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Super spannende Rezension zu einem Buch, das erstmals die Geschichte Skandinaviens als Region am Rande des Imperiums rekonstruiert. Man erfährt die coolsten Dinge & wird schlauer was Methodologie für so prä-schreibende Kulturen angeht. Und ja: Eisbären im Kolosseum.
#history #antiquity #prehistory #scandinavia #romanempire #books #Review

https://www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v48/n14/michael-kulikowski/polar-bears-in-rome

“We now know that the interiors of wealthy people's homes in #Pompeii smelled woody and earthy, with a hint of citrus.”

Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City Smelled Like 2,000 Years Ago : ScienceAlert https://www.sciencealert.com/ashes-from-pompeii-reveal-what-the-doomed-city-smelled-like-2000-years-ago #science #archeology #archaeology #anthropology #incense #rome #antiquity

Mars, study (2026).

#art #mastoart #illustration #drawing #mythology #roman #romanempire #pagan #antiquity

https://librivox.org/pagan-christian-creeds-their-origin-and-meaning-by-edward-carpenter/

Pagan & Christian Creeds: Their Origin and Meaning

This #audiobook strengthened by beliefs that #Christianity is not only originated in #Judaism but also in the whole culture of #antiquity especially that of the Roman Empire. In my opinion the Roman Church is called #catholic and not #Christian for this reason.

#history #books #philosophy

Teuta and Zenobia: Revolutionary Queens Who Challenged Rome

You may wonder why I chose to write about “bad girls”. I think most of us understand that we each have a dichotomous nature and that, often times, we are guided by one side more than the other. Some of us can balance the two; but, others have more difficulty. I have experienced that difficulty myself. I can sometimes be more headstrong and independent than I should be. I have learned over the years when those traits are more positive than negative. Other times it has been my greatest failure. It is my intention to relate women who are little known to us, but who made an impact on our world, whether good or bad. I will leave that interpretation and judgment to the reader.

The first woman is Teuta who lived in 3rd Century BC in the Eastern Roman Empire. Teuta was the queen regent of the Ardiaei tribe in Illyra, which includes parts of the Western Balkans including Albania, Montenegro, and the southeastern coast of the Adriatic Sea. She ruled the tribe from 231 to approximately 228-227 BCE.

Teuta assumed control of the monarchy on behalf of her young step-son, Pinnes, after the death of her husband King Agron. She is best known for her defiance against Rome which demanded she stop attacking Roman shipping and the murder of a Roman envoy. Teuta was a pirate known for intercepting Roman ships and stealing their wares for the support of her people. Her tribe along with other Illyrian tribes were known as warriors and pirates. Their economy, which struggled, was based on agriculture, mining, and commerce, primarily with Greek colonies.

Teuta utilized their navy to control the Adriatic trade routes and to capture coastal cities like Phoenice. Teuta’s fierce advocacy for her people led to conflict with the greater Roman Empire eventually leading to the First Illyrian-Roman war in 229-228 BCE. Teuta lost the war and was forced to surrender and cede territory. She is an enduring heroine in Albanian culture because they consider her a protector of their traditional ways of life.

Another such bad girl was Zenobia, a warrior during the 3rd Century AD in Syria. Like Teuta, Zenobia obtained power by becoming the regent to her oldest son, Vaballathus. She ruled from 267 to 272 AD. In 270 AD Zenobia launched an invasion of the Roman Empire that increased her kingdom. By the mid part of 271, her realm from Ancyra, central Anatolia, to Upper Egypt. She declared her son emperor and she claimed the title of empress which essentially declared the independence of Palmyra (modern day Syria).

Both of these women placed the security and well-being of their kingdoms above allegiance to the Roman Empire. They were willing to fight personally for their people when they could have passed the problems on to others. Moreover, both women had the benefit of ruling on behalf of their sons. Neither would be known had they not been widowed young and been placed in the position of needing a regent for their young children. Their personalities and characters were just what their kingdoms needed at the time they needed it. They were independent, courageous, physically and mentally strong, and faithful; though their adversaries considered them as criminal, treasonous harlots.

The historical significance of these two women should not be ignored. For the time periods in which they reigned women were considered property in most situations. Women were never consulted on their opinions much less their ideas on how to secure and improve the lives of their people. Women during antiquity were usually nothing more than objects to be admired, wives to secure the positions of their husbands, and property to be controlled. They lived among other leaders like Hannibal, Spartacus, and Julius Caesar. The courageousness of these women should be shared with our daughters so that they understand how women have been influential in their world, especially in antiquity which their history books will never include.

Have a great week!

For more information on Teuta and Zenobia:

https://syrianguides.com/the-epic-tale-of-palmyras-queen-zenobia/

https://www.ancient-origins.net/history-famous-people/fierce-queen-illyrians-teuta-untameable-003126

Of course there’s always Wikipedia and YouTube!

If you can't get enough of Homer's epics (in modern formats), try this podcast:
https://trojanwarpodcast.com/

The storyteller did a followup series based on the Odyssey.

