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Spell to Attract a Woman
“For a woman’s love: a really effective charm. You should write these things on a tin sheet.” So begins the text of a Coptic magical spell from the 6th/7th century. The things that should be …
The Powers of Hell: A Deadly Curse from Medieval Egypt
*Guest post by Korshi Dosoo; see his bio here. Somewhere in Upper Egypt, around the tenth century CE, someone wanted to destroy a man named Haron. They took a pair of rib bones from a large animal,…
A Stingy Boss and a Lack of Beer
Deir el-Medina in western Thebes was home to a community of skilled workers, who were responsible for constructing and decorating the royal tombs of the period, in the Valley of the Kings and the V…
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Death Declarations: The Bureaucracy of Death in Roman Egypt
In year 7 of the reign of Emperor Claudius, a widow Tapapeis daughter of Pasis submitted a declaration of the death of her husband Abeis son of Horos. In accordance with Roman law, she acts with a …
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Warm Hoopoe’s Blood for the Eyes: A Coptic Remedy
Ever suffered from dry eyes? A late Coptic medical text may have the cure for you! Written on a small piece of parchment, probably in the 11th century CE, the remedy requires just two ingredients: …
Birthday Parties on the Roman Frontier
The Roman fort Vindolanda is located just south of Hadrian’s Wall in northern England. Occupied approximately from 85–370 CE, the fort guarded the Stanegate, the Roman road that ran from the River …
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Imperial Decrees, Animal Sacrifices, and Christian Persecution
On 17 June 250 CE, Aurelius Sakis had a certificate drawn up that proved he and his children Aion and Heras had participated in the sacrifice of an animal to pagan gods. Two other men, Aurelius Ser…
His Mind is Shrouded in Darkness
Perhaps one of the best-known aspects of the Egyptian mummification process is that the brain was removed from the body and discarded. The brain’s function and importance were not understood. Inste…
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A Donkey Called Rameses
In the village of Deir el-Medina, the home of the workmen who built the royal tombs of the Valley of the Kings, donkeys were big business. While scenes from the New Kingdom show pharaoh riding a ho…
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“Schoolboy, where have you been going so long?”: The Old Babylonian Student and School
*GUEST POST by Moudhy Al-Rashid (see her bio here) Amid the ruins of Nippur is a house, inspiringly named “House F”, made up of a small courtyard with four rooms. The crumbled remains of benches ap…
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