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MAY 2024 | Vol. 12.5 By Daniel Pioske On April 28, 1462 CE, Pope Pius II issued a bull (Cum almam nostram Urbem) prohibiting the destruction of Roman ruins on penalty of excommunic
The Wheat From the Chaff: What We Can Learn From Studying Plants in Antiquity
December 2023 | Vol. 11.12 By Jennifer Ramsay Plants are a fundamental part of human’s evolutionary history and undoubtedly, we would not exist without them. Plants provide us wi
The Unlikely Merchants: Women Antiquities Dealers in 19th Century Baghdad
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