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The Royal Game of Ur Part 1 - ANCIENT GAMES

Dig It With Raven 2026-09-22 | The Royal Game of Ur Part 1 - ANCIENT GAMES

Ancient Rome had a LOT of superstitions about New Years Day

Dig It With Raven 2025-01-01 | Do you have any New Year's superstitions?

How to celebrate New Years like ancient Rome

Dig It With Raven 2024-12-31 | Ancient Roman New Year's festivities actually looked similar to some of the things we do today

This haunted house in ancient Greece drove people insane

Dig It With Raven 2024-12-26 | Pliny the Younger tells the spine-tingling tale of a haunted house in Athens

Why we tell ghost stories at Christmas

Dig It With Raven 2024-12-25 | Charles Dickens is the reason for the season! His A Christmas Carol is the perfect blend of spooky and cosy for the holiday spirits (LITERALLY)

A Chilling Ancient Ghost Story for Christmas

Dig It With Raven 2024-12-24 | HAPPY HOLIDAYS EVERYONE!
In honour of the festive spirit, let's gather 'round the fire and share a ghost story from ancient Rome about a haunted house in Athens.

During the Victorian era, Christmas was a time for families and close acquaintances to gather around the hearth and tell stories. Ghost stories were popular and very fitting for the scenario as they provided an exciting, dangerous contrast to the warmth and safety that they would have felt in their homes. There’s something about colder weather that just makes us as humans extra appreciative of our cosy dwellings.

Charles Dickens was the real OG in making Christmas ghost stories a staple in Victorian homes thanks to his classic “A Christmas Carol”.

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I accidentially went to the Gladiator II premiere! ⚔️🦈🏺#gladiator #romanempire

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Is the Colossus of Rhodes the Original Statue of Liberty?! - 7 Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 6

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Welcome to episode 6 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out.

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What if I told you the Statue of Liberty was built to imitate a wonder of the ancient world?
The colossus is the wonder of the ancient world that we know the least about. We don’t know where it stood, or what it looked like, but by using ancient sources, we HAVE been able to come up with some educated guesses.

We know for certain that the sculptor who created the Colossus was Chares of Lindos and it was built between 294 and 282 BCE. He did such a monumental job, that the term colossus, which was originally just a word for any statue or statuette, came to be used only for gigantic statues.

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20 Ancient Civilisations You Probably Never Heard About In One Book

Dig It With Raven 2024-10-14 | I wrote a book about lesser-known ancient civilisations! The reason I disappeared for a year is here!

Journey through 15,000 years of history and discover fascinating ancient civilisations and cultures that may have been overlooked in history class. Go beyond the popular stories of Greece, Rome, Egypt, the Inca and the Maya, and uncover the rich diversity of people that are often overlooked. From the world's first peace treaty to daring expeditions across the Pacific, learn about 20 ancient and historic cultures from around the world that have had monumental impacts on our modern world.

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Hercules would not approve 🐉 #hercules #greekmythology #herakles #ancientgreece #hydra

Dig It With Raven 2024-09-30 | One does not simply slice the jugular of a Hydra

These Witches share an eye and a tooth 😬 #greekmythology #ancientgreece #ancientstory

Dig It With Raven 2024-09-29 | The Stygian Witches in Clash of the Titans are supposed to represent the Graeae from Greek Mythology. This is their story

Ancient Greeks Never Buried Their Dead Like This... #ancientgreece #greekmythology #ancienthistory

Dig It With Raven 2024-09-27 | The ancient Greeks never buried their dead under mounds of rocks with their heads exposed - also coins did not exist in ancient Greece until the 7th century BCE, so where did they get those from?!

Oh Clash of the Titans... why are you so bad?

What You Never Knew About Clash of the Titans from REAL Classicists - Part 2

Dig It With Raven 2024-09-25 | RELEASE THE KRAKEN! Part 2 of us reacting to the HORRIBLE Clash of the Titans. Do you agree with Erica that it's the worst film ever?

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Clash of the Titans (2010) is a remake from the 1981 classic, but both films get things very... VERY wrong about Greek mythology, so I've brought in the experts to help set things straight!

