This paper explores pig husbandry across the Aegean and Anatolia based on
zooarchaeological data and ancient texts. The western Anatolian citadel of Kaymakçı is the …

The concepts of purity and pollution were central to the maintenance of social boundaries in
ancient Egyptian culture. Anthropological approaches, in particular the work of Mary …

During the eleventh to thirteenth centuries AD, the small settlement of Banganarti grew into
one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the Middle Nile Valley. Ongoing excavations …

The excavation results and historical and topographic studies presented in this volume are
the outcome of an intensive research programme involving two archaeological sites, the dig …

Świnie były popularnymi zwierzętami hodowlanymi w starożytnym Rzymie. Hodowano je w
celu pozyskania mięsa, tłuszczu oraz jako zwierzęta ofiarne. Antyczni uważali, że świnie …

Pigs were popular farm animals in ancient Rome. They were bred to obtain meat, fat and as
sacrificial animals. The ancients believed that pigs were relatively low maintenance and …

Heresenes is a mummified 25th Dynasty (ca. 746–653 BC) Egyptian woman from Luxor,
Egypt. Nondestructive evaluation through computerized tomography (CT) showed a failed …

La charpenterie à Deir el-Medina : une expertise incontournable? Page 1 II UNIVERSITÉ DU
QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL LA CHARPENTERIE À DEIR EL-MEDINA : UNE EXPERTISE …

The paper presents three papyri discovered at the site of Qasr Ibrim in Lower Nubia and
connected to a short-lived presence of Roman military post there in the late 20s BC. All three …

Metelis, the capital of the Metelite nome, was until recently the only unlocated nome capital
in Egypt. Our historical and archaeological investigations suggest that the location of this …