by SMThornton | Apr 20, 2010 | Uncategorized
Okay, so I’m a huge fan of diseases. Not having them, mind you, but studying them. It’s pretty amazing that we don’t all die from bacteria, viruses, and prions before we hit puberty. Life in ancient Egypt was hard- the average life expectancy was...
by SMThornton | Mar 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
You may not think of ancient Egypt as being the most romantic of societies (hard to think of candlelit dinners when candles hadn’t been invented yet), but a fair bit of ancient Egyptian love poetry has actually survived the archaeological record. Today I have a...
by SMThornton | Mar 4, 2010 | Uncategorized
It’s easy to spot an ancient Egyptian in art, right? They’re the ones with the white sheaths or kilts, black hair, and all sorts of goofy crowns. Today, I have for you a run-down of ancient Egyptian dress, haute couture from 3,500 years ago. Let’s...
by SMThornton | Feb 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Seqenenre Tao II (I do not make these names up, I swear) was the almost-founder of ancient Egypt’s New Kingdom. I don’t want to bore you all with a run-down of Egypt’s eras (we’ll save that for another post), but essentially Tao wanted to take...
by SMThornton | Feb 17, 2010 | Uncategorized
New findings were just released about the cause of death for King Tut. I used to play with mummies in grad school so I found this totally fascinating and wanted to share. I’ve paraphrased CNN’s article, but you can check out the full text here. I thought the walking...