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Film: Clash of the Titans (2010), directed by Louis Leterrier. Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Super niche reference in Clash of the Titans #greekmythology #ancienthistory #ancientgreece

Dig It With Raven 2024-09-21 | Minoan Snake Goddess figurines were first excavated in 1903 at the Minoan palace at Knossos in the Greek island of Crete. When they were found, they were both significantly incomplete and went under extensive reconstruction, something that has been deeply criticised over the years.

The figurines date to around 1600 BCE. There has been some debate as to whether they are truly snake goddesses or deities, but while the statuette's true function is somewhat unclear, the exposed and amplified chest suggest some sort of fertility figure.

What You Never Knew About Clash of the Titans from REAL Classicists

Dig It With Raven 2024-09-19 | We are back in action with reaction videos! Today I am joined by classicists Erica Stevenson and Cosima Carnegie to tackle the very messy 2010 Clash of the Titans. My biggest question: where are the Titans in this film?! Someone please explain.

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Film: Clash of the Titans (2010), directed by Louis Leterrier. Warner Bros. Pictures.
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Mausoleum of Halicarnassus - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 5

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Welcome to episode 5 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out.

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By ancient standards, this tomb was so large and lavishly decorated that it quickly made it onto ancient writer’s lists of the seven sights to be seen in their known world, and it’s because of Maussollos’ tomb’s popularity that by the time the Romans showed up to the party, the word Mausoleum had become the go-to word for any large tomb.

It’s possible that Maussollos wanted his mausoleum to symbolise a fusion of all the surrounding civilisations and cultures, maybe even in the hopes of establishing a Carian empire with Halicarnassus at its centre. While that didn’t happen, he did succeed in creating one of the greatest-known tombs of the ancient world, and one of the longest-surviving wonders of the ancient world.

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Tattoos in the Ancient World - The Archaeology of Tattooing | Getting a Tattoo for 30,000 Subs

Dig It With Raven 2023-07-27 | Thanks so much for 30,000 subscribers! To celebrate, I went and got a tattoo of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and spoke with Aaron Deter-Wolf all about the archaeology of tattooing.

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The oldest evidence we have of preserved tattoos on human skin is from 5200 years ago on Ötzi the Iceman, who lived during the Copper Age sometime between 3350-3100 BCE. I’m planning a whole video on Ötzi himself in the future, but for context, Ötzi was discovered by hikers in 1991 in the Ötztal Alps along the border between Austria and Italy. Ötzi has a total of 61 tattoos scattered across his back, legs, arm and chest. Most are clusters lines, apart from crosses located on the back of his right knee and his right ankle.

Before Otzi was declared the oldest person known to have tattoos, the mummified remains of a man belonging to the South American Chinchorro culture who had a thin moustache-type tattoo on his upper lip was another candidate for this top spot. The Chinchorro culture was a fishing society that existed before the invention of pottery in what is today the coastal regions of Chile and southern Peru between around 7000 and 1100 BCE. The Chinchorro people also practised deliberate mummification very early - because you can have both deliberate and natural mummification happen all over the world, and they are actually the oldest known human mummies to date!

RESOURCES (Other than Ancient Ink and Painted People)
C. P. Jones (1987). Stigma: Tattooing and Branding in Graeco-Roman Antiquity. The Journal of Roman Studies, 77(), 139–155. doi:10.2307/300578

Tattooing in Ancient Egypt By Anne Austin - arce.org/resource/tattooing-ancient-egypt

What Ötzi the Iceman’s Tattoos Reveal About Copper Age Medical Practices by Meilan Solly, 2018 smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/what-otzi-icemans-tattoos-reveal-about-copper-age-medical-practices-180970244

The World's Oldest Tattoos by Aaron Deter-Wolf and Benoît Robitaille
https://www.academia.edu/15224368/The_Worlds_Oldest_Tattoos

Dermatostiksia (tattooing): An act of stigmatization in ancient Greek culture
G. Kyriakoua et al. actasdermo.org/en-dermatostiksia-tattooing-an-act-stigmatization-articulo-S1578219021002456

