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Blog Posts
- Ancient Egyptian Blue: How the World’s First Synthetic Pigment Is Producing Tomorrow’s Brave—and Colorful–New World
- The Ancient Roots of Modern Hygiene Part 1
- The Ancient Roots of Modern Hygiene Part 2
- Cheers! It’s AntiquityNOW Month: Celebrate With Beer, the Most Feminine of Beverages
- Foodborne Illness: The History of an Invisible Enemy
- Heirloom Seeds: Growing a Piece of Ancient History
- The History in our Language: Idioms from Ancient Times, Part 2
- The Influence of Ancient War Monuments on Their Modern Equivalents Part I: Ancient Rome
- ISIS, Syria and the Eradication of Culture: As the Ancient World Falls, Efforts Mount to Save World Heritage
- Khaled al-Asaad and the Price of Memory
- It’s National Poetry Month! Ancient Poetry and the Created Self: From Early Epics to Afghan Women’s Landays
- Maps, Part I: Defining and Explaining our Past, Present and Future
- Maps, Part 2: Defining and Explaining our Past, Present and Future
- Music Origins: Mesopotamia, American Gospel and the Neurology of Faith, Part I
- Music Origins: Mesopotamia, American Gospel and the Neurology of Faith, Part II
- Nature, Ecotherapy and a Peek into the Past Through National Parks
- Raise a Glass to Ancient Canaanite Wine Lovers
- Remembering the 75th Anniversary of The Wizard of Oz: The Ancient Voice of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow”
- The Rose in History: Power, Beauty and the Sweet Smell of Success
- The Strange and Mysterious Origins of April Fools’ Day
- The Summer Solstice: From Ancient Celebration to a Modern Day at the Beach
- Why January 1st?
- Yakety-Yak, How We Do Talk Back: The Hydraulic Telegraph of Aeneas – Long-distance Communication of Antiquity
Kids’ Blog & Activities
- KIDS’ BLOG! Ancient Toys, Wii and You
- KIDS’ BLOG! Heirloom Seeds From Our Great-Great-Great-Great-Great (and many more!) Grandparents
- KIDS’ BLOG! Take a Glimpse into the Lives of the Ancient Judeans and Make Your Own Piece of History
- KIDS’ BLOG! The Rose in History: Power, Beauty and the Sweet Smell (and Taste) of Success
Curricula
- Double Trouble: Doppelgangers and the Mythology of Spirit Doubles
- Yakety-Yak, How We Do Talk Back: The Hydraulic Telegraph of Aeneas – Long-distance Communication of Antiquity
Videos
- Videos from The Archaeology Channel (courtesy of our partner Archaeological Legacy Institute)– click here to view a map and search videos by region
Ancient Recipes
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Ancient Mesopotamian Palace Cakes from Ur
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Ancient Ricotta and a Simply Delicious Tart
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Asparagus with Curry Butter: The Ancient History of Golden, Buttery Deliciousness
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Celebrate Ancient Grilling with Double K Grilled Salmon
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Celebrate National Grilled Cheese Month
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Celebrate New Year’s With the Bountiful Grape—Here’s to Luck, Liberty and a Long Life to All
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Celebrate Persian New Year with Kookoo Sabzi
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Cherry Clafoutis for Cherry Blossom Season!
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Enjoy Another Ancient Grain With Einkorn Flour Pancakes
- Bon Appetit Wedensday! Lemon Buttermilk Pie with Ancient Saffron
- Bon Appetit Wednesday! Sabzi Polo Mahi in Honor of Persian New Year
- Recipes With a Past 2013
- Recipes With a Past 2014
Arts & Crafts
- The Churchyard Horror– This tale by Paul Hodge conjures up ancient folklore (going back to Mesopotamia and ancient Greece and Rome) and a sense that death is sometimes not all that it appears to be.