Archaeology
Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend is over, and I thought I would show you the results of my attempt to create a recreation, re-enactment, or impression of a soldier from Dura-Europos (so this is not really one of the original IV, so to speak). In the group above you can see me on the left, with members of the University of Toronto's Hart House Archery Club, who collectively constitute the ROM's 3rd century Roman army (or ROMan army - It being the ROM, we are posing in front of a dinosaur).
An important part of everyday life in the past, but one with very little impact on the archaeological record, is clothing...
So in my project to recreate the equipment of a 3rd century Roman soldier from Dura-Europos, following the creation of the sword, I next moved on to the dagger. Little seems to be known about the daggers used by soldiers in the Roman World of the 3rd century AD.
Student interns are a vital part of behind-the-scenes throughout the ROM...
The sword is one of the definitive weapons of the Roman soldier...
As an archaeologist the main goal in my work is to understand the people of the past...
In China the colourful and beautiful sounds of the Eurasian Magpies (Figure 1) historically have been described in many poems and throughout literature...
ROM Archaeology weekend, April 13-14 2013, will feature local archaeologists who work across Canada and around the world.
Here’s THREE reasons to come out to the ROM this weekend (April 13/14) for Archaeology Weekend!
Kay Sunahara introduced students to the study of archaeological ceramics using petrographic analysis.
