Human Remains
Greek historian who described Egyptian mummification.
Who is Herodotus?
Environmental weathering, tourism, pollution, war, and looting.
What are threats to the integrity of Persepolis?
These structures carried fresh water into Rome from distant sources.
What are aqueducts?
Aeschylus and Aristophanes.
Which playwright wrote 'The Persians' and which wrote 'Lysistrata'?
This Celtic tribe, located in modern Norfolk, was ruled by Prasutagus and later led by Boudicca.
Who were the Iceni?
This material was commonly used as a surface for paintings and inscriptions in tombs.
What is plaster?
Method to determine the age of organic remains by measuring radioactive carbon.
What is radiocarbon (carbon-14) dating?
This monumental entrance to Persepolis featured colossal winged bulls and welcomed visitors to the royal complex.
What is the Gate of All Nations?
The three periods of Roman government were the Monarchy, the Republic, and this final period.
What is the Empire?
The Persians and Lysistrata were first performed in this Greek city-state.
What is Athens?
This Roman historian provides two written accounts of Boudicca's revolt.
Who is Tacitus?
This French archaeologist is most closely associated with the major excavation of Deir el-Medina.
Who is Bernard Bruyère?
The exceptional preservation of Ötzi allowed historians to learn detailed information about this period.
What is the link between Otzi and the Copper/Chalcolithic Age?
Historians debate whether Alexander the Great deliberately burned Persepolis as revenge for this earlier event.
What is the Persian destruction of Athens during the Greco-Persian Wars?
This large open space was the political, religious, and commercial centre of Rome.
What is the Roman Forum?
Greek dramas were commonly performed as part of festivals honouring this god.
Who is Dionysus?
This later Roman historian provides a dramatic physical description of Boudicca.
Who is Cassius Dio?
The tomb of Kha and Meryt is especially valuable because it was discovered largely free from this common problem.
What is tomb robbery?
The Ice Princess discovered in Siberia belonged to this nomadic culture.
Who were the Pazyryk people?
Founded the Persian Empire and established Pasargadae as an early capital.
Who is Cyrus the Great?
The Tiber
What river runs through Rome and contributed to its strategic location?
Historians consider The Persians valuable because Aeschylus may have possessed this advantage over later writers.
What is that he was a contemporary and possibly eyewitness to the Persian Wars?
The process by which Roman culture, customs, and institutions spread throughout Britain.
What is Romanisation?
Sennedjem's tomb is famous for its exceptionally preserved examples of this.
What are painted tomb scenes?
This international museum code states that human remains should be displayed and researched with respect, dignity, and sensitivity to the beliefs of descendant communities.
What is the ICOM (International Council of Museums) Code of Ethics?
UNESCO's designation of Persepolis as a World Heritage Site aims to achieve this major goal.
What is the protection and preservation of a site of outstanding cultural significance?
This emperor famously claimed he found Rome a city of brick and left it a city of marble.
Who is Augustus?
This 19th-century forger claimed to possess an ancient manuscript of Aeschylus' 'The Persians,' creating controversy before scholars determined it was not authentic.
Who is Constantine Simonides?
This wealthy Celtic woman was buried in France with luxury goods, including a large Greek bronze krater, demonstrating the status some Celtic women could achieve.
Who is the Princess of Vix?
The workers of Deir el-Medina stopped work in Year 29 of this pharaoh's reign due to unpaid grain rations.
Who was Ramesses III?