20 Oct 2017 Ostraca: Voices from the Place of Truth—An intimate glimpse into New Kingdom Egypt By anand balaji Archaeology & Science 0 Athenians meted out harsh punishments to those who fell afoul of prevalent laws or societal norms. If citizens had done something terrible, they ran the risk of being exiled from the city for up to 10 years. An interesting system was put in place... Read More
24 Jul 2017 What Happens if Scholars Rule a Kingdom? How Korea’s Kingdom of Joseon Lived Up to its Legendary Namesake By MartiniF History & Tradition, Politics & Social Structure 0 By the 14th century, the foundations of Korea’s Goryeo Dynasty (918 -1392 CE) started to collapse from years of war and de facto occupation from the Mongol Empire. The royal court in Goryeo was at its most divided as it split into two conflicting... Read More
14 Apr 2017 A Curious Case of Linen for Papyri—Lifting the Veil off the Lack of Written Materials in Tut's Tomb By anand balaji Archaeology & Science 4 The tomb of the last ruler of the Amarna bloodline, the boy-pharaoh Tutankhamun, yielded a wealth of anomalies: beginning with the tiny size of his burial place, the appropriation of funerary goods – a majority from a mysterious female... Read More