Tag: Ancient
This Ancient Roman Game Board Was a Mystery. Researchers Used A.I. to Figure Out How to Play
The limestone oval is carved with a dark, thin rectangle on which ancient people repeatedly moved game pieces
The Ingenious Engineering of Silk: How the 2,000-Year-Old Pattern Loom Powered the Silk Road and the Wealth of Ancient China
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTIOl4oMRuAThe Silk Road’s long period of high activity spanned the second century BC and the fifteenth century AD, but...
How to Carve Hieroglyphs Just Like the Ancient Egyptians Did
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9mLFJZ-H-4In ancient Egypt, writing hieroglyphs was a highly specialized skill, one commanded by only a small fraction of the...
‘People are in awe’: exhibition unveils ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead | Exhibitions
In the ancient world, travel to eternal bliss was not easy. For the Greeks, you’d have to hitch a...
The Ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead: A Guidebook for Surviving the Afterlife
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1yv_MXNYbAoThe saying “You can’t take it with you” may be a cliché to all of us here in the...
Police Recover Ancient Egyptian Artifacts the Day After a Heist at a Museum in Australia
The looted items included a 2,600-year-old wooden cat figurine, a 3,300-year-old necklace and a mummy mask
An Animated Introduction to the Antikythera Mechanism: The World’s First Analog Computer from Ancient Greece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNEHP6qFeCsFrom TED-Ed comes an animated introduction to the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek device that dates back to the...
When Coyotes Threatened Livestock on Central Texas Ranches, the Solution Was to Unlock an Ancient Ability in Dogs
Killing the predators is not nearly as effective as the intimidating presence of well-trained guardians, a role some breeds...
Archaeologists Say They've Identified Traces of a 2,000-Year-Old Love Note Still Etched Into a Wall in Ancient Pompeii
Advanced imaging technology has revealed 79 new pieces of graffiti on a wall in the city's theater district. Until...
Discover Khipu, the Ancient Incan Record & Writing System Made Entirely of Knots
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HrfKOQKyffEKhipus, the portable information archives created by the Inca, may stir up memories of 1970s macrame with their long strands of...
Afghanistan Was a Crossroad of the Ancient World, Where Hellenistic Culture Blended With Buddhist Influences
Alexander the Great conquered the region around 329 B.C.E., leaving behind Greek and Macedonian settlers who intermarried with locals....