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Ancient Roman Painted Wall Decor Ancient History, History of Science / November 19, 2024 / art, environmental history, Rome, social history This Ancient Roman wall painting shows an opulent domicile, and adorned a bedroom of a first-century BCE aristocrat. The plants in the scenery show a…
Homo Erectus Cooking Ancient History, History of Science / October 31, 2023 / history of food, pre-history My science feeds are abuzz with the story behind an article published this month of November 2022 in _Nature Ecology & Evolution_ that redates a…
The Extinct Placoderm and Adaptive Immune Systems Ancient History, History of Science / November 18, 2024 / animals, evolution, medicine, pre-history This little beauty is an artist’s rendition of a Placoderm – an extinct fish from close to 500 million years ago which had a significant…
The Folklore of The Green Man Ancient History, Long 19th- 20th centuries / November 20, 2024 / art, environmental history, folklore/mythology, literature, religion A Roman (1st or 2nd c CE) and 12th-century examples of foliage faces that became known as “the Green Man.” For centuries, these carvings existed,…
