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Traditional Tobacco Use
This video was created in collaboration with the AHS Tobacco Reduction Program and the Indigenous Health Program. It outlines the differences between traditional tobacco use in Alberta’s Indigenous cultures and the misuse of commercial tobacco...
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Agoge, the Spartan Education Program
The agoge was the ancient Spartan education program, which trained male youths in the art of war. The word means "raising" in the sense of raising livestock from youth toward a specific purpose. The program was first instituted by the lawgiver...
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Isis, Roman-Egyptian Panel
This 2nd Century CE tempera painting on wood panel depicts the Hellenized form of the Egyptian goddess Isis. In the Ptolemaic and Roman periods, Eastern deities and cultic practices became increasingly widespread and attracted devotees...
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Collection of Ptolemaic Jewellery
This opulent collection of Ptolemaic jewellery from Egypt probably belonged to a wealthy woman and was made between 225–175 BCE. The various pieces were made out of gold and are inlaid with a variety of precious stones. The collection...
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Romano-Egyptian Painting of Serapis
A painting of the Graeco-Egyptian god Serapis, wearing his characteristic grain-counter (modius) on his head. Made in Roman Egypt, c. 100-200 CE. Tempera painting on wood panel. 39.1 × 19.1 cm (15 3/8 × 7 1/2 in). The panel is a part of the...
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The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge
Thomas Cole, The Subsiding of the Waters of the Deluge, 1829 CE, oil on canvas, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of Mrs. Katie Dean in memory of Minnibel S. and James Wallace Dean and museum purchase through the Smithsonian Institution...
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Ivory Token Depicting Egyptian Obelisk and Temple
This 1st Century CE ivory token depicts an Egyptian-style obelisk and temple, probably located in the Alexandrian suburb of Nikopolis. The token was probably produced in Roman Egypt and is now part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum...
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Diademed Head of a Ptolemaic King
This marble portrait of a diademed man is believed to depict a Ptolemaic king. The piece is made of marble from Asia Minor and was produced in Alexandria, Egypt. The portrait is part of the collection of the J. Paul Getty Museum. Digital...
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Bearded Head of Ptolemaic Dynast
This roughly worked and approximately life-size marble portrait depicts a member of the Ptolemaic dynasty. The portrait was carved in Alexandria, Egypt, sometime during the 2nd Century BCE and is now part of the collection of the J. Paul...
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Health Care and Epidemics in Antiquity: The Example of Ancient Mesopotamia
June 26, 2006 Walter Farber, Professor of Assyriology, University of Chicago From the "Epidemics Then & Now: Infectious Diseases Around the World," the 2006 University of Chicago Summer Institute for Educators. Co-sponsored by the Center...