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Ancient Egypt Weekend! OR How a mummy, NOT a dinosaur, got me into teaching.
l about how dentistry wasn’t nearly as effective then as it is today, and how chipped and broken teeth were common and dangerous risks of eating in ancient Egypt – Turns out, grain was a staple food in Ancient Egypt, and stones were used for in the process of turning it into bread. During
Amarna Artifacts in the ROM’s Ancient Egypt Collection
By Laura Ranieri If you go up to the Museum’s third floor and make your way into the Ancient Egypt displays, you will quickly find yourself amid an impressive collection of objects dating from the Old Kingdom through to Ptolemaic times. This is just a representative sampling of the more than 30,0
Clay sealings from Edfu, Egypt in the Greek & Roman collection
Collected in 1906 by the Royal Ontario Museum's founder, Charles T. Currelly, these Ptolemaic period clay seal impressions were originally used like sealing wax to secure rolls of papyrus documents. #Ptolemaic seal impressions from #Egypt finally get their turn to be re-housed. Follow their
Re-enactment, Archaeology, and the Ancient Rome & Greece Weekend IV of IV: The Tunic
An important part of everyday life in the past, but one with very little impact on the archaeological record, is clothing. Hence clothing is obviously an important part of my attempt to recreate the equipment of a soldier from 3rd century Dura-Europos. People typically wore clothes in the past, but
Erasing History: Ancient Artifacts Destroyed
e media, the lessons of history are changed and omitted at the pleasure of those holding the reins. As far back as the reign of Thutmose the Third in ancient Egypt, and likely even before it, there are examples of artifacts being destroyed, not for the purpose of petty vandalism, but to eliminate
Meet Kate Cooper. Ancient Greece and Rome Expert.
We caught up with Kate Cooper examining Corinthianising pottery in the ROM store rooms. For Ancient Rome and Greece Family Weekend we will have the opportunity to actually touch some objects and talk to some of the ROM’s experts on Ancient Greece and Rome. One of these is Kate Cooper, the new
ROM Ideas: Ancient Cultures
To let you in on the latest insights and discoveries from behind the scenes, ROM Ideas, formerly the ROM Colloquium invites its patrons to step into the realm of ROM researchers, technicians, and other experts who perform ground-breaking work in our labs, collections areas, and at field sites all
Remembering Ancient Pottery Traditions
By Richard Zane Smith, Catherine Tammaro, and Craig Cipolla This summer Wyandot artists Richard Zane Smith and Catherine Tammaro visited the Royal Ontario Museum’s New World Archaeology collections. The purpose of their visit was to study a small sample of the ROM’s Wendat pottery collections
From the Field: Hudson Bay’s Ancient Treasures
July 25 The Arctic high pressure system that has brought such an improvement in the weather is still with us, heralding perfect conditions for a trek to the most spectacular stretch of geology along this entire coastline! Today we’re heading down to what my colleague, Graham Young, has called the
Live @ the ROM- Ancient Greece & Rome Weekend!
Inside and outside the ROM on June 15th and 16th Ancient Greece and Rome Family Weekend is in full swing. Our galleries are full of experts- some in period clothing! Try your hand at archery on our range Be inspired and create something at the arts & crafts tables Wear some replica armour