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Curses & Fines on Epitaphs
The concept of a curse laid on a tomb or gravesite is best known from ancient Egypt but the practice was quite common in other civilizations of antiquity. The tomb or grave was the eternal home of the physical remains of the deceased to which...

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Ghosts in Ancient Mesopotamia
Ghosts in ancient Mesopotamia were understood as a reality of life just as they were in other civilizations of antiquity. Although the cultures of the various Mesopotamian civilizations differed between c. 5000 BCE-651 CE, the belief in ghosts...

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Gelert's Grave
The 13th-century story of a faithful dog, The Legend of Gelert became so popular that, in the 18th century, a hotel owner in Wales claimed to have found Gelert's grave and charged tourists to see it. Gelert's supposed grave remains a tourist...

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Pax Romana - Web Quest
This activity has been designed to fit a 20-minute slot for your class and is suitable for both online and classroom teaching, as well as homeschooling. Students have to complete a web quest, based on multiple articles (also available as...

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Trade in Medieval Europe
Trade and commerce in the medieval world developed to such an extent that even relatively small communities had access to weekly markets and, perhaps a day's travel away, larger but less frequent fairs, where the full range of consumer goods...

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Recreation of Vix Grave
A recreation of the "Grave of the Lady of Vix", from the Museum of Pays Châtillonnais - Trésor de Vix, in France. The "Vix Grave" was an inhumation burial from around 500 BCE, in which a young woman of high social status was interred with...

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Rein Ring from Puabi's Grave, Ur
The double ring is made of silver. This is surmounted by an electrum (an alloy of gold and silver) piece in the shape of a donkey or an onager. This reign ring was found fixed on the pole of a sledge, pulled by oxen, placed in Puabi's grave...

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Boeotian Grave Stele
A Boeotian grave stele. 5th century BCE, Thespian marble. (National Archaeological Museum, Athens)

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Bant's Carn Entrance Grave
Bant's Carn is a Scillionian entrance grave in very well-preserved condition. It is located on the island of St. Mary's in the Isles of Scilly, UK. It was excavated in 1900 by the archaeologist George Bonsor where he found piles of cremated...

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Reconstructed Roman Grave Temple (Grutenhäuschen)
The Grutenhäuschen is a partially reconstructed Roman grave temple located in a vineyard slope near Igel on the Moselle in southwestern Germany. This funerary monument from the 3rd century CE was restored on the remains of the original burial...