Gates St-Pierre, C. (2017). Needles and bodies: A microwear analysis of experimental bone tattooing instruments. Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports. doi:10.1016/j.jasrep.2017.10.0

Friedman, R., Antoine, D., Talamo, S., Reimer, P. J., Taylor, J. H., Wills, B., & Mannino, M. A. (2018). Natural mummies from Predynastic Egypt reveal the world’s earliest figural tattoos. Journal of Archaeological Science, 92, 116–125. doi:10.1016/j.jas.2018.02.002

Samadelli, M., Melis, M., Miccoli, M., Vigl, E. E., & Zink, A. R. (2015). Complete mapping of the tattoos of the 5300-year-old Tyrolean Iceman. Journal of Cultural Heritage, 16(5), 753–758. doi:10.1016/j.culher.2014.12.005

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The Antikythera Mechanism: The 1st Analogue Computer from Ancient Greece

Dig It With Raven 2023-06-28 | Was the Antikythera Mechanism really used for time travel? Or was it actually the first Analogue Computer...

In Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny, they embark on a quest for the missing pieces of the Antikythera Mechanism. They also say it was built by Archimedes during the time of the Battle of Syracuse around 212 BCE, and that it has powers to travel through time. Reality? I think not!

This is the real story of the Antikythera Mechanism. The first underwater archaeological investigation, the oldest known analogue computer and the only scientific instrument that has survived from the Hellenistic era.

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Antikythera Mechanism, the Oldest Computer and Mechanical Cosmos 2nd century BC by Xenophon Moussas. School of Physics and Astronomy University of Birmingham 2014

A portable cosmos, Revealing the Antikythera Mechanism, Scientific Wonder of the Ancient World, Alexander Jones, Oxford University Press 2017

Improved X-ray computed tomography reconstruction of the largest fragment of the Antikythera Mechanism, an ancient Greek astronomical calculator
Ashkan Pakzad, Francesco Iacoviello, Andrew Ramsey, Robert Speller, Jennifer Griffiths, Tony Freeth, Adam Gibson Published online 2018 Nov 9. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0207430

Gears from the Greeks : the Antikythera mechanism : a calendar computer from ca. 80 B.C., Derek de Solla Price., 1975

The Antikythera shipwreck : the ship, the treasures, the mechanism : National Archaeological Museum, April 2012-April 2013 / editors, Nikolaos Kaltsas, Elena Vlachogianni, Polyxeni Bouyia.

Decoding an Ancient Computer: Greek Technology Tracked the Heavens
New explorations have revealed how the Antikythera mechanism modeled lunar motion and predicted eclipses, among other sophisticated tricks, Tony Freeth on December 1, 2009 scientificamerican.com/article/decoding-an-ancient-computer

Freeth, T. Revising the eclipse prediction scheme in the Antikythera mechanism. Palgrave Commun 5, 7 (2019). doi.org/10.1057/s41599-018-0210-9 nature.com/articles/s41599-018-0210-9#citeas

Freeth, T., Higgon, D., Dacanalis, A. et al. A Model of the Cosmos in the ancient Greek Antikythera Mechanism. Sci Rep 11, 5821 (2021). doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-84310-w nature.com/articles/s41598-021-84310-w#citeas

The Cosmos in the Antikythera Mechanism by Tony Freeth and Alexander Jones 2012 http://dlib.nyu.edu/awdl/isaw/isaw-papers/4/

https://www.antikythera-mechanism.gr/

Efstathiou, K., & Efstathiou, M. (2018). Celestial Gearbox. Mechanical Engineering, 140(09), 31. doi:10.1115/1.2018-sep1

Decoding the Antikythera Mechanism: Investigation of an Ancient
Astronomical Calculator by T. Freeth, Y. Bitsakis, X. Moussas, et al. Nature, Volume 444, Issue 7119, pp. 587-591 (2006).

The Antikythera mechanism was an astronomical calculating machine, where you can set a date via the calendars, and it will then show you where all the planets would be, the orbit and phases of the moon, and the eclipse cycle. When the mechanism was first identified, the initial belief was that it was used for navigation, especially because it was found on a ship. Another theory is that the device was made for demonstrative or teaching purposes, not for astronomers who would have needed a much more precise machine to calculate fractions of days and more minute occurrences such as the varying lengths of days and nights.

