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Ancient History

For as long as I can remember, I have been fascinated by ancient history and archaeology. Back in high school I spent many hours at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures, formerly known as the Oriental Institute. It is still a priority when I visit Chicagoland.

Links to some pictures I took many years ago:

  • Ephesus
  • Miletos and Didyma
  • Pergamum
  • Troy

Some of my posts about ancient history.

  • The origins of the Indo-Europeans
  • Indo-Hittite
  • Hittite Iron
  • A Newly Discovered Hittite City
  • The Archaeology of Armageddon
  • Large Scale Engineering in the Bronze Age
  • Minoan and Mycenaean, Matriarchy and Patriarchy
  • News from the Bronze Age
  • Lost to History No More
  • Found in the Citadel of Tiryns
  • Life in Late Bronze Age Greece
  • From Bronze to Iron
  • The Sea Peoples,….
  • Writing history
  • Dark Age Greece
  • His/Her Story: A landed woman
  • A techie note from church
  • The Most Dysfunctional Family in History. The Ptolemies.
  • Kingship and sacrifice in ancient Ireland
  • Archaeology and the Druids
  • A Death in Pagan Britain
  • On this day in 53 B.C….. Carrhae.
  • Why the Germans do not speak a Romance language. Also see A Novel of Ancient Rome.
  • The drink that powered the Roman Empire
  • Notes on the ancient Roman world. Slavery in the Roman world.
  • The End of the Britains. When the Romans left.

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