#Homer #Odyssey #Iliad #Trojan #Odysseus #podcast #antiquity

"Modern #textual #scholarship has shown that #ToledotYeshu never existed as a single, fixed #composition. Unlike the #Mishna or the #Talmud, whose textual traditions gradually stabilized through widespread printing, Toledot Yeshu remained fluid for centuries. #Scribes copied from whatever exemplars were available, frequently introducing additions, omissions, stylistic revisions, and entirely new #narrative episodes. Rather than preserving a single "original" version, the #manuscript tradition reflects a living #text continually reshaped by its transmitters.

The #Łomżamanuscript is especially noteworthy because it preserves a substantially expanded #recension. Its elaborate title-page introduction immediately distinguishes it from many simpler copies. Throughout the text, the #Hebrew is unusually polished, employing a consciously #biblical style that lends the narrative an air of #antiquity and #literary refinement."

https://jewishpress.com/a-medieval-jewish-counter-narrative-about-the-life-of-the-founder-of-christianity/

#antiquity : the ancient past

- French: antiquité

- German: die Antike, Antiquität

- Italian: antichità

- Portuguese: antiguidade

- Spanish: antigüedad

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Fill in missing or incorrect translations @ https://wordofthehour.org/r/translations

Temple of the Obelisks, Byblos, Lebanon [OC]

@historyruins

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Obelisks
@histodons
#MiddleEast #geschichte #histodons #history #histoire #antiquité #BronzeAge #ReligiousStudies #Bronzezeit #antiquity #antike #Lebanon

Credited to Homer, the original poem consists of 12,109 lines of nonlinear, nonstop talk and action featuring gods, mortals, monsters, weird doings, hospitality rituals and oceans of blood, tears and wine. Whatever the adaptation, the tale is so ingrained in our cultural DNA that even those who haven’t read the original ... will be familiar with it
#TheOdyssey #movies #film #art #history #antiquity #literature #mythology #ChristopherNolan
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/movies/the-odyssey-review.html

Through innovative, interdisciplinary research, Sara Mura aims to ensure that the silent voices of the past are heard more clearly – such as those of the Punic people of Sardinia, about whom we know almost exclusively from written sources from a Roman, and therefore hostile, perspective. In their doctoral thesis, Sara examined the affordances and perceptions of the urban sacred landscape of the Punic site of Monte Sirai.

Read the full story in our series on newly graduated PhD students: https://www.uni-kiel.de/en/cluster-roots/details/news/newly-graduated-phd-student-sara-mura

#Antiquity #Sardinia #Archaeology #MonteSirai #PhD #Disseration #EarlyCareerScientists #NewlyGraduatedPhdStudents

#Italy museum designed for blind, visually impaired visitors

At Italy’s #Omero #Museum in Ancona, #art can be explored through touch.

Designed with #blind & #visually #impaired visitors in mind, museum allows feeling replicas of world-famous #sculptures, #architectural #models, #artworks spanning from #antiquity to present

The institution challenges traditional “Do not touch” museum rule & aims to make #culture more accessible

https://www.dw.com/en/italy-museum-designed-for-blind-visually-impaired-visitors/video-77727459?at_dw_language=en&at_number=20260717

The First Pandemic? Scientists Find 214 Ancient Pathogens In Prehistoric DNA

https://onlinemarketingscoops.com/2026/07/11/the-first-pandemic-scientists-find-214-ancient-pathogens-in-prehistoric-dna/

The new Odyssey film reminds me the Western media usually make movies about antiquity from the perspective of Western culture. The similar movie about Troy/Wilusa ignored their being a vassal/allied state of the Hittites, Anatolian culture, their town was outside their fortified citidel, etc.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Troy_(film)

#western #media #classics #antiquity #homer #odyssey #troy #wilusa #greece #greek #hittites #anatolian #culture #movie #film #history #accuracy #fact #fiction

Römische Familine waren anders, als wir es heutzutage kennen: Der Titel ist ein wenig irreführend, doch der Artikel bietet ein paar Einblicke in die sozialen Strukturen, wie sie damals üblich waren...

Link: https://www.carnuntum.at/de/magazin/how-i-met-your-mater-die-romische-familie/1355

#roman #römisch #romanitas #carnuntum #antike #antiquity

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/07/mitos-de-origem-na-eurasia-medieval.html

#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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Archaeoethnologica: Origin Myths in Medieval Eurasia - Book / Mitos de Origem na Eurasia Medieval - Livro

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#Medieval #History #Mythology #OriginMyths #Eurasia #comparativemythology #Japan #Europe #mongols #turks #Greece #Antiquity #China #StrangerKings #cosmogony #books #openaccess

Nochmal „nicht Römer“: In Nidderau wurden kürzlich keltische Gräber entdeckt…

https://www.hessenschau.de/kultur/archaeologie-keltenfund-in-nidderau-gibt-ungewoehnlich-einblicke-v1,nidderau-kelten-100.html

#roman #römisch #kelten #celts #archäologie #archaeology #grabung #excavation #geschichte #history #nachbarn #neighbours #antike #antiquity

Archaeoethnologica: The Effectiveness of Ritual in Antiquity / A Eficácia do Ritual na Antiguidade

+INFO in: https://archaeoethnologica.blogspot.com/2026/06/a-eficacia-do-ritual-na-antiguidade.html

#Antiquity #AncientHistory #HistoryofReligions #Ritual #Greece #ClassicalStudies #journals

🙂 #Antiquity #Bronze Age #History #Democracy #Pericles #Parthenon #Greece #Europe #Art #Sculptures

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