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The Jacobite Wars – The Past
3+ day, 1+ hour ago (21+ words) The Jacobite Wars The Past website Read this article now for free! Latest from Military History Discover more from The Past...
Worth a thousand words: Examining medieval wall-paintings at Goodrich Castle
1+ week, 6+ day ago (38+ words) The Past website Worth a thousand words: Examining medieval wall-paintings at Goodrich Castle Read this article now for free! Latest from Current Archaeology Discover more from The Past...
Friends of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust
1+ week, 6+ day ago (399+ words) The Past website Friends of Abingdon Abbey Buildings Trust On 9 February 1538, Abbot Thomas Rowland signed a Deed of Surrender, formally handing over his monastery to Henry VIII, and the 1,000-year history of Abingdon Abbey came to an end. As a…...
Cleopatra: A Reference Guide to her Life and Works
2+ week, 5+ day ago (250+ words) The Past website Cleopatra: A Reference Guide to her Life and Works Cleopatra VII now joins such luminaries as Nelson Mandela, Winston Churchill, and Henry VIII, as the latest historical celebrity to have her own volume in Bloomsbury’s ‘Significant Figures…...
Weaving for Eternity: Ancient Egyptian Textiles – Significant Museum Collections in the North of England
2+ week, 5+ day ago (295+ words) Textiles have long remained in the shadow of more conspicuous archaeological finds such as monumental sculpture, decorated coffins, and jewellery. Yet these often-overlooked artefacts offer vital insights into technology, economics, religion, dress, and daily life. Weaving for Eternity is therefore…...
Ancient Egypt news in brief
2+ week, 5+ day ago (191+ words) • At Ihnasya (ancient Herakleopolis Magna), an Egyptian team has uncovered the remains of a Roman basilica and a large marble head of the Greek goddess Aphrodite, along with terracotta coin moulds and an inscription of Senusret III (Twelfth Dynasty) – indicating…...
Win a copy of Weaving for Eternity: ancient Egyptian textiles – significant museum collections in the north of England edited by Rosalie David and Angela Thomas – The Past
2+ week, 5+ day ago (157+ words) Win a copy of Weaving for Eternity: ancient Egyptian textiles – significant museum collections in the north of England edited by Rosalie David and Angela Thomas The Past website Win a copy of Weaving for Eternity: ancient Egyptian textiles – significant museum…...
The Grand Egyptian Museum
3+ week, 3+ day ago (392+ words) The GEM is huge – it claims to be the world’s largest museum dedicated to a particular civilisation. Tour groups are herded through on a whistle-stop tour lasting two hours, but that can only scratch the surface. I spent three full…...
Were women literate in ancient Egyptian society?
3+ week, 4+ day ago (306+ words) Yet despite being sparse, fragmentary, and often indirect, evidence for female literacy does exist, especially in elite households, temples, and specialised professions, where women appear to have had opportunities to learn and use writing skills. Evidence for female literacy, though…...