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The Ancient Art of Gift Giving - Ideas for your next Valentine’s Day

Megan Kumorek

Feb 6, 20232 min read

The Ancient Art of Gift Giving - Ideas for your next Valentine’s Day

Getting ready for Valentine's Day? Here are a few suggestions from ancient history!

Is it Sodom? - The Early Bronze Age settlement Bab edh-Dhra’

Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir

Jan 29, 20233 min read

Is it Sodom? - The Early Bronze Age settlement Bab edh-Dhra’

Bab edh-Dhra' is an Early Bronze Age (c. 3200-1950 BCE) site located in the vicinity of the Lisan peninsula, on the plain of the Dead Sea...

Hatshepsut – The pharaoh doomed to be forgotten

Josefin Percival

Jan 23, 20234 min read

Hatshepsut – The pharaoh doomed to be forgotten

Hatshepsut, the daughter of Thutmose I, was one of the most powerful queens of the ancient world, but has often fallen into the shadows...

Cindy Levesque

Jan 17, 20238 min read

The Third Try for the Theatrical Tyrant

- Peisistratus the tyrant of Athens A show in the marketplace In modern times, tyrants are understood as being terrible rulers that need...

Heritage Beyond Borders: the History of the Salvage of Abu Simbel Temples

Ece Karakas

Jan 9, 20234 min read

Heritage Beyond Borders: the History of the Salvage of Abu Simbel Temples

This year marks the fiftieth anniversary of UNESCO's World Heritage Convention The purpose of the convention is to promote and initiate...

Josefin Percival

Jan 5, 20232 min read

The Will of Wah

One man's death is another woman’s gain Women’s rights to inherit came to Egypt well before the western world decided to give women the...

Menam Archaeology

Dec 30, 20226 min read

Happy New Year!

Wait, do I have the right date?! The celebration of the New year is not a modern phenomenon, but not all New Years celebrations were or...

Cindy Levesque

Dec 23, 20224 min read

Io Saturnalia!

Saturnalia is generally described as the Roman predecessor to Christmas, but that is not entirely correct. It is really hard to pin down...

Is Ancient History really “Ancient History”?

Linda Persson

Dec 16, 20229 min read

Is Ancient History really “Ancient History”?

An examination of how antiquity lives on in Renaissance, Baroque and Neoclassical architecture Today, when something is no longer...

Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir

Dec 13, 20225 min read

This is science fiction, NOT science:

- A reaction to the first episode of Ancient Apocalypse I’m on my sofa, several weeks after ‘Ancient Apocalypse’ debuted on Netflix -...

Megan Kumorek

Dec 5, 20224 min read

The Discovery of Cleopatra’s Lost Tomb?

- Has new evidence finally revealed the biggest discovery of the 21st century? Cleopatra VII is perhaps one of the most recognized...

Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir

Nov 28, 20223 min read

Brick by (boring) brick

Throughout history different kinds of building techniques and materials have dominated the fashion and knowledge of their time. One of...

Augustus’ Altar of Peace and the propaganda which led to its construction

Cindy Levesque

Nov 21, 20225 min read

Augustus’ Altar of Peace and the propaganda which led to its construction

Rome began as a kingdom, ruled by kings, until the population became so enraged with the system that they expelled the last king and...

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: the Laocoön group

Cindy Levesque

Nov 14, 20224 min read

Beware of Greeks bearing gifts: the Laocoön group

The Trojan War On the shores near Troy, after a decade of war, one day the Greeks simply packed up and left. They loaded up on their...

Rachel McLaughlin

Nov 9, 20227 min read

Hieroglyphs before Champollion

The decipherment of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs is generally attributed to Jean-François Champollion, and particularly the publication...

The Boat Houses of Herculaneum: hiding from a horrible death.

Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir

Oct 31, 20224 min read

The Boat Houses of Herculaneum: hiding from a horrible death.

Herculaneum is an ancient town located close to Naples, Italy, at the foot of Mount Vesuvius. It is an UNESCO World Heritage Site, and...

Tell Qaramel: A Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement.

Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir

Oct 27, 20223 min read

Tell Qaramel: A Pre-Pottery Neolithic settlement.

Tell Qaramel is a tell, or mound, located in the northern part of Syria ca 25 km north of Aleppo. The tell lies between the modern...

Cindy Levesque

Oct 24, 20224 min read

Murder near the Tiber: Tiberius P.I.

24 CE, Rome Emperor Tiberius took a long, hard look at the room. It was clear there had been a struggle. Furniture was overturned and...

The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna: a small museum that leaves a big impression

Anna Sunneborn Gudnadottir

Oct 24, 20223 min read

The Museum of Ancient Eleutherna: a small museum that leaves a big impression

Here at MENAM Archaeology we want to highlight the small museums that carry a big impact, and the museum of ancient Eleutherna is the...

The Female Nude IV: the role and progression of museums

Olivia Berry

Oct 24, 20224 min read

The Female Nude IV: the role and progression of museums

Welcome back to the Female Nude series! In this article, we are getting down and dirty by analysing the role and progression of museums,...