at Maya village buried by volcanic ash 1,400 years ago

A University of Colorado Boulder-led team excavating a Maya village in El Salvador buried by a volcanic eruption 1,400 years ago has unexpectedly hit an ancient white road that appears to lead to and from ...

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