A team of UK researchers has succeeded in reconstructing the vocal tract of an Egyptian mummy using a combination of CT scans, 3D printing and an electronic larynx. The project, which began in 2013, is the result of combining clinical science, archaeology, Egyptology and electrical engineering. For
In a 2,200-year-old burial, archaeologists have unearthed an impressive Iron Age chariot and shield which they consider one of the most important discoveries made in recent decades in the United Kingdom. Remarkably preserved Iron Age shield. Found in Yorkshire, it has been hailed as the most impor
In May of the year 260 AD. the Roman legions commanded by the emperor Valerian were facing the army of the Sassanid empire of Sapur I, who had already captured Antioch and were advancing with little opposition through Mesopotamia towards the interior of Anatolia. The legions had approximately 70,00
A curia was one of the subdivisions of the people in ancient Rome, and by extension the place where the Senate met to discuss their affairs was also called that. The best example is, of course, the Curia Hostilia in Rome, built in the Forum according to tradition by the third king of Rome, Tulio Hos