On this Sicily travel experience, you'll discover an Italian island with more than 3,000 years of history. Once home to a Greek colony, a Roman province, an Arab emirate, a Norman kingdom, and more, traces of ancient conquerors can still be found in Sicily’s well-preserved ruins, eleg...
Zooarchaeological remains for chickens suggest that it spread into Central Europe by the Hallstatt C–D period ca. 800–475 BC71. One site that has provided strong evidence for pre-Roman chickens in Central Europe is Manching, a Celtic oppidum (Fig.1), which has provided a massive assemblag...
the discovery of such ancient recipes is unparalleled. Until quite recently, the oldest surviving collection of recipes was that attributed to Apicius, the Roman gourmet who lived at the beginning of the first century.
According to the legend, Lucia brought nourishment and assistance to Christians hiding in the Roman catacombs. She wore a candle-lit wreath on her head to guide her in the darkness and to allow her to carry as much food as possible. Like so many Christian feasts, it is clear that of ...
A single probable rice grain was also recovered from the late first millen- nium AD from among sacrificial offerings at the Temple of Isis and Magna Mater in the Roman city of Mogon- tiacum, the capital of Germania Superior, where Mainz is today (Zach 2002). The scattered archaeobotanical...
Here, we show that the cultural shift in the role of the chicken to an important food source across the ancient world was tied into the development of more prolific egg-laying phenotypes combined with the expansion of the Persian, Macedonian, and Roman Empires, along with their associated ...
claims (Nesbitt et al2010; Miller2011). Preserved carbonized grains of rice were found in low abundance at the second century AD (n = 33 grains) Roman trading port of Quseir al-Qadim in Egypt, and a few grains were recovered from the Roman trading centers of Berenike and Myos Horm...
A. People eat special dishes in Indian restaurants.B. Indian music and dance are shown and enjoyed.C. People dress in colourful clothes and throw colored powder at each other.D. People express forgiveness to people who have hurt them.【4】Where can we most probably find the textA. On a...
The Elamites worshiped snakes; Praising the snake was rooted in their belief in primordial magic. The image of the snake on the lids of dishes and pots granted protection against bad intent and evil forces. The snake figure was also carved on the gates, altars, and the scepter of Elamite...
It is believed that during the Roman Republic, most women and the poor ate sitting on chairs, whileupper-classmales reclined on their sides on couches along three sides of a cloth-covered table (mensa). The three-sided arrangement is called thetriclinium. Banquets might last for hours, eati...