
The Embalmers’ Archive: Jobs of Embalmers
The Embalmers’ Archive has a wealth of information about the embalmers in ancient Egypt. It tells us what their responsibilities included. […]
The Embalmers’ Archive has a wealth of information about the embalmers in ancient Egypt. It tells us what their responsibilities included. […]
The heroic deeds of the Roman army are etched in history. It followed a strict hierarchy and its soldiers enjoyed a lot of benefits, if they survived through their military careers. […]
A person had to undergo a grueling training of four months to become a Roman soldier. Once trained, a soldier had to obey all the orders of the centurion and fulfill all the responsibilities, including guarding the temporary marching camps. […]
Roman soldiers helped their generals win crucial battles. Citizens, non-citizens and free subjects who were allied to Rome made up the formidable Roman army. […]
During his reign Horemheb started a campaign against Akhenaten’s heresy. As a result, he erased the names of all the three pharaohs before him from Egypt’s history. […]
Horemheb was Tutankhamen’s deputy and was a military man. Probably, he became the king of Egypt with the help of his army. Later, he introduced changes in the Egyptian army. […]
Following the young pharaoh Tutankhamen was the unlikely elderly successor, Aye. Both had short reigns in which they attempted to reverse Akhenaten’s heresy. […]
The skills and master’s personality traits were very important factors in the life of a Roman slave and how they were treated. Their duties varied based on both their skills and the master’s life. […]
Slavery was so common in ancient Rome that it was one of the big businesses of the time. Roman slaves were normally Greek, as many Greeks were captured in wars, but even Romans could be enslaved. […]
There were two approaches to illnesses in ancient Egypt: one clinical, the more practical one that helped cure trauma injuries, the injuries about whom the causes were known. But in instances where the cause was unknown, like a fever or a colicky child, magic and spells always came to the rescue. […]
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