Exploring Ancient Rome

A statue of Julius Caesar, a symbol of ancient Rome, reminds us of how history repeats itself. From Wikimedia

Climate change, epidemics, and groundwater pollution in ancient Rome: Will the disregard for science and the climate crisis lead us to the fall of the West?

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Two new studies (January 2025) reveal how natural climate change and lead water contamination shaped the social and health development of ancient Rome, highlighting the need to incorporate health aspects into climate risk assessment
The boundary stone. Credit: Courtesy of the excavations at Tel Abel Beit Ma'aka. Photo: Tal Rogowski

Lost villages revealed: Rare Roman boundary stone discovered in northern Israel

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Archaeologists from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem have uncovered a Roman-era boundary stone at Tel Abel Beit Ma'aka, offering new insights into historical geography, land ownership, and economic dynamics in the region.
The deciphered parts from the scroll. Originally from the Vesuvius project

The wonderful story behind reading burnt scrolls

A statue of the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Am Yisrael sings 24: Even in ancient times, Jewish music was influenced by Greek music

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It has already been mentioned several times the brave connection forged between Greek and Hellenistic philosophy and music - the Pythagorean school that attributed a supreme moral value to music, the Platonic school that insisted on the relationship between music and nature
ruined city Illustration: depositphotos.com

If humans become extinct, what will the earth look like a year later?

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What will happen to all our stuff? What will happen to our homes, our schools, our neighborhoods, our cities? Who will feed the dog? Who will cut the grass? Although this is a common theme in movies, shows
The three monkeys - an illustration of the fooling process. Image: depositphotos.com

Stupidity defeated democracy

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Stupidify Stupidify according to the Oxford dictionary. There are too many people who want the citizens to be stupid. Democracy fell when ancient Rome became an empire, the end is known. You have to do everything to stop
Copper mining site in Timna. Illustration: depositphotos.com

Start Up Nation in Old Canaan

Thanks to advanced management skills, the Araba industry became the copper powerhouse of the ancient world
Map of the Roman Empire at its peak, 117 AD. Photo: depositphotos.com

AI economy in antiquity 29: taxes and duties

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Until the time of the emperor Hadrian (138-117 CE) we witness the reality of tax tenants who were responsible for collecting the taxes. Whereas from then on imperial officials were appointed who were subordinate to Rome and were responsible for
Coin "Judah the second captive" after the suppression of the great rebellion. From the collection of the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

AI Economy in Antiquity 24: The Jewish Tax

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The ancient lighthouse in the port of Acre. Photo: Image by Ri Butov from Pixabay

AI Economy in Antiquity 20: Ports and Markets

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A mosaic from the Roman period discovered in Lod depicts maritime trade. Photo: shutterstock

AI Economy in Antiquity 19 – Caravans on the Roads and Traders in the Days

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The facilities of the fish industry from the Roman period in Ashkelon. Photo: Assaf Peretz, Antiquities Authority

Wine and fish sauce - evidence of the culinary preferences of the Romans 2000 years ago was uncovered in Ashkelon

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The remains of a Roman villa near Ein Abdat, on the perfume road. Photo: Dmitriy Feldman svarshik, shutterstock

AI economy in antiquity: roads, highways and infrastructures in the Roman period

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wheat From Wikipedia

Economy 16 Chapter XNUMX: Under the Romans after the destruction of the Second Temple: Small or large farm

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A demonstration of agricultural work during the time of Jesus in a village near Nazareth, 2012. Photo: Kobi Dagan, shutterstock.com

AI economy in antiquity, chapter 15: The Law of Sikrikon - the distribution of land after the rebellions

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A short passage that should reveal an unknown celestial gram. New Horizons visualization near Thule Ultima (not to scale) | Source: NASA

Three and a half years after Pluto, New Horizons flew past Thule Ultima in the Kuiper belt

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Photo: shutterstock

Water Water Pursuit: Panic for clean water throughout history

When were the first water wells dug? Who was the first royal to sit on a toilet? What made the Parisians build sewers and when did we get the token that water quality is related to our health? We came to flood
The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. From Wikipedia

Why hacking the nervous system could be the next big medical treatment?

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Paul Schoch, founder of the SETI League. Archive image.

"The search for extraterrestrials does not require equipment and a budget of tens of millions of dollars"

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Children's cemeteries in Carthage. The children were sacrificed to the gods. Photo by Dr. Josephine Keane, University of Oxford

The inhabitants of ancient Carthage did sacrifice their children

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It is not clear how the plug ended up in a blocked drainage channel from 2000 years ago

An archaeological mystery at the University of Haifa excavations in the ancient city of Susita: what is a modern cork of beer doing in a closed drainage channel from 2000 years ago?

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Photo of the findings in the water hole: Vladimir Neikhin. Courtesy of the Antiquities Authority

A 2000-year-old testimony to the days of the siege in Jerusalem; And more in the capital: an 1,800-year-old section of a Roman road was uncovered

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The late Prof. Zvi Yaebetz. Photo courtesy of Tel Aviv University

Historian Prof. Zvi Yaevtz, winner of the Israel Prize and founder of Tel Aviv University, has passed away

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Diagram of the Antikythera mechanism

Antikythera mechanism: the computer is two thousand years old this year, and why the industrial revolution didn't start in ancient Greece

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Has the cave of the founders of Rome been found?

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Rome, Carthage and game theory

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Climate change threatens to destroy ancient Rome

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Optometric diagnosis in ancient Rome

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Trojan Games marked by the classic "national" romance of ancient Rome

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Fleet Management in Antiquity - Part I

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Cosmic scene with DNA, stars, solvents and atomic circles in oral flow.

Fleet Management in Antiquity - Part II

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