The very existence of the Antikythera Mechanism proves that the ancient Greeks had a deeper understanding and mastery of astronomy than we could have possibly imagined. A knowledge that rivalled science that was being conducted in the 16th century Even scholars who spent their lives studying it have stated that it’s a level of technology that in their mind, couldn’t have existed. But yet, here it is, and verified to have been made within the Hellenistic age.

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Temple of Artemis at Ephesus - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 4

Dig It With Raven 2023-05-16 | One location, three temples, and many, many breasts. You guessed it, our 4th wonder of the ancient world is the Temple of Artemis at Ephesus! Let’s get into it.

Welcome to episode 4 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out.

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The temple of Artemis, also known as the Temple of Diana because the Romans liked to take the Greek Gods and just change their names for their own religion, AND also known as the Artemision which sounds like the coolest transformer of the bunch, was located in the Ephesus, near the modern town of Selcuk in present day Turkiye. Archaeological evidence shows that there were not 1, not 2, but 3 different temples built on this site, as early as the Bronze age around the 8th century BCE, with the final one being destroyed for good in 401 CE. So we’ve got over 1,000 years of worship going on at this one place.

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The Temple of Zeus at Olympia -The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 3

Dig It With Raven 2023-05-02 | The statue of Zeus at Olympia existed for over 800 years and was a technological feat, sculpted by one of the most famous artists of classical Greece known for none other, than the parthenon in Athens. It drew thousands of pilgrims, and a Roman emperor even tried to steal it - but not without the wrath of the gods coming down upon him first. Can one statue really cause this much fuss? Let’s get into it.

Welcome to episode 3 of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Who actually came up with this list, and why is it only possible to visit one of them today? Did the rest of the wonders even exist? Let's find out.

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Strabo, who lived in the 1st century wrote:
The statue is made of ivory and it is of such size that although the temple itself is very large, the sculptor may be criticised for not having appreciated the correct proportions. He has shown Zeus seated, but with the head almost touching the ceiling, so that we have the impression that if Zeus moved to stand up, he would unroof the temple.

Pausanias, who was a geographer and writer in the 2nd century CE, gave us quite the vivid description of what the statue looked like. He wrote:

On his head lies a sculpted wreath of olive sprays. On his right hand he holds a figure of Victory made from ivory and gold… In his left hand the god holds his sceptre inlaid with every kind of metal, and the bird perched on the sceptre is an eagle. The sandals of the god are made of gold, as is his robe, and his garments are carved with animals and with lily flowers. The throne is decorated with gold and with precious stones, with ebony and with ivory.

Zeus rested his very fancy gold-gilded feet on a footstool that was decorated with a relief of an Amazonachy - which is a mythological battle between the Greeks and the Amazons.

The Throne that Zeus sat on was also extensively decorated, with sphinxes, more winged figures of victory, and a scene of the gods Apollo and Artemis shooting down all of Niobe’s children.- Another greek myth that I think is supposed to teach you not to brag about being super fertile and having lots of children to a goddess who only had two of them.

Pheidias also included another scene… one of Pantarkes who was the winner of the boy’s wrestling event at the 86th Olympiad… who was said to have been Pheidias’ lover! Oh damn, we love a good hidden love story captured forever in stone. He apparently also carved Pantarkes is Beautiful into Zeus’ little finger.

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Were the Hanging Gardens of Babylon Actually in Nineveh?

Dig It With Raven 2023-04-18 | Welcome to a bonus episode of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World Series! Today we're tackling the hunt for the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Were they actually in Nineveh instead?

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Bernd von Droste, (2011),"The concept of outstanding universal value and its application", Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 1 Iss 1 pp. 26 - 41 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20441261111129915

The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced by Stephanie Dalley (2015) amzn.to/3yRZGKq

A new theory by Stephanie Dalley claims that the Hanging Gardens of Babylon were never in Babylon, or built by Nebuchadnezzar. Instead, her research shows that they were probably located in Nineveh and were built by Sennacherib, over 100 years earlier!

