Ancient History Magazine

The Nebra Sky Disk is named for its possible find site in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. The object may be a religious object, an astronomical tool, or both. The disk was modified over its lifetime, with additions that include arcs indicating the

Editor-in-chief: Jasper Oorthuys Editor: Sandra Alvarez Image and production editor: Lauren van Zoonen Proofreading: Naomi Munts Design & Media: Christianne C. Beall Contributors: Rebecca Batley, Murray Dahm, Sidney Dean, Dan Diffendale, Manon Henzen

I‘m not terribly handy, so learning about how something works has always interested me – from simple things that make our day-to-day lives easier (and that we take for granted), such as the wheel, to complex devices and architectural feats that leave

300 BC Constructed 312 BC The first of Rome’s aqueducts to be constructed, the Aqua Appia (as shown in this nineteenth-century painting) had its source near the Via Praenestina, and stretched over 16.5km. Constructed 272 BC The Aniene River was this

The period of focus here is the Archaic (ca. sixth century BC) and Republican (ca. fifth to first centuries BC) eras, when the dominant technique for monumental construction in the city of Rome was ashlar masonry, that is, construction using tightly

Harmodius and Aristogeiton planned to carry out their attack on the Pei sistratid household at the Panathenaea, because those taking part in the procession were able to bear arms without suspicion. However, they first targeted Hippias, the prime move

For these cute fish cakes I combined two recipes from the Apicius cookbook. In the second chapter of the book, there is a recipe for seafood forcemeat, and in the first chapter, a recipe for cumin sauce for oysters and shellfish. These spicy Roman fi

Like many other ancient sites, Malta’s Neolithic monuments have attracted a wide range of weird and wild theories about who built them, including the belief that the island is the site of the legendary Atlantis or that the dwellings once belonged to

By James M. Banner, Jr. ISBN: 978-0300238457 Yale University Press (2021) - $28.00 www.yalebooks.yale.edu Historians examine their subjects with respect to their political leanings, or themes such as colonialism, resistance, race, sexual orientation,

Want to learn more about science & engineering in antiquity? Here are some books to check out. By Rita Watson and Wayne Horowitz Brill, 2011 ISBN: 978-9004202306 The authors place the seventh century BC Mesopotamian cuneiform astronomy texts at the f

• S. Bernard, Building Mid-Republican Rome: Labor, Architecture, and the Urban Economy (Oxford, 2018). • G. Cifani, Architettura romana arcaica: edilizia e società tra Monarchia e Repubblica (Rome, 2008). • D.P. Diffendale, F. Marra, M. Gaeta & N. Te