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Baby Exposed, Baby Snatched, Roman Egypt-Style
*GUEST POST by Katherine Blouin (see her bio here) Babies being abandoned by or snatched from their family is, sadly, not a recent phenomenon. One ...
Bee Stories
In honour of National Insect Week: 18–24 June 2018. ‘King of Lower and Upper Egypt’; Karnak Whether it was for consumption, offerings to the gods, ...
Pride + prejudice from 2000 years ago: Papyrus 358 contains a petition from Demetrius against men who 'using violence and blows made me agree to a loan of four hundred drachmas just because they look ... View More
Potential Paternity Problem
Go Jerry! Go Jerry! But without a Jerry Springer, Maury Povich, Jeremy Kyle (or your country’s equivalent) where could you turn when you had a ...
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A Harvester’s Plea
GUEST POST by Gareth Wearne* What legal rights did a farm labourer have in ancient Israel? A rare glimpse is offered by an ostracon (inscribed ...
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What's our #PapyrusOfTheDay?
In this letter, Hierokles reassures Zenon that their pupil is making good progress in his studies, and won't be distracted if he trains as an athlete: "He'll be far superio... View More
In this letter, Hierokles reassures Zenon that their pupil is making good progress in his studies, and won't be distracted if he trains as an athlete: "He'll be far superio... View More
How early was too early to marry in the #earlyChristianworld? Here's the story of a "young girl" who ran away from her husband in the early 7th century. #papyrus #ostracon #Egypt #coptic
A runaway child bride
How early was too early to marry in the ancient world? If the answer is connected to being an adult, then what is an adult? ...
Ever been on the receiving end of an angry letter from the tax man? Yeah? You're not the first. Eighth century tax officials got pretty nasty too. #papyrus #TaxTime
An Angry Tax Man
Following the Arab conquest of Egypt in 641 CE (or Islamic conquest, it’s frequently referred to as both or either), a new tax was added ...
Breastfeeding, wet nurses, and one of my favourite statues from ancient Egypt. And a reminder that texts don't tell us everything about the ancient world.
“My milk being good from both breasts”
In a new publication of a Coptic letter from the 7th century CE, a wet nurse Maria expresses her grief and condolences over the death ...
Death in the Desert
Life in the ancient world, before the development of modern medicine, was hard. Child mortality rates were high, life-expectancy was much lower than it is ...