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The Hanging Gardens of Babylon - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 2

Dig It With Raven 2023-04-04 | The Hanging Gardens of Babylon have never been found, and we still can’t prove they even existed in the first place. Our evidence for them only comes from ancient Greek and Roman writers, centuries after they were supposedly built. The gardens are an enigma, and definitely the most mysterious of the 7 wonders of the ancient world. So let’s look at some of the history of Babylon, other royal gardens in Mesopotamia, and compare classical writings with the archaeological record.

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Bernd von Droste, (2011),"The concept of outstanding universal value and its application", Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development, Vol. 1 Iss 1 pp. 26 - 41 Permanent link to this document: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/20441261111129915

The Mystery of the Hanging Garden of Babylon: An Elusive World Wonder Traced by Stephanie Dalley (2015) amzn.to/3yRZGKq

Despite all the excavating and research done, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon have never been identified, and their actual existence has never actually been proven. As a consolation, even if the gardens never existed, we do know that the city walls of Babylon did, and they still do today in some sense. And if we’re taking other ancient lists of the seven wonders into account, like Strabo’s then no matter what, Babylon can safely stay on the permanent list!

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The Great Pyramid of Giza - The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World | Part 1

Dig It With Raven 2023-03-21 | The Great Pyramid of Giza was the tallest building in the world for over 3000 years until old St. Paul’s cathedral was constructed in the 1200s CE. It was already 2,000 years old when Herodotus was said to have visited, and he said it had already been robbed.

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Cleopatras Needle - The Harrowing Journey from Alexandria to London

Dig It With Raven 2023-02-28 | Did you know that Cleopatra's Needle in London was lost at sea?! Or that it never even belonged to Cleopatra? Or that is has a twin in New York City?! This video is a wild ride

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Cleopatra's Needles and Other Egyptian Obelisks: A Series of Descriptions of All the Important Inscribed Obelisks, with Hieroglyphic Texts, Translations, Etc by Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge

The Story of the Bible Society by William Canton
archive.org/details/storyofthebibles00cantuoft/page/n10/mode/1up?view=theater

Chaney, Edward (2011). "Roma Britannica and the Cultural Memory of Egypt: Lord Arundel and the Obelisk of Domitian". In Marshall, D.; Wolfe, K.; Russell, S. (eds.). Roma Britannica: Art Patronage and Cultural Exchange in Eighteenth-Century Rome. British School at Rome. pp. 147–70.

Historic UK: Cleopatra’s Needle by Ellen Castelow historic-uk.com/HistoryUK/HistoryofBritain/Cleopatras-Needle

Cleopatra's Needle - Royal Museums Greenwich rmg.co.uk/stories/topics/cleopatras-needle

March 1878: Cleopatra’s Needle obelisk comes to London, The Engineer
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This Ancient Civilization Remained Hidden Until 2001

Dig It With Raven 2023-02-21 | In 2001, a flash flood on a plain in southern Iran, exposed the archaeological remains of a previously unknown ancient civilization. The beautiful and captivating finds that came out of the ground brought to light the 4,000 year old Bronze Age culture that prospered alongside the likes of the Indus and Mesopotamian civilizations. An ancient, possibly mythological city whos discovery could forever change our understanding of history, like that of the legendary Troy and elusive Punt. This is Jiroft: Iran’s Lost Civilization

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RESOURCES
Excavations at Konar Sandal in the Region of Jiroft in the Halil Basin: First Preliminary Report (2002–2008). Youssef Madjidzadeh (Director) &Holly Pittman, Journal of the British Institute of Persian Studies 2008 tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/05786967.2008.11864738

Review: Jiroft and "Jiroft-Aratta" A Review Article of Yousef Madjidzadeh, "Jiroft: The Earliest Oriental Civilization" Reviewed Work: Jiroft: The Earliest Oriental Civilization by Yousef Madjidzadeh
Review by: OSCAR WHITE MUSCARELLA jstor.org/stable/24049046?casa_token=UesfZBdIfREAAAAA%3AsLKdiBajSOYY-gzXUDeFTjkJvTGEG1PM8e6d1b4E7h1DT0uwblEOl5M4j56n9G4Pok17slp5iDOozuQd_EPIoMmM5O8bovet24uDHnZ9M5zl7WAL1m0

