The Barberini al Pincio obelisk, closely linked to the tomb of Antinous The place where the tomb of Antinous would be found, lover of the Emperor Hadrian tragically died in his twenties, is controversial. According to some sources, the young mans inhumation occurred in Egypt, where he died
The “paenula”, a traveling cloak of the ancient Romans How did the ancient Romans dress to travel? Let us first consider that the journey, The Romans, pragmatic in every aspect of life, used special travel clothing if necessary, designed to allow maximum comfort during the journey and ample
Meat in Ancient Rome. Dormouse meat was considered a delicious food It makes an impression on us, but centuries ago dormouse meat was considered a delicacy. In Rome, obviously. After all, was there perhaps an animal species that the ancient Romans left free to live in peace? Probably not
The Caudine Forks Take a look at the article sent to me by Prof. Daniele Rossi … Raise your hand if you dont know and dont use, every now and then, the expression che c * lo!, not at all refined, but effective to the point of having become all too recurrent in everyday jargon. Well, sinc
Entrance to the Pompeii brothel If you visit Pompeii (its worth it, I assure you!), expect to queue to enter the brothel (the name derives from she-wolf, in the sense of prostitute):who knows why, the old meeting house of the unfortunate city, it is the place that more than any other arouses
Portrait of Commodus, emperor with extravagant hairstyles. Roman men had a hair craze The one according to which only the female gender is affected by the disease of vanity, it is a cliché that has been denied by the facts:since ancient times men have been concerned with the beauty and well-bein
Lucio Cornelio Silla According to the sources, the adjective that best defines the figure of Lucio Cornelio Silla (138 BC-78 BC), consul and dictator of the Roman Republic, is sadistic. Ruthless against enemies, but also against unarmed citizens who did not constitute any period, Silla seeme
Bread from Ancient Egypt For every age and every people its banquet: how did the Egyptians eat? Or rather, what was their usual way of sitting “at the table ”To have your daily meals? They sat comfortably on natural fiber mats and took their food from a very low table in front of them. No
A young Egyptian woman dances to her breasts. The Egyptians made extensive use of aphrodisiacs To each ancient people their own aphrodisiacs (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/2860/storia-moderna/i-cibi-afrodisiaci-i-popoli-antichi). From this point of view, given their exuberant and almost compl
Papyrus depicting an Egyptian woman. The Egyptians made sanitary pads for the menstrual cycle in various ways The papyrus, omnipresent in the culture and society of Ancient Egypt, it also helped women in those days by acting as a rudimentary but indispensable absorbent (https://www.pilloledi
Confucius The oldest image of Confucius may have been discovered so far known:it would be the one imprinted on a bronze mirror belonging to the rich grave goods of a tomb discovered 5 years ago and of which the remains of the illustrious owner and guest have been finally identified only a fe
The wonderfully preserved face of the Man of Tollund The mummies they are not only Egyptian:the so-called “swamp” they give us back the bodies of men and women who lived thousands of years ago in perfect condition. In this case, however, human intervention is not involved, as it is nature
Nuraghe. The nuraghi are still a mystery today The nuraghi constitute the greatest and most fascinating mystery of Sardinia historical. But what were these imposing constructions in reality and what were they for in stone of which the island is scattered (about 7,000 have been counted)
Bread in Ancient Egypt:manufacturing process At the base of the power supply in Ancient Egypt there was bread, which was produced in many different forms following a manufacturing process quite long and laborious. The salient phases of the aforementioned procedure are reproduced in vario
Beer in Ancient Egypt Although the richest preferred wine, the national drink of Ancient Egypt it was beer, which was made with the same basic dough of bread (https://www.pilloledistoria.it/9871/storia-antica/pane-nellantico-egitto). Once ready, the beer was then stored in specific container
Typical clothing of the Egyptians Most of the information on the way of dressing the Egyptians we learn about them from the wall paintings of the tombs and from archeology. In the scenes depicted, the Egyptians actually wear very little:the workers are naked or covered at most by a skimpy t
He wears alabaster ointments. In Egypt, perfume had a sacred value That the Egyptians, already thousands of years ago, made extensive use of perfumes, is testified by the archaeological finds of Luxor, only that their use had a partly different meaning from what they later assumed. In fact
A refined 900 pajamas We wear it every night before going to sleep, but how many of us have wondered what the origin of pajamas is intended both as a word and as a garment? From a small and quick research on the subject, I discovered that it is a term of ancient Persian origin, “pay jama “
Cleopatra in a TV drama. The queen of Egypt had the sails of the ships sprinkled with perfume It seems that the skilful use of perfumes and essences constituted one of the most effective weapons of seduction of Cleopatra (1st century BC). The queen of Egypt, described by many sources as a cha
Carrot flower in a 19th century print. Carrots were once purple Always used to seeing them in a beautiful sunny orange color, it may seem strange to us, but carrots in ancient times were purple. This is confirmed by various Egyptian, Greek and Roman historical sources populations in which th
For thousands of years, mankind has developed, refined and applied forms of punishment and physical violence. Flogging was the most popular and long-lasting way of inflicting suffering, but it is the loss of testicles or gouging out the eyes that chills the blood in the veins the most. The situa
The cover of the comic book dedicated to Anne Frank (Mondadori) Little Anne Frank, over the last few decades, despite her, it has become the very symbol of an era and the horrors of Nazism. Now the tragic story of this unfortunate girl and her family lives on in the pages of the comic book
Magic has been with mankind since the dawn of time. The first sources on witchcraft date back to ancient Mesopotamia and Babylonia. However, the period when magical writing became particularly popular was during the Middle Ages. Magic was viewed very differently in medieval Europe. Initially, it
The promise of eternal life somewhere in the afterlife was not enough. People - from antiquity - have wanted to live here and now. The desire for immortality is perhaps as long as human life on Earth. Already the ancients approached eternal life very practically. Realizing the impossibility of liv