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Painting from Pompeii, now in the Museo Archeologico Nazionale (Naples), showing a banquet or family ceremony

The question of being ‘Roman’: Examining ancient history more closely

Professor for Ancient History at the University of Zurich, provides an intriguing and instructive analysis of the question of being ‘Roman’ in his most recent ancient history focus.
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The history of psychedelics and why psychedelic stories matter

Erika Dyck delves into the history of psychedelics, exploring how these substances have piqued the interest and influenced the attitudes of individuals across academia, culture, and medicine.
Saint Paul arrested, early 1900s Bible illustration. (PD-US-expired)

Switching between different identities, the example of Paul the Apostle

Prof Dr Felix K Maier, Professor for Ancient History at University of Zurich, uses the example of Paul the Apostle to illustrate switching between different identities.
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A search for primary evidence of Earth’s ancient atmosphere and climate

Robert Rainbird, a research scientist working for the Geological Survey of Canada, a division of Natural Resources Canada, looks at the geological evolution of...
Stone tablet inscribed with Cuneiform script

Optical character recognition for ancient non-alphabetic scripts

Shai Gordin, Senior Lecturer at Digital Pasts Lab in Ariel University, looks at the deciphering of ancient non-alphabetic scripts, and the technology we use to understand it.

Who am I? Multicultural identities in the Roman Empire

Prof Dr Felix K Maier, Professor for Ancient History at University of Zurich, explores multicultural identities in the Roman Empire.

Integration & Acculturation: Different identities in the multicultural Roman Empire

Dr Felix K Maier, Professor for Ancient History at University of Zurich, analyzes intercultural dynamics in the Roman Empire.

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