Nat Geo article on Jiroft: nationalgeographic.com/history/history-magazine/article/jiroft-culture-iran-lost-civilzation

5000-year-old objects recovered in Jiroft, Tehran Times, 2018
tehrantimes.com/news/426554/5000-year-old-objects-recovered-in-Jiroft

Jiroft is the ancient city of Marhashi: U.S. scholar, Tehran Times, 2008
tehrantimes.com/news/168099/Jiroft-is-the-ancient-city-of-Marhashi-U-S-scholar

Indus Components in the Iconography of a White Marble Cylinder Seal from Konar Sandal South (Kerman, Iran) by Massimo Vidalea & Dennys Frenezb, South Asian Studies 2015
harappa.com/sites/default/files/pdf/Vidale%20%26%20Frenez%20_%20Konar%20Sandal%20seal.pdf

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Homosexuality in Ancient Egypt? The Tomb of Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum

Dig It With Raven 2023-02-14 | This 5th Dynasty Tomb from ancient Egypt was discovered in the 1960s and still sparks controversy today! Were Khnumhotep and Niankhkhnum lovers? Brothers? Twins? Is this a case of queer erasure in history? Check out the video and resources below and let me know what you think in the comments.

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'Sentiment conjugal et figuration 'a l'Ancien Empire' by Nadine Cherpion
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Same-Sex Desire, Conjugal Constructs, and the Tomb of Niankhkhnum and Khnumhotep by Greg Reeder jstor.org/stable/827865

A Mystery, Locked in Timeless Embrace, New York Times by John Noble Wilford nytimes.com/2005/12/20/science/a-mystery-locked-in-timeless-embrace.html

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Where Ive Been (Im Back!) | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2023-01-26 | Felt like I owed to you to tell you where I've been this past year. I missed you all. I'm back now. I promise.

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I Hiked the Inca Trail Virtually with the Conqueror Challenges - AND ALL OF YOU! | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2022-09-22 | Whether you participated in the Inca Trail Conqueror Challenge with me, or if you tagged along by watching all the YouTube Shorts, HUGE thank you for making this one of the highlights of my summer.

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We’ve made it to the Sun Gate on the Inca Trail! ☀️What a view

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Winay Wauna on the Inca Trail - the last big stop before you see Machu Picchu!

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Sayacmarca on the Inca Trail - one of many sites that deserves a lot more attention!

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The Inca Trail wasn’t made for tourism - it has historical significance!

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Come virtual adventuring along the Inca Trail with me!!

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The Great Sphinx Was Saved Because This Pharaoh Had a Dream

Dig It With Raven 2022-04-07 | My two worlds colliding? Yes please! The Great Sphinx of Giza falls victim to a lot of conspiracy theories like the Hall of Records and the Sphinx Erosion Theory...

But have you heard about the Dream Stele?! It's one of the oldest recorded restoration projects and involves a dream, a prophecy, and maybe even a seizing of the throne of Egypt.

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ANCIENT ROMAN VALENTINES DAY - Goat Sacrifices and Whips! Lupercalia Festival

Dig It With Raven 2022-02-13 | Before there were Valentine's Day chocolates and roses, there were ancient Roman goat sacrifices and naked men running around with whips! Let's learn about the Lupercalia and how it relates to this Hallmark Holiday.

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What's the history of Valentine's Day? Does Valentine's Day have a pagan origin?

Lupercalia is one of the most ancient Roman festivals which was held every year between the 13th and 15th of February. It was a pastoral festival observed to purify the city and promote health and fertility. The Lupercalia may be the longest-lasting of the Roman pagan festivals, with it possibly starting at the time of the founding of Rome (traditionally 753 B.C.) or even before and ending about 1200 years later, at the end of the 5th century A.D., at least in the West, although it continued in the East for another few centuries.

The festival itself may actually be a more ancient import, coming from Greek Arcadia and honouring Lycaean Pan, which is the equivalent to the Roman Inuus or Faunus. Lycaean is a word connected with the Greek for 'wolf' as seen in the term lycanthropy for 'werewolf'…. So there may be a possible connection here. There’s also the Roman writer Justin who describes a cult image of the “Lycean God, who the Greeks call Pan and the Romans Lupercus”, as nude except for a goatskin girdle… bold fashion choice, I love it. But… despite Justin’s writing, no deity named Lupercus has ever been identified, so that’s a fun little mystery.

SOURCES
• Green, William M. (January 1931). "The Lupercalia in the Fifth Century". Classical Philology. 26 (1): 60–69. doi:10.1086/361308. S2CID 161431650. Retrieved 2008-01-26.
• "Caesar at the Lupercalia," by J. A. North; The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 98 (2008), pp. 144-160.
• "An Enigmatic Function of the Flamen Dialis (Ovid, Fast., 2.282) and the Augustan Reform," by A. W. J. Holleman. Numen, Vol. 20, Fasc. 3. (Dec., 1973), pp. 222-228.
• "The God of the Lupercal," by T. P. Wiseman. The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 85. (1995), pp. 1-22.
• "Postscript to the Lupercalia: From Caesar to Andromachus," by J. A. North and Neil McLynn; The Journal of Roman Studies, Vol. 98 (2008), pp. 176-181.
• "Some Notes on the Lupercalia," by E. Sachs. The American Journal of Philology, Vol. 84, No. 3. (Jul., 1963), pp. 266-279.
• "The Topography and Interpretation of the Lupercalia," by Agnes Kirsopp Michels. Transactions and Proceedings of the American Philological Association, Vol. 84. (1953), pp. 35-59.
• "The Lupercalia in the Fifth Century," by William M. Green. Classical Philology, Vol. 26, No. 1. (Jan., 1931), pp. 60-69

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3 ANCIENT NEW YEARS EVE TRADITIONS | How New Years Eve was Celebrated in Ancient History

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-31 | New Year’s Eve, possibly the most overrated holiday of the year. Too many expectations, too many let downs, and more often than not… too many bad decisions. But the coming of a new year can also be a beacon of hope for many. A fresh start and a chance to make a change. But has it always been this way, have people been counting down the clock to a new year and a fresh start since the dawn of time? How did past civilizations mark the passing of one year and the beginning of the next?

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ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITES YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT | Archaeology Advent Supercut | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-25 | All 24 days of the archaeological site advent in one place! Which site is your favourite? Let me know in the comments.

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JERICHO, PALESTINE | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

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VALLEY OF THE TEMPLES, ITALY | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-23 | For day 23 of the archaeology advent, we're headed to the Valley of the Temples in Sicily, some of the best preserved examples of architecture in Magna Graecia!

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RATU BOKO - INDONESIA | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-22 | Day 22 of the archaeology advent is Ratu Boko in Indonesia! And we're celebrating it by singing Taylor Swift badly.

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JERASH, JORDAN | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-21 | For day 21 of the archaeology advent, we're headed to Jerash, some of the best preserved Roman ruins found outside of Italy!

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SUSA, IRAN | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-20 | For day 20 of the archaeology advent, we’re going to one of the oldest cities in the world- Susa in Iran! 🇮🇷

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KHAMI, ZIMBABWE | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-19 | For day 19 of the advent, we're headed to Khami in Zimbabwe! And trust me, you'll be amazed at what archaeologists have found and just how well connected this site was to the rest of the world.

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SKELLIG MICHAEL, IRELAND | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-18 | Make sure you're subscribed, and hit that bell icon to make sure you don't miss a single site in the series! Let's get festive, fam!

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KUÉLAP, PERU | 24 Archaeological Sites You Should Know About | Dig it With Raven

Dig It With Raven 2021-12-17 | For day 17 of the archaeology advent, we're headed to Kuélap in Peru! A site I think you shouldn't miss and that's older than Machu Picchu. This fortress was built by the Chachapoyas, who are otherwise known as the cloud people or the cloud warriors. They automatically win best name and I want to know where I can put in my application to become one of them.

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